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Saturday “Good Samaritan Free Meal and Clothing Giveaway,” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., third Saturday of every month, at Faith United Methodist Church, 503 Seventh St., Marietta. Sunday The 2018 Garden Plant and Bake Sale, 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday, June 24, at Marietta’s historic Unitarian Universalist Society, 232 Third St; plant sale will feature a variety of perennials, annuals, bulbs, plant divisions, seeds, native plants, houseplants, and succulents from local gardeners, along with gently used garden tools and planters; among the plant donations are heritage irises, native red ...

Free community meals

- 5 to 6 p.m., first Tuesday of each month, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 320 Second St., Marietta. - 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., fourth Tuesday of every month, First Presbyterian Church, corner of Fourth and Wooster streets, Marietta. - Daily Bread Kitchen, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., every Wednesday, at St. Mary’s K of C Hall, 312 Franklin St., Marietta. - 5 to 6 p.m., second Thursday of each month, Tunnel United Methodist Church, Ohio 550 and Coffman Road, Marietta. Handicapped parking is available in the upper parking lot by the church entrance. To request to have a meal delivered ...

Don’t take a break from God

I held my first knitting needles during lunch hours at my first job after business school in the offices of Union Carbide. Located too far down Route 7 to leave for lunch, my lady co-workers knitted while they ate, and were most helpful to get me started. Over 50 years of knitting, I have lost count of the number of sweaters, hats, baby blankets or skeins of yarn worked through these well-worn hands. And I wonder how many days all those knitting hours would have filled if summed. It’s the similar line of ponder when I think about how a good, home-cooked dinner takes up an ...

Round up

Foodbank distributes food Wednesday The Southeast Ohio Foodbank, a program of Hocking Athens Perry Community Action, will be hosting a mobile food distribution at the Jaycee Estates, 1689 Colegate Drive, Marietta, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Food items will be given away to income eligible families who are at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, and are residents of Washington County. Please contact the Southeast Ohio Foodbank at 740-385-6813 with questions. Photo I.D. and proof of residency no more than 60 days old is required. Third Sunday meal at Cutler ...

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Vacation Bible School “SHIPWRECKED,” theme of Vacation Bible School at Pine Grove Baptist Church, from July 30 to Aug. 3; each evening from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Contact the church for questions and pre-registration for this event at 304-464-4853. “Time Lab - Discovering Jesus from Eternity Past to Eternity Future!” - theme of Vacation Bible School at Moss Run Community Church, from June 20, 21 and 22, each evening from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; for children ages 2 to 13; bible lessons, singing, refreshments, crafts, memory verses, science experiments and more; church is located 10 miles ...

God’s promise of new life

As I walked by Gilman’s prayer garden recently, I was caught up in the beauty blossoming there. The sky was a brilliant shade of blue; the grass was a lush green. There were splashes of bright color everywhere—the yellow of the daffodils, the pink of the hyacinth, the red and purple tulips, the pink and green of the rose of Sharon. After this winter of snow, cold, and flooding, the beauty of Spring is even more dazzling. One would have to be blind not to notice the gift of God’s awakening creation around us. As I looked at the garden, the words of Jesus came to my ...