Bible study programs
Divine Redeemer Parish is offering two bible studies via Zoom presented by Jeff Cavins. An eight-week video-based bible study on Galatians will take place 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays. Contact 412-480-7714 to register. An 11-week video-based bible study on the Book of Revelation will take place 9:15-10:30 a.m. Sundays. Contact 724-350-5359 to register. Both sessions have started, but newcomers are welcome.
Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection
The Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, a referral group of business professionals, will meet at the Eat’n Park on Route 60 in Robinson Township for breakfast from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. Oct. 14. Speakers are Suzette McCarrell of McCarrell Landscape and Stephanie Milzaao of Mary Kay. For details, visit www.gpbc-pgh.org or call 412-364-6446, ext. 302.
Rotary Drive Up candy giveaway
The Quaker Valley Rotary Club will host a Drive Up Halloween Candy Giveaway from 10 a.m.-noon Oct. 31. The location will be curbside on Thorn Street in front of the Sewickley Borough Building. Enter Thorn Street from Peebles Street and continue on Thorn to the Borough Building. As a special treat, ROMO, the Robert Morris University Mascot, will make a special appearance. All current COVID-19 mandates must be followed.
Wild & Scenic Film Festival fundraiser
The country’s largest environmental film festival will make a stop in Pennsylvania during its nationwide tour when the Pennsylvania Resources Council hosts the “Wild & Scenic Film Festival” as a virtual fundraiser to benefit the commonwealth’s oldest grassroots environmental organization.
Serving as a festival showpiece will be “The Air That We Breathe,” a documentary short from WQED Pittsburgh that explores some of the reasons behind the city’s poor air quality rankings and introduces people and nonprofits working for change. “While the Pittsburgh region evolves into a magnet for tech, education and new business, its air quality remains stuck in the unhealthy past,” according to producer Iris Samson. In coming months, WQED will expand this 10-minute Emmy-nominated short film into a 30-minute broadcast documentary to delve deeper into the vital subject.
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival will take place 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 15 as a live-stream event and online chat. The 90-minute event will also feature an interactive chat to encourage Pennsylvanians to become inspired to take action in their own communities after witnessing how individuals and communities around the world are taking action.
Tickets are available at prc.org/filmfestival through Oct. 15.
Fall leaf collection
Sewickley’s fall leaf collection program will begin Oct. 12 and will continue through Nov. 20, weather permitting.
Leaves are to be placed along the street line and not in the street. Placing leaves in the street can cause sewer backup and entice children to play in the leaves on the street, which creates a dangerous situation.
Brush, grass and shrubbery clippings are not to be mixed with leaves. Grass and shrubbery clippings are required to be bagged for weekly garbage collection. Branches must be cut to four-foot lengths and bundled; Waste Management, the borough’s waste collection hauler, will not pick up branches unless this is done. The borough will only pick up branches after a storm. Leaves that are not put out for collection during this time will have to be bagged for regular waste pick up.
Beth Samuel Jewish Center virtual programs
BSJC will host all programs through Zoom until further notice. Upcoming programs include:
Rabbinic Intern Rachael Houser presents “The Founding Mothers of Genesis,” 7 p.m. Oct. 14
Torah Yoga and Meditation, 8:45 a.m. Oct. 17
Movie Club Discussion, 8 p.m. Oct. 18
Virtual Trivia Night, 8:30 p.m. Oct. 25
Musician Tom Roberts presents “The Shul of Charlie Chaplin,” 7 p.m. Oct. 28
Email BethSamuel Office@comcast.net for more information or Zoom login links.
