Nov 23, 2005 3 min read

Registration extended The registration period has been extended for needy families within the boundaries of the Brownsville Area School District to sign up for this year’s Christmas toy distribution.

Parents/Guardians wishing to get gifts for their children must provide a valid Photo Identification Card to verify their address and a birth certificate for each child (birth to 12 years old). Bring this information to the Flatiron Building before Dec. 1.

The Flatiron Building and Brownsville Hospital will have tags with the names of children (birth to 12 years old) who live in the Brownsville Area School District. If you wish to be a Christmas Angel, please stop by either place and choose a nametag. If you’d simply rather make a donation, please purchase a gift and we will match it with a child. Tags with names may be picked up at the hospital or Flatiron Building from Nov. 25, to Dec. 16, by which time all gifts must be brought to the Flatiron Building.

Anyone requesting further information about the toy drive can call BARC at 724-785-9331.

Service planned

The Roscoe community will gather today at 7 p.m. at the Roscoe Presbyterian Church for the annual community Thanksgiving service.

The service will focus on food as the evening offering will be received for the support of the Allenport Food Bank, which helps those in need throughout the Mon Valley area. As these offerings are presented, each family will be given a loaf of bread to be eaten at their family Thanksgiving meals. These loaves are baked and donated by Arlene Shipley.

The first proclamation of Thanksgiving given by Massachusetts Bay Colony Gov. William Bradford will be read. A community choir will sing, directed and accompanied by Tina Bolin. The choir is made up of members from the choirs of churches of Roscoe. The Rev. John Rankin, host pastor, will bring the Thanksgiving message “Bread on the Table.’ The Rev. Terry Teluch, Roscoe Methodist Church, will assist in the service. Following worship, there will be a fellowship coffee hour in the church manse.

Worship announced

Pleasant View Presbyterian Church, located two miles west of Smock at the intersection of the Pleasant View and Royal Roads, will hold a Thanksgiving eve worship service at 7 p.m. today and will be joined by the Calvin Presbyterian Church of Brownsville.

Worship participants include the Rev. Aleda Menchyk, pastor of Calvin Church, the Rev. Keith Conover, pastor of Pleasant View Church, Certifiable Helen Kester, student associate from Pleasant View, the combined vocal choirs of the churches, the PVPC Clarinet Choir, the PVPC Band and a PVPC Handbell Ensemble, with Patty Lenhart, Bill Williams and Dave Sparrow. The offering will be given to the Brownsville Soup Kitchen.