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Six chairs, which were hand-decorated by area artists, will be auctioned off by Catholic Charities to help fund programs for low-income people in Eastern Washington. The unique chairs will be on the auction block during the April 30 Bishop’s Dinner at the Spokane Club.

A reception for the artists will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 1023 W. Riverside, where the chairs will be displayed.

Chair artists include Kay O’Rourke, Ned Fox, Molly Adolfae, Frankie White, Diane Wesley and Carolyn LaMont.

For more information, call 358-4254.

Benefit concerts

The Kurt Carr Singers will be in concert at 7 p.m. next Saturday at the Masonic Temple. Special guests Angels with Attitude and Bernie Gomez will also perform.

Tickets are $15.50 in advance, available through G&B Select-A-Seat locations or by calling 325-SEAT; or $20 at the door. Proceeds will benefit Hamp’s Camp, an annual summer camp for children in low-income families.

Kurt Carr will conduct a gospel music workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Saturday at the Full Gospel Mission, 1902 E. First. Admission is by donation. (534-2168)

Five regional handbell choirs will perform in concert at 7 p.m. today at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 302 W. Augusta.

The concert is the conclusion of a weekend of instruction and coaching by director William Payn, composer and music professor at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.

Participating choirs include Bells of the Cascades from the Portland area, Bells of the Sound from Puget Sound, Pacific Image Ringers from Mount Vernon, DeColores of Spokane and the Whitworth College choir.

Admission is one or more nonperishable food items per person.

The concert will benefit Outreach Ministries for the Emerson Garfield Area (OMEGA), a joint ecumenical effort of 12 churches to provide food, clothing and other resources to north-central neighbors.

No more empty bowls

Five churches have been working together for nearly a year to plan the “Empty Bowls” benefit soup supper from 2 to 6 p.m. on April 25, hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Drive.

The meal will be served in hand-painted ceramic bowls which guests may take home as a reminder that someone’s bowl is always empty.

Empty Bowls is a nation-wide project started in Michigan in 1991 by the nonprofit organization Imagine/ Render, whose goal is to raise money and awareness of people who go to bed hungry every night. By churches of different denominations joining together, the project also encourages understanding and friendships among people of different faiths and races.

Congregations of New Hope Baptist Church, Unitarian Universalist, The Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, St. Matthews Baptist Church and Temple Beth Shalom have worked on the project.

Cost: $10. (325-6383)

This sidebar appeared with the story: MEMORIAL SERVICE CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST It is estimated that 1.5 million children were among the 6 million Jews killed during the Holocaust. These children will be remembered during a memorial service at 7 p.m. Sunday at Temple Beth Shalom, 1322 E. 30th. A second service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at the Fairchild Air Force Base Chapel. “Children of the Holocaust: Honoring Their Memories” is the title of this year’s Holocaust remembrance at the temple. The Spokane Area Children’s Chorus will perform during the memorial. Young people from the temple and area churches will participate in a program of music, poetry and dramatic readings. Some of the poems were written by children who experienced the Holocaust. During the service, Eva Lassman, a survivor, will tell of her experience. Julie Scott, a teacher, will tell of her recent visit to Warsaw and how she intends to incorporate that experience into her classroom. The public is welcome to attend both services.