Feast day

Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation, Mass will be offered today at 4 p.m. and Thursday at 12:10 and 7 p.m. at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church.There will be no 8 a.m. Mass either day.Band concertThe Pleasant Valley High School band concert will be presented at 7:30 p.m. today.Thursday tripThe West End Park and Open Space Commission is sponsoring a bus trip to Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas spectacular on Thursday for the 2 p.m. show.The bus departs at 7:15 a.m. from Chestnuthill Park, 221 Route 715, Brodheadsville, and returns at 7 p.m.To check on possible seats being still available and costs, call 570-992-9733,Board of EducationThe Pleasant Valley School District Board of Education will meet in public session at 8 p.m. Thursday at the District Office in Brodheadsville.Seniors' lunchesThe Chestnuthill group of the Monroe County seniors, meeting at Zion Lutheran in Brodheadsville in the Fellowship Hall, will be offered apple ginger pork loin on Friday. For next week Wednesday the lunch is open face roast beef sandwich.Call the site manager, Dolores Casalaspro, by 11 a.m. the day before to register for lunch.A special program will be offered at the site next Wednesday, beginning at 11 a.m. by ESU Senior intern Margo Rennick. The program focus is Winter Safety Tips.If the schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Senior Center will also be closed.In addition to the special program, seniors can have their blood pressure taken for free every second Wednesday.Pantry openEffort UMC's Supplemental Food Resource Center will be open from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. This will be a regular pantry day with sign-ups for the Christmas boxes. The boxes will be distributed 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Dec. 17.Must be qualified for a regular order on Dec. 10 and registered to receive a box on Dec. 17.Meal and cookiesMcMichaels UMC, White Church Road, McMichaels, is holding its monthly all-you-can-eat breakfast with donations only from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday.The church will also be selling its cookie plates at that time.ESL classAn English as a Second Language class is offered from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday at the Western Pocono Community Library, weather permitting. Class is free and no preregistration is required.Old Time ChristmasQuiet Valley, Monroe County's living historical farm, will continue its celebration of its 26th Old Time Christmas Saturday and Sunday.For more information call the farm at 570-992-6161 or visit quietvalley.org.Toys for TotsThe Pleasant Valley Elementary School began a Toys for Tots collection in late November. It is ongoing through Dec. 16.Live NativityEffort UMC, Neola UMC, and St. Peter's UMC in Saylorsburg, the Southern Pocono Mission Connection Group, will be presenting a Live Nativity from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, at St. Peter's UMC, 924 Route 115, Saylorsburg.Admission is free. Cookies and coffee or hot chocolate will be served at the fifth stop on the Nativity journey.Children's concertA children's concert will take place at Effort UMC at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.Choral concertPleasant Valley Choral Society will present "Do You Hear What I Hear?" a Christmas bell celebration, at 7 p.m. Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Pleasant Valley High School auditorium. For tickets and more information call 570-402-2026.This year's concert will feature traditional favorites as well as lesser-known secular and sacred songs.Advent programThe Sunday school of Zion Lutheran Church, Brodheadsville, will present an Advent program at the 10:30 service on Sunday.The early service is at 8 a.m.The church also offers a Saturday evening worship service at 5 p.m.Family TableSt. Matthews UCC, Kunkletown, will hold its Family Table service and children's Christmas pageant at noon this Sunday.Sunday school partySalem-St. Paul's Lutheran Church Sunday school in Kresgeville will hold a Sunday school family Christmas party at 11:45 a.m. Sunday.Worship services are at 8:15 and 10:30 a.m.Ladies dinnerEffort UMC UMW is gathering for a Christmas dinner at 6:30 p.m. Monday for those who have registered already.Jan Decker will lead the devotions.Christmas partyGFWC Western Pocono Women's Club will hold its annual Christmas party and December club meeting on Monday at the Boulder View Tavern in Lake Harmony. The party signals the end of monthly club meetings until March 20, 2017.While the monthly meetings may not be held, WPWC is a very active women's service club. They continue to clip coupons for the military, make quilts for Quilts for Kids, go monthly to Getz Personal Care Home and volunteer to help out in many ways in the community.Story TimeThe Western Pocono Community Library offers Story Time five times each week: Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday at 1 p.m.; Thursday at 6:30 p.m.; Friday at 1 p.m. for children with special needs; and Saturday at 10:30 a.m., Family Fun Time. All story times are open to all ages.All Sports ClubThe Pleasant Valley All Sports Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the high school library.Chorus concertThe Pleasant Valley Middle School chorus concert is to be presented Tuesday, beginning at 7:30 p.m.Touch of HomeThere will be a regular meeting of Operation: Touch of Home group at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the American Legion Post Home on Route 209 in Gilbert.Gifts dueThe Western Pocono Community Library is partnering with Home Instead Senior Care's Be a Santa to a Seniors project. This community service program will positively impact the community by providing holiday cheer and gift giving to seniors who are least likely to receive a present during the holiday season, who are lonely and financially needy.People can select a tag from the tree in the library which lists a gift preference written on it and can then go shopping for that gift and return the gift (wrapped or unwrapped) with the tag attached to it to Western Pocono Community Library no later than Tuesday.Home Instead Senior Care will then deliver the gifts to the seniors. For more information, call the library at 570-992-7934.WEPOSC meetsThe West End Park & Open Space Commission will meet at 6:30

p.m.Dec. 14, at the Chestnuthill Park Building. Friends of the Park will meet at 6:45 p.m. in the same place.Lioness boardThe Western Pocono Lioness Club board of directors will meet at noon Dec. 14 at Cherry's Family Restaurant in Kresgeville. All members are welcome.Company comingThe Western Pocono Women's Club will visit the Getz Personal Care Home at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14. Members will bring some holiday cheer, a cookie social, to the residents, as well as a possible well-bearded surprise.Club members are to indicate their participation to Mary M. or Darlene B.Las PosadasOur Lady Queen of Peace Church will be the site for an Advent presentation: A Journey to the Inn - An Advent Celebration, at 6

p.m.Dec. 14 in the church atrium.The English version is being presented by the Knights of Columbus.Eldred SupersEldred Township Supervisors will meet at 7:30

p.m.Dec. 14 at the township building in Kunkletown.Library exhibitsThe library is home to two unique exhibits, the Phoebe Conrad Shadowbox Collection and a Beatrix Potter Exhibit.The Phoebe Conrad Shadowbox Collection is showcased in its own climate controlled gallery. Each of the 34 dioramas depicts a scene from a classic storybook or nursery rhyme. There is also a shadow box titled Madonna and Child, as well as many paintings by Phoebe Conrad.The Beatrix Potter Exhibit was donated by Jacqueline Mock, member of WPCL's board of trustees and one of the world's most noted experts on the subject of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit. Mrs. Mock has a deep admiration for Beatrix Potter. She has been telling Beatrix Potter's story for over 30 years as a guest lecturer through her own illustrations based on Potter's books and in a slideshow of her visits to Potter's childhood homes and her farms in England.Musical programMiddlecreek Christian Church, located at 343 Dorshimer Road, Kresgeville, will present a musical program titled "A Glorious Night," at 7

p.m.Dec. 17. All are welcome to join the church family for a time of fellowship and light refreshment following the program.For more information, call the church at 570-629-4066.Contact Adele Argot at 717-933-4028 or

arargot3@verizon.net. Contact the Times News at 800-443-0377 or

tneditor@tnonline.com.