MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
The Festival of the Senses at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, will open its 2017-18 concert series at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 with a free performance by the Saint Mark Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir. Songs will include gospel, contemporary music, spirituals and traditional hymns.
(501) 753-4281.
Second Baptist Church, 1709 John Barrow Road, will host the the Arkansas Gospel Music Heritage Month Weekend Celebration beginning at 6 p.m. Friday with a meet-and-greet dinner with Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Dorinda Clark-Cole and a concert at 7; the dinner is free for registered guests and $20 for unregistered guests. A prayer breakfast will be held at 7:45 a.m., an artist workshop will be held from 9:30-11:30 a.m., an artist showcase will take place from 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m. and a Pop-Up Worship will be held from 5-7 p.m. in a location to be announced Saturday. The weekend’s Grand Finale, the Arkansas Stellar Awards, will be 6 p.m., with doors opening at 5:30, Sept. 10. Registration cost for the weekend is $60 per person. arkansasgospelmusic@hotmail.com, (870) 413-9154 or
(870) 718-7802.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Calvary Baptist Church, 5700 Cantrell Road, will begin a study of the Book of Acts at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
(501) 941-3888.
Friendship Baptist Church, 767 Rocky Point Road, Conway, will hold a Homecoming Weekend Sept. 9-10 to celebrate its 100th anniversary as a ministry. The theme is “By Faith the Journey Continues.” Sept. 9 will be spent implementing service, ministry and other church projects, and a celebration service will be held at 10 a.m. Sept. 10, with a “Birthday Bash” luncheon after the service. (501) 796-2866.
Greater Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 600 E. 24th St., will honor the 28th pastoral anniversary of Cleo Nellum Sr. and his wife, Valary, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. (501) 372-0670.
Holiday Island Community Church, 188 Stateline Drive, Holiday Island, will suspend its Bible study until a later date in September. (479) 253-8200.
The Interfaith Center and Arkansas House of Prayer will host the sixth annual Interfaith Peace Gathering and Food Festival, “Love Thy Neighbor: Building Bridges,” at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St. Children are welcome at this free event, although no child care will be provided. lovethyneighbordlr.eventbrite.com.
The church will serve breakfast from 8:45-9:15 a.m. Sunday and will hold its monthly 12-step Eucharist celebration in the chapel beginning at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday with a focus on recovery. (501) 225-4203 or st-marks.com.
Memorial Garden for the Unborn, 1515 S. University Ave., will observe National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children from 11:30 a.m.to noon Sept. 9 with Tom Keller and Donna Clifton. (501) 663-4237.
New Light Missionary Baptist Church, 3110 S. Battery St., will celebrate its 100th anniversary at 11 a.m. Sept. 10 with speaker Harold Betton and 3 p.m. with guest Kenneth Finney. (501) 375-4098.
Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church, 4401 Woodlawn Drive, will serve refreshments at 9:30 a.m. before beginning its Bible study from 10-11 a.m., Friday. David Dyer will lead a study on the Book of Judges.phpreslr.com or (501) 663-8361.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 100 Central Ave., Hot Springs, will host the inaugural Garland County Responders Celebration, with a breakfast from 6-9 a.m. and a nondenominational prayer service at 7:46 a.m. Sept. 11 before the Hot Springs First Responders Parade beginning at 7 p.m. on Central Avenue in downtown Hot Springs. (501) 623-3233.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., will host Theology 501, a discussion group for young adults, at Cregeen’s Irish Pub, 301 Main St., North Little Rock, at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
(501) 372-0294 or communications@trinitylittlerock.org.
Women’s Bible study at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 4501 Rahling Road, will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Room 2, and the weekly event “Pastor Jeff’s Favorite Preachers” will begin at 6 p.m. Sept. 13 in Room 6.
(501) 868-5848.
The men of Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi St., are sponsoring a pancake breakfast to benefit the children’s ministry at the church from 8-10 a.m. Sept. 10. Tickets are now on sale and are $5 a person and $15 per family. (501) 666-2813.
CLASSES AND RETREATS
Ecumenical Buddhist Society, 1516 W. Third St., will host its Vipassana Buddhist meditation retreat from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 23 and from 8:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 24. A free public talk will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 22. The theme is “Meeting Daily Life With Awareness: Exploring the Roots of Conflict in Our Hearts and in the World.” The suggested cost is $120; the minimum accepted is $70. Attendees are asked to take a vegetarian sack lunch Sept. 23. ebslr.org/events or ebsretreat@ gmail.com.
Faith Lutheran Church, 1196 DeSoto Blvd., Hot Springs Village, is sponsoring a “Kick the Tires” Mission Conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 30 with speaker Greg Finke, who will also lead the church’s Bible study and give the sermon at 10 a.m. Oct. 1. Registration is $10 per person and includes a study booklet, refreshments and lunch. Register by Sept. 10 by mailing the registration form on faithhsv.com and check (payable to the church) to the church’s address on its homepage, or by visiting the church office.
St. Scholastica Retreat Center, 1205 S. Albert Pike Ave., Fort Smith, will offer a weekend retreat, “Seven Sacred Pauses,” Sept. 22-24. The cost is $245, and a $50 nonrefundable, nontransferable deposit is required upon registering. Lodging and meals are included. (479) 783-1135 or retreats@stscho.org.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., will begin a two-part series of classes from 6:15-7:15 p.m.on Wednesdays, “Christian Faith and Modern Science,” taught by a scientist and a theologian. Part one will take place from Sept. 6 to Oct. 18 and the second part will be held Nov. 8 to Dec. 20. All classes are free and will be held in Morrison Hall. Dinner will be served at 5:15 p.m. and costs $7 per adult, no charge for students with a valid student ID.trinitylittlerock.org or (501) 372-0294.
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