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Our Lady of the Angels 11th Annual Craft Bazaar

Our Lady of the Angels 11th Annual Craft Bazaar will take place Friday, Oct. 4, 12-5 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tables are $30 and $40. Call Lori to reserve a table 283-3315.

A Place at the Table

A Place at the Table is an outreach ministry offering a free hot Sunday dinner and conversation at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Fireweed Hall, located at 222 West Redoubt Avenue, Soldotna. Meals will be offered four Sundays of the month: first, second, fourth by Our Lady of Perpetual Help and third Sunday hosted by Christ Lutheran. At present still looking for a fifth Sunday host. Please come and check us out; Everyone is welcome.

Soldotna United Methodist Church

Soldotna United Methodist Church welcomes ALL to worship at 10 a.m. Sunday mornings. SUMC, located at 158 S. Binkley, is pastored by Rev. Meghan Woods.

Christ Lutheran Church

Sunday services begin at 10 a.m. at the “Y” in Soldotna or on Facebook online.

Kenai United Food Pantry

The Food Pantry of the Kenai United Methodist Church is open on Mondays from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Those in need of food or wanting a hot cup of soup should come to the side door of the church off the parking lot. Folks may receive bags of food once every calendar month. Soup, donated by Odie’s Deli in Soldotna, is available to anyone every week. The church is located at 607 Frontage Road across from Wells Fargo Bank.

Our Lady of Angels Clothes Quarters

Clothes Quarters is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 225 S. Spruce St. Clothes Quarters offer more than just clothing. Stop in and see all the great items they have for sale. Contact 907-283-9464.

A Methodist warm welcome

The people of the Kenai United Methodist Church warmly welcome you to their Sunday morning worship service beginning at 11:30 a.m. The blue church, located at 607 Frontage Road across from Wells Fargo Bank, is pastored by Neicey Carlton. Rachael Craig is the Ministry Assistant. The United Methodists look forward to seeing you in church.

Holy Assumption Orthodox Christian

You are invited to join the Holy Assumption Orthodox Christian Church for Great Vespers on Saturdays at 5 p.m. and Divine Liturgy on Sundays at 9 a.m. You may also view the services at youtube.com/@holyassumptionkenai. For more information, please call 907-283-4122 or email rector@holyassumptionkenai.org.

Kasilof pantry

Kasilof Community Church Food Pantry is every Wednesday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. for residents in the community who are experiencing food shortages. The pantry is located in the church office building next to the Kasilof Mercantile, about Mile 109 on the Sterling Highway. All are welcome. Non-perishable food items may be dropped at this same location Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact the church office for more information at 262-7512.

Anchor of Hope

Morning Worship is held at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 10 a.m. For updated information please follow our Facebook page or check our website at www.anchorofhopekenai.com.

Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Soldotna Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and all others around the globe are meeting in person again. The Soldotna Congregation meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays and at 10 a.m. Sundays. The Kingdom Hall address is 33922 Polar St. off K-Beach Road in Soldotna.

Submit items to news@peninsulaclarion.com by 5 p.m. Tuesday for our weekend paper. For more information, call 907-615-3200.

More in Life

Artwork by Susie Scrivner for her exhibition, “Portraits of the Kenai,” fills the walls of the Kenai Art Center in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Kenai through ‘fresh eyes’

October show at Kenai Art Show a celebration of Kenai Peninsula, a call for more creativity

In the Hope Cemetery, the grave marker for Warren Melville Nutter contains errors in his birth year and his age. The illustration, however, captures his adventurous spirit. (Photo courtesy of findagrave.com)
Finding Mister Nutter — Part 1

It turned out that there were at least four other Nutters on the Kenai in the first half of the 20th century

This roasted pumpkin, apple and carrot soup is smooth and sweet. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)
Soothing soup for fall days

This roasted pumpkin, apple and carrot soup is perfect for a sick kid and worried-sick parents

Late Anchor Point artist Norman Lowell is seen in this 2003 photo provided by the Norman Lowell Gallery on Sept. 19, 2024. (Courtesy)
Losing the light

Anchor Point artist Norman Lowell dies at 96

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Minister’s Message: How to stop ‘stinking thinking’ and experience true life

Breaking free from “stinking thinking” requires an intentional shift in who or what we allow to control our thoughts

During the brief time (1933-34) that Bob Huttle (right) spent on Tustumena Lake, he documented a tremendous number of structures and described many of the people he met there. One of the men he traveled with frequently was John “Frenchy” Cannon (left), seen here at the Upper Bear Creek Cabin. (Photo courtesy of the Robert Huttle Collection)
Cosmopolitan Tustumena — Part 2

Many individuals came to and departed from the Tustumena scene

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion
The Kenai Central High School Marching Band performs “Snakes and Songbirds: The Music of the Hunger Games” during the Kenai Marching Showcase at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai on Saturday.
Marching ahead

Kenai band showcase marks growth of Alaska scene

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion
A presenter processes cabbage for storage at the fermentation station during the Harvest Moon Local Food Festival at Soldotna Creek Park on Saturday.
Local food festival returns produce, demos to Soldotna Creek Park

The annual Harvest Moon Local Food Festival is organized by the Kenai Local Food Connection

These chai latte cookies are fragrant and complex, perfect for autumn evenings at the table. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)
Card night cookies

These chai latte cookies are fragrant and complex, perfect for autumn evenings at the table

Nick Varney
Unhinged Alaska: Memories from the last great non hunt

I’m sure the regulations must be much simpler by now

Ole Frostad, pictured here in the 1930s, and his brother Erling lived seasonally and trapped at Tustumena Lake. They also fished commercially in the summers out of Kenai. (Photo courtesy of the Gary Titus Collection)
Cosmopolitan Tustumena — Part 1

Few people these days would associate the word “cosmopolitan” with Tustumena Lake

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Minister’s Message: Living in the community of faith

Being part of the community of faith is a refreshing blessing