Religion Calendar: 3-22

3/22/2014

Our Lady of Toledo Shrine joint Board and Spiritual committee meeting,1 p.m. today, 655 S. Coy Rd., Oregon.

Toledo Country Limits worship service with live country music, United Methodist Church of St. Andrew, 3620 Heatherdowns Blvd., 6 p.m. every Saturday.

Unity of Toledo welcomes the Rev. Nat Carter as interim minister, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, 3535 Executive Pkwy.; also Unity Arts council will present filmmaker Jeff Markin on B horror movies, 7 p.m. Friday. Cost: $7 advance, $10 at the door. Information: 419-537-1001.

The Lutheran Hour, WPOS (102.3), Sunday 7 a.m. and on XM satellite radio 170 at 1 p.m. The Rev. Gregory Seltz on "Surprise, Surprise."

Calvary Missonary Baptist Church pastor 25th celebration, 4 p.m. Sunday, 702 Collingwood Blvd. Guest speaker pastor James Willis from St. Paul’s Missionary Baptist Church.

Second Baptist Church Empowerment speakers, 11 a.m. Sunday, Spencer Township Community Building, 330 Oak Terrace Blvd., Holland. Mrs Regina Whittington-McClendon, of ACN-All Communications Network, and March 30, Terrence Pounds, Sr., owner/COO and director, Marquis Kimble, co-owner of KP Financial Management, Inc. Free and open to the public.

Center for Conscious Living featured speaker Gordon Wade, his topic will be "A Million Mirrors," 7410 Noward Rd., Waterville, 10 a.m. Sunday.

Swami Shantamrita Chaitanya will give a discourse followed by devotional singing, 6-8 p.m. Monday, Hindu Temple of Toledo, 4336 King Rd., Sylvania. Information: 419-531-2677.

Christian Seniors Interaction, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. second and fourth Tuesdays of every month, First United Methodist Church of Perrysburg, 200 Zoar Dr., Perrysburg. March 25, Bible study with the Rev. Chuck Campbell of Lutheran Church of the Master. Cost: $3. Reservations required. Information: 419-872-0846.

Theology with Toast, 10 a.m. second Wednesday of each month, Little Sisters of the Poor, 930 S. Wynn Rd., Oregon. Coffee and rolls at 9:30 a.m. Information: 419-698-0405.

St. Lucas Lutheran Church Lenten series, Wednesdays at noon and 7:30 p.m. March 26, Scapegoats in Family, Church and Society; April 2, Brothers and Sisters for Better or Worse; April 9, Cutting People out of Your Life Doesn’t Fix Anything; April 16, Sins Visited unto the Third and Fourth Generation; and Maundy Thursday, April 17, The Big Picture: How Anxiety and Reaction Drive the World, 745 Walbridge Ave. Information: 419-243-8189.

Philippine-American Catholic Council Novena and Mass, 7 p.m. first Wednesday of each month, St. Clement Church, 3030 Tremainsville Rd.

Sylvania Baha’is devotional gathering with community prayers, music, and scriptural reading, 7 p.m. every Thursday, 4733 Wickford Dr. West, Sylvania. Open to people of all faiths or no faith. Information: 419-882-5642.

The University of Toledo Music program will perform at First United Methodist Church, 3 p.m. March 30, 200 W. Second St., downtown Perrysburg. Admission is free and open to public. Information: 419-874-1911 or www.perrysburgfum.com.

Night Sunday School will celebrate their 11th anniversary 7 p.m. March 30, New Prospect Baptist Church, 1425 W. Delaware Ave.

The Christian Festival Choir invites area singers to join for "Exaltation 2014," the annual spring concert in May. Rehearsals are 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday at Reformation Lutheran Church, 4543 Douglas Rd. Information: www.toledoexaltation.org or 419-865-5795 or 419-260-8284.

Master’s Recital an evening of requiem, 7 p.m. April 4, First Presbyterian Church, 126 S. Church St., Bowling Green, Ohio. Reception to follow. Free.

Freedom Quartet in concert, 7 p.m. April 10, Heritage Church of God, 3520 Strayer Rd., Maumee.

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