MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
The St. Luke’s Festival of the Senses concert series will present a performance by soprano Christine Westhoff and organist Tim Allen at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock. (501) 753-4281.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Whirling Dervishes of Rumi and Sufi Music Concert will be at 6:30 p.m. today at Albert Pike Memorial Center, 712 Scott St. Tickets are $25. A performance will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the University of Central Arkansas Ida Waldran Auditorium, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for students, and are available at thewhirlingdervishes.org thewhirlingdervishes.org.
Clarence Reynolds, presiding elder, will hold the second quarterly conference for Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 418 S. Laurel St., Hope, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
(870) 777-9376.
A Sheepdog Seminar for Churches will be held 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 7 at Crossgate Church, 3100 E. Grand Ave., Hot Springs. The seminar is designed to help churches and faith-based groups be prepared against violence. $99 per person. Register at heepdog.com.
First Baptist Church, Highland Park, will celebrate the 43rd anniversary of its pastor, Willis Walker Jr., at 9:45 a.m. Feb. 8 with Sandy Williams speaking. The church is meeting at Shiloh Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2400 S. Maple St.
(501) 265-9836.
Levy United Methodist Church, 4701 W. 47th St., North Little Rock, will have Friends and Family Day at 10:45 a.m. Feb. 8 with Gary Mueller, bishop of the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church, speaking. (501) 753-6041.
New Grace Baptist Church will move to 800 Calhoun St.onSt.on Sunday. Worship services are at 10 a.m. (501) 563-9083.
Oak Grove Life Center, 10025 Oakland Drive, North Little Rock, will host a Defensive Living Expo 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today. Concealed-carry class and other defensive living seminars, training and demonstrations. Cost is $99 for all-day pass including firearms class or $50 for half-day pass. Tickets at oakgrovelifecenter.com.
Parkview Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 15108 Kanis Road, will dedicate its worship center and fellowship house at 3 p.m. Sunday. Reception will follow in the fellowship house. (501) 916-2193.
Union African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1825 S. Pulaski St., will have Black History Month activities at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Feb. 11. The theme is “A Century of Black Life, History and Culture” with Horace Smith speaking. (501) 374-3528.
Word Aflame Fellowship, 7800 Interstate 30 (Exit 134), will present “Understanding the Endtime,” videos on Bible prophecy and how it relates to current events, with Irvin Baxter at 7 p.m. Wednesdays through March 25. (501) 565-8344 or waflr@wordaflamefellowship.comwaflr@wordaflamefellowship.com.
CLASSES AND CONFERENCES
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., will have a class on the church’s Anglican heritage at 9:15 a.m. Sunday in the parish hall. The topic will be “The Tudors, Thomas Cranmer and the Book of Common Prayer, Oh My!” st-marks.com.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., will have a class, “Relationship Skills: The Unconscious and Bonding Patterns,” at 10:15 a.m. Sunday. Led by Susan Sims Smith and Rick Smith. trinitylittlerock.org.
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