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Church hosts street fair

Spokane First Church of the Nazarene, 9004 N. Country Homes Blvd., is hosting an old-fashioned community street fair. Come rain or shine on Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m., the afternoon will include puppies from SpokAnimal CARE, a wiener-mobile with $1 hot dogs, cold drinks from McDonalds, an antique fire truck, and a visit from Pickles, the Washington State Patrol drug dog.
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Unity Church schedules play about events of 9/11

Unity Church of Truth, 2900 S. Bernard St., is presenting a play to memorialize the events of Sept. 11, 2001, on Friday and Saturday. "The Guys" by Anne Nelson tells the story of a fire captain who must write the eulogies for eight of his firefighters who died that day.
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Walk event will aid tissue, organ donations

The Living Legacy Foundation at LifeCenter Northwest is hosting a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) walk to raise awareness and funds for the critical need for organ and tissue donors. Right now there are more than 85,000 people across America and 1,200 in this region on the waiting list for an organ transplant. Seventeen people die every day while waiting.
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North Side Religion Notebook

Northview Bible offering Saturday evening service Beginning Sept. 11, Northview Bible Church, 13521 N. Mill Road, will be offering a different kind of weekly Saturday evening service to its members.
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St. Mark’s Lutheran plans hymn sing

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 316 E. 24th Ave. is hosting its annual hymn sing on Sunday at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Some of Spokane's premier musicians will perform a program of hymns as well as take requests from the hymnal for the congregation to sing.
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Methodists on Moran offer concert

Moran United Methodist Church, 3601 E. 65th Ave., is inviting the community to a free concert in its park on Saturday. Valerie Hicks of Whitebird Ministries, Cheri Collier of Prison Ministries, The Harmony Harpers and the Hauoli Dancers of Project Joy will perform from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
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Youth Cabin Retreat scheduled

Country Homes Christian Church, 8415 N. Wall St., is inviting young parishioners to a Youth Cabin Retreat Aug. 28 and 29. Interested persons are asked to make reservations by contacting Lynn and Russ Aley at 891-6925.
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Unity Church of Truth presents two visiting musicians Sunday

Unity Church of Truth, 2900 S. Bernard St., is hosting Anton Mizerak and Kim Lorene on Sunday to accompany the Sunday service, as well as a concert at 12:30 p.m. Mizerak is a musician from Mount Shasta who plays harmonica and keyboards and writes his music in nature.
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Unity to host speaker

Sallye Taylor will present a workshop at Unity Church of Truth, 2900 S. Bernard St., this Sunday. Taylor is the founder and minister of the Soul Food Unity Ministry near Kansas City, Mo. She has a degree in psychology and education from the Tennessee State University and became an ordained Unity minister in 1979. She attended graduate school at the University of Chicago and at St. Paul's School of Theology in Kansas City.
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Workshop Sunday on ‘What bugs you about the Bible’

Sallye Taylor will present a workshop at Unity Church of Truth, 2900 S. Bernard St., this Sunday. Taylor is the founder and minister of the Soul Food Unity Ministry near Kansas City, Mo. She has a degree in psychology and education from the Tennessee State University and became an ordained Unity minister in 1979. She attended graduate school at the University of Chicago and at St. Paul's School of Theology in Kansas City.
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Buddhist retreat planned

The Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry St., is presenting a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist retreat this weekend. Dr. Kenji Akahoshi will present "Practicing No Practice" from Friday night through Sunday morning.
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Pink flamingos will aid youths’ mission trip

The junior and senior high youths of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 8441 N. Indian Trail Road, have found a unique fund-raiser for their mission trip to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, next summer. Under the cover of darkness, groups of four or five of the youth group members place flocks of pink flamingos in unsuspecting recipients' yards.
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Labryinth walk offered at St. John’s on Sunday

The Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 12th and Grand Boulevard, is hosting an outdoor labyrinth walk on Sunday at 7 p.m. Dr. Andra McCrady will play the carillon bells and a brief lecture, "How to Walk the Labyrinth," will be given at 6:30 p.m. for anyone who has never taken a labyrinth walk before.
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Labryinth walk offered at St. John

The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 12th and Grand Blvd., is hosting an outdoor labyrinth walk on Sunday at 7 p.m. Dr. Andra McCrady will play the carillon bells and a brief lecture, "How to Walk the Labyrinth," will be given at 6:30 p.m. for anyone who has never taken a labyrinth walk before.
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Radio station hosting Christmas in July event

Local Christian radio station, Positive Life Radio, 104.9, is hosting Christmas in July on July 26. The station will be at the Christian Supply, 615 N. Sullivan Road and at the Better Living Center, 15 E. North Foothills Drive, from noon until 6 p.m. accepting nonperishable food donations for the Better Living Center and Cookie's Retreat Women's Shelter.
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Singing Nuns plan anniversary concert

The Singing Nuns of Mount St. Michael, 8502 N. St. Michael's Road, will celebrate their 25th anniversary with a July 17 Courtyard Concert. The preshow celebration will include food booths, live music, a silent auction, and tours of the historic building.
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Manito Presbyterian plans Bible school

Manito Presbyterian Church, 401 E. 30th Avenue, is holding its vacation Bible school program, "Lava Lava Island: Where Jesus' Love Flows," for children entering pre-kindergarten through the sixth grade. The program begins July 19 and continues daily from 9:30 a.m. until noon through July 23.
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Monk will speak at Buddhist Temple

Bhante Seelawimala, a Theravadan monk and professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, Calif., will speak at the Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry St. Born in Sri Lanka in 1947, Bhante received ordination as a novice monk in the Theravada Buddhist tradition when he was 10 and was ordained as a monk at the age of 20.
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RELIGION NOTEBOOK

Choir and marimba concert Covenant United Methodist Church, 15515 N. Gleneden Drive, is hosting concert featuring Patrick Matsikenyiri, a musician with the United Methodist Church of Zimbabwe and retired faculty member of Africa University in Zimbabwe.
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Concert benefits Africa mission trip

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 1703 N. Washington St., is hosting a missionary outreach concert on June 19 to benefit an upcoming Africa missionary trip and the youth program's trip to Mexico this summer. Khouria Cindy Horton, David Demand, Matthew Gallatin and others will perform the Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano by Claude Bolling and several African tunes.
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Rosary Academy to offer 2-day Renaissance Faire

Our Lady of the Rosary Academy is hosting its second annual Lilacs and Roses Renaissance Faire on June 18 and 19 at the Moran Prairie Grange, 6006 S. Palouse Highway. The fair will feature family activities, games, crafts, entertainment and food.