Community Free Christmas Party, plus Movie and Meal, plus Candle Making at the Community Art Day, and More Events Growing Community For All

Our Annual Community Christmas Party and Meal, with Santa and carolling and videos and gifts for children, will be held Sunday, Dec. 9 from 5 to 7 pm at the Welcome Table Community Center, 5920 N. Owasso Ave. Come and enjoy the turkey and the company and the carols and the community.

Here are the other coming events in our community. Please share.

1.     Free Meal and Documentary Movie, “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices,” Tuesday, Dec. 11,  6:30 pm, community center.

2.     Food Pantry, Nutrition Advisor, Pastoral Counseling, Computer Center, Clothing Room, Library/Free Bookstore each Wednesday Noon to 4 pm, community center. See below for the new expansion of the Food Pantry to first Saturdays.

3.     Turley Area Art Studio Free Community Art Day at the Center, making candles for gifts, Sat. Dec. 15 9 am to 4 pm. All ages welcome.

4.     Northside and Turley Community Connections Meeting with State Reps. Seneca Scott, Kevin Matthews, and State Sen. Jabar Shumate, Sat. Dec. 15 10 am Rudisill Library, Pine and Greenwood.

5.     Legal Aid Services of Eastern Oklahoma with The Welcome Table. Call Sara Cherry 918-295-9461 for appointments for free help.

6.      “GROW TURLEY” Planning Meeting Thurs. Jan. 3, 3:30 pm, community center.

7.     The Welcome Table worship gatherings during the holidays. Call 918-691-3223 or go to www.progressivechurchplanting.blogspot.com

8.     Pancake Breakfast, Sat. Jan. 12  8 to 10 am, Odd Fellows, 6227 N. Quincy Ave. $5 for all you care to eat; kids under 10 eat free.

9.     “Life 101” Relationship Class with Rev. Ron Robinson, 10 am Wednesdays, followed with meal. Call 918-691-3223 to enroll for free.

10.            Volunteering at the Community GardenPark, 6005 N. Johnstown Ave. call 9183463475.

11.            New…Saturday Food Pantry Day… first Saturdays beginning Jan. 5, 2013, 11 am to 1 pm.

12.            Join Us in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Candlelight walk Sunday, Jan. 20, 5 pm, downtown, and in the Parade, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, 9:30 am. Call for information.

13. Next Mobile Van Food Giveaway Day, Friday, Jan. 25, 11 am, at the Community Center.

13.            Recovery 12 step groups. Saturdays, 6 pm Jerks Anonymous, 7:30 pm, Alcoholics Anonymous,  community center

14.              Turley Water Board Public Meeting, Last Working Day of Month, 8:30 am, 6108 N.      Peoria Ave. Turley Fire Dept. Meetings  Thursdays, 7 PM, Fire Station, 6408 N. Peoria.