Religion calendar
By Michelle Jones, Times Correspondent
Published March 8, 2008
Dunedin
Religious Society of Friends Quakers meets at the Scottish American Society Hall, 917 Louden Ave. in Dunedin from 10 to 11 a.m. Sundays from October to May and every first and third Sunday from June to September. Call (727) 372-6382.
Holiday
Baha'is of Pasco County, who meet at the Baha'i center in a strip mall behind Buddy Freddie's Restaurant on U.S. 19 in Holiday, will have a "Meeting of the Minds" at 7:30 tonight. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Jesica Thoennes, a Florida Baha'i and Montessori school teacher, will introduce the Baha'i faith using a slide show presentation. Call (813) 383-6613.
Community United Methodist Church, 3214 U.S. 19, offers a contemporary worship service at 9:30 a.m. and a traditional service at 11 a.m. Sundays. The praise band RED-X is featured during the early service. Pastor Dan Campbell continues his sermon series on Everything Must Change. Call (727) 937-3268.
Holiday United Church of Christ, 4826 Bartelt Road, offers Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. preceded by coffee fellowship at 10 a.m. The Rev. Drew Willard is the pastor and his sermon for Sunday will be "Stronger than Death." Adult Bible study is at 9 a.m. The church offers a prayer shawl group that meets from 10 a.m. to noon Mondays to knit or learn to knit and crotchet prayer shawls and chemo caps for those in need. Call (727) 937-1520.
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 4843 Mile Stretch Road, offers Mass twice daily at 8 and 9 a.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday. Weekend masses are at 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday and at 7:30, 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday. There is a Vietnamese language Sunday Mass at 5:30 p.m. Reconciliation is at 3 and 7 p.m. Thursday and Saturday through March 15. Adoration vigils are at 11 a.m. Monday to Friday with the First Friday vigil from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Call (727) 938-1974.
Hudson
First United Methodist Church, 13123 U.S. 19, offers SHARE food program registration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 15. The program requires registration, $18 in cash or food stamps plus two hours of community service. Call (727) 868-4575.
St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 15801 U.S. 19, offers worship services at 8 and 10 a .m. Sunday,6 p.m. Wednesdays and 11 a.m. Fridays. The Lenten message, "What Anglicans Believe," continues. The church youth will begin their annual Lenten project after church Sunday with a clean-up of the church yard. Call (727) 863-8560 or visit the Web site at stmartinshudsonfl.org.
Lakewood Church of God, 12637 Pony Lane, offers worship services at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays. Children's church is during the morning worship. There is a Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesday and the church offers a club for teens. The Pastor is David Parham. Call (727) 856-1770.
Immaculate Conception Old Roman Catholic Church, 8531 Bolton Ave., a traditional Catholic Church, offers Mass at 9 a.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Some daily Masses are in Latin and the Sunday Mass is in English. A Wednesday Mass is at 7 p.m. with a soup supper at 5 p.m. On Fridays, the Stations of the Cross begin at 3 p.m. followed by the Novena to the Miraculous Medal. This schedule continues through the Friday before Palm Sunday. Call (727) 819-3788.
St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, 7922 State Road 52, offers worship services at 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays with a fellowship hour after each service. Sunday school for children is at 10:45 a.m. Nursery is available for all services. The church offers a Lenten program at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Presbyterian clergy from the Tampa Bay area will present "Tell Me the Stories of Jesus." A pancake breakfast is planned from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. March 15. Cost is $3 for adults, $1 for children and includes all the buttermilk pancakes you can eat with coffee, juice, eggs, sausage or ham. Call (727) 863-5646.
Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, 12321 Canton Ave., offers Sunday services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. with Adult Bible class and Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Lenten services are planned for 4 and 7 p.m. with a soup and sandwich supper from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Call (727) 863-6446.
Lutz
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 20735 Leonard Road, offers services at 9, 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. This Sunday, the Rev. Ross Engel will present "Dry Bones or Living Bodies." A Lenten soup and sandwich supper is offered each Wednesday during Lent at 4:45 p.m. with a service before at 4 p.m. and after at 7 p.m. People at the Cross is the theme for each week. A rummage sale will befrom 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 15. Call (813) 949-7173 or visit the Web site at holytrinitylutz.com.
New Port Richey
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 5340 High St., will have SHARE registration from 3 to 5 p.m. today. Call (727) 842-2485.
Living Word Church, 5151 Rowan Road, will host a concert with the Forgiven Trio at 7 p.m. March 28. A love offering will be collected. Services are at 8:25, 10:45 and 6 p.m. Sundays. Sunday school is at 9:35 a.m. The pastor is the Rev. Tim Santinga. Call (727) 845-8877 or visit the Web site at livingwordnpr.com.
The West Pasco Pregnancy Center, 5330 Gorge St., will have a Yard Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. There will be furniture, arts and crafts, household items, books, jewelry and clothes. There will be clowns and face painting. People can rent a table for $15 and donations are welcome. Call (727) 846-9999.
