MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
• The Usher Board of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 600 N. Cedar St., North Little Rock, will celebrate the Hazel B. Bright Meal Barrel program with a Hymnfest at 3 p.m. Sunday. (501) 374-9948.
• New Hebron Missionary Baptist Church, 7615 Woodson Road, will host a concert at 7 p.m. today with Vesta Blanks as soloist. (501) 375-7351 or newhebronlr.org.
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
• The women's ministry of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 1700 S. State St., will host a One Trip Salad Bar Extravaganza at 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today. Cost is $10. Women's Day will be observed at 10:30 a.m. Sunday with Mary Majors speaking. (501) 374-0485.
• First Baptist Church, 811 Scipio A. Jones Drive, will have a deacon ordination service for Alex Bogard at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. (501) 374-9394.
• Families Are Special Inc., a nonprofit adoption agency, will have its 11th annual BBQ Bash at 11 a.m.-3 p.m. July 18 at First United Methodist Church, 6701 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children 5-12, and are available at the door or by calling (501) 758-9184.
• The Christian Waterfowlers Association's sixth annual International Waterfowl Festival will be held today and Sunday at John Brown University, 2000 W. University St., Siloam Springs. Gun giveaway, duck and goose calling competition, wild waterfowl cook-off, trap shoot, concerts and more. Admission is $5 at the door. Benefit dinner tickets are $25 or $50 for VIP. (479) 957-3033 or internationalwaterfowlfestival.com.
• Lewis Street Church of Christ, 2617 S. Lewis St., will have its 82nd annual homecoming and third annual Sound Doctrine Summit, Monday-Friday. Daily workshops will be held 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. with speakers at 7:30-9 p.m. To register, call (501) 666-2074. Information online at sounddoctrinesummit.com.
• Liberty Baptist Church, 1215 S. Schiller St., will observe Family and Friends Day at 10:35 a.m. July 19 with David Yarber, pastor of Davison Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit, as guest speaker. (501) 374-8060.
• Arkansas Restoration HOMEZ (House of Ministry Escape Zone), a ministry of the Word of Outreach Family Life Development Center in Little Rock, will host Jeff Parker, pastor at Restoration Outreach of Dallas, at a 6:30 p.m. Monday meet-and-greet reception in the Harry R. Kendall Science & Health Mission Center of Philander Smith College, 900 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive. Parker will lead a day-long workshop about the mission of Arkansas Restoration HOMEZ after 6 a.m. prayer Tuesday at Word of Outreach Christian Center, 3300 Asher Ave. (501) 952-5303.
• Adventures in the Arts will offer a camp at 8 a.m.-noon July 20-24 at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, 4823 Woodlawn Drive, for ages 4-16. Cost is $185. Classes available in music, dancing, art and illusion. (501) 978-0522 or adventuresinthearts.org.
• Rose Hill Church of the Nazarene, 11001 Kanis Road, will have a Faith Promise program at 6 p.m. today featuring South African missionary and pastor Dennis Schmelzenbach, followed by a time of fellowship. Participants can take finger foods. Program continues at 10 a.m. Sunday. (501) 225-1082.
• Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, will host a Faith and Grief Luncheon at noon-1 p.m. July 21. The program offers support to those who have experienced the death of a loved one and includes prayer, Scriptures, personal stories and discussion. Register online at faithandgrief.org or by calling (469) 251-9612. Information is available by calling Karen Akin at (501) 227-0000 or at karenakin@secondpreslr.org.
• Westover Hills Presbyterian Church, 6400 Richard B. Hardie Drive, will host its farmers market at 4-7 p.m. Tuesday in the McKinley Street parking lot. Vendors will offer fruit, vegetables, bread and baked goods, cheeses, salsas and more. (501) 663-6383.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
• First Lutheran Church, Eighth and Rock streets, will have Vacation Bible School at 9 a.m.-noon today and July 18. The theme is "Praising God." Register by calling (501) 372-1023 or by email at 1stlutheran@att.net.
• New Life Church Greater Little Rock, 8000 Crystal Hill Road, North Little Rock, will have Vacation Bible School, 6-8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. The theme is "Heroes and Villains." For children age 4 through fifth grade. (501) 812-5433.
• Pleasant Hill Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and Reed Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church will host a joint Vacation Bible School for all ages, 6-8 p.m. July 21-24 at 3801 E. 28th St., College Station. Dinner is served at 5:15-5:45 p.m. (501) 490-2267.
• Zion Hill Baptist Church, 11923 Zion Hill Road, Cabot, will have Vacation Bible School from 6-8 p.m. Monday-Friday. The theme is "Hometown Nazareth: Where Jesus Was a Kid." For children in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Adult classes will also be offered. Call (501) 988-4989 or visit zionhillbaptistchurch.net for information and registration.
CLASSES AND CONFERENCES
• Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church, 4401 Woodlawn Drive, will continue a four-week study of Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon at 10-11 a.m. Friday. Refreshments at 9:30. (501) 663-8361 or phpreslr.com.
• Len Griffin will give a talk on why there are so many versions of the Scriptures titled "Bible? What Bible?" at 9:15 a.m. Sunday in the parish hall at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St. (501) 225-4203 or st-marks.com.
• Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., will conclude its Animate: Practices class at 10:15 a.m. Sunday. Topic is "Community: An Unexpected Family." (501) 372-0294 or trinitylittlerock.org.
• Westover Hills Presbyterian Church, 6400 Richard B. Hardie Drive, will have a discussion, So I Have This Question, God, 9:15-10:15 a.m. Sundays in July in the chapel. The weekly discussion focuses on questions about the church and Christian life. (501) 663-6383.
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Religion on 07/11/2015