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Dogwood Church in Tyrone will offer GriefShare – Surviving the Holidays, a seminar, Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 7-9 p.m.

The group will meet in the Atrium area of the church office.

The video presentation offers suggestions on how to handle hard-hitting emotions during the holiday season, what to do about family traditions, how to scale back on activities and holiday preparations, and where to find the strength to go on.

“I learned that it’s okay not to carry on every tradition, and it’s okay to cut back on invitations,” shared a seminar attendee.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/11-20-2013/dogwood%E2%80%99s-griefshare-seminar-starts-tonight

After an extensive search, members of Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone hired Kenneth A. White as their new director of music ministries. The native Atlantan has a stellar reputation throughout the southeast as both a director and performer of a wide variety of music.

White has 30 years experience in sacred church music, 25 years experience in conducting professional symphony orchestras, 30 years experience in audio-visual and lighting, and 18 years experience as an artistic director and professional fund raiser in the community orchestra and choral arena.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/11-20-2013/hopewell-welcomes-kenneth-white-new-director-music-ministries

Flat Creek Baptist Church of Fayetteville invites the public to “Back to Bethlehem,” where one can experience life as it was in the days of Jesus’s birth. The event features a live nativity and interactive workshops. Children can make candles, bread, musical instruments and more.

Back to Bethlehem will be held Dec. 8. from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Flat Creek Baptist Church, 161 Flat Creek Trail, between Ga. Hwy. 54 and Tyrone Rd., Fayetteville.

For more information, visit www.flatcreekbaptist.org.

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/11-20-2013/flat-creek-baptist-presents-back-bethlehem

Seventy young violinists known as the Fayette Fiddlers will perform songs of the Christmas season Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church in Peachtree City.

New this year is an orchestra performance featuring an array of talent from accomplished musicianship to toddlers still learning the basics of violin.

The public is invited to attend this free event.

For more information, visit fiddlerfry@bellsouth.net or call 770-487-8943.

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/11-20-2013/fayette-fiddlers-perform-carriage-lane

SDA Church will host Family Fun Night
The Fayette Seventh Day Adventist Church family will host its Family Fun Night on Nov. 23,  from 7-11 p.m.  featuring Jamaican, Antiguan, Dominican, Trinidadian, Mexican, and Filipino cuisine, hay rides, ping pong, face painting, hula hoop, basketball, dominoes, cake walks and much more. Admission is free. Call 678-665-8767 for more details. The church is at 814 New Hope Rd., Fayetteville.

COS will host Thanksgiving supper

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/11-20-2013/religion-briefs-112013

Boys basketball

McIntosh defeated Our Lady of Mercy 78-44 in a season-opening scrimmage last week. Sophomore Dishon Lowery led all scorers with 19 and chipped in 11 rebounds. Junior Phillip Venson scored 16, sophomore Jordan Lyons scored 9, sophomore Will Washington scored 8, and senior Connor Nash scored 7. “We shared the ball very well,” said McIntosh head coach Jason Eisele. “All eleven Chiefs who played scored in the contest.”

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/11-19-2013/high-school-sports-roundup

The White House’s urgent retreat came at the same time the French took a bold stand in Geneva, thereby rescuing the U.S. Secretary of State from himself as he tried to give away the store to the Iranians. I haven’t seen such role reversal since masculinity became passe.

To understand the Obamacare train wreck and retreat, you need to ask yourself how much political intrigue you like mixed in with your healthcare?

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/blogs/terry-garlock/11-19-2013/president%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98fix%E2%80%99-obamacare

By Matt Forshee and Virginia Gibbs

If you were hosting visitors to our county on a comprehensive, seven-hour driving tour across Fayette County, where would you go and what would you see? What successes, challenges and opportunities would you point out?

That’s exactly what we were challenged to do last week, providing a familiarization tour of Fayette County to two of our community visioning partners at Market Street Services.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/blogs/matt-forshee/11-19-2013/visioning-initiative-what%E2%80%99s-fayette-county

Fed up with Washington? Angry that elections don’t seem to matter when it comes time to solving problems? Disgusted by the polarization that puts politicians’ careers ahead of taxpayer interests? Frustrated because you don’t think anything can be done about it?

Indiana State Senator David Long (R-Ft. Wayne) has experienced all of these feelings, but has chosen not to accept the status quo. He has a plan for returning power to the people where the Founders wanted it to reside.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/blogs/cal-thomas/11-19-2013/constitutional-convention

By chance, we happened upon him in a small gift shop. The clerk recognized me, laughed and said, “What a coincidence! She just bought a copy of your book!” She gestured toward a small woman browsing through a group of men’s sweaters.

That began a cordial conversation when I thanked her for buying the book. Her son, somewhere in his 30s, perked up and listened. He settled himself down on a comfortable sofa and said not a word until his mother said, “My son is a writer, too.”

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/blogs/ronda-rich/11-19-2013/keeping-dream-alive