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Artist’s reception with Chester

There will be an artist’s reception for “Storytelling: An Exhibit” by Lincoln artist Sarah Chester on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 5–7 p.m. at the Lincoln Public Library. For more information, email Chester at schester636@gmail.com.

Toys for Tots drive

The Lincoln Police Department is sponsoring a Toys for Tots drive at the Lincoln Public Safety Building (169 Lincoln Rd.). Donations will be accepted until Thursday, Dec. 12. For more information, please call 781-259-8113.

Cookies and cider at book sale

The monthly Friends of the Lincoln Library book sale and jigsaw puzzle swap/sale on Saturday, Dec. 14 in Bemis Hall from 9 a.m.–noon will include home-made cookies and cider as well as cookbooks galore and many other adult and children’s books. FoLL also has a cart of recently discarded library books for sale at $2.00 apiece on a cart inside the library.

Christmas events at St. Anne’s

• The high-school Teen Formation group at Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church is planning an Advent service of anticipation at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15. Join us to sing and to ponder the relationship between Elizabeth and Mary as we prepare to welcome Mary’s child into the world. 
• On Sunday, Dec. 22 at 5 p.m., St. Anne’s will offer Christmas Lessons and Carols. This a festive celebration is modeled on the famous and beloved Anglican service of Nine Lessons and Carols held in King’s College, Cambridge, using traditional language, the King James Bible, favorite congregational carols, and glorious anthems sung by the choir. 
• On Christmas Eve (Tuesday, Dec. 24), there will be worship services at 3 p.m. (Family Holy Eucharist) and and 5:30 and 10 p.m. (Holy Eucharist with choir). On Sunday, Dec. 29, there will be a service of Holy Eucharist at 9 a.m. The normal worship schedule (Holy Eucharist at 8:a.m., Holy Eucharist with choir at 10 a.m.) returns on Sunday, Jan. 5.

Robert Frost series at library

The Lincoln Public Library  the Council on Aging present “Exploring the Poetry of Robert Frost” with Stephen Collins, a four-session interactive seminar on the poetry of Robert Frost, on Saturdays, January 4, 11, 18, and 25 at 2 p.m. All sessions will be held at the library except for January 18, which will be at Bemis Hall. Collins performs one-man shows and teaches courses on historical figures like Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Frost, James MacNeill Whistler, and Shakespeare. No registration required; come to one session or the entire series.