Pipe organist will perform Sunday at Central Lutheran

Central Lutheran Church, 512 S. Bernard St., will host Walter Kroon, a pipe organist, Sunday at 4 p.m.

Kroon was an organist at three different churches for more than 50 years in the San Diego area.

Since his relocation to Coeur d’Alene, he has played with the Spokane Symphony and is a member of the Spokane Symphony Association, Mechetti Chapter.

Kroon will play selections from Bach, Purvis, Couperin and more.

For more information, call the church office at 624-9233.

Iraqi speaker

Partners International will present the Rev. Yousif Matty Tuesday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Service Station, 9315 N. Nevada St.

Matty converted to Christianity 15 years ago while serving as a conscript in Saddam Hussein’s army and is the founder of the Evangelical Church of Iraq.

Since then, he has escaped attempts on his life, has been in hiding for eight months and has helped to found primary schools, a women’s center and a printing center and opened new churches in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

For more information, call Partners International at 343-4000 or visit www.partnersintl.org.

Orthodox Christmas service

St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Syrian Parish, 2803 N. Lincoln St., will celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar Friday at 10 p.m.

The service will be the Holy Qurbana, or Divine Liturgy, and a potluck dinner will be served after the service, shortly after midnight.

For more information, call Father Michael at 325-6432.