Community Events

Sat., Jan. 5, 2008

From Staff Reports The Spokesman-Review

AIDS outreach

Catholic Charities of Spokane is seeking volunteers to be part of faith-based AIDS care teams.

Volunteers of any faith are needed to provide practical, emotional and spiritual support for those living with HIV/AIDS. Volunteers will not provide medical care.

A volunteer orientation and training session will be next Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 503 N. Walnut Road. A $10 fee is requested to pay for materials and a meal.

Advance registration is required. Call (509) 358-4273 to register or for more information.

River blessing

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Spokane, Christ the Savior Greek Orthodox Church in Spokane Valley and St. John’s Greek Orthodox Church in Post Falls will offer a blessing of the Spokane River today at 12:30 p.m.

Church members will meet at Boulder Beach on Upriver Drive, 1.2 miles east of Argonne (mile marker 16 on the Centennial Trail).

The service will include the prayers and hymns of the Great Blessing of Water, composed by St. Sophronios, patriarch of Jerusalem.

Holy Trinity, 1703 N. Washington St., also will offer a question-and-answer session about the Orthodox Christian Faith on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

For more information about these events, call Holy Trinity at (509) 328-9310.

Epiphany service

The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 15319 E. Eighth Ave., will host an Epiphany celebration Sunday.

Services will begin at 8 and 10 a.m. There will be baptisms and King’s cake for those who attend.

Money management

New Heights Church, 708 W. Nora Ave., will offer a three-week series of sermons discussing the biblical view of money on Sunday and Jan. 13 and 20 at 10 a.m.

The teachings will discuss passages from the letters in eight chapters of the Gospel from Matthew, Mark and Luke.

The church will also offer a free financial management seminar at 6 p.m. each of these nights in the church’s education building. Fore more information, call the church office at (509) 443-2631.

Bible study

Women are invited to attend a new Bible study fellowship beginning Monday at Valley Bible Church, 3021 S. Sullivan Road.

Class sessions will be held each Monday from 6:55 to 8:55 p.m. Call (509) 926-7695 for more information.

‘Great Warming’ film

First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar St., will present “The Great Warming,” a documentary narrated by Alanis Morrissette and Keanu Reeves, on Monday at 7 p.m.

The film is presented by the Creation Care Group-Global Concerns. For more information, call the church office at (509) 747-1058.

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