First United Methodist Church, 5901 Indiana Ave., will host the United Methodist Women Rummage Sale from 8 a.m. to noon today. Included are sports items, household goods, bedding, children's items and books. Call (727) 842-7674.
First Baptist Church of New Port Richey, 6561 Circle Blvd., offers Sunday school for all ages at 9:45 a.m. and worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays. Children's worship is during the 11 a.m. service. On Wednesdays there is a fellowship supper at 5 p.m. and activities for all ages from 5 to 8 p.m. Guy S. Sanders III is the pastor. Call (727) 849-4210 or visit the Web site at fbcnpr.com.
Community Congregation Church of the United Church of Christ, 6533 Circle Blvd., offers worship services at 10 a.m. with coffee hour after the service. The church offers a Lenten worship service at 6 p.m. Wednesdays. Call (727) 849-1943.
The Presbyterian Church of Seven Springs, 4651 Little Road, offers a catered dinner and casual worship service 6 p.m. each Wednesday during Lent. The Rev. Philip Hollins, pastor, will lead the services. Cost is $7 for ages 11 and older and $4 for children ages 3 to 10 with a maximum cost of $25 per family. A Grandma's Attic sale is scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon today. The church's second annual Easter Celebration is from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. There will be games, refreshments and an egg hunt with a special message for the children. Call (727) 372-7203 or visit the Web site at tpcoss.org.
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4125 U.S. 19, offers a hymn sing at 10:15 a.m. Sundays with regular worship service at 10:30 a.m. Paul Richards' sermon this Sunday is "What God's Spirit Can Do." Mark Shoemaker, a representative of the Presbyterian Foundation, will speak at a free lunch after the worship service Sunday. Roundtable meets at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. Call (727) 849-4905.
River of Praise Church, 5320 Palmetto Road, offers Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship services at 10:30 a.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Wednesday. The pastor is Bishop Ron Peeples. Call (727) 849-2762 or visit the Web site at riverofpraisechurch.com.
Covenant Christian Church, 6813 Indiana Ave., offers worship service at 10 a.m. Sundays. The Rev. Pastor Bob Panariello's sermon this Sunday is "So, Where is Within and Why?" The church offers a men's ministry meeting at 9 a.m. Saturdays, women's ministry at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month and services at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Prayer Warriors meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Fridays and the Institute of Ministries meet at 7 p.m. Fridays. Call (727) 842-4566.
Family of Faith Church, which meets at the Colonial Hills Civic Center 3852 Prime Place, is a full Gospel believing congregation. Worship service is at 10:45 a.m. Sundays and Bible study and Sunday school is at 10 a.m. Call (727) 204-1881 or visit the Web site at fofchurch.com.
Love is for Eternity Ministries, 7511 Little Road, Building C, offers Christian recovery, growth and support groups each week. There are groups for alcoholics, an Al-Anon group, Biblical 12-step groups for all addictions and a parents' support group. Call (727) 847-0222 for times and dates or visit the Web site at loveisforeternity.com.
Faith Lutheran Church, 5443 Sunset Road, offers worship services at 8 and 11 a.m. Sundays; Sunday school and Bible classes at 9:30 a.m. The church also offers a 5 p.m. Saturday service. Call (727) 849-4418.
First Church of the Nazarene, 5342 Avery Road, offers Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., morning worship at 10:45 and evening worship at 6 each Sunday. The church has a Wednesday service at 7 p.m. Call (727) 849-3998.
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 5326 Charles St., offers the Holy Eucharist at 5:30 p.m. each Saturday. Sunday services are at 7:30, 9 and 11 a.m. with nursery available at the 9 and 11 a.m. services. Church school is at 9 a.m. A healing service is at 10 a.m. each Thursday with Bible study afterward. The Rev. Raymond E. Dage will offer a inquirers class for adults wishing to be confirmed or wanting to know more about the Episcopal church at 7 p.m. Thursdays through April 17. Classes for young people will be at 10 a.m. each Saturday through April 19. The Right Rev. Dabney T. Smith, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, will perform the Sacrament of Confirmation on May 4. (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 pastor. Call (727) 376-0919 or visit the Web site at joyful-spirit.org.
Calvary Chapel Worship Center, 6825 Trouble Creek Road, offers three worship services at 8:10, 9:40 and 11:15 a.m. Sunday. The pastor is Bill Strayer. The book of Revelation is studied during the 7 p.m. Thursday service. Call (727) 376-7733 or visit the Web site at ccwc.org.
Odessa
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 childcare also begin at 10 a.m. Call (813) 792-1622.
Port Richey
Good News Christian Fellowship, that meets at the New Lakes of Regency Civic Center, 8330 Civic Drive, offers a Good News Coffee Shoppe at 10 a.m. Sundays. Children's church, nursery and interpretation for the deaf are part of each service. A women's Bible study is at 7 p.m. Thursdays in the Good News Book Store in the Sweet Bay Plaza, 9215 Little Road. Call (727) 819-8881 or visit the Web site at goodnewschristian.org.
