Churches plan Ash Wednesday services

Thu., Feb. 23, 2006

Lisa Leinberger The Spokesman-Review

Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, and area churches are marking the occasion with special services to start the Lenten season.

“ Central United Methodist Church, 518 W. Third Ave., is offering an Ash Wednesday service at 7 p.m.

The service will include rubbing ashes on the foreheads of the congregation.

For more information, call the church office at 838-1431.

“ Manito United Methodist Church, 3220 S. Grand Blvd., is offering its Ash Wednesday service at 7 p.m. and will burn last year’s palm branches for ashes.

For more information, call the church office at 747-4755.

“ Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, 1926 W. Chelan Ave., is celebrating an Imposition of Ashes service at 7 p.m.

For more information, call the church office at 326-1252.

CYT presents ‘A Year With Frog and Toad’

Christian Youth Theater is presenting its musical production of “A Year with Frog and Toad,” Friday and Saturday and March 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. at The Met Theatre, 901 W. Sprague Ave. The show will also be performed at 3 p.m. Saturday and March 4 and 5.

Admission is $8 for adults and $7 for seniors and children 12 and younger. The 3 p.m. Saturday performance will be $5 for everyone.

For more information, call the CYT box office at 487-6540.

Concert, conference and worship at St. Andrews

The Rev. John Smylie is offering a three-day concert, conference and worship service event Friday, Saturday and Sunday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 2404 N. Howard St.

The event kicks off with a concert of Smylie’s original compositions at 7 p.m. A reception will follow.

On Saturday, Smylie will present “Grace for Today,” a conference and workshop that will discuss God’s grace found in everyday moments, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants should bring a sack lunch.

Smylie also will perform at worship services Sunday at 8 and 10:30 a.m.

For more information, call 325-5252, or 869-1690.

Faith and science lecture series begins Monday

Gonzaga University and Whitworth College are presenting a three-part lecture series Monday through Wednesday.

“Physics and the God of Abraham” will discuss the relationship between faith, particularly the Christian faith, and science.

The first part, “The Beginnings of the Universe: Big Bang Cosmology and Creation,” will be presented by the Rev. William Stoeger at 7 p.m. Monday in the Seeley G. Mudd Chapel at Whitworth College, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd.

Stoeger also will present the second part, “God as Creator: Divine Immanence, Evolution and the Laws of Nature,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Weyerhaeuser Hall on the Whitworth campus.

The Rev. Robert Spitzer will speak on the topic, “Philosophical Implications for Creation and Design Arising out of Contemporary Big Bang Cosmology,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Barbieri Courtroom of the Gonzaga School of Law, 721 N. Cincinnati St.

For more information, call Julie Riddle at 777-3729.

Special services

“ St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 316 E. 24th Ave., is offering Transfiguration Sunday worship at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.

The worship will feature a jazz liturgy by Dan Keberle of Whitworth College and the Spokane Jazz Orchestra.

For more information, call the church office at 747-6677.

“ The women of the congregation at Fowler United Methodist Church, 3928 N. Howard St., are presenting the worship service Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

“No Wonder They Call Him the Savior” is based on the book by the same name by Max Lucado.

A reception will follow the service.

For more information, call the church office at 325-3242.

“ Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, 1926 W. Chelan Ave,, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ordination of female deacons and the 50th anniversary of the ordination of female pastors Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

“Celebrate the Gifts of Women” will include guest preacher the Rev. Betsy Baker-Smith of Medical Lake, and the women of the church will conduct the service.

For more information, call the church office at 326-1252.

Movie night

The Unity Center, 4123 E. Lincoln Road, is presenting a “Spiritual Cinema Night” Friday at 7 p.m.

The movie “Indigo” will be shown. It is about a girl with special insights.

Donations will be accepted.

For more information, call the church office at 489-6964.

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