Dominicans show movies with message

The Dominican Sisters of Peace will continue their “Movies with a Message” series on Friday, Nov. 16, with a film about the life of Hildegard von Bingen. The movie will start at 6:15 p.m. in the auditorium in the Great Bend Motherhouse, 3600 Broadway Ave. A freewill donation is requested. Refreshments and discussion will follow the movie.
Hildegard von Bingen, a Benedictine nun, was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecological activist.

Roast beef dinner, quilt drawing

The Trinity Lutheran Church Ladies Fellowship will host a roast beef dinner tonight at the church, 24th & Adams St., Great Bend.
The meal will be served in the Fellowship Hall from 5-7 p.m. A drawing for a quilt made by the ladies will be held at 6:45 p.m. The quilt pattern is Radiant Star and was made in memory of Sandy Essmiller.
Proceeds will be used for the Family Crisis Center and other missions.

Church Dispersed Sunday is Nov. 11

Grace Community Church, 210 McKinley St., will close its doors for one day, on Sunday, Nov. 11, when members will go “underground.” Grace Community is marking the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church by closing its building and meeting in homes. There will be no services that morning in the church building. Instead, the church will be scattered about the city on what is being called “Church Dispersed Sunday.”
For information about how to attend church at one of the dispersed locations, call the Grace Community Church office, 620-792-7814.

Sisters hold Mission Bazaar

The Dominican Sisters of Peace in Great Bend will host their Annual Mission Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Motherhouse, 3600 Broadway Ave. The aroma and magic of this festive autumn, pre-holiday excursion includes beverage and coffee cake in the morning, soup and pie for lunch, hundreds of handcrafted and homemade items, two drawings for prizes, unique gift theme baskets and a silent auction.  
For more information, call 620-792-1232.

Betty Bowen to speak at Aglow

Great Bend Aglow will meet Saturday, Nov. 10, at Perkins Family Restaurant, 2920 10th St.  The guest speaker will be Betty Bowen from Plano Texas. Sign-in and social time begins at 9 a.m.  The meeting starts at 9:30 am.  Everyone is welcome to attend.
 Bowen grew up in south central Oklahoma, married at a very young age and nine years later became a mother. Those who hear her story will laugh, cry and identify with her life as she shares of being abandoned at birth, as well as her times of happiness, sadness, aloneness and feelings of total helplessness, sponsors said.  They will hear and understand the mercy, faithfulness and love of God as He has protected and watched over her life.