Give thanks & share in the 44th Annual Community Holiday Meal Thanksgiving Dinner. This year, dinners will be delivered to those who are homebound. Requests must be made by noon on Monday, November 25, 2024, to guarantee delivery. Call Karen at 218-368-3601 to make a request for homebound delivery.
Interested in volunteering? Wednesday, Nov 27 (prep pies, rolls, etc) 5PM to 6:30PM at the Eagles Club. Thursday, Nov 28 (Delivery Drivers, Kitchen, Preparing delivery containers for drivers and Cleanup). Various shifts from 9AM to 12PM. Call Karen at 218-368-3601 to volunteer.
Monetary donations are welcome. Checks may be made to Bemidji Community Meals. Mail to: LaMae Ritchie, 1424 Otterpoint Ln SW Bemidji, MN 56601.
Freedom Christian Academy is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner on November 28 from 11am to 2pm. Come for food and fellowship and bring a friend! Enjoy all the classic Thanksgiving courses including pumpkin pie for dessert! 505 Ward Ave, Erskine. To-go meals are available upon request. Free will donation proceeds to benefit the FCA students. Please RSVP by calling FCA at 218-687-3733, or text 218-280-3137. RSVP by November 24 if possible. Visit www.fcaerskine.org. |
On Saturday, November 30th 10am-5pm and Sunday, December 1st 11am-4pm, Image Photography of Bemidji will be doing the much-anticipated beloved annual Santa Paws fundraiser at Great River Rescue, 1612 Carr Lake Road SE, Bemidji, MN 56601.
Bring your pet or pets, and get a professional family portrait of your pet(s) either with or without you, with a Christmas themed backdrop, while enjoying some cookies and hot chocolate. These photos are perfect for a framed family photo or made into cards. Photo packages begin at $20, and others will be available at the time of the appointment.
Schedule your Santa Paws appointment at https://doodle.com/bp/
You are invited to the 2024 Nativity Festival, “A Journey to Bethlehem”, to be held on Saturday, November 30. Doors will open at 1 pm, and there will be a carol sing at 7pm. Bring your family and friends! Enjoy the live music while viewing over 200 nativities on display. Refreshments are provided, as well as a children’s activity table. Admission is free! Start off your holiday season by immersing yourself in the true meaning of Christmas, Christ’s birth. Sand Lake Alliance Church, 55581 county road 4, Spring Lake, MN 56680
On Saturday, November 30th 10am-5pm and Sunday, December 1st 11am-4pm, Image Photography of Bemidji will be doing the much-anticipated beloved annual Santa Paws fundraiser at Great River Rescue, 1612 Carr Lake Road SE, Bemidji, MN 56601.
Bring your pet or pets, and get a professional family portrait of your pet(s) either with or without you, with a Christmas themed backdrop, while enjoying some cookies and hot chocolate. These photos are perfect for a framed family photo or made into cards. Photo packages begin at $20, and others will be available at the time of the appointment.
Schedule your Santa Paws appointment at https://doodle.com/bp/
The monthly Bemidji Full Gospel Men’s Prayer Breakfast is being held on Saturday, December 7 at the Beltrami Electric Conference Room (4111 Technology Dr NW). Starting at 8:00, a light breakfast (fruit, rolls, etc) will be served followed by a time of music and sharing of testimony. This month’s featured speaker is Ryan O’Leary.
Dr. Ryan O’Leary is a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe in northern MN. Ryan has also been married to his wife Kristen for over 21 years and has four children. Ryan grew up playing hockey and eventually played collegiately at the University of Denver and was drafted to play professionally by the Calgary Flames in the 4th round back in his draft year. Along with Ryan’s hockey background, he also has an extensive ministry background having served as a lead pastor for two congregations for a total of about 13 years.
Ryan currently works for a global missions organization and leads two ministries while he is based out of Bemidji where he and his family reside. First, Ryan leads a ministry called the “First Peoples Initiative”, which involves developing a ministry to all of the First Peoples groups in North America with there being around 9.5 million tribal members in the U.S. and about another 2 million First Nations people in Canada.
Ryan also serves as President of the National Association of Native Evangelicals here in the United States and serves on the National Association of Evangelicals board of directors based out of Washington D.C.
The Mount Zion Christmas Cookie Sale is being held Saturday, December 7 from 9am to 2pm. Receive a cookie box to fill, pick your favorite assortment and pay by the pound for your cookies and baked items! There will also be a craft sale featuring small Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers, cooking and baking supplies, vintage ugly sweaters and much more! Join the fun and get in the Christmas spirit at Mt Zion Church, 414 Lincoln Ave SE, Bemidji–use main parking lot door. All money received will go to the upkeep and improvement of our building, the old Lincoln school in Nymore.
| The Mount Zion Christmas Cookie Sale is being held Saturday, December 7 from 9am to 2pm. Receive a cookie box to fill, pick your favorite assortment and pay by the pound for your cookies and baked items! There will also be a craft sale featuring small Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers, cooking and baking supplies, vintage ugly sweaters and much more! Join the fun and get in the Christmas spirit at Mt Zion Church, 414 Lincoln Ave SE, Bemidji–use main parking lot door. All money received will go to the upkeep and improvement of our building, the old Lincoln school in Nymore. |