MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
• The Craguns will perform a free concert at 10:40 a.m. Jan. 22 at Calvary Church of the Nazarene, 10325 W. 36th St. An offering will be collected. (501) 225-7631.
• Gospel group The Isaacs will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Friday at Lonoke Missionary Baptist Church, 2662 Arkansas 9, five miles north of Morrilton. Tickets are $18 for ages 13 and up and can be bought online at lonokemissionarybaptist.org or by calling Gwyned Hill at (501) 354-8616.
• The Needhams will perform in concert at 10 a.m. Sunday at Rose Hill Church of the Nazarene, 11001 Kanis Road. (501) 225-1082.
• The Susquehanna University Choir will perform in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St. Conducted by Julia Brasher Thorn, the choir will perform folk songs, spirituals, hymns and music of the theater. The university's Chamber Singers will also perform. st-marks.com or (501) 225-4203.
• The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $10 for students and are available online at arkansassymphony.org.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Arkansas Interfaith Power and Light will host a "Prayer Vigil for the Earth and Its Inhabitants" at 4-6 p.m. Friday at Bearskin Solar Center, 126 Bearskin Lake Loop, Scott. The gathering will include sacred readings, prayers, reflections and meditations. arkansasipl.com or (501) 772-9906.
• First Baptist Church Dewdrop, 1701 N. Bryant St., White Hall, will have a 23rd Pastor's Anniversary in honor of T.L. Breamsey Sr. and Jackie F. Breamsey at 11 a.m. Jan. 22 with speaker Carl Desmuke and at 3 p.m. with speaker William Shaw. An evening of dining and fellowship with the pastor's wife will be held at 6-8 p.m. today at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, 900 S. Grant St., Pine Bluff. (870) 247-0186.
• First Missionary Baptist Church, 701 S. Gaines St., will welcome Tony Byers as its new pastor Sunday. Worship services are at 10:45 a.m. (501) 372-2705.
• Greater New Hope Baptist Church, 1723 W. 44th St., North Little Rock, will celebrate its 18th anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday with guest speaker Learthur Shelton. (501) 758-4651.
• Greater Second Care Center, 5615 Geyer Springs Road, will host a Community Clothing Giveaway 10 a.m.-1 p.m. today. (501) 319-7874.
• Tony Campolo, best-selling author and a founder of the Red Letter Christian movement, will speak at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Open Door Community Church, 709 W. Lee Ave., Sherwood. sherwoodopendoor.org or (501) 833-9500.
• Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, will host a Faith and Grief luncheon at noon Tuesday for those grieving the death of a loved one. Reservations can be made online at faithandgrief.org or by calling (469) 251-9612. Information about the Faith and Grief Ministry is available by contacting Sharon Hughes at (501) 227-0000 or at sharonhughes@secondpreslr.org.
CLASSES AND CONFERENCES
• The Greater Little Rock Baptist Pastors and Ministers Conference will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Gospel Temple Missionary Baptist Church, 2420 Wolfe St. with Clifton Conley preaching. (501) 376-3531.
• Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, 4823 Woodlawn Drive, will offer "Sunday Night Live," a multi-generational experience for adults, youth and children, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 19. The program will include spiritual formation classes for adults and activities for children and youth. Information is available online at phumc.com/spiritualformation. (501) 664-3600.
• Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 8520 Colonel Carl Miller Road, will have its quarterly conference at 10 a.m. Sunday with Michael Washington presiding. (501) 455-3844.
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., will continue a three-part forum, "The E Word: Explaining, Claiming and Proclaiming Evangelism," at 9:15 a.m. Sunday as part of the Adult Forum in the Parish Hall. st-marks.com or (501) 225-4203.
• The Dean's Class at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., will discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at 10:15 a.m. Sunday in Morrison Hall. "Inwardly Digest," exploring The Book of Common Prayer, will be held in the Bishop's Conference Room. Wednesday classes will begin at 6:15 p.m. and include "Praying With the Poets" in Baker Parlor, "Coloring With Jane Hankins" in the staff lounge and "Relationships 101" in Morrison Hall. trinitylittlerock.org or (501) 372-0294.
• The Pastor's Book Club at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 4501 Rahling Road, continues at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Room 6. The group is reading and discussing A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith by Brian McLaren. Books are available at the church for $13. The women's Bible study group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Room 2. The group is studying Run With the Horses by Eugene Peterson. trinitypreslr.com or (501) 868-5848.
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Religion on 01/14/2017