Religion calendar: 12/1

12/1/2017
BLADE STAFF

Toledo County Live, 6 p.m. Satur­day, at Church of St. An­drew United Meth­od­ist Church, 3620 Heat­h­er­downs Blvd. The theme of “Christ­mas is Com­ing.”In­for­ma­tion: 419-262-4453.

Net­tle Lake Mu­sic Jam, 6 p.m. Satur­day, Net­tle Lake United Breth­ren in Christ Church, 18560 County Road 5-75, Mont­pe­lier, Ohio. This is an acous­tic mu­sic jam. Snacks and drinks fur­nished. In­for­ma­tion: 419-485-4112,  dwilder@met­al­ink.net, or 419-459-4436.

Lu­theran Chapel of the Air, 11 a.m. Sun­day, WCWA-AM 1230. Pas­tor Paul Lange of Abid­ing Word Lu­theran in Bowl­ing Green, on “Keep Watch! The Sav­ior is Com­ing Soon.”

Hope Lu­theran Church is host­ing a Christ­mas event that takes vis­i­tors back to the time of Je­sus’ birth, 1 to 3 p.m. Thurs­day, Hope Lu­theran Church, 2201 Se­cor. At “A Night in Beth­le­hem,” guest are in­vited to take in the sights, smells, and sounds of the bus­tling mar­ket­place, com­plete with au­then­tic shops staffed with ar­ti­sans, a wine press, and live an­i­mals like a sheep, goats, and even a camel. Free. In­for­ma­tion: hop­e­toledo.net.

Al­le­giance Trio of Nash­ville Christ­mas tour, 4 p.m. Dec. 10, Holy Trin­ity Lu­theran Church, 1825 Glen­dale Ave. No ticket pur­chase , but a love of­fer­ing will be re­ceived. In­for­ma­tion: 419-344-6908.

Min­is­try of the Watch­man in­vites you to join us for our semi­an­nual Toledo Heal­ing School and Mir­a­cle Ser­vice, 11:30 a.m. Dec. 9, Mon­roe Street United Meth­od­ist Church, 3613 Mon­roe St. In­for­ma­tion: 1-800-560-9240.

Maumee Street Mu­sic Jam, 6 p.m. Dec. 9, First Pres­by­te­rian Church, 156 E. Maumee St., Adrian. All acous­tic stringed in­stru­ments are wel­come. In­for­ma­tion: 517-270-2870 or mar­i­lyn­mull­ins@hot­mail.com; 517-547-7448 or pen­nys@com­cast.net.

Salem Grace United Evan­gel­i­cal Lu­theran Church an­nual “Jour­ney to Na­tiv­ity,” 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 9, 216 Main St., Luckey, Ohio. A shep­herd will guide you through the jour­ney be­gin­ning in­side the church then lead­ing vis­i­tors out­side through the story. Free. In­for­ma­tion: 419-833-2146.

Hope Lu­theran Church event will take vis­i­tors back to the time of Je­sus’ birth, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 9-10, 2201 Se­cor Rd. “A Night in Beth­le­hem” rep­li­cates a first-cen­tury mar­ket­place and gives a first hand look at what life would have been like in those times. In­for­ma­tion: 419-536-8383.

First Pres­by­te­rian Church of Maumee free an­nual Christ­mas con­cert with the Chan­cel Choir and Hand­bell Choirs, 4 p.m. Dec. 10, 200 E. Broad­way, Maumee. The pro­gram will be tra­di­tional and orig­i­nal carol ar­range­ments for cho­rus by Lloyd Lar­son, David Halls, and Robert Pow­ell. Free. In­for­ma­tion: 419-893-0223.

A World of Christ­mas by Joseph M. Mar­tin, a can­tata for mixed cho­rus, solo, and key­board pre­sented by the chan­cel choir and guests of Refor­ma­tion Lu­theran Church, 4 p.m. Dec. 10, 4543 Douglas Rd. Mu­sic of the sea­son will be­gin at 3:50 p.m. Free. A re­cep­tion will fol­low.

Chris­tian Se­niors In­ter­act­ing, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 12, Abun­dant Life 2, 200 Zoar Drive, Per­rys­burg. En­ter­tain­ment will be by Sweet Har­mony. Cost: $3 for mis­cel­la­neous ex­penses. In­for­ma­tion: 419-872-0846. 

Im­mutable Truth, a Chris­tian apol­o­get­ics min­is­try for the greater Toledo area, meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the first and third Tues­day of each month, Em­manuel Bap­tist Church, 4207 W. Las­key Rd. Im­mutable Truth will be­gin a 12-part DVD se­ries, fea­tur­ing Josh McDow­ell on Tues­day. In­for­ma­tion: 419-356-9469 or im­mutabletruth.org.

Padre Pio Prayer Group, Mass, ro­sary, dis­cus­sion, and ad­o­ra­tion, 8 a.m. sec­ond Satur­day of each month, Christ the King Church, 4100 Harvest Lane. In­for­ma­tion: 419-356-4208 or mag­da­lena@mag­da­le­naskiles.com.

Cen­ter­ing Prayer Group, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mon­days, Wash­ing­ton Church, 3925 W. Cen­tral Ave. In­for­ma­tion: cen­ter­ing­prayer­toledo@gmail.com.

Grace Full Friends min­is­try for adults with de­vel­op­men­tal dis­abil­i­ties, with les­son, sing­ing, pray­ing, crafts, and snacks, 6:30 to 8 p.m. third Tues­days, Grace Lu­theran Church, 4441 Mon­roe St.

Awe­some God Sun­day school class for dif­fer­ently abled adults, 11 a.m. Sun­days, Maumee United Meth­od­ist Church in the Ben­son Room, 405 Sack­ett St., Maumee.

The dead­line for items for the Reli­gion Cal­en­dar is noon Tues­day. Mail items to Reli­gion Edi­tor, The Blade, 541 N. Su­pe­rior St., Toledo, Ohio 43660; fax to 419-724-6439; or email re­li­gion@the­blade.com.