DuPage Co. notes on religion

• To submit your listings including Holy Week services, e-mail M.J. Porter at mporter@dailyherald.com or fax items to (630) 955-0895. Mail should be sent to Daily Herald, 4300 W. Commerce Court, Lisle, IL 60532.

Today

• Big Woods Church will hold its 36th annual Pork and Kraut dinner from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Courtyard Banquets Restaurant, 3S200 Route 59, Warrenville. Carryout will be available. The event includes a raffle and bake sale of homemade items. Tickets are $10 for adults, $6 for children under 12 years. For tickets, call (630) 898-0451.

• St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Parish Job Ministry will offer free resume reviews for job seekers from 9 to 11:30 a.m. today at the church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville. For details, call Jim Breen at (630) 355-8980.

Sunday

• The Tandem Club will meet at 12:30 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, 424 Forest Ave., Glen Ellyn. Entertainment is the Afternoon Barbershop Chorus. Lunch reservation deadline is Sunday by calling (630) 469-4075.

• Christ the King Parish will hold its annual St. Joseph's Table from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday in the school gym, 115 E. 15th St., Lombard. A freewill donation is requested with proceeds benefiting the needy. For details, call (630) 629-1717, ext. 16.

• St. Alexander Church will hold its Lenten mission, Awakening Our Faith in Challenging Times at 7 p.m. Sunday to Wednesday and 8:30 a.m. Mass weekdays at the church, 300 S. Cornell Ave., Villa Park. For details, call (630) 833-7711.

• Grace Lutheran Church will be the site of a nondenominational prayer ministry of the West Suburban Healing Rooms of Chicago from 7 to 9 p.m. the first and third Mondays of the month at the church, 950 S. York Road, Bensenville. Appointments are not necessary; first-come, first-served. For details, call Carolyn Aiello at (630) 860-0566 or (630) 766-3030.

• Christ Church of Oak Brook will feature Daniel Rodriguez, a New York City policeman, at 10 and 11:30 a.m. services Sunday at the church, 31st Street and York Road, Oak Brook. For details, call (630) 654-1882.

• Don Richter, author of "Making Mission Trips Matter," will speak and sign copies of his book at 11:15 a.m. Sunday at the Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S. Garfield Ave., Hinsdale. For details, call (630) 323-4303.

• Christ Church of Oak Brook will present a Lenten sermon series, Crucified Christianity: How Do Jesus People Answer the New Atheism, at services at 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 and 7 p.m. Sundays through Lent at the church, 31st and York Road, Oak Brook. For details, visit the Web site at ww.cc-ob.org or call (630) 654-1882.

• First Presbyterian Church will feature the Rev. Paul Kirbas and his book on Biotech Ethics, "Navigating Through a Stipulated Freedom," at 9:55 a.m. Sundays through March 16 at the church, 715 N. Carlton Ave., Wheaton. For details, visit the Web site at www.firstpreswheaton.org or call (630) 668-5147.

• Christian Tabernacle Church will hold services at 8 and 11 a.m. Sundays at 100 S. Park St., Roselle. For details, visit the Web site at www.ctcchurch.org or call (630) 529-1282.

Monday

• Wheaton College's Center for Applied Christian Ethics' spring conference is Monday to Wednesday at the college. The theme is "Thy Kingdom Come: Christian Moral Engagement in the World." A panel discussion will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Coray Auditorium, 421 N. Chase St., Wheaton. All conference sessions are free and open to the public. For details, call (630) 752-5886 or visit www.wheaton.edu/CACE.

• Addison Aglow International hold a praise and worship titled "One Hour with Jesus" from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, the first Monday of the month, at Addison Presbyterian Church, 233 N. Mill Road, Addison. The service is open to women, men and teens. Baby-sitting is not available. For details, visit the Web site at www.aglow.org or call Nancy at (630) 543-3016.

Tuesday

• Christ the King Parish will offer a workshop on the Sacraments at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church, 1501 S. Main St., Lombard. For details, call (630) 629-1717.

• St. Luke Lutheran Church in Itasca will hold a support group for people who have been diagnosed with cancer beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the church, 410 S. Rush St., Itasca. The group will meet the first and third Tuesday of each month. For details, call the Rev. Alex Duff at (630) 773-0396.

