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By Times Staff
Published January 6, 2007

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 455 Missouri Ave., Largo: The church invites all to a Feast of Lights Epiphany celebration at 7 p.m. today. The candlelight service retells Christmas and Epiphany stories through music and drama with choirs and Baroque ensemble. A wassail party will follow. Child care is available. For more information, call 585-9969 or visit www.poplargo.org.

Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 701 Orange Ave., Clearwater: A free Twelfth Night candlelight concert and Boar's Head Yule Log Festival is at 4 p.m. Sunday. The event features a candle-lighting ceremony and music of the Epiphany and the Twelve Days of Christmas performed by the Clearwater Choral Scholars, Florida Orchestra Brass Quintet, Schola Cantorum, two pipe organs, the 49-bell Carillon, hand bells and Beth Hunter, organist-choirmaster. Participants will be in costume. A King Arthur's Yuletide Feast is at 5:30 p.m. Advance tickets, $12 adults and $6 children, are available in the church office. Call 447-3469 or visit www.churchofascension.org.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Clearwater, 2470 Nursery Road, Clearwater: Bo Lozoff, meditation teacher and author of We're All Doing Time, will be a guest speaker with the Rev. Abhi Janamanchi at the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday service. Lozoff will give a free public workshop at 1:30 p.m. at the church. Call 531-7704 or visit www.uuclearwater.org.

Temple B'nai Israel, 1685 S Belcher Road, Clearwater: The Holocaust Survivors Group will meet at 10:30 a.m. to noon Monday and is led by Renee Baseman. For more information, call the temple office at 531-5829.

Salvation Army Community Center, 1625 N Belcher Road, Clearwater: The Breakfast Club presents the Beene Family of gospel singers at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. The inspirational, nondenominational program includes a continental breakfast. Admission is $8. For more information about the Breakfast Club, call 538-9889 or visit www.TheBreakfastClubOnline.com.

Congregation Beth Shalom, 1325 Belcher Road S, Clearwater: Explore ancient, modern, mystical and academic approaches to Torah study at 7 p.m. Thursday. Rabbi Danielle Upbin will lead a Shabbat service with songs and activities for children of the congregation at 10 a.m. Jan. 13. For more information, call 531-1418.

Chabad of Pinellas County, 3696 Fisher Road, Palm Harbor: "Spa for the Soul - A Spiritual Makeover," sponsored by Young Israel Chabad Women of Pinellas County, includes workshops, boutiques, a kosher gourmet catered lunch and more from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 14. Guest speaker Shimona Tzukernik, a writer, artist and international lecturer, will talk about "A Happy New You." The cost is $36. To register, call 789-0408 or 781-9842 or log on to www.yichabad.com.

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Clearwater Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1445 Lakeview Road: A Dollar Thrift Shop 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. All items except the boutique are $1. Proceeds buy food given free to the needy at the church community center. Call 446-6427.

St. Alfred's Episcopal Church, 1601 Curlew Road, Palm Harbor: "Prayers of the Bible" study series from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays in Memorial Hall. The series touches such issues as how and why did Jesus pray and do our prayers affect world history. All are welcome. For more information, call the church office at 785-1601.

Mount Moriah AME Church, 722 S Disston Ave., Tarpon Springs: A free meal to anyone in need from 4 to 5 p.m. every Sunday. Volunteers should arrive by 2:30 p.m. The project is a joint effort of the church and Congregation B'nai Emmunah in Tarpon Springs. Call 938-9000 for more information.

First Presbyterian Church of Dunedin, 455 Scotland St.: The church will host a discussion of The Faith Club, written by three women of three different faiths, at 7 p.m. Jan. 7 in the church library. Ranya Idliby, a Muslim; Suzanne Oliver, a Christian; and Priscilla Warner, a Jew; met at Idliby's home in New York City to write a picture book for their children. The experience, they write, enriched their own faith and led to a new understanding of others. The free program is open to people of all spiritual backgrounds. Call 733-7936.

Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 639 Edgewater Drive, Dunedin: A free health and wellness fair is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 6 in the church hall. The fair will include a bloodmobile and bike safety program with free children's bike helmets available from 9 to 11 a.m., the Pinellas County sheriff's children's identification program with thumb prints and photos for family records, martial arts demonstrations, face-painting, refreshments and prizes. Call 733-4125.

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