Springfield Garden Club decks out Colonial Plantation for Thanksgiving
EDGMONT >> The Garden Club of Springfield recently set the stage for the Thanksgiving holiday season at The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation in Ridley Creek State Park.
Members of the Club used gourds, pumpkins, squash, dried corn, and ornamental cabbage donated by Linvilla Orchards and Wolff”s Apple House. The Garden Club provided dried hydrangeas, sage, magnolia seed pods, pine cones, autumn sedum, nandina berries, dried amaranth, winterberry, and greens from their own gardens.
Their creativity transformed the farmhouse kitchen and parlor into a warm and inviting home for visitors during the Thanksgiving season. For information, visit www. colonialplantation.org for information. After the Thanksgiving weekend, all the pumpkins and gourds will be distributed to the animals that reside at the farm.
The Garden Club of Springfield is a member of District I GCFP and National Garden Clubs, Inc. To attend a meeting or find out about membership, call Sue Simpson, 610- 328-9111.
Live Nativity at New Hope Christian Church
The New Hope Christian Church at the corner of Sproul and Paxon Hollow roads, Broomall, invites the community to the 14th annual presentation of a “Narrated Live Nativity” to celebrate the birth of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The program will take place on the Church lawn 7 p.m. Friday, Dec 7. The presentation will feature live animals as well as actors from the New Hope Youth Groups in a narration depicting the birth of Jesus with a special emphasis on the reason for His coming. Many favorite Christmas carols will accompany the presentation. Children are invited to come up and pet the animals at the conclusion of the presentation.
In addition, immediately following the “Narrated Live Nativity,” everyone is invited into the church to see a display of more than 75 Nativity scenes. Light refreshments will be served. The program is free. The church will also celebrate a Family Christmas Eve Candle Light service on Monday, Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. to which everyone is also welcome.
Media Lions Club holds breakfast with Santa Claus
The annual all-you-caneat breakfast with Santa, presented by the Media Lions Club, will take place 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, Saturday, Dec. 8 at the VFW Post 3460, 11 Hilltop Ave., Media. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children under 10-years-old and free for children under three. The event will include surprises for the children, music and fun for everyone.
Deck the halls with fresh, fragrant greens
The Delaware County Master Gardeners will offer handcrafted, fresh-cut evergreen wreaths and holiday floral creations 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, December 8 at Smedley Park, ;located on Baltimore Pike in Springfield.
Choose from an artful selection of gorgeous moss wreaths with assorted evergreens and berries; hanging baskets of greens, beautiful mailbox decorations and bouquets of freshly-cut greens to use in your own floral designs and centerpieces. Also available for sale are table arrangements with and without candles, outdoor planters, plus lots of other unique holiday creations to celebrate the season. Shoppers can browse the array of crafts and gifts made by Master Gardeners.
For more information call 610-690-7669. Proceeds from the sale will be used to support Master Gardener educational programs throughout Delaware County.
Kids can visit with Santa Claus and meet the Grinch
Christ United Methodist Church, 600 E. Dutton Mill Rd., Brookhaven, will present its annual visit with Santa and the Grinch
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 at the church. The event will feature a kids’ craft table and a lunch for
$2 consisting of a hot dog, chips and soda. Homemade cookies will also be for sale and Grandmom’s Attic will feature gently used treasures. For more information, call 610-874-1270.
Chester Senior Center pays tribute to veterans
Senior Community Services’ Chester Senior Center will hold a Tribute to Veterans event 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 at
721 Hayes Street, Chester. The event will include veteran’s education, an honorary ceremony recognizing veterans, one-on-one veteran’s support services, music and more. The event is free and open to the public and will include refreshments. For more information, call 610-497-3550.
Prospect Park to hold annual tree lighting
The Prospect Park Annual Tree Lighting, sponsored by the Prospect Park Beautification Committee, will be held 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7 at Park Square, located between 9th and 10th Avenues.
Santa will be paying a visit to the tree lighting. Canned goods will be collected for the Loaves and fishes Food Pantry. Music will be provided by the Interboro High School Select Choir and the Interboro High School Band. The rain date for the tree lighting will be 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8.
The Prospect Park Beautification Committee will once again be sponsoring Luminaries in the Park on Saturday, Dec. 22 at dusk. Everyone is invited to come and see the Park come alive with beautiful candle-lit pathways. The rain date is Sunday, Dec. 23.
Neumann presents Heidi Hayes in ‘Navigates the Middle’
The Cultural Arts Forum at Neumann University will present Heidi Hayes in “Navigating The Middle”
1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec.
6, in the Fred P. Meagher Theatre in the Thomas A. Bruder, Jr. Life Center on campus.
Admission is $10 and free for Cultural Arts Forum members. In the course of fourteen months, Heidi Hayes survived many life changing events, which she chronicled in her book Navigating The Middle. The book is a collection of stories and songs that celebrate modern life. Hayes is a singer, actor, arts educator and blogger.
Her many credits include a nine month tour in Troika Entertainment’s Sister Act and as Mamma Lilly in Hank Williams: Lost Highway at the Gretna Theatre in Mt. Gretna Pennsylvania. Hayes is a longtime faculty member at the Walnut Street Theatre School and maintains a private voice studio in Bryn Mawr and New York City.
The event is presented by the Cultural Arts Forum, which has been sponsoring events to support adult women students at Neumann University through the endowed scholarship named in honor of the founder of the Forum, Margaret Mary Kearney. Since its founding in 1970, the Forum has presented more than 250 events and seminars.
For more information, contact Nicholas DiMarino at 610-558-5626 or at dimarinn@neumann.edu/.