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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2020
BAPTIST
First Baptist Church Pastor Tim Grosshans 125 E. Plant St, Winter Garden (407) 656-2352 Sundays: 8:30 a.m. Traditional 9:45 AM Bible Study 11:00 AM Contemporary Wednesdays: 6 p.m.- Awana 2nd Campus: Foundation Worship Foundation Academy High School 15304 Tilden Rd., Winter Garden (407) 730-1867 Sundays: 9:45 a.m. All Ages FoundationWorship.com Starke Lake Baptist Church Pastor Jeff Pritchard PO Box 520 611 W Ave., Ocoee (407) 656-2351 StarkeLakeBaptist.org
EPISCOPAL
Church of the Messiah 241 N. Main St., Winter Garden Services: 8, 9:30, & 11 a.m., 7 p.m. ChurchoftheMessiah.com
Photos courtesy of Jo Charles
Homeowner Jo Charles immediately took the kitten inside and gave it a bath.
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METHODIST
First United Methodist Church 125 N. Lakeview Ave., Winter Garden (407) 656-1135 Services: Livestreaming Sunday @ 9 AM. Viewable on Facebook and Youtube
An Ocoee handyman recently helped a homeowner rescue a 5-week-old kitten that had fallen down a cinderblock porch pillar. DANIELLE HENDRIX
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CHURCH DIRECTORY
It’s not every day that you discover a 5-week-old kitten stuck in a cinderblock pillar outside your home. That’s exactly what happened last week to Ocoee residents Jo Charles and her husband. STARKE LAKE BAPTIST Advertise your Services It was an eventful couple of days or Events NGLICAN CHURCH for the couple, who discovered a on this page weekly. GLICAN COMMUNITY PO Box 520, 611 W Ave, Ocoee CHURCH OF GOD CHURCH 13640 W. Colonial Dr., Ste 110, LLOWSHIP CHURCH stray cat and kitten in their attic. Pastor Jeff Pritchard 125 N. Lakeview Ave Winter Garden Winter Garden of God tor The Rev. CanonOcoee Tim TrombitasChurch “There’s my neighbor(407) 656-2351 Service Times 9:00 AM and 11:15 AM 407-654-9661 • Prayer 9:30AM, Thisa stray pagein appears weekly in the 6 East Plant St, Winter Garden www.starkelakebaptist.org Pastor Thomas Odom NON-DENOMINATIONAL Phone – 407-656-1135 Fellowship 9:45AM, Service 10:05 AM hood West that had been hanging out on NDAY SERVICE 10:00 AM Orange Times & Observer and Web: fumcwg.org Church Orlando Ave.,Ocoee Purpose my roof for weeks, ” Charles said. d us at: Theacf.net 1105 N. Lakewood CHURCH OF GOD online at OrangeObserver.com. “Last Saturday, we were doing (407) 656-8011 13640 CHURCH W Colonial OCOEE CHURCH OF GOD UNITED OF Dr. Ste 110, APTIST Pastor Thomas Odom some yard work and noticed her Winter Garden CHRIST To advertise in eaves the Church 1105 N. Lakewood Avenue, Ocoee ULAH BAPTIST crawling under the on the Directory WINDERMERE UNION CHURCH (407) 654-9661 407-656-8011 or Casey Butner call 407-656-2121 or email 10710 Park Ridge-Gotha Rd. front entrance. My husband called Beulah Rd, WinterEPISCOPAL Garden Sunday Service: 10:05 a.m. Windermere, FL 34786 AdvertiseNow@OrangeObserver.com me out, and I looked up and the The stunned kitten couldn’t take its EPISCOPAL Church -656-3342 | BeulahBaptistWG.org All Souls Episcopal 407-876-2112 times: SundayWorship Brazilian Service: 7 p.m. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH NDAY BIBLE STUDY 9:30AM kitten poked its head out. I got a eyes off its rescuer, Jake McKenna. 9:00am Adult Sunday School inWinter Windermere Saturday Service: 6 p.m. 241 N. Main, Garden NDAY SERVICE Bay 11:00AMLake Elem ladder, climbed up there and put 10:00am Worship Services: 8, 9:30, & 11am, 7pm DNESDAY SERVICE 6:00PMSilverlake 12005 Park Dr purposechurchorlando.org www.windermereunion.org some tuna and water out. She ate the kitten was sitting, as well as www.churchofthemessiah.com Sundays: 10 a.m . a little bit and then ran back in the to find a hollow spot to safely cut ST BAPTIST CHURCH E Plant St., WinterAllSoulsFL.org Garden attic.” into. -656-2352 The two borrowed a humane “To cut the inside of the block, NDAYS 8:30 am Traditional trap to try to catch the kitten and I had to cut it to where it wouldn’t 5 am Bible Study 00 am Contemporary its mother. Upon climbing into drop in so I wouldn’t crush the DNESDAYS - 6pm - Awana the attic to take a look themselves, kitten,” he said. “The moment I MIKE YOAKUM or Tim Grosshans though, they realized the kitten started pulling out the little piecPASTOR w.fbcwg.org had fallen 10 feet down the middle es I cut, I could see the cat poking Campus: P: 407.656.1520 UNDATION WORSHIP C: 407.758.3570 of the pillar on their front porch. through and it was meowing at me NDAYS 9:45 am - All Ages MYOAKUM407@AOL.COM “She cried all Sunday and Mon- like crazy.” ndation Academy High School day, and we said we had to find McKenna was able to free the 04 Tilden Rd., Winter Garden her,” Charles said. “The poor baby kitten, which was covered in dust w.FoundationWorship.com -730-1867 was just crying nonstop. It would but seemed grateful to its rescuers. break your heart.” “That kitten kind of just clung Charles called Jake McKenna, an to me like it wanted to be out of 1333 EAST CROWN POINT RD. 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