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By Times Staff Writer
Published February 9, 2008

Baptist

Emmanuel Community Church, 1150 County Road 1, Palm Harbor. Call 727 789-1800 or visit www.emmanuelpalmharbor.org.

- Sunday worship service 10:30 a.m.

North Dunedin Baptist Church, 1595 Michigan Blvd. Call (727) 734-3811 or www.myndbc.com.

- Sunday first worship at 9 a.m., traditional service at 11 a.m.

Skycrest Baptist Church, 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater. Call (727) 791-7107 or visit www.skycrestfamily.org.

- Marriage enrichment seminar 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 29 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 1. Led by Thomas Waterhouse, a psychologist and mental health counselor. Tickets are $10 a person. Bag lunch provided on Saturday.

Catholic

Holy Spirit Ecumenical Catholic Church, 1140 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Clearwater. (727) 709-1542 or www.holyspiritecc.org.

- Mass at 10:30 a.m. Sundays.

- "Soup and Bread Evenings" Friday through March 14. A meatless soup and whole grain bread served at 6:30 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by a Eucharistic hour of prayer and healing.

Christian Science

First Church of Christ, Scientist, 46 W Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Tarpon Springs. Call (727) 937-8379 or visit www.christianscienceintarponsprings.org.

- Sunday services at 11 a.m.

- Wednesday testimony meetings at 6:30 p.m.

Community

Chapel-By-The-Sea, 54 Bay Esplanade, Clearwater Beach. Call (727) 446-0430 or visit www.chapelbythesea.net.

- Worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Episcopal

Church of the Good Shepherd, 639 Edgewater Drive, Dunedin. (727) 733-4125 or visit www.churchgoodshepherd.org.

- Sunday services: 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Rite I), 10 a.m. Holy Communion (Rite II) family service with choir.

- Eucharist and healing at 10 a.m. Wednesdays.

- Stations of the Cross with Sharon Fakkema at 5:30 p.m. each Friday during Lent in the nave.

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 3200 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. Call (727) 796-5514.

- Worship services at 8 and 10 a.m. Sundays.

- Breakfast at 9 a.m. Sundays. Visitors and children 2 and younger free.

- Healing Eucharist 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

St. Alfred's Episcopal Church (Anglican), 1601 Curlew Road, Palm Harbor. Call (&27) 785-1601 or visit www.stalfred.org.

- Choral Evensong will be sung by the church choir at 4 p.m. Sunday. In addition to hymns and psalms, the choir of adults and senior girls will sing evening canticles by Herbert Sumsion and anthems by Parry and Greene. Freewill offering.

Jewish

Congregation Beth Shalom, 1325 S Belcher Road, Clearwater. Call (727) 531-1418 or visit www.mycbsfamily.org.

- Kabbalat Shabbat services with Rabbi David Weizman at 6:30 p.m. Fridays.

- Shabbat services at 9 a.m. Saturdays.

Temple Ahavat Shalom, 1575 Curlew Road, Palm Harbor. Call (727) 785-8811 or visit www.ahavatshalom.org.

- An evening with boxing legend Angelo Dundee starting at 5 p.m. Sunday. He will autograph his new book My View From the Corner and boxing memorabilia. Dundee will comment on video clips of famous fights and the boxers he trained. Cost is $10 for adults, $7 for children age 12 and younger. Dinner included.

- Sabbath eve services 7:30 p.m. Fridays.

- Introduction to Judaism with Rabbi Klein at 10:30 a.m. Sundays.

Young Israel-Chabad of Pinellas County, 3696 Fisher Road, Palm Harbor. Call (727) 789-0408 or visit www.yichabad.com.

- Israeli borncomedian and actor Avi Liberman will present a show at 8:15 p.m. today. Cost is $25 and includes light buffet and desserts. Reservations required.

- Evening services at 7 p.m. Sunday-Thursday.

- Kabbalat Shabbat services 5:30 p.m. Fridays.

- Shabbat morning service 9:30 Saturdays.

Lutheran

- Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, 2045 N Hercules Ave., Clearwater. Call (727) 441-8239 or visit www.christthelordlutheranchurch.org.

- Traditional worship services with a contemporary message at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays.

- One service only Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. featuring contemporary musician Wendysue Flegge.

First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1644 Nursery Road, Clearwater. Call (727) 462-8000 or visit www.firstlutheran.ij.net.

- Contemporary worship service at 6:30 p.m. Saturdays.

- Traditional worship services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays.

Messianic

Congregation Ohr Chadash, a Messianic synagogue, 3190 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd., Clearwater. Call (727) 726-1472 or visit www.ohrchadash.org.

- Erev Shabbat services 8 p.m. Fridays.

Methodist

First United Methodist Church, 421 Main St., Dunedin. Call (727) 733-4139 or visit www.dunedinfumc.org.

