Community Events

Sat., April 15, 2000

Compiled By Nina Culver

Crop Walk against hunger

Walkers in the Crop Walk against hunger will stroll down the Centennial Trail April 30. Registrations for the annual fund-raiser are being accepted, with participants collecting pledges for every mile they walk.

The event begins at noon at Martin Centre on the Gonzaga University Campus.

George Critchlow of GU’s Institute for Action Against Hate will speak about the Anne Frank exhibit on campus. The two-mile or 10K walk begins at 2 p.m.

Proceeds will benefit local and worldwide relief organizations. Of the total amount received, 25 percent will stay in Spokane to benefit Spokane Food Bank, Interfaith Hospitality Network, and Meals on Wheels for Mid-City Concerns and the Spokane Valley.

The event is sponsored by Church World Service and the Spokane Council of Ecumenical Ministries.

Call 326-5656 for registration or information.

Ecumenical service Wednesday

“In the Name of Jesus,” an ecumenical Holy Week prayer service, will be at 8 a.m. Wednesday at First Covenant Church at Second and Division. The gathering is sponsored by the Spokane Ministers Association and the Spokane Council of Ecumenical Ministries.

It will be led by the Rev. John Tusant, director of the ministers association; the Rev. Ron Green and Sister Cathy Beckley, interim co-directors of the ecumenical council; and Bishop Walton Mize, a member of both organizations.

`Table Talk’ scheduled

Leaders of the Disciples of Christ and Lutheran churches will come together for the third session of “Ecumenical Table Talk” at 12:15 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union Building on the Gonzaga University campus.

The event will feature the Rev. Jim Burford, associate regional minister for the Northwest Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and Bishop Martin Wells of the Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The two will discuss their denominational traditions regarding Communion. (329-1410)

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