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Ellen Parent at Northshire Bookstore
Join us in person at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center , VT on December 7 at 6pm for an event featuring accomplished local poet and author Ellen Parent as she shares her debut young adult novel set in a dystopian Vermont , After the Fall . Ellen has been telling stories since the mid-nineties . Her poetry has been published in Bloodroot , Vermont Magazine , Birchsong , and was shortlisted for the 2014 Vermont Writers Prize . After the Fall is her first novel . She lives in Vermont with her delightful husband , her precocious daughter , and two eccentric cats .
Tri Town Collectors Club
The Tri Town Collectors Club will hold its first winter season show featuring comic books , coins , paper money , vintage to modern sports cards , stamps , postcards , and other collectibles on December 7 from 9am to 3pm . The event is at the Manchester VFW , 280 Depot St . in Manchester . Many dealers and collectors from the tri-state area have met often for many years in Bennington County with a daylong series of hobby activities that is packed with fun for the whole family . Besides the usual offerings of numismatic material , there will be two special displays of vintage and modern sports cards from Queensbury , NY clubs . There is no admission charge and anyone wishing to set up to sell their material may do so by calling Joe Fuller at 802-379-2353 or email at pepsijoseph @ yahoo . com .
St . David ’ s Library & Theological Book Room
St . David ’ s Library & Theological Book Room in Poultney is a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association . It is located at 150 Main Street ( look for the white picket fence ). The Book Room provides Bibles ( free of charge ); books on the life and teaching of Jesus ; devotion and spirituality ; religious biography ; reference works such as Bible Dictionaries , encyclopedias , commentaries , concordances , etc .; Old and New Testament studies ; church history from ancient to modern , including English and New England Puritanism ; theology ; pastoral helps , including biblical Greek and Hebrew language works ; and more . We also have a growing number of non-religious books , mostly history and classic literature . Books may be read on premises or purchased for very reasonable prices . A portion of book sale proceeds goes to relief for the poor in Honduras .
St . David ’ s Library and Theological Book Room is open by appointment or chance . To schedule an appointment , please contact Father James Hogan at 802-265-2206 or jimhogan715 @ gmail . com .
St . David ’ s Anglican Church holds Worship & Holy Communion on Sundays at 10am and a Wednesday Morning Prayer Service at 9:30am . A Christmas Day Service will be held this year ( call for further information ).
Footprints Support Group
All are welcome to come to this safe place to share about the death of a loved one and receive support . Psalm 39:7 ( NIV ): “ But now , Lord , what do I look for ? My hope is in you .”
Every Tuesday from 2pm to 3pm at the First Baptist Church ( Bonnet St . entrance ), Fellowship Room , 4895 Main St . in Manchester Center , VT . Call or email for more information or to register . Rev . Rebecca Sommons : 802-362-1555 ( Pastor : First Baptist Church ) or Rev . Dr . Theresa Taylor : theresa @ seektheson . org .
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