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SATURDAY
Cops & Rodders
The first Cops and Rodders classic car show/cruise-in is scheduled from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on the Shelbyville square. Proceeds benefit Shelbyville Police Benevolent Association.
Serving Shelbyville banquet
The Serving Shelbyville Banquet will be held by High Calling Ministries from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov, 5, on the square. Live worship, food and games are planned for the free event.
Christmas Auction
A Christmas Auction and kitchen fundraiser is scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the VFW building on East Depot Street, sponsored by the VFW Auxiliary. All proceeds from the kitchen fundraiser will directly benefit the veterans of Bedford County. A portion of the auction’s proceeds will go to the Hope Project to provide Christmas for underprivileged families. There will be a toy box for donations to the Hope Project as well.
Flat Creek fun
Flat Creek Community Center will have its monthly potluck meal and entertainment Saturday, Nov. 5. Food at 6 p.m. will be followed by music at 7. Several of Jim and Inge Wood’s students will perform with the help of some other friends.
SUNDAY
Gospel concert
Kevin Williams and Charlotte Ritchie of the Gaither Homecoming will lead a Praise & Worship Concert from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at Shiloh Outreach Church, 2547 Highway 64 West. A Soup Sunday meal will follow to raise funds to pay for shoe box shipping fees to Samaritan’s Purse.
Community reunion
Community School Alumni Reunion will be Sunday, Nov. 6, at 1:30 p.m. at Community High School’s auditorium.
MONDAY
Bag Day
Good Samaritan’s next Bag Day will be Monday, Nov. 7, from noon-2 p.m. at 201 E. Highland St.
VFW meeting
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 5019, and its Auxiliary will hold their monthly meeting Monday, Nov. 7, at the VFW Post on East Depot Street. Dinner is at 6 p.m. with a business meeting for members immediately following. For more information, contact Post Commander Mike Ruess, 931-249-1566.
TUESDAY
Chili Day
The Moore County branch of Shelbyville-based First Community Bank is holding its 18th annual Chili Day from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8.
NOV. 11-12
Community play
Community High’s Smokestack Theatre Group will present “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story” on Friday and Saturday, November 11th and 12th, 7:00 p.m. at Community High School. Admission is $5 at the door. The play is based on the 1972 television movie of the same title that served as the pilot for the long running show, The Waltons. It’s Christmas Eve, 1933, as the family awaits the return of their father, already late, as a snowstorm approaches.
NOV. 12
Veterans Parade
Shelbyville’s Veterans Day Parade will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. Parade entries may be added by calling Mike Bruce at the Bedford County Veterans Office, 931-685-4838.
NOV. 13
Moore Co. history
The Moore County Historical Society will meet Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge in Lynchburg. The speaker will be former County Executive Bill Thomas The topic will be. the formation of Metro Moore County. For further information contact Michael Northcutt at mbncutt@yahoo.com or 931-434-5797 or George Stone at georgestone@cafes.net or 931-581-2621.
Laity Club
Bedford County Laity Club will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at Shiloh Outreach Church. A meal will be furnished.
NOV. 18
Checkpoint
A driver’s license checkpoint will begin at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, .6 miles east of the 15 mile marker on Wartrace Pike (Highway 64 East).
NOV. 21
Democratic meeting
The Bedford County Democratic Party will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, at El Mexico 724 N. Main St.
DEC. 2
Commodity distribution
Commodities will be distributed by South Central Tennessee Resource Agency from 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Dec. 2, at Bedford County Agriculture Center, 2119 Midland Road.
DEC. 3
Christmas Parade
The 49th annual Shelbyville Christmas Parade, hosted by the Shelbyville Jaycees, will be Saturday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. following the traditional route around the square to North Main Street and out Madison Street. Rain date will be Sunday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. This year’s parade theme will be “A Storybook Christmas.” Participant applications are available at www.shelbyvilletn.com.
DEC. 9
Winter Fest
Thomas Intermediate School is holding Winter Fest on Friday, Dec. 9, beginning at 4 p.m. A chili supper, silent auction and photos with Santa are included. The play “Annie Kids” will be performed by the TMS Drama Club at 6 p.m.
ONGOING
Meals on Wheels
Shelbyville Senior Citizens Center is in need of Meals on Wheels volunteers to deliver meals to the homebound of Shelbyville. For more information, call 684-0019 and ask for Amy Wilson.
Soup kitchen
Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen serves meals from 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 336 S. Cannon Blvd. (corner of South Cannon and Pickle Street). Doors open at 3:45. Donations may be made to Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen, P.O. Box 2259, Shelbyville, TN 37162, and are tax deductible under its 501c3 non-profit designation.
Boxed non-perishables are available. Takeouts are no longer distributed.
Head Start
Bedford County Head Start Centers are currently taking applications. For more information or to complete an application contact any Head Start Center. Phone numbers are: Wartrace 931-389-6406, Harris Head Start 931-773-0033, North Side Head Start Center 931-773-0141, and Bedford Early Head Start 931-685-0876. Head Start is a free child development program for children 6 weekls to 3 years and their families. Early Head Start enrolls pregnant women for monthly prenatal educational visits.
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Baptist
Bro. Tyler Shoemaker’s sermon at Calvary Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Sunday will be “Fulfill Your Ministry.” The service will be livestreamed.
Edgemont Baptist Church’s sermon by Pastor Jimmy West at 10 a.m. Sunday will be “Reviving Dry Bones” from Ezekiel 37:1-14. Services are livestreamed. Edgemont is having a revival Thursday, Nov. 10 through Sunday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. nightly and 10 a.m. Sunday. The Cavaliers Quartet will have special music nightly. Pastor Eric Capaci, from Gospel Light in Hot Springs, Arkansas, will bring the messages each service.
Church of Christ
The “You On The Move” series continues at Fairlane Church of Christ with the sermon “Can You Hear Me Now?” from 1 Kings 19:11-13 by preaching minister Lance Bennett. The 9 a.m. Sunday service is livestreamed and broadcast on WLIJ (98,7 FM/1580 AM).
“Work, Spend, Give” from Matthew 6:19-21 will be the message at 10 a.m. Sunday at Southside Church of Christ. A prayer group meets at 6 p.m. Sunday A study of James begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Sunday morning and Wednesday services are livestreamed at cofcsouthside.com.
The 11 a.m. sermon Sunday at Wartrace Church of Christ will be “Baptism Now Saves You” from I Peter 3:21. Chris Bobo is minister.
Independent
Kevin Williams and Charlotte Ritchie of the Gaither Homecoming will lead a Praise & Worship Concert from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at Shiloh Outreach Church, 2547 Highway 64 West. A Soup Sunday meal will follow to raise funds to pay for shoe box shipping fees to Samaritan’s Purse.
