Benefits
Sanctuary Ministries offers a Community Closet with free clothing from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursdays at 15533 75th St. NE, Lake Stevens.
Call 360-386-9871.
St. Michael’s Catholic Church presents its 39th annual turkey dinner from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at 1512 Pine Ave., Snohomish.
The cost is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for children. A $1 discount will be given for adult and senior meals with a canned food donation.
Call 425-334-5397.
festivals and bazaars
Faith Lutheran Church offers a bazaar from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 6708 Cady Road, Everett. Find quilts, homemade jams, lefse (a traditional soft Norwegian flat bread), baked goods and Christmas gifts.
Call 425-418-0375.
The United Methodist Women of Everett offer an annual holiday bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today with a hot lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 3530 Colby Ave., Everett.
The event features a silent auction and items for sale including books, holiday gifts, needle crafts, baby quilts, lap quilts and homemade jelly gift baskets.
Call 425-259-7233.
The St. Brendan Parish School Parent Teachers’ Organization hosts its 29th annual Holiday Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at 10049 NE 195th St., Bothell.
The fair features more than 100 craft booths, a holiday gift raffle, a kids’ craft room and soups, refreshments and baked goods at the bake sale table. Admission is free.
Call 425-483-8300.
Trinity Lutheran Church offers its annual Food and Craft Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at 2324 Lombard Ave., Everett with cinnamon rolls and coffee will be offered.
Call 425-252-1239.
Lakewood Faith Lutheran Church presents its Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 15 at 1424 172nd St. NE, Marysville. Find a variety of hand-crafted items, raffles and bakery items, including lefse and krumkake, a Norwegian cookie. Lunch is planned.
Call 360-652-9545.
Whidbey Presbyterian Church offers a Holiday Boutique from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at 1148 SE Eighth Ave., Oak Harbor. Find a large selection of handmade holiday decor, children’s items, plants, art, products from Rwanda and food. A lunch is planned.
Call 360-679-3579.
Programs and Classes
Catholic radio program “Conversations with Father Bob” features Richard King, the program director for Catholic Community Services University District Youth Center and Maggie Mahrt, the assistant resident director at John Paul the Great Catholic University in San Diego, Calif.
Mahrt spent four years as the youth minister at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Bothell.
The program is scheduled for today, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
Call 206-546-2451 or go to www.conversations withfatherbob.com.
Edmonds Christian Church invites the public to a contemplative labyrinth worship service in honor of veterans at 6 p.m. Sunday at 23010 84th Ave. W., Edmonds.
Those who attend may submit the name of a veteran to be read during the service. The service includes time to meditate in silence, walk or sit and listen to the contemplative music.
Call 425-775-5212 or go to www.edmondscc.org.
Suzanne Moore, one of the illustrators of the St. John’s Bible, is the featured speaker at a Write on Calligraphers meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Art Works, 201 Second Ave. S., Edmonds.
Moore plans to present a slideshow and to talk about the images she created for the St. John’s Bible.
The St. John’s Bible was created by calligrapher Donald Jackson who approached the Benedictine monks of Saint John’s University and Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., with his lifelong dream to create the first handwritten, illuminated Bible commissioned since the invention of the printing press.
Write on Calligraphers is a nonprofit comprised of people who share a love of letters and paper arts.
Call 425-745-1347 or go to www.writeoncalligraphers.homestead.com.
Everett First Presbyterian Church concludes its mission series “You Shall Receive Power” from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett.
Call 425-259-7139.
Bible Baptist Church plays host to a Deaf Ministry Conference with John Clark and his wife Henra Clark, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today for a workshop, lunch and social time and from 9:45 to 11 a.m. Sunday for a free continental breakfast, followed by Sunday School and services.
A sign-language class is scheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday followed by the 6 p.m. evening service.
The event is at 805 W. Casino Road, Everett.
John Clark, who became deaf at age 3, attended the Mississippi Deaf School and graduated in 1954. He became an evangelist in 1968 and has served as a pastor traveling around the world.
Free child care provided.
Call 425-353-6200 or e-mail deafministry@biblebaptistchurch.net or go to www.biblebaptistchurch.com.
Marysville Free Methodist Church presents a Lead Now program from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 15 at 6715 Grove St., Marysville. The program, which features Erwin McManus, Margaret Feinberg, Francis Chan, Matt Chandler and others, is designed for young adults ages 20 to 30 who want to develop leadership skills.
The cost is $49 per person; $39 for students and individuals in groups of five or more.
Call 360-659-7117.
Marysville Church of the Nazarene presents GriefShare: Surviving the Holidays from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 16 at 8240 64th St., Marysville.
The seminar is for people facing the holidays after the death of a loved one. It features practical suggestions and reassurance through video interviews with counselors, grief experts and other people who have experienced the holidays after the death of a loved one.
Topics to be discussed include “Why the Holidays Are Tough,” “What to Expect” and “Using the Holidays to Help You Heal.”
Registration is requested.
Those who attend will receive a book with daily readings providing insights and ideas on holiday survival.
Call 360-659-4629 or e-mail mcnoffice@marysville-nazarene.org.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Maltby plays host to Tesfai Tesema and his wife Abeda at 8, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. Nov. 16 at 9225 212th St. SE, Snohomish.
Tesema is a missionary pastor in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod who is originally from Ethiopia. His wife is from Eritrea. The couple founded a congregation in the Sudan in the early 1980s and helped lead another church in San Jose, Calif., from 1989 to 2003. Since 2006, Tesema has worked as the Western United States Coordinator for African Immigrant Ministry for the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod.
Call 360-668-7881 or 425-485-8171 or go to www.shepherdofthehillslcms.org.
Women’s programs
Aglow Edmonds Community Lighthouse invites the public to its monthly meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Aglow headquarters office, 123 Second Ave. S., Suite 100, Edmonds.
The evening includes food, fellowship, prayer, praise and worship. Those who attend are asked to bring a favorite food dish to share. Friends are also welcome.
Call 425-422-1036 or 425-218-4391.
The Northshore Christian Women’s Connection-Stonecroft Ministries offers a brunch with speaker Carol Coffey from 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Inglewood Golf and Country Club, 6505 Inglewood Road NE, Kenmore.
Coffey, who is from Surrey, B.C., plans to talk about “My Journey to Freedom.”
The event features a silent auction and bazaar with baked goods, decorations and gifts. Jerry Goodman plans to provide music.
Those who attend are invited to bring items to auction.
The cost is $13. Complimentary off-site child care is available with reservation.
Call 425-827-9253 or 206-367-2276.
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