Bedias Christmas Parade Saturday, Dec. 21

Bedias News

We are looking forward to our annual Christmas pancake breakfast, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and our world famous Bedias Christmas Parade, 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Bedias Civic Center, everyone is welcome. Free children’s books will be offered at the Bedias Museum and Library directly after the pancake breakfast and the library will offer free punch and cookies to visitors after the parade, everyone is welcome, donations are welcome too.

Stop by Smiley’s Chevron, in Bedias, for pictures with Santa, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 22, 4 p.m. till 7 p.m.

Want to know more about the Bedias Civic Club, Bedias Women’s Club and other civic organizations active in the Bedias area? Please visit the Bedias Civic Club page, www.facebook.com/Bedias-CivicClubAssoc, visit the Bedias Women’s Club website, BediasWomensClub.com; visit our Civic Center Events and Activities page, www.facebook.com/BediasCivicCenter, or visit our Bedias News page, www.facebook. com/BediasNews, and please share your thoughts and suggestions. Another useful tool is the bimonthly Bedias Community Newsletter (the current issue is Dec./Jan.), which goes to every postal address in the Bedias ZIP code, for more information contact Mackie Bobo-White, mackiebobo44@gmail.com .

Want to know more about our wonderful Bedias Museum and Library programs? Please go to the library page, www.facebook.com/BediasLibrary, pay us a visit soon, and please consider becoming a library volunteer.

We have been offering refreshing and uplifting Christian films at Faith Outreach Christian Center, in Navasota for nearly two years, our next film is “The Pilgrim’s Progress” and will be shared Sunday, Jan. 12, at 5 p.m. Please plan to join us and please encourage your friends and neighbors to attend with you and your family. You can find more information about Faith Outreach on their webpage, www.foccministries.com.

Please go to our page, www.facebook.com/BediasTexasChristianFilmFestival, or www.facebook.com/FOCC1976, for more information on our programs.

Bedias is a wonderful community to live in, and in which to share the joys of living in a small town, please share your thoughts on how to improve this column and expand our community news coverage. Please visit our page, www.facebook.com/BediasNews,for updates and to offer your feedback, or please drop us a note at Editor-bumcnl@msn.com.

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Happy birthday to Jim Lindsay, Don Dean, Sandy Peterson, Sandra Cook, Bonnie Ward and Jerald Brown. Happy anniversary to Larry and Jennifer Figley and Roy and Melissa Willis. Congratulations to everyone else celebrating personal and family occasions. Drop us a note if you want to add someone to our birthday, anniversary or concerns list.

Please take care when driving near our schools and in sharing the road with school busses, and in road construction and repair areas. Please uphold our brave law enforcement officers, volunteer firefighters and other first responders. Please remember Joe and Betty Williamson, MaeDell Younts, Gene Stapleton, Philip Upchurch, Richard Taylor, Lew Gears, George Newton, and Aidan Fedor in your hearts and prayers.

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“Two are better than one: If one falls down, his friend can help him up.” (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10).