Community Events

Prayer Breakfast

The 45th annual Prayer Breakfast will be Friday at 7 a.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel at Spokane City Center, 322 N. Spokane Falls Court.

The keynote speaker will be Aaron Haskins, executive director of the Coalition for Community Development and Renewal in Seattle and a former basketball player at Washington State University.

Other speakers will include local radio talk show host Laurie Roth, who was in a serious motorcycle crash last August; Lilac Queen Zanie McMillan; U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris; and Spokane Valley Mayor Diana Wilhite.

Stephanie Vigil of KHQ-6 will be the master of ceremonies for the event, presented by Leadership Northwest.

The cost is $25. For tickets, call Stephanie Nobles Beans at 777-4568.

Mosque fundraiser

The Spokane Islamic Center is offering a dinner today at 5 p.m. at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 127 E. 12th Ave.

The dinner will raise funds to establish a new mosque and community center in Spokane.

Tickets are $20. For more information, call Mamdouh El-Aarag at 230-1960.

Global AIDS issues

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Drive, and the United Nations Association Spokane will present Susan Fabrikant, executive director of the Spokane AIDS Network, Monday at 7 p.m.

Fabrikant will discuss the global issues and challenges of HIV/AIDS and what is being done on a local level to help.

For more information, call 624-3608 or visit www.unaspokane.org.

Orthodox speaker

Clark Carlton, an assistant professor of philosophy at Tennessee Tech University, will speak about Orthodox Christianity today at 2 p.m. at Christ the Savior Antiochian Orthodox Church, 12407 E. 16th Ave.

His topic will be “Once Saved, Always Saved? The Contrasting Perspectives on Salvation in East and West.”

Carlton also will speak at the church at 4 p.m. today on “Hell Is the Love of God: Salvation in Early Christian Theology.”

For more information, call 891-7632.

Discussion group

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1703 N. Washington St., is offering an informal discussion group about the Orthodox faith Tuesday at 7 p.m.

For more information, call the church office at 328-9310.

Spaghetti feeds

•Immanuel Baptist Church, 5109 N. Adams St., is presenting an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner to raise money to help pay the medical expenses of Katie Kottle, a 36-year-old woman who recently received a kidney transplant.

The dinner will be today from 4 to 7 p.m., just in time to carbo-load for Bloomsday.

The cost is $5 for adults and $1 for children.

For more information, call the church office at 326-0951.

•Central Lutheran Church, 512 S. Bernard St., is presenting a spaghetti feed and worship service Saturday at 5 p.m.

The church will have no children’s Sunday school classes on Sunday but still will hold a worship service at 10:30 a.m.

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

Rummage sale

The Caritas Center is presenting its eighth annual rummage sale today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. David’s Episcopal Church, 7315 N. Wall St.

For more information, call 326-2249.

Cinco de Mayo

Heritage Congregational Church, 1801 E. 29th Ave., is having a spring fiesta potluck supper today at 5:30 p.m.

The evening will include music, a piñata and games. Participants are asked to bring an entrée and a salad or a dessert.

For more information, call the church office at 624-5090.

Financial ministries

Crown Financial Ministries is presenting a one-day class that will discuss Bible-based financial studies today from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Colbert Presbyterian Church, 4211 E. Colbert Road, Colbert.

The cost is $20 and includes lunch and child care.

For more information, call 468-9923 or visit www.crown.org.

Performances

•Lincoln Heights Congregational Church, 3527 E. 29th Ave., is presenting The Blackwood Legacy on Sunday at 6 p.m. The gospel singers are led by Rick Price.

A free-will offering will be taken.

For more information, call the church office at 534-7821.

•The Christian Youth Theater is presenting a preview of its upcoming play, “Stuart Little,” today at 3 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave.

Performers will read selections from the play and introduce its main characters.

Performances will be May 19 to 21 at the theater, 708 W. Nora Ave.

For more information, call 487-6540 or visit www.cytspokane.org.

Study group

Ancient Traditions Community Church, 1928 E. Rich Ave., is offering an Enneagram Personality Types class Monday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

This month’s group will discuss the commander/godfather personality. A $5 donation is suggested.

For more information, call the church office at 981-5202.

Plant sale

New Heights Church of the Open Bible, 4017 E. 21st Ave., is presenting its Bloomin’ Plant Sale today from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Herbs, annuals and perennials will be for sale along with baked goods, ironwork, steppingstones and Mother’s Day gifts.

For more information, call the church office at 443-2631.