Shelter benefit walk is Thursday

Registration for the 14^th annual Thanksgiving Walk of Awareness – a major fundraiser for the ACCESS Soup Kitchen and Men’s Shelter – begins at 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Church of the Ascension, 311 Washington St.

The 2.5-mile walk starts at the church around 8 and ends at the shelter on Second Street where participants can eat breakfast. 

Walkers go from Washington Street to Main Street, across the Capital Bridge and up Capital Avenue, circling the Capitol, and back down to Second.

For a donation, Walk of Awareness T-shirts will be available at the church. 

Send us your holiday calendar items

The State Journal’s annual “Holiday Calendar” is looking for submissions from community members and organizations. Any church, civic group or other agency holding an event where the public is invited – whether admission is charged or not – is encouraged to provide event details.

Send information to Philip Case by mail at P.O. Box 368, Frankfort, KY 40602; by e-mail at pcase@state-journal.com or via fax at 227-2831. For more information call Case at 227-4556.

The Holiday Calendar will publish in The State Journal’s Spectrum section through Jan. 1, 2010.

Hanging of the Green at Immanuel Sunday

Immanuel Baptist Church, 1075 Collins Lane, will hold its 17^th annual Hanging of the Green Service 6 p.m. Sunday. The event begins the Advent season and features the childrens choirs, women’s ensemble, Rainbow Ringers and more. A fellowship time will follow.

For more information visit www.ibcfrankfort.com.

Piper speaking on heaven

Don Piper will speak about his out-of-body experiences in his book, “90 Minutes in Heaven,” at the 8:30 and 11 a.m. services Sunday at Forks of Elkhorn Baptist Church, 495 Duckers Road, Midway. Cecil Murphy is the co-author of the book.

 The event is open to the public.

 “I died on January 18, 1989,” Piper writes, “and paramedics reached the scene of the accident within minutes. They found no pulse and declared me dead. Immediately after I died, I went straight to heaven.

“While I was in heaven, a Baptist preacher came on the accident scene. Even though he knew I was dead, he rushed to my lifeless body and prayed for me,” Piper continues.

“At least 90 minutes after the EMTs pronounced me dead, God answered that man’s prayers. I returned to earth.”

Piper’s was on his way home from a church conference in 1989 when his Ford Escort was struck head-on by an 18-wheeler. Piper was pronounced dead by four sets of paramedics.