Monroeville area: Cross Roads concert, club meetings, Thanksgiving dinners and more

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Election Day spaghetti dinner

The Garden City United Methodist Church is hosting an Election Day spaghetti dinner Nov. 5.

It will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the church, 500 Laurel Drive in Monroeville.

Dinners are takeout only. For more, call 412-373-0391.

Cross Roads to host concert

Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, 2610 Haymaker Road, Monroeville, will present Judi Figel and Dave Crisci in concert Nov. 16 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $15. For tickets or information please call 412-607-0676 or the church office at 412-372-2226. Tickets also can be purchased at the door the day of the event.

Complimentary light refreshments will be served following the performance.

Ladies society meeting

The Plum Area Ladies Society will host its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Plum Community Center.

The featured speaker will be certified yoga instructor Karli Miller. The theme for refreshments and the friendship basket is “We Gather Together to Make New Friendships.”

The society’s November service project is to stuff 100 stockings for local nonprofit Military Connections. Donation requests includes candy, trail mix, tuna packets, 5-Hour Energy drinks, beef jerky, canned fruit with pop-top lids, granola bars, energy bars, Pop Tarts, peanuts, peanut butter crackers, K-cups and men’s non-gel deodorant.

Women’s Club meeting

The International Women’s Club of Monroeville will meet at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 1 at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, 2310 Haymaker Road. The featured speaker will be Jennifer Zeitler, who will discuss her varied career, from her job as a professional dancer on cruise ships to her current role as an assistant vice president and manager of a regional bank.

All women of the community are invited to attend.

East Suburban Artists League meeting

The East Suburban Artists League will welcome experimental artist Susan Schwarz as the featured speaker for its Nov. 7 meeting.

Schwarz’s uses watercolors, acrylics and different kinds of paper, assembling them in creative and unique collages on canvas, board or watercolor paper.

The meeting will be at 7 p.m. Doors open for “show and tell” and social time at 6:15 p.m., at Christ’s Lutheran Church, 5330 Old Logan Ferry Road in Murrysville.

Free Thanksgiving dinners

• The Garden City United Methodist Church, 500 Laurel Drive, Monroeville, is providing a free Thanksgiving dinner (delivery only) this year.

Those in need of a dinner must register by calling 412-373-0391 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. or by filling out an online form. Registration closes at 5 p.m. Nov. 15.

Deliveries will be made Nov. 27 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Nov. 28 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

• Christ the Divine Shepherd parish will host a free Nov. 28 Thanksgiving dinner open to those would otherwise be eating alone on the holiday.

It will be from 12:30 to 3 p.m. (or until food runs out) at the church, 245 Azalea Drive in Monroeville.

Library birthday party

Friends of the Monroeville Public Library, 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd., invite the community to a 60th birthday party from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 2.

This free, all-ages event will include the Calligraphy Guild Pittsburgh, Monroeville Historical Society, Caricatures by Jack and face painting with Faces by Christina. Crafts, photo opportunities and popcorn and cupcakes (while supplies last) will be available as the community celebrates the library ’s 60th birthday.

Pumpkin patch fundraiser

Monroeville United Methodist Church will host a pumpkin patch fundraiser through Oct. 31.

Church members will be selling pumpkins in all shapes, sizes and colors for carving, decorating, making pumpkin pies and more, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Proceeds will benefit the church’s annual Methodist Youth Winter Retreat.

The church is at 219 Center Road in Monroeville.

Association of University People meetup

The Association of University People invites singles age 50 and older, who are four-year college graduates, to join them for activities, trips, monthly dinners and concerts.

An upcoming dinner will take place at 5 p.m. Nov. 7 at Taipei Tokyo, 304 Mall Blvd., Monroeville.

RSVP by Nov. 1 to tonypolombo@gmail.com.

For more on AUP, call 412-353-9088 or email aupsingles@gmail.com.

Rotary offering need-based scholarships

The Bob Williams Rotary Memorial Scholarship Program is accepting applications from high school seniors and GED students for 2024-25.

This year, eight need-based scholarships at $5,000 each will be awarded.

The scholarships are open to students in Allegheny and Beaver counties, as well as those attending New Kensington-Arnold, Kiski Area and Burrell Area high schools and The Kiski School in Westmoreland County. Vocational students, GED students and those attending parochial, charter and private schools also are eligible.

Students must have a 2.5 or higher GPA and must complete an essay highlighting their community/school service.

Complete application and criteria materials are available on the website of Rotary District 7305 at Rotarydistrict7305.org/scholarships.php or from area high school counselors.

The deadline to apply is Feb. 28. Applications postmarked after that date will not be accepted.

For details, email Robert Arbuckle, chairperson of the scholarship committee, at rarbuckl@yahoo.com.