Latest News - December 2011

St. Paul's Episcopal Church / 6050 North Meridian Street

Saturday, December 24th

• 3:00p.m.Holy Eucharist with the Christmas Story & Carols
• 5:00p.m. Festival of Lessons & Carols. Organ prelude begins at 4:30 p.m.
• 11:00 p.m. Festival Choral Eucharist. A prelude with carols and choral masterworks begins at 10:20p.m.

Christmas Day

• 11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist & Carols
• 6:00 p.m. Archway Holy Eucharist

Northwood Christian Church and Midtown Vineyard Community Church / 4550 Central Ave.

• Will combine worship service for both days.
• Saturday, December 24th, 7:00p.m. service
• Sunday, Christmas Day, 10:00a.m. service.

North United Methodist Church / 3808 North Meridian Street

• 5:00p.m. Pageant & Candle lighting
• 7:30p.m. Carols, Holy Communion & Candle lighting ( music begins at 7:00p.m. )
• 11:00p.m. Lessons,Carols & Candle lighting ( music begins at 10:30p.m. )

• 10:30a.m. Sounds and Stories of Christmas

Tabernacle Presbyterian Church / 418 East 34th Street (34th and Central Ave.)

• Christmas Eve December, 24th / 5:00p.m. Family Candlelight Service / 8:00p.m. Traditional Candlelight Service.
• Christmas Day the 25th 10:00a.m. Worship Service.

Broad Ripple United Methodist Church / 6185 Guilford Ave.

• Saturday December 24th 8:00p.m.
• Christmas Day the 25th 10:40a.m. Worship Service

Common Ground Christian Church / 4550 North Illinois Street

• Saturday, December 24th 5:30p.m. and 7:00p.m. Worship Service. 
• No Worship Service on Christmas Day.

Trinity Church / 6151 North Central Ave.

• Saturday December 24th 5:00p.m. Worship Service.
• None on Christmas Day.

St. Joan of Arc Church / 4217 North Central Ave.

• Saturday December, 24th 4:00p.m. Family Mass and Midnight Mass begins with the Prelude at 11:00p.m.
• One Mass on Christmas Day at 10:00a.m.

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church / 3421 North Park Ave. 

• Saturday December, 24th 8:00p.m. Our Redeemer's Candlelight Christmas Eve Eucharist with special pre-service music.
• Christmas Day the 25th at 10:00a.m. Our Redeemer will celebrate our Savior's birth with Holy Communion. Coffee & Conversation following service.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church / 5692 Central Ave.

• Saturday December, 24th 4:00p.m. Church Children's Liturgy, Activity Center Children's Liturgy, 6:30p.m. and 10:00p.m.
• One Service on Christmas Day 10:00a.m.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church / 526 East 52nd Street

• Saturday December 24th 3:30p.m. service is planned for children ages 2-8 but is open to all. 7:30p.m.
• Christmas Service ( Nativity Readings, Carols,Choral & Instrumental Music, Liturgical Dancers, Silent Night by Candlelight) 9:00P.M. Cookie Reception in Fellowship Hall  11:00p.m. Holy Communion.
• One Service on Christmas Day 25th at 11:00a.m.

Ravenbrook Baptist Church / 5102 North Central Ave.

Christmas Day Service only at 10:30a.m.

Redeemer Presbyterian Church / 1505 North Delaware Street

• Christmas Eve December, 24th Service at 7:p.m. Nursery service provided
• Christmas Day December 25th Worship service at 11:00a.m. only- No CT& T classes

Often it is confusing about who to contact in the City about street, sidewalk, drainage, trash, and many other issues.  Following is a simple procedure that is likely to get the quickest response or at least to log your concern and document it if action is not forthcoming.

1. The first and best stop should be the MAC, the Mayor’s Action Center:  http://maps.indy.gov/RequestIndy/

Your complaints may fall into one of the many categories at the site which are easy to select.  The major categories include Most Common; Animals; Streets, Signs & Signals; The Environment; Trash, Graffiti & Dumping; Zoning Violations & Abandoned Vehicles; and Additional Request Information.  Many complaints are quickly handled this way.

Each submittal is acknowledged and assigned a reference number and the map helps you locate the precise spot where the problem exists.  You may also request a follow-up call about your issue too.

2. The second option is to call or FAX the MAC to explain your problem.  The MAC can be contacted at 317-327-4622 or FAX a written explanation to the MAC at 317-327-5424.   You may also request a follow-up call about your issue too.

3. In the event that your issue does not fall into an easy category for MAC, is more complicated, or an issue which may be outside of the norm, you should contact the Mayor’s Neighborhood Liaison, Mark Warner by email at Mark.Warner@indy.gov or by phone at (317) 327-5380 or cell at (317) 429-7807.  Photographs of the issue in question and its exact location are extremely helpful in such situations.  Mark can then forward your issue to the proper City department.

When writing Mark Warner, it would be appreciated useful if you could copy the MKNA Infrastructure Committee at bookmanjerrey@yahoo.com or call us at 317-201-5095 so that we can follow-up with Mark Warner about your concern.

The above approach will speed your issue to the right department or people within the City and in particular within the Department of Public Works (DPW)

Thanks for your concern and involvement about maintaining Meridian-Kessler’s infrastructure.  Please know that you may be the only person who knows of an issue until you make the contacts outlined above.  You are seeing it!

Jerrey Finnegan

Chair, MKNA Infrastructure Committee
 

As a result of today’s weather forecast, Indy Snow Force has activated its snow removal and ice control plan.  Meteorologists are predicting that the rain will turn into snow this afternoon with ¼ to 1 inch of snow accumulations. In order to stay ahead of the weather system, the first shift of 75 Indy Snow Force drivers reported to work today at 11:00 a.m.

All of the DPW salt barns are full. Indy Snow Force has loaded the trucks with salt and the drivers are ready to hit the streets.  We created a plan that includes monitoring the weather and dropping salt only if it’s necessary. Indy Snow Force will plow more than 6,000 lane miles of the City’s primary and secondary streets.  It may take up to two hours to plow a single snow route.  Some snow can accumulate on a lane, before trucks rerun the route.  We encourage drivers to be careful, reduce their speed and allow ample time to arrive at their designation and give Indy Snow Force drivers plenty of room to salt and plow the streets.

The weather forecast calls for additional snow during the late evening hours. We will maintain the call out of 75 drivers when shift changes tonight at 11:00 p.m.  The second shift will continue to plow snow as necessary during the overnight hours.

The 100 Best Award winning Indianapolis Fleet Services (IFS) Division will provide maintenance support as needed.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
Citizens with disabilities, or those who may need medical, or health--related assistance, such as transportation, or medication pick-up, should please contact Connect 2 Help at 211, or 926 – HELP (926 – 4357). Residents may also visit www.Connect2Help.org for more information.
 
Residents can learn more about our efforts on the City’s website at Indy.gov/indysnowforce or by following us on twitter @indysnowforce.


Mark Warner
Mayor's Neighborhood Liaison/DMD
Office of Mayor Greg Ballard - City of Indianapolis
Mark.Warner@indy.gov  P:(317) 327-5380  C: (317) 429-7807