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Religion calendar

By MICHELLE JONES
Published July 7, 2007

Holiday

Holiday United Church of Christ, 4826 Bartelt Road, offers morning worship at 10:30 Sunday. Coffee fellowship is at 10 a.m. Call 727 937-1520.

Harvest Time Church, 4406 Buena Vista Lane, presents its quarterly Southern Gospel Sing at 6 p.m. July 29. Call (727) 934-6445.

Hudson

St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 15801 U.S. 19, offers Sunday worship at 8 and 10 a.m., and on Friday there is a service at 11 a.m. Call (727) 863-8560 or visit the Web site at www.stmartinshudsonfl.org.

Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, 12321 Canton Ave., offers a contemporary Music and Majesty Service at 6 tonight. On Sunday, services are at 8:30 and 11 a.m. Adult Bible class is at 9:45 a.m. Call (727) 863-6446.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 20735 Leonard Road, offers a message titled "A Helping Hand" by the Rev. Gil Kuehn at 8, 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. On Saturdays throughout the summer there will be a worship service at 6:30 p.m. with a Christian film shown afterward. Tonight, the movie is titled End of the Spear. Call (813) 949-7173.

New Port Richey

The Presbyterian Church of Seven Springs, 4861 Little Road, will accept food orders for the SHARE program until Wednesday at the church office. Two hours of volunteer service and $18 in cash, food stamps or an EBT card is required to participate in the program. Call (727) 372-7203.

First Church of the Nazarene, 5342 Avery Road, offers Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., morning worship at 10:45 and an evening worship service at 6 p.m. each Sunday. The church offers a Wednesday service at 7 p.m. Call (727) 849-3998.

Faith Lutheran Church, 5443 Sunset Road, has changed its service times for the summer to one service at 10 a.m. Call (727) 849-4418.

Covenant Christian Church, 6814 Indiana Ave., will host the Lighthouse Ministry of Dade City at the 10 a.m. Sunday (July 8) service. A covered-dish luncheon will be served after the service. The Beauty for Ashes Women's Group of Covenant Christian Church is hosting a Mom's Day Out from 10 to noon July 21. This free service will offer activities for children while moms take time to pamper themselves. Reservations must be made by July 17 by calling the church at (727) 842-4566.

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 5326 Charles St., offers the Holy Eucharist at 5:30 p.m. each Saturday, and services are at 7:30, 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday with nursery available at the 9 and 11 a.m. services. A Healing Service is at 10 a.m. each Thursday with a Bible study afterward. The Rev. Raymond E. Dage also conducts a Bible study at 7 p.m. Thursdays. Call (727) 849-4330.

Joyful Spirit Lutheran Church, 8812 Old County Road 54, offers contemporary services at 8 and 9:15 a.m. and a traditional service at 11:15 a.m. each Sunday. The Rev. Jerry Nordsiek is the church pastor. Call (727) 376-0919 or visit the Web site at www.joyful-spirit.org.

Calvary Chapel Worship Center, 6825 Trouble Creek Road, offers services at 8:10, 9:40 and 11:15 a.m. Sunday. Call (727) 376-7733 or visit the church's Web site at www.ccwc.org.

Odessa

C3-City Church Center, 11134 Challenger Ave., presents a Web site dedicated to random acts of kindness: www.arkalmighty.com. The site is dedicated to enabling youth groups and churches to get involved in practical and tangible volunteer outreach. Call (727) 372-2489.

Spirit of Life Unitarian Universalists, 18412 Burrell Road, offers a service at 11 a.m. each Sunday with a coffee discussion group at 10 a.m. Children's activities and child care also begin at 10 a.m. Call (813) 792-1622 or visit the Web site at www.spiritoflifeuu.org.

Port Richey

King of Kings Lutheran Church, 10337 U.S. 19, offers a free ice cream social and sing-along from 7 to 9 p.m. July 20. The event will be inside Keil Hall and will include ice cream, clowns, skits and singing. Call (727) 868-5744 or visit the church Web site at www.kingofkings19.com.

St. James Church, 8400 Monarch Drive, offers SHARE registration from 9 to 10 a.m. July 14. Registration, as well as two hours of volunteer service, is required to participate in the SHARE program. Also bring $18 in cash, food stamps or an EBT card. Call (727) 849-2254 or (727) 226-2854.

Tarpon Springs

Unitarian-Universalist Church of Tarpon Springs, 230 Grand Blvd., presents Joan Lund, regional representative to the Unitarian-Universalist Association in Boston, as a guest speaker at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. She will speak on the topic "What's It All About, UUs?" She will report on new programs and policy development as she observed them at the annual conference in Miami. A social hour with coffee, tea and cookies will be after the presentation. Call (727) 849-9484.

Congregation B'nai Emmunah, a Reform Jewish Synagogue, 3374 Keystone Road, offers Shabbat evening services at 8 p.m. every Friday. A member-hosted Oneg is after each service. Shabbat morning services and Torah study are at 9:30 a.m. the second Saturday of each month. Call (727) 938-9000.

Send religion story ideas and religion notes to Michelle Jones at mjones721@tampabay.rr.com or fax to (813) 684-2457 or call (813) 685-2200. Correspondence can also be mailed to Michelle Jones at P.O. Box 558, Valrico FL, 33595.

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