Churches Plan Special Services, Events During Lent

Thu., Feb. 18, 1999

Nina Culver Correspondent

As Lent continues, many North Side churches are planning weekly services or Bible studies in preparation for Easter. Some of these events are listed below.

St. Peter Lutheran Church, 4620 N. Regal, will have worship service at 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday through March 24. Each service will be preceded by a potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, call the church office at 487-4843.

Deer Park United Methodist Church, 113 E. Second, will host a weekly brown bag luncheon series each Tuesday at noon through March 30. The theme of the series is “Gathered Around the Cross.”

During each session, a guest speaker will tell the story of Jesus’s crucifixion from a different person’s perspective, including Mary, the two thieves, Peter, Pontius Pilate and the people in the crowd.

For more information, call the church office at 276-2570.

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church will have services each Wednesday during Lent at 7 p.m. Each service will be preceded by a soup supper at 6 p.m.

Call the church office at 325-5726 for more information. The church is located at 3909 W. Rowan.

A Lenten study group will meet weekly at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 545 E. Providence. The group will meet from 9:30 to 11 a.m. today and continue each Wednesday through March 24. The topics include the virtue of charity and the sacrament of Penance.

For more information, call the church at 487-6363.

Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 7307 N. Nevada, will have services at noon and 7 p.m. each Wednesday through March 24.

Orthodox Lent begins

For members of Orthodox churches that follow the Eastern calendar, Lent begins Monday.

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1703 N. Washington, will have a Presanctified Liturgy at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. A potluck dinner will follow.

Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church will have Masses at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday. The church is located at 1325 E. Queen.

First Assembly stages `Y2K the Play’

Members of the First Assembly of God Church will present “Y2K the Play” during several performances in the next two weeks. The play will open with a 6 p.m. performance on Sunday. Additional performances begin at 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, at 6 p.m. on Feb. 28, and at 7 p.m. from March 1-3.

Admission is free but donations will be collected. For more information, call the church office at 236-9332. The church is located at 828 W. Indiana.

Calvary Chapel hosts guest speaker

The Calvary Chapel welcomes the Rev. Don McClure as guest speaker for the Men’s Night Out from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. McClure is currently serving as the senior pastor at Calvary Chapel of San Jose, Calif. He also hosts daily radio programs in the San Jose and San Francisco Bay areas.

All males are invited to attend the event. The church is located at 511 W. Hastings Road.

Hungarian dinner, dancing

The Spokane Unitarian Universalist Church will host its annual Transylvania Partnership dinner on Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. The dinner will feature Hungarian food and folk dancing for all ages, performed and instructed by the Erdely Hungarian Dance Ensemble. The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children or $20 per family. Proceeds will benefit the church’s partner church in Transylvania. Advance ticket purchase is recommended. For tickets call the church office at 325-6383. The church is located at 4340 W. Fort George Wright Drive.

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