- Sunday worship services: contemporary at 9 a.m., traditional at 11 a.m.

Mount Moriah AME Church, 722 S Disston Ave., Tarpon Springs. Call (727) 938-0873.

- A free meal is provided to anyone in need from 4 to 5 p.m. every Sunday. Volunteers should arrive by 2:30 p.m.

Palm Harbor United Methodist Church, 1551 Belcher Road, Palm Harbor. Call (727) 785-7487 or visit www.phumc.net.

- Sunday worship services: 8:15 a.m. traditional; 9:45 a.m. blended; 11:15 a.m. family.

- Wednesday worship services: 6:30 p.m. contemporary and 8 p.m. young adult contemporary.

Nazarene

First Church of the Nazarene, 1875 Nursery Road, Clearwater. Call (727) 536-1498.

- Worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sundays.

Pentecostal

Dunedin Assembly of God, 885 Lake Haven Road, Dunedin. Call (727) 733-7205.

- Sunday worship services at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Free lunch every second Sunday of the month following the 10:30 a.m. service. Public invited.

Pentecostal Lighthouse Church, 2801 County Road 1, Dunedin. Call (727) 727-1222.

- Food pantry 5 to 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month.

Presbyterian

Bethel Presbyterian Church, 2905 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd., Clearwater. Call (727) 797-6409.

- The church will celebrate its 122nd anniversary Sunday during morning worship at 10:30 a.m. with reflections by the Rev. Jack Alwood and special music by the choir. A pot-luck luncheon will follow in the fellowship hall.

First Presbyterian Church of Dunedin, 455 Scotland St. Call (727) 733-2318 or visit www.fpcdunedin.org.

- Terry Fortner will talk about her grandmother, Myrtle Scharrer Betz, and what it was like growing up on Caladesi Island, then called Hog Island, at 7 p.m. Feb. 20. Her grandmother's 1983 memoir, Yesteryear I Lived in Paradise, has been newly revised. Free, open to the public.

First Presbyterian Church of Safety Harbor, 255 Fifth Ave. S. Call (727) 726-2014 or visit www.fpcsafetyharbor.org.

- Casual contemporary service at 9 a.m. Sundays in Fellowship Hall.

- Blended service at 10:30 a.m. Sundays in the sanctuary.

Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church, 110 S Fort Harrison Ave., Clearwater. (727) 446-3001 or visit www.peacememorial.org

- A concert of love songs from the opera and Broadway with singers of the Sunstate Opera Society led by Mario Laurenti at 3 p.m. Sunday. Free. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall.

Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2001 Rainbow Drive, Clearwater. Call (727) 446-6210.

- "Servants of the Shepherd," a contemporary praise duo, will be featured during the 9 a.m. Sunday service and offer special music during the 11 a.m. service.

- "Choral Essence," an 18-voice ensemble under the direction of Arthur Goetze, will perform at 3 p.m. Feb. 17. A donation of $10 a person will benefit Religious Community Services.

Unity

Unity Church of Clearwater, 2465 Nursery Road, Clearwater. Call (727) 531-0992 or visit www.unityofclearwater.org.

- The Rev. Leddy Hammock with guest musician David Nahmod on "Decide to Love" at the 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday services.

Unity Community Church, 1315 Bayshore Blvd., Dunedin. Call (727) 734-0635 or visit www.unitydunedin.org.

- Guest speaker Bill Allard will introduce the "Oneness Blessing" at the 10 a.m. Sunday service.

- A Course in Miracles 10 to 11:30 a.m. Fridays.

- Healing Center: By appointment. Participants are trained in the Pilgrimage integrative healing process.

Unity Church of Palm Harbor, 1960 Tampa Road. Call (727) 784-7911 or visit www.unitychurchofpalmharbor.org.

- Sunday worship services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Temple B'nai Israel, 1685 S Belcher Road, Clearwater. Call (727) 531-5829 or visit www.tbiclearwater.org.

- Casino Night and silent auction today beginning with auction preview at 6:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $36 and include hors d'oeuvres, babysitting, playing chips and prizes.

- Shabbat service 8 p.m. Fridays led by Rabbi Arthur Baseman with cantorial intern Jennifer Duretz.

- Shabbat morning service 10:30 a.m. Saturdays led by Rabbi Baseman.

Classic tale

Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater, 2470 Nursery Road. Call (727) 531-7704 or visit www.uuclearwater.org.

- A special program featuring the Quintessence Quintet performing Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, Beatles favorites and selections from The Sound of Music at 3 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Octagon Arts Center on the church property. Peter and the Wolf will be narrated by the Rev. Janamanchi and feature children from the congregation in the animal parts. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 children. Proceeds will benefit the foundation of Hospice of the Florida Suncoast.

- The Rev. Abhi Janamanchi will discuss "Many Spiritual Paths, One Goal" at the 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday services.

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