Churches offer parties with seasonal theme
If you’ve found yourself with a longing for apple bobbing and pumpkin carving, area churches are hosting autumn-themed parties for young and old.
“ Liferoads Church, 4209 E. Pacific Ave., is hosting its second annual harvest party Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.
Activities will include a jumping castle, games, face painting, activity booths and music.
Costumes are welcome as long as they are family friendly.
For more information, call 328-1099.
“ Spokane Faith Center, 3330 W. Central Ave., is presenting its 16th annual harvest party Monday from 6 to 8 p.m.
The evening will include candy, prizes, carnival booths and concessions.
For more information, call 327-9673.
“ Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church, 4102 S. Crestline, is offering a harvest party Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m.
There will be a Bible-themed costume contest for kids, a pumpkin-carving contest, a cake walk and candy.
For more information, call the church office at 448-2909.
“ Northside Church of Christ, 5601 N. Jefferson St., is hosting a harvest party Monday from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Kids will receive a bag of candy, and there will be games and a harvest maze.
Costumes are encouraged, but no swords, guns or weapons will be allowed.
For more information, call 325-2456.
“ The Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 127 E. 12th Ave., is holding its annual Halloween party and haunted hallway Sunday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Kids and grown-ups are invited to don their finest Halloween apparel and be led through the hallway by members of the church’s youth group.
There also will be games, refreshments and crafts.
Admission to this event is a can of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank.
For more information, call the church office at 838-4277.
“ St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 5720 S. Perry St., is presenting its Halloween party Monday from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
The party for junior and senior high school students will include the movie, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” candy and scary treats.
For more information, call Danae, youth ministry coordinator, at 536-3819 or send e-mail to angliccelt@hotmail.com.
Workshops and speakers
“ Whitworth Community Presbyterian Church, 312 W. Hawthorne Road, is offering a Stephen Series Caring Ministries workshop Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
Stephen Ministries is a program for lay ministers to provide for those in need.
The first session will discuss “Ministering to Those Experiencing Grief.”
The second session will provide an overview of Stephen Ministries, and the third will discuss “How to Care in a Distinctively Christian Way.”
The cost is $15.
For more information, call Mike Renner at 467-3245.
“ Whitworth College, 300 W. Hawthorne Road, is presenting George Marsden, a history professor at the University of Notre Dame, today at 7:30 p.m. in the campus’s Robinson Teaching Theater in Weyerhaeuser Hall.
Marsden will discuss “How ‘Otherworldly’ Fundamentalism Became a Political Power.”
For more information, call 777-3275.
“ The Radha Yoga Center, 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., SuiteT, is offering an Introduction to Meditation Practices class Wednesday and Nov. 9.
The class will teach participants how to examine their minds using three different meditation practices.
The cost is $15.
For more information, call the center at 838-3575 or visit www.radha.org.
Missionary concert
Shadle Park Presbyterian Church, 5508 N. Alberta, is hosting the Liberated Wailing Wall Friday at 7 p.m.
The group is a music team, and its members are full-time missionaries on the staff of Jews for Jesus.
The Liberated Wailing Wall will perform selections from its CD, “Behold Your God.”
A free-will offering will be taken, and the proceeds will benefit Jews for Jesus.
For more information, call the church at 327-5522.
Fall bazaar
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, 1926 W. Chelan Ave., is presenting its annual fall bazaar Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Items for sale will include crafts, plants, quilts, baked goods and white elephants.
Soup, sandwiches and pie will also be available for sale.
For more information, call the church office at 326-1252.