MAPLETON NEWS
by Jennifer Buzza
The Castle Hill Advent Christian Church invites the public to a Candlelight Christmas Celebration Sunday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m.
Come and meet our new Pastor Don and Kristin McDaniels from Portsmouth, N.H. Light refreshments will follow the service. Please come and bring a friend!
Birthdays
Birthday wishes this week go out to Tina Tompkins, Alex Bard, Marriane Lafland, Kevin Michaud, Kelsey Steeves, Jay C. Brewer, Dawn Kenney, Toni Flannigan, Rodney Brewer II, Rodney Brewer III and Dean Frost.
Anniversary
Happy anniversary to Mark and Kim Wilcox on the 20th.
Can you help?
The Mapleton Town Office is collecting new pillowcases, quilts and fabric to sew handmade pillowcases and quilts. If you would like to contribute to help local families, please drop off your donations of pillowcases, quilts or fabric at the Town Office. Please speak to Sue Skidgell with any questions. Thank you for your support!
MPO news
The Mapleton Elementary School’s Parent Organization would like to remind families of some of the upcoming holiday events that will be held this month. The annual breakfast with Santa will be tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 15. There will also be a school-wide sing-along Thursday, Dec. 22 at 9:30 a.m. For those that ordered from the Art to Remember fundraiser, your orders will arrive in time for holiday gift giving!
West Chapman church calendar
The West Chapman Advent Christian Church would like to invite the public to some of their holiday events this month. On Sunday, Dec. 18 at 4 p.m. the Sunday School will be presenting their Christmas program. Each class will have a presentation, and gifts, cards and candy bags will be distributed following the program.
On Dec. 24 there will be a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 6 p.m. There will be no Sunday School Sunday, Dec. 25, but the morning worship service will be held at 10:45 a.m.
There will be an adult “after Christmas party” Saturday, Jan. 7 at 5:30 p.m. The party will be held at the church with a potluck supper followed by a Yankee swap.
Are you willing?
For the past couple of weeks you have been reading about the need for a new Mapleton Daze Committee. Has this stirred interest in any of you? Did reading of the possibility of this town breaking a tradition that has lasted over 20 years bother you? Have you considered how many local non-profit groups rely on the Mapleton Daze weekend to raise funds for their clubs and organizations? Did it occur to you that families schedule their vacations around this weekend to visit relatives in Mapleton, or to attend the annual Mapleton Alumni Banquet? If there is a voice in the back of your head speaking to you to step forward and make sure this tradition continues, now is the time to listen to that voice. (Maybe others are hearing those very same voices).
Imagine if all of you feeling this way bravely and confidently stepped forward to band together, our town could continue this wonderful weekend of family fun! Henry Ford was once quoted saying, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Can members of our strong community come together to make visible progress and plan another successful Mapleton Daze weekend?
Jennifer Buzza is the correspondent for Mapleton, Castle Hill and Chapman. She can be reached at 760-9115 or by e-mail at jbuzza@ainop.com.
