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RELIGIOUS ROUNDUP

Millie Martsolf will present special music at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at the Butler Church of the Nazarene at 4410 Oakdale Road. Sunday evening worship is at 6 p.m.

The District NMI Convention starts at 9 p.m. July 23 at the District Center.

The Sunday School Rally is Friday, and the District Assembly is July 24, both in the multipurpose building.

Christ's Outreach Church, 120 Walker Ave., requests volunteers for Bible school Aug. 3 to 5.The Food Bank requests canned fruit and condiments in July.There will be no youth group until Aug. 25.The District Missions Convention begins July 23 at the District Center.Kristi Watterson will provide music at the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday services.

Community Life Church holds service at McQuistion Elementary School. Getting In His Presence all praise and worship night will be held tonight from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. at the YWCA.The water baptism and picnic are rescheduled for July 28 at Moraine State Park's South Shore. Picnic begins at 6:30 p.m.St. Vincent De Paul's food bank items in July are paper products.The youth group will meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today at Pastor Ben's house.The next softball game is at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.Street Ministry Team will not meet Wednesday.The men's outing will be at 6:35 p.m. July 30 for the Butler BlueSox game.

Rue Snider will be the guest vocal artist at the 10 a.m. Sunday worship service at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 230 E. Jefferson St. The Rev. Dr. William Jamieson will be the guest preacher. The summer Bible study will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the assembly room.

The Berean Sunday school class of First Baptist Church, 221 W. New Castle St., will have an indoor picnic at 5 p.m. Friday at the Baptist Youth Center.There will be a planning meeting from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church for vacation Bible school teachers and helpers.FBC will be involved in Boys Wilderness Camps (seventh to 12th grade) and Junior Camp (fourth to sixth grade) at Slippery Rock Baptist Camp, 130 Elliott Lane, Worth Township, Monday to Saturday. Call 724-287-7241.

First English Lutheran Church, 241 N. Main St., will celebrate communion at 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown, 5825 Heckert Road, Bakerstown, will hold one combined worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday to celebrate Summer Blast Camp, High Seas Expedition. Children who attended may wear camp T-shirts and sing songs.First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown will return to its regular schedule July 25 with the 8:45 a.m. contemporary service, 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. traditional service.

The Remedy Youth Group of First United Methodist Church, 200 E. North St., is sponsoring a weekly event for children at Father Marinaro Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays. To help, call 724-283-6160.Tommy Brandt will appear at Seeds of Hope at 7 p.m. Thursday, perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and perform at Sunday sanctuary services. The Saturday concert is free and will be held at the Crossfire location, 1802 N. Main St. Ext.The youth will participate in the Breaking Bread event July 22 at Father Marinaro Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Grace @ Calvary Lutheran Church, 123 E. Diamond St., will have a property work day at 9 a.m. Saturday. Church Council will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Ernie and Jenny Taylor and Lyric Ackelson will provide special music for GraceWay Community Church's 10 a.m. Sunday service. GraceWay meets at Center Township Elementary School.

The Rev. Clark Sawyer will preach at weekend services of Hill United Presbyterian Church, 501 Second St., Butler. Power Chord Academy participants will present music at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.MAD camp musical rehearsal will be tonight at 7 p.m. Camp begins at 4 p.m. Sunday with sessions from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday.Register by Monday for the July 28 Waldameer Park trip and by Tuesday for the July 27 trip to Cook's Forest.

The Library Friends of Meridian United Presbyterian Church, 4150 Highland Ave., will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday.The adult Bible study will be at noon Tuesday. The Quilters meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Worship Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

New Life Christian Ministries meets at South Butler Primary School, 328 Knoch Road, Saxonburg. There will be one worship celebration at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. A Come Let Us Build update will be shared.Donations of new or gently used backpacks and school supplies for New Life's outreach mission may be dropped off from Sunday to Aug. 1 at worship or at 320 W. Main St., Saxonburg. If you know of children in need, contact Karen Schiebel at 724-822-9879 or karennewlifexn.org.Contact elder Rich McCarthy at 724-766-9047 to serve Saturday at the East Liberty Food Kitchen.

Lay leaders will conduct a Bible study called "Salt and Light" during the next several weeks at 10 a.m. Sundays at New Testament Baptist Church, 437 N. Duffy Road, Butler.

There will be an 8:30 a.m. informal worship service Sunday at Nixon United Methodist Church. The children from vacation Bible school will sing at the 10 a.m. worship service.

North Butler Presbyterian Church, 137 North Butler Church Road, will hold an outdoor worship service in the church yard at 11 a.m. Sunday. Featured music will be the Butler Tab. A picnic will follow.

North Main Street Church of God, 1201 N. Main St. Ext., Butler, will hold a Celebrate Recovery barbecue at 6 p.m. today with speaker Jeff Wilhelm.The PCA board meeting will be Monday in the conference room. The Mission Committee meeting will be Wednesday in the conference room.

The Growth Team of Old Union Presbyterian Church, 200 Union Church Road, Mars, will meet after worship on Sunday.

The Horse Trading Days flea market will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today to Saturday in Park Hall.OnceDeadTwiceBorn will be the musical guest at the 9 and 11 a.m. worship services Sunday.The W2W group will meet for breakfast at the Kaufmann House at 10 a.m. Tuesday. RSVP by Monday to Alice Anger at 724-816-4977.

Rider Lutheran Church, 189 Rider Church Road, West Sunbury, will celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion at 10 a.m. Sunday.The Strawberry Festival will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday in the church social hall.

Special music during the worship service at Saint Andrews United Presbyterian Church, 201 E. Jefferson St., will include Kyle Golden, trumpet, and Deanna Golden, soprano; Kyle Golden and Chuck Davey, organ; and piano by Ansu Benjamin.Bakers are needed to supply dessert for Meals on Wheels in July. Contact Barb Hutchison.

St. John's Reformed Church launched its website at www.sjrchurch.org.

The sign-up deadline for Bells and Drama Camp is Friday at St. John's United Church of Christ, 501 E. Main St., Evans City. Christian Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, followed by a P3T meeting at 7 p.m. Tickets are available for St. John's "sell out the Red Barn" at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The featured play is "The Butler Did It."

St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 201 W. Jefferson St., will have Holy communion at all Sunday services.A new members class will begin Aug. 22. For information, call 724-287-6741.A Feed-A-Pet donation box is near the office. For information, call Shelby Young at 724-355-1617 or Gloria Johnstone at 724-283-0167.The women's gathering and Bible study picnic will be Aug. 3. For information, call Carol Fleeger at 724-282-1014.

The celebrant and preacher at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 218 E. Jefferson St., on Sunday will be the Rev. Terry Johnson.St. Peter's parishioners are responsible for donating next month for Meals on Wheels. For information, call 724-285-3815.

The Lord's Supper will be shared at services at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, and 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Drive, Center Township.Volunteers are needed to help Vicar Scott pack his moving van Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Contact Dick Schwab at 724-285-7023.Trinity will conduct a worship service at Newhaven Court at 2 p.m. Tuesday.A Holden Evening Prayer service with incense will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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