BUTLER CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Registration for members of Butler Church of The Nazarene, 4410 Oakdale Road and Route 68, who plan to attend the Pittsburgh District Ladies Retreat on Oct. 1 and 2, is due Wednesday. For information, call 814-797-1443 or 724-287-5867.

The Caravan Kids Club will hold a lock-in from 6 p.m. Sept. 24 to 9 a.m. Sept. 25. For information, contact Jim and Chrisann Green.

CHRIST COMMUNITY U.M.

New members will be received into the congregation during weekend services at Christ Community United Methodist Church, 205 N. Duffy Road.

An information meeting for parents of youth group members will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday.

His Kids and Joyful Voices will practice at 7 p.m. Tuesday. A brief meeting for parents will follow registration.

Sign-up sheets for the 40 Days of Purpose prayer vigil from noon Sept. 24 to noon Sept. 25 are in the narthex.

CHRIST'S OUTREACH

Frank Russo and Lori Mashuda will provide music and offertory for the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service at Christ's Outreach Church, 120 Walker Ave.

Wednesday evening fellowship dinners will resume at 5:45 p.m. this Wednesday. Cost is a donation.

Rehearsals for the Christmas Cantata will resume at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Sanctuary.

Food items for Meals on Wheels will be collected this weekend at the church. Items to be collected are cookies without nuts, gingerbread, cupcakes without icing, bundt cakes without icing, pies (not cream pies) and angel food cakes. Cash donations can also be given at the church.

Wednesday evening youth group meetings have been extended. Meetings will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

A chicken barbecue for seniors, ages 55 and older, will be held at 6 p.m. Friday. Cost is $5 and entertainment will be provided by the Tom Walker Family.

The church youth will go camping Friday through Sunday. Cost for the trip is $10. For information, call Don Hixon at 724-355-6814.

COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

A ladies' small group, open to women of all ages, will meet at 6:45 p.m. Wednesdays in the Family Room at Community Alliance Church, 800 Mercer Road.

COVENANT PRESBY

The Sunday worship service at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 230 E. Jefferson St., will begin at 11:15 a.m.

Dr. Ahmed Abdelwahab will be the guest speaker for the Seekers/Pathfinders Class at 9:45 a.m. Sunday.

The food bank is requesting donations of catsup, mustard and mayonnaise during September.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP

Women of Faith Fellowship Alliance Church, 200 Faithway-Fared Drive, who plan to attend the Alliance Women Fall Rally Day at Freeport Alliance Church should call the church to register. Child care will be available.

Members of the 50 Plus and Minus group will attend the Apple Festival in Franklin on Oct. 2. The group will leave the church at 8 a.m. For information, call the church office.

A prayer breakfast will be held at 9 a.m. Sept. 25. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Jeff Lonsinger. To register, call the church office.

Youth in grades 7 to 12 who plan to join two new Bible study groups starting Sept. 27, can call the church office or visit www.faithfellowhsipalliance.com for information.

FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES

Revival services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Sept. 26 at Family Life Ministries, 932 Mercer Road. For information, call the church at 724-287-1336.

FIRST BAPTIST

First Baptist Church, 221 W. New Castle St., will be among churches participating in a youth retreat from 6 p.m. Friday to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Slippery Rock Baptist Camp, 130 Elliott Land, Slippery Rock.

Members of the Tim Oesterling family will share their experiences from a recent mission trip to Japan at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. A church luncheon in the Baptist Youth Center will precede the program.

Jodi Miklas of Grove City will be the speaker and will provide music for the fall kickoff dinner of the Women's Missionary Fellowship at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Baptist Youth Center. Bring a casserole or salad.

FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN

The Senior Choir of First English Lutheran Church, 241 N. Main St., will rehearse at 7:30 p.m. today.

A yard sale will be held Friday and Saturday.

Holy Communion will be observed Sunday.

A Sharing Faith meeting will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday; A Cabinet meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Team meetings will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The Ladies AA group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

GLADE RUN U.P.

The Lord's Supper will be observed at Sunday services at Glade Run United Presbyterian Church, 1091 Pittsburgh Road, Valencia.

A potluck supper will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday and a prayer service will follow at 7 p.m.

The Adult Mission Team will leave for West Virginia on Saturday and return Sept. 25.

The next meeting of the Women's Bible Study will be Oct. 7, and the group will meet on Thursdays from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. Child care is provided. For information call Sally at 724-287-7808.

GRACE LUTHERAN

The youth group will hold a lock-in from 6:30 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church, 220-226 W. New Castle St. Members in grades 4 to 6 will have a movie time and members in grades 7 to 12 will have a football game. For information, contact Christopher Wagner.

A question-and-answer meeting for church members will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Sunday school staff and the new youth director will be installed at the Sunday worship services.

HILL U.P.

A Presbyterian Women's Thankoffering service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Hill United Presbyterian Church, 501 Second St. The guest speaker will be Carolyn Jones. Proceeds from the offering will benefit Presbyterian Women's projects and Presbyterian health ministries. A reception and fellowship time will follow the service.

Reservations for the paintball trip for students in grades 7 to 12 is due Sept. 25 to John Porter.

Registration is now open for the Faith Weaver's Kid's Club for children age 3 through grade four. The club will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays beginning Nov. 17.

Video tapes of the MAD Camp musical are available for $5. An order sheet is available in the church office.

MARS ALLIANCE

The 40 Days of Purpose campaign will begin Sept. 25 at Mars Alliance Church, Route 228 and Myoma Road. For information, call 724-776-9400 or e-mail to marsalliance40days.@juno.com.

