Bryant Pond

BRYANT POND — Sunday services at the Baptist Church are Sunday School at 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. and Evening Service at 6 p.m. Prayer meeting is at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Woodstock-Greenwood Senior Citizens will meet today, January 3, at the Town Office Conference Room. The meeting will start at 11:30 a.m. and this will be a potluck lunch so please bring a dish to share (hot dish, salad or dessert) and your own place setting. The program is a silent auction so please bring an item for that. New members are always welcome.

Franklin Grange 124 will meet at the home of Alice and Ken Hoyt for a regular meeting at 10 a.m. with a potluck lunch following on Saturday, January 5. Please bring a dish to share.

On Thursday, January 10, at 2 p.m. at Whitman Memorial Library, Arla Patch will speak about the Maine Wabanaki and State child welfare and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). She has been serving on the commission subcommittee since last January and will share a powerpoint, giving an historical overview and current goals. The TRC is being formed in Maine to discover the truth about the experience of Wabanaki people with State welfare programs and to promote healing and lasting change for the children taken from their families. This is open to the public at no charge and light refreshments will be served.

Sympathy is extended to the Ernest Bolio family.

We have had lots of company lately, which we love. On the Sunday before Christmas, dinner guests at the Ken Hoyts were Steve, Beth and Marybeth Hoover, David, JoAnn and Shawn Crockett, James Hoyt, Robert Hoyt and Lisa Petruccelli and Leatrice Chase, Ray Crockett came later. On Monday, Joseph Hoyt and Kelsey Schwarz visited us and also Joseph's parents, Jim and Charlene Hoyt. On Christmas day Steve, Beth and Marybeth Hoover, David, JoAnn and Shawn Crockett, James and Charlene Hoyt, Crystal Cash and baby Shawn and Leatrice Chase visited. Later in the day, Ray's friend Erin came. Marybeth Hoover and Cat Rufus are visiting with us for the week and also visiting her parents, Steve and Beth Hoover.

Wish you would send me your news at 665-2460.