Special activities and services to celebrate the holiday season will be held for various area congregations. For details, contact church offices directly. Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, located at 15801 N.W. 67 Avenue, is holding special holiday mass on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's day. On Tuesday, December 24, a Children’s Festival in Carols will take place at 4:45 p.m. followed by a vigil...

  New Testament Baptist Church (NTBC) partnered with local church, World Deliverance Church (WDC), on November 23 for its city project in Brownsville. Brownsville is a small town located in the Metropolitan Miami area with a population of over 15,000 residents and 42 percent poverty rate. Birthed out of a desire to reach people in that community, Abraham Metellus (NTBC) and Solomon Blatch (WDC) got together to see how both of our...

  Miami Lakes Baptist Church, located at 6250 Miami Lakes Drive East, has scheduled special services and events free for the community for the holiday season. The church is holding its Christmas Party on Sunday, December 8, at 6 p.m., the Kid City Christmas Show on Sunday, December 15, at 6 p.m., and  special Christmas services on Sunday, December 22, at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., and 12:30 p.m. A special New Years Family Fest is...

On October 11, Andrea Graham Rechichi of The Graham Companies was the guest speaker for the students of “Year Up” during their weekly “Friday Feedback” at Miami Dade College’s North Campus.Throughout the fall semester, students that are participating in the Year Up program have weekly sessions where professionals from the business world come in to share their personal career paths as well as other insightful...

Miami Lakes Garden Club announced its next guest speaker for the organization’s Gardening Program Series scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, November 25, at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 Montrose Road.Residents attending the presentation will enjoy a presentation of “Edible Gardening for the Tropics,” a program by organic vegetable gardening expert and author Karin Fields.With over 15 years of vegetable gardening...