Family Fun Night is . . . . FUN!!!

If you missed Newberry First Baptist's Family Fun Night, you missed an evening of good food and games. Participants were treated to homemade pizza and drinks. After the food was gone, folks enjoyed some lively rounds of  Minute to Win It. Check out the photographs below to see if you can find friends and neighbors who played and ate with the friendly people at First Baptist.

Church outreach includes the Baby Pantry, Awanas, youth group for the teens, men's and women's Bible studies and family get togethers like Friday's Family Fun Night. On Sundays there is Sunday School for all ages at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesdays include the aforementioned Awanas and youth group as well as prayer meeting at 7 p.m.

This week - Monday, March 24 through Friday, March 28, First Baptist hosts prayer meetings each night at 6 p.m., and, if you are too rushed to fix dinner before the prayer meetings, you can eat at First Baptist. Church ladies plan to serve dinner each night at 5 p.m. for a $3 donation. Tonight's menu includes chili and cornbread - YUM! On Saturday, March 29, the prayer meeting begins at 5 p.m. with dinner and fellowship at 6 p.m. or shortly thereafter. Come join us to find out about how to get more out of your prayer life as we explore "Praying With Paul," by reviewing the apostle's prayers found in the New Testament.

Hope to see you there!

Women's club members learn about home health care

Below are photographs from last week's Newberry Women's Club meeting, which featured a presentation by North Woods Home Nursing and Hospice's administrative assistant, Caleb Varoni. Read the article on the Newberry Free Press website.

Women's club members celebrate with cookie feast

Members of Newberry Women's Club gathered Tuesday  for the monthly business meeting, and a cookie feast prepared by hostesses Jill Hutchinson and Cheryl Withrow.

Ladies enjoyed sugar, mint, gingerbread, cherry-Rice Krispie, M&M and Almond Joy cookies along with Surprise Candy, bourbon balls and Grandma's Snickers. There was also a relish tray with assorted pickles, cheeses and crackers. Beverage offerings included fresh-brewed coffee and assorted black and herbal teas.

The meeting and social hour took place in the most beautiful venue in the village of Newberry, the gaily decorated Villemure Dining Room in the Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency building in downtown Newberry.

Members of the local club extend a special thank you to Marie Nicholson, Ruth Wippert and other staff members for their assistance in making this special event a success. 

Enjoy the photographs below.

Volunteers assist with distribution

Quarterly food distribution found a new home for December. The Community Action Agency building on Newberry Avenue served as the pick-up location for the fourth-quarter. Volunteers made quick work of the 378 (756 brown-paper grocery bags) portions assembled in the agency's dining room. Bag filling commenced shortly after 8 a.m., and all bags were lined up outside by noon. Marie Nicholson, service coordinator for the Newberry location of Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac CAA, explained that six members of the Tahquamenon Area Snowmobile Association stepped up to the plate, offering their assistance to a volunteer crew depleted by frigid temperatures. Income eligibility levels have increased for the current year. Find out if you and your family qualify for the surplus food by calling the local office at 293-5621  Find pictures of the volunteer operation below.

Louie Nicholson says, "X marks the spot."