CHURCH CALENDAR

Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church, 735 Old Summerville Road, holds a praise and worship service Sundays at 10:45 a.m. in the fellowship hall with music by Ben Thornton and the Praise Band. A blended service is held at the same time in the sanctuary. The church will host the second annual Snowflake Ball on Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. The ball is a semiformal for individuals with special needs ages sixth grade and up. The night will include dancing, crafts and refreshments. For more information contact Sandra at 706-7662996 or Sandra.Baggett@vikings.berry. edu or Emily at 706-766-3676 or Emily. Wallace25@uga.edu. with the Rev. Millie Kim at 11 a.m. The church will host “A Night in Bethlehem,” a free community event with activities for children on Dec. 9 from 1-4 p.m. Families can tour the village of Bethlehem in the first century A.D. with booths where they will work together to make projects or watch live demonstrations. Booths include a metal shop, painter’s hut, carpentry shop, scribe’s tent, pottery shed and the Bethlehem Bakery. There will be a live Nativity in the stable. For more information call David Gresham at 706-237-7146 or visit www.2aveumc.org.

36 Reeceburg Road, Silver Creek, will be a collection point for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse which collects shoe boxes filled with gifts for children and distributes them around the world. Collection dates and times are Monday from 4-6 p.m., Tuesday from 10 a.m.-noon, Wednesday from 6-8 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m.-noon, Friday from 4-6 p.m., Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon, Nov. 19 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., and Nov. 20 from 10 a.m.-noon.