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SPECIAL EVENTS

Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 1700 S. State St., will host the musical PraiseFest featuring the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Lifting Our Voices Everywhere gospel choir at 6 p.m. today. (501) 374-0485.

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 815 W. 16th St., will celebrate its 154th anniversary at 4 p.m. Nov. 11 with guest Stephen Hayes. Michael Washington will speak at the 10:45 a.m. service that day. (501) 374-2891.

Covenant Church (Presbyterian Church of America), 4511 W. Wedington Drive, Fayetteville, will host Peter Jones at John Brown University, 2000 W. University St., Siloam Springs, at noon and at the church at 7 p.m. Friday; at a pastor’s breakfast at 8 a.m. and a youth luncheon at noon Nov. 11 and at the 8:30 and 11 a.m. services Nov. 12 for its first annual theological conference. Free admission. (479) 871-1981.

Breckenridge Theater, 1200 Breckenridge Drive, will host a showing of Walk With Me: A Film About Thich Nhat Hanh, sponsored by the Ecumenical Buddhist Society of Little Rock, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $11.87 per person and are available at gathr. us/screening/21107.

Evangel Temple, 1110 S. 12th St., Fort Smith, will celebrate its 103rd anniversary at 9:01 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday with guest Matthew Stevenson. (479) 782-9121.

First Baptist Church Higgins, 9700 Arkansas 365, will celebrate its 105th anniversary at 3 p.m. Nov. 12 with guest Edward Parker. (501) 897-4992.

First Baptist Church Highland Park, 1701 S. Pine St., will celebrate its homecoming and 124th anniversary at 9:45 a.m. Nov. 12. The theme is “Laboring Together as We Move Forward by Faith,” with guest Jameel Wesley. (501) 666-2700.

First Baptist Church of North Little Rock, 811 S. A. Jones Drive, will celebrate its 143rd anniversary at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday. fbcnlr. com or (501) 374-9394.

Full Counsel Metro Church’s College Care Ministry Team will host a free college enrollment workshop for college-bound students and their parents from 1:30-2:30 p.m. today at the Cox Creative Center, 120 River Market Ave. Up to 25 can register at collegecareteam@gmail.com. (501) 960-1830.

Jacksonville First Assembly of God, 221 N. Elm St., will celebrate its 75th anniversary at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. (501) 982-5018.

Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 1900 Simpson St., will celebrate its 100th anniversary at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 12 with guests Kevin Allen and Percy Gilbert. (501) 352-0881.

McAlmont Church of Christ, 1824 East 46th St., North Little Rock, will hold a free Thanksgiving meal after its 10 a.m. service Nov. 19.

(501) 455-3844.

Pax Christi Little Rock will host the conversation “Building a Bridge” between the Catholic Church and the LGBT community from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday in Fitzgerald Hall’s Room 103 at St. John’s Catholic Center, 2500 N. Tyler St. (501) 258-8653 or (501) 258-8326.

Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, 8500 Woodson Lateral Road, Woodson, will celebrate its 116th anniversary at 3 p.m. Nov. 11 with guest William Robinson. (501) 397-6197.

Pulaski Heights Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 4724 Hillcrest Ave., will celebrate its 90th anniversary and its 25th anniversary as a designated Open and Affirming congregation at 10:30 a.m. Sunday with speaker Arnold Nelson and live music by Stephen Cross. Afterward, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen will speak at lunch. Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed-Wair will be the guest of honor. phcc-lr.org or (501) 663-8149.

Sutton Free Will Baptist Church, 5421 U.S. Route 62, Pocahontas, will celebrate its 150th anniversary from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 19.

(870) 892-3807.

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 5900 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, will offer a coffeehouse at 7 p.m. today with snacks and desserts, beverages including coffee, and live music.

(501) 753-8134.

St. James United Methodist Church, 320 Pleasant Valley Drive, will host its annual Shopping Spree and Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today with arts and crafts, holiday items, T-shirts, gourmet food and baked goods. Free admission and parking. stjameslr.org or 501-217-6700.

St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 1920 E. Sixth St., will host its annual Harvest Revival at 7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, with guests Michael Carter, Don Moses and Daniel Bearden. (501) 722-2710.

Synagogue Agudath Achim, 7901 W. Fifth St., will present the concert “A Band of Brothers and Sisters” at 7 p.m. Thursday. Music will include Israeli folk music and Broadway tunes, performed by John and Nancy Shuffle and Chuck and Louann King, with interpretive dance by Yvonne Diez Peters. Adult tickets are $15 and children under 12 are $5 at goo. gl/2uoJ1f or (501) 225-1683.

Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., will serve breakfast from 8:45-9:15 a.m., a service commemorating those interred in St. Mark’s Columbarium at 4:30 p.m. and host a Choral Evensong service at 5 p.m. Sunday. st-marks.com or (501) 225-4203.

Zion Hill Baptist Church, 11923 Zion Hill Road, Cabot, will host a concert with Sue Dodge at 10:55 a.m. Nov. 12. Admission will be a love offering. (501) 988-4989.

The deadline for religion calendar submissions is 5 p.m. Monday for Saturday publication. Addresses are in Little Rock unless otherwise indicated. Items must have an address and a phone number and be open to the public. To submit a news release, fax (501) 372-4765 or email the information to:

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