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Tackle the Cure at Cedar Springs
Oct. 7: The 5th annual Cancer Awareness Cedar Springs Pink Game is Friday, October 7th at Red Hawk Stadium. Pink game T-Shirts available for purchase at the High School main office. Cost is $10 for size youth-adult xl and $12 for 2x. Honor package also available before the game, goodie bag, t-shirt, and a memory walk with athlete onto the field. For more information please call the High School main office at 616-696-1200. #39,40p
Solon Market Bootacular
Oct. 8: Saturday, October 8th at Solon Market, 15185 Algoma Ave., Cedar Springs. Games from 10 am until 11 am with a costume contest beginning at 11:15 am. Games, refreshments, treats and your Market Family! Market runs from 9 am until 1 pm. 616-696-1848 for more information. #40p
Mom2Mom Sale
Oct. 8: Resurrection Lutheran Church, 180 S. Third St. in Sand Lake is holding a Mom2Mom Sale on Saturday, October 8th from 9 am to 2 pm. Stop out and shop the many booths of gently used and new kids toys, shoes, clothes, books and so much more! For more information please contact Nichole at 616-263-9662. #40
Praise the Lord at Cowboy Church
Oct. 9: 2nd Chance will be having Cowboy Church Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 6:00 pm. It will be at 2nd Chance School at 810 17 Mile Road, Cedar Springs, MI
(corner of 17 Mile Road and Olin Lakes Road). Message and the music will shared. Invite your family and friends. Cowboy Church will be every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Each Service will have different people sharing God’s word and music. Cowboy Church will introduce you to 2nd Chance and its vision. The school is in the building stage, which when completed, will teach troubled teens through God and the horse. If you have questions, call 616-293-2150. See you there! #40p
Acoustic Instrumental Group
Oct. 10: Come join in for worship and fun through Christmas music. Monday evenings from 7 to 8:15 pm. October 10th thru November 28th at Cedar Springs United Methodist Church. For more information call Keith Caldwell, 616-696-1246. #39,40p
The Foreigner opens at the Kent
Oct. 13-15: The Foreigner, a two-act comedy, written by Larry Shue, will open on the Kent Theatre stage on Thursday, October 13th and run through Saturday, October 15th. Doors open at 7 p.m. and performances start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased from the CS Public Library, from any cast member or by calling 616-307-9473 for $10 for adults 18 and over and $8 for students 17 and under. Tickets are also available at the door for $12 for adults 18 and over and $8 for students 17 and under before each performance. #40,41p
Jubal Brass in Concert
Oct. 16: Jubal Brass will perform a free concert at the Cedar Springs United Methodist Church at 4 pm on Sunday, October 16th as part of this church’s Sesquicentennial Celebration. Jubal Brass is a 19-member brass choir that plays a variety of liturgical music ranging from the Baroque to contemporary. Come join us for an uplifting concert. If you have never experienced the power of a brass choir, don’t miss this opportunity. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall. For more information, call Tom Noreen at 696-5186. #40
Halloween Pumpkin Carving & Walk
Oct. 21: Howard Christensen Nature Center, 16160 Red Pine Dr., Kent City, is hosting a Halloween Pumpkin Carving and Trail Walk on Friday, October 21st from 6 to 8:30 pm. $8 per person beginning with pumpkin carving followed by a pumpkin lit trail walk. 6 pm to 7:30 to carve pumpkins. Trail walk begins promptly at 7:45 pm and again at 8:15 pm. Includes pumpkins and everything you need to carve them. Including donuts, cider and coffee! Open to all ages, pre-registration required to be guaranteed a pumpkin. Pre-registration online at www.HowardChristensen.org. For more information call 616-675-3158. #40
Auditions announced for upcoming Christmas play
Oct. 24,25: Auditions for “It’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Show” adapted by Joe Landry will be held on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 24 and 25, at the CS United Methodist Church from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Needed are youngsters 12 and up; and women and men of all ages. The play will be performed on the Kent Theatre stage on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, Dec. 8, 9 and 10. Rehearsals will start on Oct. 27 and be held at the CS United Methodist Church. Actors should plan to attend three nights a week until the production moves into the Kent two weeks prior to opening night, then it will be four or more nights a week. If you have questions, please call 616-307-9473. #40,41
