Craft Bazaar at

Hillsborough UMC

HILLSBOROUGH — The United Methodist Women of Hillsborough United Methodist Church, 130 West Tryon St., will hold a Holiday Craft Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the fellowship hall. Proceeds will benefit the Methodist Home for Children and the church’s Campus Expansion Program.

Breakfast will be for sale by United Methodist Men, baked goods and cold drinks for sale from the youth group, hot cider and hot chocolate for sale from the younger youth group. Handcrafted items, homemade gifts, wood crafts, knitted, crocheted and sewn items, handmade jewelry, hair accessories, gifts in a jar, and teacher gifts. Admission is free. Visit www.hum-church.org for information.

Alternative gift

market at UCCH

CHAPEL HILL — The 20th Alternative Gift Market at United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday as an affirmation of joy and justice.

“People can simultaneously participate in the joy of giving and practice justice, enrich another’s life and change the world, be aided in finding the perfect gift and give a gift of aid,” said the Rev. Richard Edens.

Gifts of aid can be made to address crisis needs around the globe as well as long term development to alleviate poverty. Gifts of world crafts through One World Market, the Guatemalan Mayan collection, the Bethlehem Mission, AFSC Scarfs, Haitian Art or the Peru Project will alleviate poverty and empower low-income people through trade. Other gifts will be sold by Threads of Hope, which provides employment North Carolina, organic North Carolina-made table linens from Fiberactice Organics and hats from Our Children’s Place.

Community artists will have art for sale — Art for a Cause — with a percentage of the proceeds going back to global as well as local need. The Orange/Alamance Prison Ministry will sell pecans to support its on-going ministry. The United Church Preschool will sell bean soup mix and host a bake sale on Saturday. The Women’s Fellowship will have a bake sale to support Meals on Wheels on Sunday. Other vendors include Bulbs for Bombs or Paperwhites for Peace that will remove land mines, and Peace Olive Oil fostering hope and employment for Palestinians. Iglesia Unida will be serving Central American food.

Daye Habitat House dedication

DURHAM — First Presbyterian Church in downtown Durham will dedicate a Habitat House for Robert Daye at noon Saturday. Daye has been the custodian at First Presbyterian for 32 years.

“Robert Daye is a revered member of our staff who has the longest longevity of anyone working with our congregation,” said the Rev. Joe Harvard, pastor of First Presbyterian. “He is a valuable colleague. Building this house with Habitat for Humanity of Durham has been a joy.”

The house is located at 702 Carroll St. There will be a dedication ceremony followed by a light lunch. All are welcome to attend. For information, call 682-5511.

Community food market Saturday

DURHAM — West Durham Baptist Church, 1901 Athens St., will have the next Community Open Food Market Giveaway beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday to provide for the Thanksgiving.

For information, call 682-4453.

Aldersgate UMC BBQ fundraiser

DURHAM — The Jamaican Mission Team of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1320 Umstead Road, will host a chicken and barbecue fundraiser Saturday from 11 a.m. until the food runs out. The $8 plates include chicken or barbecue, green beans, slaw, potatoes and dinner rolls. Barbecue is also for sale at $7 per pound.

Quartet, Kitchen continue series

DURHAM — St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 82 Kimberly Drive, will continue its concert series with a performance by the Borromeo String Quartet and organist Joseph Kitchen at 4 p.m. Sunday in the church nave.

The BSQ, founded in 1989, performs music worldwide. This fall they began a Beethoven series and a Bartok series at the Gardner Museum. The quartet-in-residence at the New England Conservatory of Music for 17 years, they are known for communicating even the most challenging repertoire so that the audience can comprehend and enjoy. The program will include the Passacaglia and Fugue by J.S. Bach, transcribed for string quartet by Kitchen and played by Kitchen on the Kenan Memorial Flentrop organ. Other works on the program are the “Sunrise” Quartet by Haydn and the Fourth Quartet of Bela Bartok.

A pre-concert discussion of Bartok’s String Quartet No. 4 will be held at 3 p.m. Individual tickets are $15. Free admission for ages 18 and under. For information, e-mail marianmtyson@gmail.com or visit www.ssecdurham.org.

Thanksgiving service Sunday

DURHAM — Epworth United Methodist Church, 3002 Hope Valley Road, Durham, will host a Thanksgiving worship service for the Durham community at 7 p.m. Sunday. Rev. Hope Vickers will lead the service. For more information, call 489-6557 or visit www.epworth-umc.org.

White Rock

Relay for Life

DURHAM — The White Rock Baptist Church’s Relay for Life, American Cancer Society Team, Rock ’n’ Research, won a platinum level plaque at the recent wrap of for Relay 2009. The team raised $8,700 for the American Cancer Society.

New Hope Union to meet Nov. 28

DURHAM — The New Hope Union will be held at 9 a.m. Nov. 28 at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 1007 S. Roxboro St. The Pastor is the Rev. Jerome Washington. There will be a sermonette at 9:30 a.m. by the Rev. Anthonette Wright, associate minister at Mt. Peace Baptist Church, Raleigh. The Union sermon will be delivered at 12:10 p.m. by the Rev. Robert McGowen, pastor at Greater Galilee Baptist Church, Charlotte. Union officers are the Rev. Ronnie Johnson, president, the Rev. Junious Jones, vice president, and the Rev. Lafayette Maxwell, dean.

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