MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
Choral Evensong will be sung at 5 p.m. Sunday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St. The service to mark the first Sunday of Lent will feature canticles sung to the Fauxbourdon setting of Orlando Gibbons and the anthem will be William Byrd’s “Emendemus in Melius.” st-marks.com.st-marks.com.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Airport Church of Christ, 8000 E. Port Drive, will celebrate Black History Month at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with Anjerrio Kameron speaking. Free. (501) 490-9800.
The H.C. Guy Lay Organization of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 600 N. Cedar St., North Little Rock, will have its annual Founder’s Day event at 3 p.m. Sunday with Sandra Eldridge speaking. (501) 374-9948.
Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 1700 S. State St., invites college students and faculty to celebrate College Day at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. (501) 374-0485.
First Missionary Baptist Church Food Pantry, 623 W. Seventh St., will give away nonperishable food items, 9:30-10:30 a.m. today. Call (501) 372-2705 for an appointment.
The Sister-2-Sister Ministry of Paradise Baptist Church, 820 H St., North Little Rock, will host a prayer brunch at 10 a.m. today with Sharon Frazier speaking.
(501) 945-3070.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., will have a Marathon Mass, a Communion service on the eve of the Little Rock Marathon, at 5 p.m. Feb. 28. Dinner will follow. The church will host “Cheer From Here” for marathon supporters to cheer for family and friends on March 1. Brunch will be served. Asperges, a blessing with holy water, will be offered to race participants. Worship services will be at 7:30, 9 and 11:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. trinitylittlerock.org.
LENTEN ACTIVITIES
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1500 N. Mississippi St., will have a Lenten study on Adam Hamilton’s Final Words From the Cross at 10 a.m. Sundays in Kenner Hall. Led by Leon Gray. (501) 225-5656 or fccoflr.org.
First Lutheran Church, 314
E. Eighth St., will be open for prayer and meditation, noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays, and a Lenten service, “Singing With the Exiles,” will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesdays during Lent. Dinner at 6. (501) 372-1023.
Grace Lutheran Church, 5124 Hillcrest Ave., will offer a Parables of Lent series with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Wednesdays during Lent. Dinner at 5:30 p.m. (501) 663-3631 or gracelutheranlr.org.
Park Hill Presbyterian Church, 3520 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, will have a Lenten Bible study and prayer group at 7 p.m. Thursdays during Lent. (501) 753-9533 or parkhillpres.org parkhillpres.org.
The 20th annual Hillcrest Community Lenten Worship Series will continue at noon Friday at Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church, 4401 Woodlawn Drive. Randy Hyde will preach. (501) 663-8361.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., will begin a Lenten Dean’s Class series, “With Clear Eyes and Open Hearts: Contemplating Our Mortality,” at 10:15 a.m. Sunday. In the first class, Chris Keller will discuss “Hopeful Living, Hopeful Dying.” trinitylittlerock.org.
CLASSES AND CONFERENCES
Asbury United Methodist Church, 1700 Napa Valley Drive, will present a class on transitioning from a pre-teen to a teen for parents, 5:30-7 p.m. Sunday. Led by Rebecca Spooner. (501) 225-9231.
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