Warpole Chapter No. 366 Order of the Eastern Star recently met at the Masonic Center in Upper Sandusky. Worthy matron Roberta Ekleberry welcomed 34 members with a reading of “A Different Christmas Poem,” which also was a Christmas tribute to military members.

SYCAMORE — Sycamore United Church of Christ will host a blue Christmas service at 7 p.m. Dec. 21. Also known as the “longest night” service, blue Christmas worship offers an opportunity for people who have lost loved ones to pray and hear scripture and music.

FOREST — One Voice gospel country group will perform at at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Forest United Methodist Church. The church is located at 111 E. Dixon St.

A Christmas home tour will be offered from 4-8 p.m. Dec. 20 to benefit Recognizing and Enriching All Children or REACH, which offers classes in a variety of topics for youth on Saturday mornings in April. Area residents are invited to tour three Upper Sandusky homes and two Lutheran churches that will be decorated for the Christmas season during the home tour.

The Upper Sandusky Rotary Club hosted its first pancake breakfast as part of Home for the Holidays on Saturday, with a “huge crowd” turning out for breakfast and entertainment by a dance school and the Findlay cheerleaders, according to a press release from the Upper Sandusky Area Chamber of Commerce.

FREMONT — Vanguard-Sentinel Career & Technology Centers in Fremont will offer a paramedic program starting April 6. The program will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there still is time to enroll.

FOREST — The Forest-Jackson Public Library is hosting an Usborne book fair through the month of December. There is a large assortment of books on display at the library that are for sale for cash only.

The Elks Lodge in Upper Sandusky recently hosted a blood drive. The goal for the drive to collect 49 units of blood was reached.

Harpster UMC Friday, 10:30 a.m., worship at Fairhaven Community.

The Mental Health and Recovery Services Board recently received the good news it was awarded the Criminal Justice and Behavioral Grant through the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.