King of Kings Lutheran Church, 10337 U.S. 19, offers a free program of oldies, favorites, seasonal and humorous songs by the Men's Jubilee Chorus, under the direction of Henry Fletcher and accompanied by Joan Geschke at 4 p.m. today. After the concert the church's annual spaghetti dinner is planned. Cost is $5 for adults and children younger than 10 are free. Shut-ins and homebound are invited, along with their caregivers, to a free praise service at 11:30 a.m. March 17 followed by lunch and entertainment. Call (727) 868-5744 for reservations.
Congregation Beth Tefillah, a Conservative house of worship that meets at the Jewish Community Center, 9841 Scenic Drive, offers Shabbat services at 8 p.m. Fridays and at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays. There is an Oneg Shabbat and Kiddush after each service. The first Friday of each month is a Family Shabbat. Sunday school lessons through Bar/Bat Mitzvah age is offered each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and adult Hebrew lessons are at 10 a.m. every Sunday. Al Goldberg, the spiritual leader of the congregation, teaches a rabbi's adult education class at 11 a.m. each Monday. At 7 p.m. March 20, there will be a celebration of Purim with the reading of the Megillah, the story of Esther. Costumes are welcome and hamentashen will be served. Call (727) 847-3814.
Calvary Chapel Pasco, 6454 Ridge Road, offers contemporary worship and Bible teaching at 10:30 a.m. Sundays with children services at the same time. The church also has Bible study at 7 p.m. Tuesday and a 7 p.m. worship service Wednesdays. Call (727) 534-1626.
Salvation Army the Corps and Worship Center, 7745 Ridge Road, offers Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and a morning worship service at 11 a.m. each Sunday. Call (727) 815-8539.
Tampa
Shoresh David Messianic Synagogue, 4320 Bay to Bay Blvd., will host George Whitten, founder of Worthy Ministries, at 11 a.m. today. His wife, Rivka, will lead the praise and worship. Recently she released a CD titled Lazman Hazeh, sung entirely in Hebrew. She also teaches Israeli-dance workshops internationally. Call (813) 831-5673 or visit the Web site at shoreshdavid.org.
Tarpon Springs
Congregation B'nai Emmunah, a Reform Jewish Synagogue, 3374 Keystone Road, offers early Shabbat services at 6:30 p.m. the first Shabbat of each month with a potluck dinner afterward. Other Shabbat evening services are at 8 p.m. every Friday with a member-hosted Oneg after. On the last Friday of each month, there will be Simcha Shabbat with blessings for those who are celebrating special days including birthdays, anniversaries, new homes and new children. Saturday Morning Shabbat services and the study of the weekly Torah portion are at 9:30 a.m. the second Saturday of each month. On March 16, the congregation will have a Purim Carnival and Megillah Reading from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (727) 938-9000.
Trinity
Chabad of West Pasco, which meets at Trinity College, 2430 Welbilt Blvd. in Room 203 on the second floor, offers bi-weekly Torah studies at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month. The Chabad also offers a Jewish Women's Circle. Call (727) 376-3366 for times and dates.
Zephyrhills
Atonement Lutheran Church, 29617 State Road 54, offers a series of short contemporary dramas called "The Games People Play" during Lenten services at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. The skits will deal with loneliness, making life's choices and finding the answers to life. A soup dinner is offered before each service at 6:30 p.m. A talent show and corn beef dinner by the youth of the church will be at 6 p.m. March 15. Proceeds will benefit a mission trip to the Virgin Islands, where youth and adults will do refurbishing work on a church. The Lutheran fraternal group Thrivent will help fund the mission trip. Tickets are $12 at the door or $10 in advance. Call (813) 973-2211.
Zephyrhills Alliance Church, 6351 Fort King Road, is sponsoring the Alpha Course from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays through April 16. This course will provide answers to many questions about Christian life. Sessions begin with dinner, a 45-minute video and group discussion after. The course is free and child care is available. Call (813) 782-8865 to register.
New Walk Church, which meets at East Pasco YMCA, 37301 Chapel Hill Loop, holds services at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Sundays. Through March 16, the church is presenting a series titled "Raising G-Rated Kids in an X-Rated World." Lead pastor is Gary Baldus. Call (813) 788-8188 or visit mynewwalk.com.
First Presbyterian Church, 5510 19th St., offers worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sundays with Sunday school at 9:45. On Wednesday, there will be a Lenten Lunch at noon with choice of soup, chili and sandwiches for $4. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Wayne Lura, retired Army chaplain. There will be a food pantry at 10 a.m. Thursday and a community Easter Egg Hunt at 9:30 a.m. March 15. Children will be divided into three age groups. The Rev. John Caster is the pastor. Call (813) 782-7412.
Please 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.