North Idaho Briefs November 16, 2011

Ecumenical Thanks Service scheduled

Family Promise of North Idaho is inviting the community to attend its third annual "Ecumenical Thanks Service."

The service will be at Trinity Lutheran Church, 512 N. Fifth St., at 3 p.m., Sunday.

Pastors from the Family Promise network will lead the 45-minute service.

A reception hosted by the FPNI Board of Trustees will follow.

The Trinity Lutheran Advent Event will follow from 4-7 p.m., which includes Christmas crafts, a soup supper, and a songfest Advent Service.

Information: 777-4190

Area warming shelters seeing plenty of use

Fresh Start had 17 overnight guests Monday and planned to open again Tuesday night, when the temperature was expected to drop to 17 degrees.

The nonprofit at 16th and Sherman provides hot showers, laundry, hot food, hot coffee and bedrolls. It was open overnight for the first time Monday.

St Vincent de Paul also kept its Post Falls warming center open overnight on Tuesday.

It used a van to pick folks up from their community dining hall in Coeur d'Alene at 6 p.m., transport them to the center in Post Falls, and bring them back at 7 this morning.

The forecast calls for a chance of snow with lows in the 20s in the coming days.