• First Presbyterian Church invites women to the Beth Moore Bible study program, "Jesus, the One and Only," beginning from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through March, at the church, 715 N. Carlton Ave., Wheaton. The fee of $20 includes the workbook. For details, visit the Web site at www.firstpreswheaton.org or call (630) 668-5147.

Wednesday

• St. Timothy Lutheran Church will hold Lenten services at 7 p.m. Wednesdays through March 12 at the church, 547 N. Main St., Lombard. For details, call (630) 627-2435.

• St. Paul Lutheran Church will present the series "Be Angry but Do Not Sin" as a workshop from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays to March 12, or 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays to March 13, at the church, 515 S. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton. For details, call Pat Pape at (630) 668-9029. Soup suppers at 6 p.m. precede Wednesday services through March 12. For details, call (630) 668-5953.

• Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold lent services at 7 p.m. Wednesdays through March 12 at the church, 331 George St., West Chicago. For details, call (630) 231-1175.

• Southminster Presbyterian Church will hold Wednesday services with a youth coffee house and soup supper at 6 p.m. and Lent activities at 6:45 p.m. through March 12 at the church, 600 S. Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn. For details, call (630) 469-9149.

• The First United Methodist and Congregational Church and St. Andrew's Lutheran Church will hold combined services beginning with a light meal at 6 p.m. Wednesdays through March 12 at First Congregational Church, 525 Route 59, West Chicago. For details, call (630) 231-3344.

• Grace Lutheran Church will hold soup suppers and vesper services beginning at 6:15 p.m. Wednesdays through March 12 at the church, 5 N. Princeton, Villa Park. For details, call (630) 832-0870.

Friday

• St. John Lutheran Church will feature the Rev. Herbert Brokering and Carl Schalk during "An Evening with Herb Brokering and Carl Schalk" at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the church, Maple and Ash, Lombard. Brokering is author of devotional books and the jazz cantata "Beloved Son." Schalk is author of choral music and hymns. For details, call (630) 629-2515.

• Faith United Methodist Church will hold its annual spaghetti dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the church, 815 S. Finley Road, Lombard. Carryout is available. Tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for children ages 5-12 years. For details or tickets, call Jean at (630) 234-1540.

March 8

• Calvary Church will present a three-part sermon series, "Real Love," beginning at 5 p.m. March 8 at the church, 9S200 Route 59, Naperville. The series will continue at 5 p.m. Saturday and 8:45 and 10:45 a.m. Sundays through March 23. The weekly focus will be relationship, redemption and resurrection. For details, call (630) 585-3272.

• Bethel Baptist Church will hold its annual pine car derby from 1 to 4 p.m. March 8 at the church, 200 N. Roselle Road, Schaumburg. For details, call (847) 885-3230.

• The Center will present Becoming a Sage from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 8 at the center, 801 W. Bartlett Road, Bartlett. The fee is $40. Those attending should bring a lunch. For details, call (630) 837-7486.

• St. Barnabas Episcopal Church will present An Evening of Hope and Music as a Sudan benefit concert beginning with a reception at 7 p.m. and the concert at 7:30 p.m. March 8 at Wheaton College's Pierce Chapel, southeast corner of Washington and Union streets, Wheaton. The concert features professional artists and composers from the Chicago area. A suggested donation of $20 per person will be used to purchase medicine and fund a medical clinic in southern Sudan. For details, call (630) 469-1394.

• A free workshop, "Enriching Faith in Protestant/Catholic Marriages and Blended Families," will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 8 at May queen of Heaven Parish, 426 N. West Ave., Elmhurst. The program includes lunch. For details or reservations, call (630) 279-5700.

March 9

• Trinity Lutheran Church will install its new pastor, the Rev. Patrick J. Boomhower of Lombard, at 3:30 p.m. March 9 at the church, Roosevelt and Westmore-Meyers roads, Lombard. He is the church's 12th pastor in its 140-year history. He has also been pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glen Ellyn and St. John Lutheran Church in Lombard. For details, call (6300 629-8765.

• St. Michael Church will hold its Lenten Mission, "The Catholic Journey: Signposts, Roadblocks and the Open Road," from 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 9-11 at the church, 310 S. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton. Baby-sitting is available for 18 months to 4 years with programs for children from kindergarten through fourth grade. For details, call (630) 682-3650.