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Co-op City Times / September 9, 2017
Black Forum Defensive Driving On Hiatus The Black Forum defensive driving course will be on hiatus until Saturday, September 16, 8:50 a.m. – 3 p.m., Dreiser Center, rm. 1. Lower your liability insurance cost by 10% and remove up to 4 points from your driver’s license. Please make your check in the amount of $35, payable to “the Black Forum of Co-op City,” and mail to P.O. Box 563, Bronx, N.Y. 10475 at least 1½ weeks before the class, or you can walk in on the day of the class, but you must have $35 in cash to pay for the course. Please also bring your current driver’s license and a pen. Call (718) 320-8035. Black Forum Aerobics and Zumba Get in shape, get healthy and feel healthy. Body by Andrea’s aerobics classes are held Mondays and Wednesdays, and Zumba on Thursday. Classes are in the Dreiser Aud., 7:30 p.m. To register, please call (718) 320-8035. Nominal fee for each class. Trip to Harrah’s Casino Come join the Black Forum at the Harrah’s Casino in Chester, PA on Saturday, Sept. 23. Bus leaving from three sections: Dreiser Center, Asch Loop and Section 5. Casino rebate: $30 slot play. Donation is $45. Payment due no later than September 1. No refunds. No exceptions. For information, please call (917) 209-5334 or (718) 320-0033. Sound Off Sound Off is temporarily suspended. A new schedule is being planned. Food Pantry Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed for Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. -12 p.m. Please call (718) 320-8035. A planning meeting will be held Aug. 10 at 10:30 a.m. Please call for more information. Food distribution sites On Thursdays, residents of Buildings 27, 28, 29, 32 and 33 must pick up food at the New Vision Church, 115 Einstein Loop, 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Likewise, residents of Buildings 26, 30, 31, 34 and 35 must go to the Evangelical Church, 2350 Palmer Avenue, 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Thursdays to pick up food. Residents of all other buildings and townhouses can pick-up at Dreiser Center, room 20. For information, please call (718) 320-8035. Emergency Food Program We are open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., rm. 20 in Dreiser Center. Also, due to budget constraints and shortage of available food, you must live within zip code 10475 to participate in this program. You must also have your card with you and bring two clean plastic shopping bags. Please also have your current photo ID, such as a non- or driver’s license or any photo ID card with proof of address. You will then be issued a card in order to pick up food in the future. We Need You - Join Us Today Membership is $5 per year/person. Call (718) 320-8035 or write to Black Forum, P.O. Box 563, Bronx, NY 10475; coopcityblackforum@gmail.com or tonyshome10475@gmail.com. Call or visit us, room 20 in the Dreiser Community Center. —Tony Illis
National Council Of Negro Women Membership Meeting – Our first membership meeting of the new season will be tomorrow, Sunday, September 10 in room 11, Dreiser Community Center, 177 Dreiser Loop at 3 p.m. Please put us on your calendar. Returning members, please come with enthusiasm and new ideas of how we can support our community. Prospective members, please come and check us out. Come with your interests and ideas about bringing health information to our community; support for women of all ages in Co-op City; involvement with women in nursing homes in our community and support of the families in Phipps Center, our neighbors. National Council of Negro Women, Inc. North East Leadership Training Conference NCNW alternates years with a biennial convention and a regional Leadership Training Conference. This year, our North East Leadership Training Conference (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and MidAtlantic States) will be hosted by the NYS Conveners Team on December 1 – 3. The conference will be held at the beautiful Honor’s Haven Resort & Conference Center, 1195 Arrowhead Road, Ellenville, NY 12428. The conference theme will be “Fortified by the past … focused on the future.” Members will be receiving registration forms by e-mail and extra forms will be available in room 14 for members who do not have e-mail. The prices quoted on the registration forms include a 2-hour cocktail reception on Friday night, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner, plus room and board and all conference materials. Health Fair – Save the date, Saturday, September 23, for our annual Health Fair. The fair will take place in room 4, Dreiser Community Center