Childress gearing up for Jingle Bell Fest

Rev. Trey Brooks, an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene, will present the one-person 40-minute performance, “The Journey from Saint to Santa,” at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8 at the Dodson Church of the Nazarene Family Life Center. Dodson Nazarene Church

Memphis Lions Club will host Bingo Night, including a spaghetti dinner, at 6p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Memphis Community Center. Benefitting Hall County Home Delivered Meals, the Memphis Independent School District scholarship fund and the Memphis Preservation Foundation, entry, which includes a meal and one bingo card, is $25 for adults and $10 for children under 12. Memphis Lions Club

Lennox and Kellyn Conner, children of Tucker and Jordan Conner, complement the 117 Christmas shoeboxes, assembled by First Baptist Church Wellington, for Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child to be shipped to children in need around the world. The Red River Sun/Bev Odom

Monson Music Studio students Kinzlee Willis, left, and Saylee Ochoa perform at the Childress Senior Citizens Center luncheon Thursday, Oct. 30, singing five spooky selections just in time for Halloween. Ochoa sang “Spooky, Scary Skeletons,” accompanied by Monson Music Studio owner and instructor Gerald Monson, while Willis sang “The Purple People Eater.” Together, the duo performed “Ghostbusters,” “The Addams Family” and “Witch Doctor.” Courtesy Photo