FYI
Salem Lutheran completes mission project
Salem Lutheran Church and School announced that during the month of September it held a monthlong mission project to benefit the Tomball Pregnancy Center.
On Tuesday, Oct. 2, Salem Lutheran School National Junior Honor Society delivered several truckloads of diapers, wipes, formula and baby blankets. The items were donated by families enrolled in Salem’s school and early childhood program and by Salem Lutheran Church congregation. The church is at 22601 Lutheran Church Road, Tomball.
For more information, call 281-351-8223, ext. 2237, visit www.salem4u.com or email blkelly@salem4u.com.
Cypress Creek FACE to present Beethoven’s Wig
Cypress Creek FACE will host a concert by Beethoven’s Wig at 6 p.m. on Nov. 3 at The Centrum, located at 6823 Cypresswood Drive in Spring.
Grammy-nominated Beethoven’s Wig features comical lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music. Lyricist, producer and vocalist Richard Perlmutter created the show, which is filled with facts about the world’s bestknown classical composers and their works.
Each concert is interactive and invites children and families to shout or dance along to the music.
Cypress Creek FACE is a nonprofit performing arts foundation based on the campus of Cypress Creek Christian Community Center.
Tickets cost $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $8 for children.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.cypresscreekface.org.
Kinsmen Church plans free feast for Thanksgiving
Kinsmen Lutheran Church will hold a Thanksgiving Feast from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22.
The meal is open to anyone looking for fellowship, whether they are single, unable to travel to be with family or seeking company.
This is the third year the church has planned the Thanksgiving meal.
Those planning to attend can come early at 8 a.m. to participate in a 5K or 10K run or walk. The race is $15 per person before Nov. 18 and includes a T-shirt.
The meal, which is free, will be a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with trimmings.
Kinsmen Lutheran Church is located at 12100 Champion Forest Drive in Houston.
For more information or to register for the race, visit www.kinsmenlutheran.org.
Spring teen earns Girl Scout Medal of Honor
Rachel Piper, a 14-yearold from Spring, recently received the Girl Scout Medal of Honor for saving the life of her mother during a jet ski accident.
Rachel is one of fewer than 15 girls in the nation to receive the prestigious award in 2012, which recognizes Girl Scouts ages 5-17 who have saved or attempted to save a life.
Rachel’s mother, Laura Piper, was driving a jet ski while Rachel was knee-boarding on back. When Laura Piper turned around to check on her daughter, she hit a bank filled with bushes, trees and roots and was thrown off the jet ski. She landed face-down in the water.
The younger Piper swam over to her mother and found her immobile and bleeding due to injuries sustained in the crash. She then pulled her mother and the jet ski approximately 350 feet to shore to get help.
“I am so thankful that Rachel was such a quick responder and knew what to do in that time I was unable to move,” Laura Piper said in the release. “She did not panic at all and continued to talk to me as we moved across the lake.”
Rachel received the Lifesaving Medal of Honor from Mary Vitek, the CEO of the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council.
“Rachel is a living testament to the highest principles of the Girl Scout promise and law and we could not be prouder of her achievement,” Vitek said.
