Stephen Andrew Damick, author of “An Introduction to God” and “Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy” will speak at the grand opening of the new Orthodox Book Center in Miami Lakes on Saturday, October 24. The Orthodox Book Center and Christ the Savior Cathedral are located at 16601 N.W. 77 Court, Miami Lakes 33016. He will offer two lectures on early Christian history in a series titled “Discovering the Early...

  Christ the Savior Cathedral in Miami Lakes will hold its annual Trunk-or-Treat party on Saturday, October 31 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 16601 N.W. Court, Miami Lakes 33016. The event is a safe, family-friendly alternative to Halloween, and will offer treats and games for both children.  Anyone wishing to decorate their car may take part in distributing candy. To maintain the atomsphere of the event, the church asks that those...

 

St. Andrews Lutheran Church will have a yard sale on Saturday, October 31 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 575 W. 68 Street in Hialeah across the street from Twin Lakes Elementary School.  Funds raised will provide continuing support for the church’s food bank and other ministry activities. For more information contact the church at 305-821-3622.

Miami Lakes United Methodist Church invites the community to mark their calendars for the month of October and join in on the fun at the annual Pumpkin Patch. The Patch is open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and will have pumpkins of all seizes for sale as well as decorative gourds of all shapes. Admission to the Pumpkin Patch is free, though separate events do require tickets. Three full truckloads of pumpkins will be arriving at the...

  The Town of Miami Lakes will be reimbursed $56,000 from its insurance carrier for the back pay Mayor Michael Pizzi was entitled to while he was suspended from political office fighting his public corruption charges last year.  But instead of using the money for services in the town’s tight budget for next year, Miami Lakes will use the reimbursement fund to cover a $50,000 insurance rate increase stemming from the...