Community calendar
Historical Society talk
All are welcome May 11 as Dr. Candy DeBerry, Washington & Jefferson College, presents to Jefferson College Historical Society. The topic will be Thomas Jefferson: Advocate for Native Plants. Presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Canonsburg Senior Center, 30 E. Pike Street, Canonsburg.
Garden Club meeting
The Martha Washington Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting on May 12 at 10 a.m. at the Laboratory Presbyterian Church, 23 Manse St., Washington. At 10 a.m., member Vina McCleod Rudolph will lead an appetite design workshop. At 1:30 p.m., Vina will speak on The Principles of Design as per the National Garden Club Flower Show Handbook. To reserve a seat, please contact mwgawashpa.wordpress.com/contact.
AFSCME meeting
AFSCME Retiree Local 8402 will meet at 1 p.m. May 12 at Sarris Library, Canonsburg.
Church luncheon
Upper Buffalo Presbyterian Church, 250 Buffalo Road South, Washington, will host a free monthly community luncheon on May 13 from noon until 1 p.m. All are welcome.
Plant sale
The Church of the Atonement, 618 Washington Ave., Carnegie, is having its annual plant sale May 16, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until sold out. Perennials grown in a church member’s yard will be available, so customers know the plants will survive our winters. Jade plants and ox tail indoor plants will also be available. If it sprinkles, the plants don’t care, and neither do we, so the sale goes on. If it is forecast to rain heavily, please call 412 447-0844 for additional information. Great prices and all proceeds go to the church for community outreach programs.
Church open house
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, 139 N. Jefferson Ave., Canonsburg, will open its doors for Tour & Tea on May 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. in honor of the parish’s 160 years of ministry. Founded in 1866, St. Thomas’ Church has worshiped in multiple Canonsburg locations before constructing its current building for $5,000 in 1901. Over the years, congregants have upgraded the facility, including installing a series of stained-glass windows in the 1950s and undertaking extensive renovations in the 1970s. Visit on May 16 to learn more about the ways St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church has maintained a presence of Anglican Christianity along Chartiers Creek since just after the U.S. Civil War. Visit episcopalpgh.org/canonsburg-celebrates-160-years for more information.
Teen program
Mon Valley Academy for the Arts invites teens to participate in its ongoing Crafty Conversations program, held on the second Wednesday of each month from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Peter J. Daley Cultural Center, 119 Brownsville Ave., Brownsville. The free sessions offer teens a chance to express themselves artistically. For more information, contact Mon Valley Academy for the Arts at 724-561-5616 or email info@monvalleyacademyforthearts.org.