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Help Wanted, For Sale, For RentOUR EXPANDEDCLASSIFIED ADS START PAGE 28~A HOLIDAY LIST OFTHINGS TO DO TOBEGIN THE SEASONSee What%u2019s Happening, Page 16Brooklyn'sBeginningT o Look AN & JU B iNfcU C i r< U i%u201c\\ i._ Y Ni P u B L J B KlD HBMY AOKl YiM. mV \Present Starts Page 15It%u2019s True, Third St.Bridge Open AgainFour Years Later, And OverBudget, Bridge Opens, Page 3Golden Blasts T AFor Bus CutbacksBorough President Says H e%u2019sThe Last To Know, Page 3160 Trees NowGrow In BrooklynParks Department Finds MoneyFor Heights Plantings, Page 6PpSECTK)NG erry Eastm anMusic All-StarsRally For OpenerW iiliam sburgh All-Stars SayYou D o n 't H ave To Cross TheBridge For Kool M usic, Page 25Even The Lonely Give ThanksBY MICHAEL TOMASKYM ost of us are fortunate enough to know the joys o f family, friends and plenty of food at Thanksgiving. Some people, however, are not so lucky, and for these people a holiday spent alone can be a sad and difficult time, and the ability of those who have to share with those who do not is tested.In Brooklyn Heights on Thanksgiving day, many volunteers from throughout the surrounding communities shared part o f their holiday as they came together at Grace Episcopal Church on Hicks St. to serve Thanksgiving dinner to some 250 senior citizens.The meal, sponsored by the Heights and Hill Community Council and area churches including Crace, First Unitarian and Assumption Churches, featured all the traditional Thanksgiving fare and, more importantly, brought happiness to the lives of people who otherwise might have spentContinued on Page SVolunteers preparing the meal in the k itc h e n at Grace Church, w here about 250senior citizens broke bread together on Thanksgiving D ay. (Phoenix/Tom asky Photo)Slope Minister Keeps The Faith AndHis Conscience At Methodist ChurchBY JANE ALLISON WESTSeven white crosses somberly line the garden at the Park Slope M ethodist Church. Whitewashed, with the names o f seven Nicaraguan citizens scripted in black on the cross-piece they serve not only as a literal symbol o f the war dead, but also as a more aesthetic symbol of the life that has been breathed into the congregation since A. Finley Schaef took over.While always progressive, Schaef%u2019s interest in broader issues o f foreign and social policy culminating in a recent visit to the Slope by Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega, have pushed him and his congregation into controversy. But it is this progressive controvery that has saved the church from dying in its own stagnation.Nellie Bright stopped going tochurch more than 15 years ago, and she never imagined that she would go back. But when a friend brought her to a Sunday service at the Park Slope United Methodist Church last fall, she changed her mind suddenly.%u201c The first thing that hit me was the way the minister said the Lord%u2019s Prayer %u2014 our father and mother w ho art in heaven,%u201d says Bright, a Brooklyn resident and computer sales representative. %u201c 1Continued on Page 7