Saturday, October 11, 1997

Local Church Notes

By JAN WOODWARD

Staff writer

RECOVERING FROM DIVORCE?

Hillcrest Church of Christ will offer a free divorce recovery workshop to the public from 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays beginning Oct. 15 at 650 E. Ambler.

The six-week workshop will offer sessions for divorced adults and for their children ages 6-12 years. Child care will be available for younger children of participants.

Adults in the workshop will discuss the video series "Rebuilding the Castle That Has Come Down" by Bill Flanagan and read the book <I>Growing Through Divorce<I> by Jim Smoke.

The children's group will have activities to build self-esteem and help them understand the changes that divorce brings.

Children will meet from 6-6:50 p.m. and then attend the regular Wednesday night Bible classes from 7-8 p.m.

Children should accompany their parents the first night of the workshop.

Call 673-4565 for more information.

BAPTIST CONVENTION VISITORS

Phil Lineberger and Jerold McBride, both former presidents of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, will be at First Baptist Church for a dinner at 6 Tuesday evening. Call 673-5031 for more information. with art

FALL REVIVAL

A fall revival will be held at Belmont Baptist Church, 2117 Palm, Sunday through Wednesday.

Heaven's Jubilee, a Southern gospel quartet and full ministry team, will lead the revival. Services will be at 10:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.

On Sunday, a covered dish luncheon will be served at noon. For more information, call 672-5689.

RUMMAGE SALE

The Women of St. Paul United Methodist Church will have a garage sale from 8 a.m.-noon today at the church, N. 5th and Beech.

ESTATE PLANNING DISCUSSION

A panel discussion on estate planning and charitable giving is scheduled from 5-6 p.m. Sunday in the chapel at First Baptist Church. The panel will be composed of a certified public accountant, a tax attorney and a representative from the Baptist Foundation of Texas in Dallas. Charlie Black will be moderator. This is sponsored by the First Baptist Estate Planning Committee.

SURVIVING AND THRIVING

"Terrific Teens: Surviving and Thriving During the Adolescent Years" will be presented from 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 15 and Oct. 22 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Ralp Kantor, nationally recognized child care consultant, will be the presenter. The church is located at 1741 Sayles.

12-STEP SPIRITUALITY

Pat Huber, a licensed professional counselor, will lead the Spiritual 12-Step program Sunday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 3150 Vogel.

Huber conducts sessions once a month at the church. The adult education class will be at 9:30 a.m. in the library. Visitors are welcome.

YOM KIPPUR

A Yom Kippur service will be held at 9:30 a.m. today at Temple Mizpah, 849 Chestnut. The service will reconvene at 4:30 p.m. and Breaking the Fast will be observed at 6:30, hosted by the Woman's Auxiliary of the temple.

ANTIOCH CME HOSTS MEETING

The National Lay Council Day Program will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Antioch CME Church, 801 Plum.

Speaker will be the Rev. Irma Wilson of the Antioch church.

REVIVAL SERVICES

Heaven's Jubilee, Southern gospel quartet, will lead worship services during a revival at Belmont Baptist Church, 2117 Palm, Sunday through Wednesday.

Services will be held at 10:45 a.m. Sunday followed by a covered dish lunch in the fellowship Hall. An evening service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Monday through Wednesday services will be at 7 p.m. A sandwich supper in the fellowship hall will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

FAREWELL RECEPTION

Pioneer Drive Baptist Church will have a farewell reception for George and Susan Gaston following the evening worship service Sunday. This will be a time of appreciation for the Gastons and for their ministry at the church. The church is located at 701 S. Pioneer.

PRESBYTERIAN HOMECOMING AND FAIR

First Central Presbyterian Church, 400 Orange, will celebrate homecoming at noon Sunday. A fellowship feast, across the street in the new activities building of First Christian Church, will follow the 11 a.m. service.

The church has also scheduled a mission fair from 5:45-7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Lynn Swinke of the Medical Benevolence Foundation in Houston will speak on Haiti, site of a planned 1998 church mission trip.

INTERFAITH JOURNEY

The origins and basic tenets of Judaism will be discussed Wednesday in the continuing Interfaith Journey at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander.

The Rev. Roz Thomas, associate rector, will speak on Judaism, and the following Wednesday Rabbi Sherman Stein will discuss his religion.

The session begins at 6:45 p.m., following a potluck supper at 6. The series, which covers five major religions, continues through Nov. 19. Call 677-2091 for more information.

FLU SHOTS

Flu shots will be given from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Sunday in the craft area at St. Paul United Methodist Church. N. 5th and Beech. Shots also will be given in the Wesley Friendship Hall on Wednesdays Oct. 15 and 22.

CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL BROADCAST

Dr. Robert C. Barnes with Hardin-Simmons University will be featured Sunday on Hour of Power, a television program broadcast from Dr. Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral in California.

The program airs locally at 8 a.m. on ABC. Barnes is chairman of the department of counseling and human development at HSU.

He also is serving his third term as president of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy. On Sunday's program, which was videotaped last week, Barnes will present Schuller with the Statue of Responsibility, the highest award given by the institute.

Frankl, a friend and mentor to Barnes, developed logotherapy, a type of psychoanalysis which emphasizes finding meaning in one's life despite the circumstances. Frankl, who was a prisoner in concentration camps during World War II, died Sept. 2 in Vienna.