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Nov. 23Thanksgiving Day Service: We invite the community to join us as we gather together to ask the Lord’s Blessing at our Thanksgiving service at 10 a.m. Offering will be donated to Berks Ministerium. St. Paul’s “Smoke” Church, Hamburg.
Nov. 24Shoemakersville Fire Company Christmas tree sale: 300 Church Avenue Shoemakersville. Starts on Black Friday. Held Fridays and Mondays 5 to 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Nov. 25 Benefit Dance & Hoedown for the Kunkel Family: sponsored by Virginville Grange, 456 Main Street (Route 143), Virginville. Ethan Kunkel, Albany Township, is receiving treatment for Leukemia. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Food for Sale. Dance 7 to 10 p.m. Music by The Majestics. Cost $8. Raffle with more than 50 prizes ($2 a ticket or 3 tickets for $5). Handicapped accessible. 610-562-4505 Or 610-562-8357.
Nov. 27Leesport Area Historical Society meeting: 7:30 p.m., Bethany EC Church, 308 Main St., Leesport. Keith Brintzenhoff will portray The Belsnickel.
Nov. 27Shrimp night: at the Shoemakersville Fire Company, 300 Church Ave., Shoemakersville. Open to the public, 1 lb. of steamed shrimp and fries for $10. Cash bar available.
Nov. 29Basket Weaving Class Christmas Hearth Basket: The Hamburg Strand Party Room, 8 South 4th St., Hamburg, 6 to 9 p.m. Made with start and stop weaving, with stepbacks to give the sides a slanted shape. Cost $40 and includes materials. Register by calling the Hamburg Area Arts Alliance at 610-562-3106.
Dec. 2Live Nativity: 5 to 7 p.m., Bern Reformed UCC, 3196 Bernville Rd., Rt. 183, Leesport. Live Nativity, petting zoo, crafts, activities, free refreshments, musical performances by Governor Mifflin Middle School Show Choir and Light Sound, Barbershop Quartet. Free.
Dec. 3 Leesport Area Historical Society Museum Christmas Open House: 1 to 4 p.m. at 128 Main St., Leesport. Santa will visit from 1 to 3 p.m. and children’s author, Dori Hoch will read to the children.
Dec. 9Cookie sale: Evangelical Lutheran Friedens Church, Main and Washington streets, Bernville, will be holding a cookie sale on Dec. 9 from 8 a.m. to noon. A variety of home-made cookies will be available. Pre-orders accepted at 610-488-6752 or 610-488-6260.
Dec. 10Strausstown Fire Company’s Breakfast: 8 a.m. to noon at Strausstown Fire Company’s Community Campus, 50 East Ave., Strausstown, full breakfast menu available; children’s menu also available; proceeds benefit the Apparatus Fund.
RecurringSenior Citizens Club of Hamburg: 2 p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays in Hamburg Area Middle School cafeteria. If school is canceled on meeting day due to bad weather, meeting is canceled.
Hamburg Public Library Story Time: story time on Wednesday and Friday mornings at 11 a.m. for ages 18 months through 3 years old, preschoolers and home schooled early elementary. The schedule is available on the library’s website at www.berks.lib.pa.us/hamburgpl.
Hamburg Public Library Board Meetings: second Tuesdays. Public encouraged to attend.
Schuylkill Valley Community Library
1310 Washington Road, LeesportBaby Lapsit: Mondays at 10:15 a.m.
Story Riders: Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.
Story Time: Fridays at 10 a.m.Lego Club: Fourth Thursday at 6 p.m.
Book Club: Fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
Adult Cookbook Club: Third Monday, 6 p.m. Share culinary skills. We have copies of cookbooks, choose a recipe to prepare and share.
