Christmas at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grove City will be tomorrow from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be decorative cookies, candy, a bake sale, lefse, ethnic goodies, quilts, crafts, cards, napkins and brunch. The cost for the brunch is $13 for adults, $6 for children 10 and under and $4 for just a roll and coffee. Take-outs are available.
Janelle Johnson says everyone at Trinity – all age groups – get involved and many of the members work for months in advance getting ready. She says she’s often looking at garage sales and thrift stores for Christmas plates on which they sell their fancy cookies.
Johnson says they had a lefse day a couple of weeks ago when they made all of the lefse that they will be selling tomorrow. She says the brunch is a popular part of Christmas at Trinity with eggs, ham, hash browns, rolls and fruit compote, and when her daughter was in the hospital 6 years ago giving birth, she requested a brunch to-go.
Johnson says you can pay for all of your items at once as you exit the church, and they have an area where you can store the items you purchased so that you can go back inside for brunch before heading out to your car. She says they have ample parking at Trinity and there are attendants there who can direct you and assist you.
The annual meeting of the Meeker County Historical Society was held last night at the G.A.R. Hall in Litchfield. Due to the meeting, some of the monthly events at the museum have been shuffled a bit for December, but the schedule will return to normal in January.
Museum Director Danelle Erickson says the Genealogy Hour, which is usually the first Thursday of the month, will be held next Thursday, December 12th, at 5:30 p.m., and then on January 2nd, and there will be no Civil War Roundtable this month. She says it’s usually held on the second Thursday of the month at 1:30, so the next one will be on January 9th.
Erickson says the Meeker County Museum will be closed between Christmas and New Years and you can find more details at meekercomuseum.org. She says donations to the Museum would be much appreciated and may be sent to 308 North Marshall Avenue in Litchfield.
The G.A.R. Hall will host the Litchfield Area Writers Group tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock as members will read selections from the new book, “Home.” Everyone’s welcome to the program and refreshments will be served afterwards.
For the past year, Meeker County has been remodeling the Family Services Center, Courthouse and Law Enforcement Center with the goal of enhancing safety and security for staff and the public, improving efficiency of working spaces, and enhancing the customer service experience. As part of the project, the Family Services Center is being rebranded as the Meeker County Government Center.
The building is being rebranded to reflect the change in the makeup of services that are being provided within the building. Earlier this year, the County Board Room, Treasurer’s Office, County Administrator’s Office, and Human Resources moved into the building from the Courthouse. During the week of December 16th, the Land Use (Planning & Zoning, County Assessor) and Property Records, Taxation and Elections (Auditor and Recorder) departments will move to the annex on the east side of the building (the old cafeteria).
New signage is being installed on the building to reflect the name change. Off-street parking, including accessible stalls, for visitors to the building is available at the main entrance on Holcombe Avenue and at the entrance to the annex on Armstrong Avenue. Major construction at the Government Center are now complete. Work continues to progress at the Courthouse and Law Enforcement Center, with construction expected to be completed in the summer of 2025.
