Festival showcases Greek cuisine, music, dancing

We’ve missed the dancing and the cooking demonstrations. And we’ve really missed the authentic Greek meals and pastries served up since last year’s Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1703 N. Washington St.

Thank goodness that the 71st annual festival is back next Thursday through Sept. 30 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Lunch is served at 11 a.m., and dinner is from 4:30 to 8 p.m.

Experience Greek culture with dancing and cooking demonstrations, and the orthodox bookstore will be open as well.

Dinner tickets are $12 each and diners have the choice of enjoying their meals in the church dining room or taking them home.

Menu items include souvlaki, kapama, pastries, deli items, and there will be beer and wine available.

For more information, call the church office at 328-9310 or visit www.holytrinityspokane.org.

Food bazaar

Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry St., is presenting a food bazaar Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The afternoon will include a bake sale and craft sale, and there will be udon noodles for sale for $6. Diners can stay at the temple or take their food to go.

For those interested in learning about Buddhism, the temple is also offering a seven-week course, “Introduction to Buddhism” starting Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

There is a requested donation of $10 to help pay for the printing costs of the learning materials.

For more information about the bazaar or the classes, call the temple office at 534-7954.

Catholicism for a New Millennium

Gonzaga University is hosting the latest Catholicism for a New Millennium lecture, “The Da Vinci Phenomenon and What it Says About Us.”

The lecture will be today at 7:30 p.m. in the Globe Room of Cataldo Hall on the GU campus, 502 E. Boone Ave.

Tim Clancy, an associate professor of philosophy at Gonzaga and a Jesuit, will be the featured speaker about the cultural phenomenon of the book and what it teaches us about the church.

For more information, call Patrick McCormick at 323-6715 or e-mail mccormick@gonzaga.edu.

Christian Science lecture

First Church of Christ, Scientist, 310 E. 14th Ave., is presenting “Christian Science – How it Heals” Sunday at 2 p.m.

Martha Moffett of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship will speak about how the power of Christ brings advances in the healing arts, restores people physically, morally and spiritually.

For more information, call the church office at 624-1637.

The Bible and education

The Spokane College Women’s Association is presenting Marie Walchin, an English professor at Concordia University in Portland, on Wednesday at a noon luncheon at the Rendezvous Event Center, 1003 E. Trent Ave.

Walchin will speak on the topic, “The Bible and Education – Not an Oxymoron,” which will cover the Bible in art, literature, law and education.

The cost is $14.

To make a reservation, call 465-0362.

25th anniversary celebration

Faith Baptist Church, 2804 E. Euclid Ave., is celebrating 25 years of worship Sunday starting at 10 a.m.

The day’s activities will include Sunday school at 10 a.m., a morning worship service at 11 a.m. and an evening service at 6 p.m.

There will be revival services on Monday through Wednesday at 7 p.m.

For more information, call the church office at 482-6101.

Antique Show and Sale

Cathedral and the Arts is presenting its 28th annual Antique Show and Sale next Thursday through Sept. 30 at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 127 E. 12th Ave.

The event will kick off with a preview party, a fundraiser for the organization, next Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. The evening will include antique sales, hors d’oeuvres, wine and silent auctions. The cost is $35 through Tickets West at 325-SEAT.

The antique show and sale will be Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost of admission is $5 and is good all weekend.

For more information, call Toni Nersesian at 245-3107.

Sunday school programs

Manito Presbyterian Church, 401 E. 30th Ave., is presenting fall Sunday school programs for kids in preschool through adult every Sunday at 9:05 a.m.

Junior high kids will study the book of Philippians and adult studies will include two choices of study, “The Bible in the World Today” or “Shalom.”

For more information, call the church office at 838-3559.

Back to School Crusade

Crosswind Church, 17302 N. Newport Highway, Mead, is presenting Vern Weaver, an evangelist Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 10:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

The “Back to School Crusade” will emphasize youth, but everyone is invited to attend.

For more information, call the church office at 238-2270 or call Jan Naugle at 993-6102.