First Lutheran To Host Special

Service Sunday

The Rev. Daniel K. Nagle, retired pastor from First Lutheran Church, will be the pulpit guest at First Lutheran Church Jamestown on Sunday, March 15, at the 9 and 11 a.m. worship services. The fourth Sunday in Lent will be celebrated with Holy Communion by Pastor Nagle. The choir will be singing “Amazing Love”, words by Charles Wesley, arranged by Mary McDonald, directed by Julie Costantini, and the guest organist will be Gail Espinoza. The public is welcome to attend.

Hillcrest Church To Host GriefShare Workshop

A new GriefShare session begins on Monday, March 16, meeting weekly at 6:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Church, 40 Hallock St., Jamestown. Each session includes a video seminar with presentations featuring leading grief recovery experts followed by small group discussion. A personal workbook provides a guide for journaling and personal study exercises that reinforce the weekly session topics. Seminar topics cover the challenges of grief, the journey of grief, grief and your relationships, guilt and anger, complicating factors, lessons of grief, heaven, and “What Do I Live for Now?” GriefShare seminars offer a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. Contact the Hillcrest office at 716-483-3331 for additional information and to sign up for the next session.

Historian To Discuss Annie Oakley Visit

RIPLEY – On Tuesday, March 17, at 6 p.m., the Ripley Public Library, 64 W. Main St., Ripley, will host the third in a series of local history lectures. The lecture is free and open to the public. Speaking will be Michelle Henry, research historian, who will present a program on Annie Oakley’s connection to Chautauqua County. Annie Oakley was best known for her remarkable marksmanship as a performer with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Oakley was an American icon and toured across Europe as well. In the 1940s and 1950s she was depicted in movies and television shows, although the depictions were rarely accurate. Henry will share information about Oakley’s early life, her rise to international stardom, and the event that brought her to the county in 1906. Henry has been researching Chautauqua County’s history since 1989. She previously worked for the Chautauqua County Historical Society and served as County Historian for 23 years. She currently works as Research Historian for NY State’s Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation. She is a state-registered historian. The history lecture series will continue in May, when local historian Pamela Brown presents a program on Chautauqua County’s only Civilian Conservation Corps camp, located in Panama. The program will take place at the library on Tuesday, May 19, at 6 p.m. For information about the lecture series or the Ripley Library, call 716-736-3913 or email director@ripleylibrary.org.

Myers Memorial Library Board To Meet March 17

FREWSBURG – The Myers Memorial Library board will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 17 in the library’s community room. The meeting is open to the public.