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES

Deacons and junior deacons will be commissioned at the Sunday service at New Life Christian Ministries, Knoch School Auditorium, 345 Knoch Road, Saxonburg.

The East Liberty Soup Kitchen team will serve on Saturday. The van will leave from The Bridge, 102 Bay St. Penn Township, at 8:30 a.m. Anyone interested in serving should contact Rick McCarthy at 724-352-7676.

A scrapbooking meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at The Bridge. For information, call Jenn Walker at 724-282-2390.

A middle school youth group fun night will be held from 4:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the home of Jim and Amy Brown. For information, contact Adam Dickson at ajdickso@geneva.edu.

The senior high youth will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the home of Dr. Chris and Nancy Marshall. For information, call 724-586-2241 or e-mail tim@newlifexn.org.

The middle school youth will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Jim and Amy Brown. For information, contact Adam Dickson at ajdickso@geneva.edu.

Married couples interested in vanpooling and participating in the Oct. 15 May Day for Marriage March in Washington, D.C., should contact Aaron or Lisa Johns at 724-283-2747.

NORTH MAIN ST. CHURCH OF GOD

Sign-up sheets for the seminar, "Discovery Series," at North Main Street Church of God, 1201 N. Main St. Ext., are available in the welcome centers. Classes on membership, maturity and ministry will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 9.

Missionary Ronald Woodman will be the guest speaker at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service.

Couples in the church who have been married for 50 years or more will be honored at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service. An all-church luncheon will follow in the fellowship hall. Cost is $3 per person or free for couples to be honored.

Handbell practice will resume at 6 p.m. Monday. For information on joining the handbell choir, call the church office at 724-285-4214.

Living Christmas Tree Choir rehearsals will begin at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.

OLD UNION PRESBY

Covenants of Stewardship will continue from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Old Union Presbyterian Church, 200 Union Church Road, Mars.

The new choir robes will be dedicated Sunday.

The Beaver-Butler Presbytery Council of Men will hold a buffet breakfast at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Butler Days Inn. The speaker will be Audrey Briggs, founder of a company that develops water sources in Africa. The cost is $10 per person. Wives and families are welcome. Call 724-846-4638 for reservations.

PARK U.P.

Park United Presbyterian Church, 115 E. Grandview Ave

is starting a small group for those in the 20 to 40 age group.

The group will meet from 9:50 to 10:50 a.m. beginning Sunday in Park Hall and will be led by the Rev. Pat McElroy.

RIDER LUTHERAN

A family reunion service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday at Rider Lutheran Church, 189 Rider Church Road, West Sunbury. The Sacrament of Holy Communion will also be celebrated.

A rally day will follow the service on Sunday. The event will include a tureen luncheon and entertainment by the youth choir.

SLIPPERY ROCK U.M.

Ken Gryger will be the guest speaker at the 9:30 a.m. Sunday service at Slippery Rock United Methodist, Franklin and Maple streets, Slippery Rock.

Visitation team members will meet after the 11 a.m. Sunday service to pick up materials for the doorstop program.

ST. JOHN'S REFORMED

St. John's Reformed Church, Route 68 west at Benbrook Road will hold a soup and sandwich luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 23.

Evening Bible study will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

ST. MARK'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN

Communion will be served at the Sunday services at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 201 W. Jefferson St.

The Glade Run Children's Choir will perform on Sunday.

The church will host a seminar on discipleship on Oct. 8 and 9. The Rev. David Stark will lead the event. Cost is $40 for each person and registration is due Sept. 26. For information, call the church office at 724-287-6741.

ST. RICHARD R.C.

Faith Formation classes at St. Richard Roman Catholic Church, 3841 Dickey Road, Gibsonia, will be held Sunday. All weekday classes will meet for the first time this week.

Marriage Preparation classes will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday and will run for six weeks. The cost is $15 per couple. To register, call Mary Jordan at 724-444-1971, ext. 12.

TRINITY LUTHERAN

Communion will be served at the 8:30 a.m. Sunday service at Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Dr.

A rally day will begin at 9:40 a.m. Sunday. A fall kick-off will follow at 11 a.m.

Reese Fleeger will provide music for the 6:30 p.m. Saturday and the 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday services.

The Men's Gospel Ghoir will resume rehearsal at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Chancel Choir will resume rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

TRINITY PRESBY

Family focus afternoons at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 107 Staley Ave., resume at 3 p.m. Sunday. The event will include activities and a dinner. Reservations are due before Sunday by calling 724-287-7464.

Prayer fellowship will resume at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the church library.

Orders for baked or unbaked apple dumplings are now being accepted. Cost is $2.25 for unbaked dumplings or $2.50 for baked dumplings. Orders can be picked up between noon and 4 p.m. Oct. 2. To order, call Mary Ann Hutchison at 724-283-3128 or Sandy Gardner at 724-283-3622.

The Sacrament of Baptism will be held on Sunday.

Members who want a copy of the red hymnal can pick one up this month. Copies can be reserved by calling the church office.

The Faith Exploration class has been changed to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays starting this week.

WEST SUNBURY U.P.

The Sacrament of Baptism will be celebrated Sunday at the West Sunbury United Presbyterian Church, 215 East Church St., West Sunbury.

A cookout and hayride will be held Sunday at the home of Norm and Erma Summerville, 156 Beulah Road. Activities will begin at 3 p.m. and dinner will be served at 5 p.m. Participants should take a covered dish to share, table service, a lawn chair, and a stick to roast hot dogs (if desired).