from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. We are looking forward to once again bringing to our community health information, health testing and healthy snacks. The Mammography ScanVan will be outside the center from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. performing free mammograms. Dr. Viren Patel from Dreiser Physical Therapy will be giving workshops during the afternoon. At our Health Fair, you will again be offered the opportunity to join our organization. If you have a friend or neighbor who is already a member of NCNW, talk with her about our activities. Check us out on Facebook.com/ Ncnwcoopcity. Hurricane Harvey – We in Co-op City Section are praying for our sister members and their families in Southeastern Texas and Louisiana that are being affected by Hurricane Harvey. We are awaiting suggestions from our national office as to how we may be of assistance. —Joyce Howard
Co-op City Seventh-Day Adventist God Told Me About Peanut When devastation hits, the mind goes in self-preservation mode and then one is able to bear almost any trial that faces us. The trouble is, shock soon wears off and the task of coping sets in which brings overwhelming worries. How do you get through such times? It is fair to say that for many of us we make the best of the situation, but for others it could be the ‘deer-in-the-headlight’ moment. Feeling almost paralyzed with thoughts of how to get through the situation is the perfect time to trust in God. After all, He’s the One that created us with the ‘fight or flight’ response. “Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; He will neither fail you nor abandon you.” Deuteronomy 31:8 (NLT). How do you trust such a promise in the face of adversity? Isn’t faith in God just a crutch for the weak? When you put your trust in God, leave it there. Then wait. Then see. For He is real. In 1921, George Washington Carver was asked to represent the peanut farmers at the Congressional hearing to ask for a tariff. Asked by the Senate Agriculture Committee his qualification on the value of peanut, said he got his knowledge of peanuts from the Bible. When asked what the Bible said about peanuts, he replied: “The Bible does not teach anything regarding the peanut. But it told me about God, and told me about the peanut.” Not everything we experience may be explicitly listed in the Bible, but nonetheless our cares are the cares of God for us. “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you” 1 Peter 5:7 Amazed by His Love is presented nightly, except Mondays and Thursdays, with displays of God’s eternal love in a warm, loving environment with loving people. Some topics are: “The woman with the dragon tattoo,” “Scandal,” “Is it really love?” “Why so many denominations?” “Who’s the real boss in my house?” Services and Community Outreach Sundays — Self-Defense classes, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mondays —Telephone Bible Study, 712-451-0929, Access code 248075#, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Wednesdays — Midafternoon Prayer Service, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday — Food Pantry, every 1st and 3rd, 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Wednesday — Night Prayer meeting, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Saturday —Sabbath School, 9:15 a.m. Saturday — Divine Worship, 11:00 a.m. Saturday — Adventist Youth Program, 3:30 p.m. Saturday —Bible Study, 4:30 p.m. Saturday — Vespers @ sunset August 26 - September 9 – Amazed by His Love, 7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. nightly, except Mondays and Thursdays. A wonderful experience awaits you with beautiful singing, dynamic preaching and health instructions. Parking is free. September 23 – Music Day October 1 – Disabilities EXPO, Dreiser Auditoriums, noon – 6:00 p.m. The Co-op City Seventh-day Adventist Church is located at 1010 Baychester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475; http://coopcity22.adventistchurchconnect.org/ —Cheryl C. Silvera
Building 30 A and B Association Don’t forget today is Co-op Community Fair II on the Greenway in Section 5. Come and enjoy. Next Saturday, Sept 16th is time for shredding your unwanted papers. A Shredding Truck sponsored by AARP will be at 120 Erskine Place from 10 to 2 or when the truck is full. Crochet class on Wednesday, Sept. 20 and Wednesday, Sept. 13 and Sept. 27th will be Game Days. All these events will start at 1 p.m. and end at 3 p.m. We will start collecting our association dues in October. The dues help pay for snacks at our meeting, holiday parties, and participation in Fun Day. —Linda Werner
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