Notes on Religion

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Today

• St. Pius X Parish will hold its Knight at the Oscars, a live and silent auction, from 6 p.m. to midnight today at Montini Catholic High School, 19W070 16th St., Lombard. Tickets are $45 per person for reserved seating, $40 per person for general seating and $30 for senior citizens for general seating. For details, visit www.stpiusknights.org/auction or call (630) 627-2353.

• Christ Church of Oak Brook will host a Famine Rally from 6 to 10 p.m. today and at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the church, 31st Street and York Road, Oak Brook. The event for about 100 teens includes their working at the Westmont Food Pantry and fasting except for liquids for 30 hours to experience what the poorest children face by going hungry. The program is part of World Vision's 17th annual 30-Hour Famine to raise awareness and money to fight hunger in the U.S. and overseas. For details, visit www.30hourfamine.org or call (800) 7-FAMINE or Christ Church at (630) 654-1882.

Sunday

• Gary United Methodist Church will feature a free concert by the Chicago Brass Band at 2 p.m. Sunday at the church, 224 N. Main St., Wheaton. A free-will offering will be taken to benefit the 9th annual Wheaton Band Festival in July. For details, call (630) 653-0310.

• First United Methodist Church will feature Dan LeMonnier and an Easter Eggstravaganza from 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the church, 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove. The program is for children ages 3-12 and includes an Easter craft and pizza dinner. For details or to register, call (630) 968-7120.

• First Presbyterian Church will hold the installation service for the Rev. Elizabeth Walker, associate pastor of pastoral care, at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church, 715 N. Carlton Ave., Wheaton. For details, call (630) 668-5147.

• Camerata Chicago and cellist Marc Johnson will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Michael Church, 310 S. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton. Admission is $20 for adults, $10 for seniors, students and children. For details, call (630) 221-5555.

• St. Philip the Apostle Parish will present the second program in the Living Our Faith series, "To Praise, To Bless, To Preach" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday to Tuesday at the church, 1233 W. Holtz Ave., Addison. The Rev. Brian Guadalupe Walker will discuss the mandates of every Dominican - to speak and live what Jesus taught - and how to accomplish them. For information about Walker, visit his Web site, www.opfriar.com. For details about the program, call Vince Zaprzal at (630) 543-4676 or e-mail vzaprzal@yahoo.com.

• 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.

• Lombard Assembly of God will feature speaker John Carriker at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the church, 447 W. North Ave., Lombard. For details or to register, call (630) 629-3388.

Monday

• Resurrection Catholic Community will welcome Joliet Diocese Bishop J. Peter Sartain from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the church, Route 59 and Army Trail Road, Wayne. His topic is Believing is Seeing…a Reflection for Everyone on the Lenten Gospel Story of the Man Born Blind. For details, call (630) 289-5400.

Tuesday

• St. Margaret Mary Parish and the Warrenville Cenacle will offer a two-day retreat, "Finding Work without Losing Heart: A Retreat for Women and Men in Job Transition," beginning with registration at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the center, 29W012 Batavia Road, Warrenville. The retreat with Career Transitions Center of Chicago ends at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The actual cost of $95 includes materials, meals and overnight in a private room. For those who cannot afford the fee, a minimum of $15 is acceptable or more. For details or to register, visit www.ctcchicago.org or call (312) 906-9908.

• Christ the King Parish will offer three workshops on the Sacraments beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church, 1501 S. Main St., Lombard. The programs continue at 7 p.m. March 4. 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.

Wednesday

• DuPage Center of Religious Science will feature the Rev. Michael Speer and a free Forgiveness workshop from 7 to 9:15 p.m. Wednesday at the center, suite 140, 1200 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn. A love offering is requested. For details, call (630) 495-6626.

• St. Luke Lutheran Church will feature pianist Jeffrey Panko playing five Toccatas of Bach at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 27 and March 12, at the church, 23W080 Butterfield Road, Glen Ellyn. All Wednesday services will begin with a supper at 6:30 p.m. For details, call (630) 677-5553.

• 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.

Thursday

• Grace Lutheran Church will be open as a Praying Place at noon and 7:20 p.m. Thursdays at the church, 493 Forest Ave., Glen Ellyn. For details, call (630) 469-1555.

March 1

• Big Woods Church will hold its 36th annual Pork and Kraut dinner from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 1 at Courtyard Banquets Restaurant, 3S200 Route 59, Warrenville. Carry out will be available. The event includes a raffle and bake sale of home made 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. March 1 at the church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville. For details, call Jim Breen at (630) 355-8980.

• Life Singers Ministries will present "The Witness," the story of Jesus as seen through the eyes of Peter. Admission is free. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m.:

- March 1 at Naperville Christian Church, 25W530 75th St., Naperville. (630) 983-5600.

-March 2 at St.Paul Lutheran Church, 37 Army Trail Road, Addison (630) 543-6909.

For details, visit the Web site at www.lifesingersministries.org.

March 2

• The Tandem Club will meet at 12:30 p.m. March 7 at First United Methodist Church, 424 Forest Ave., Glen Ellyn. Entertainment is the Afternoon Barbershop Chorus. Lunch reservation deadline is March 2 by calling (630) 469-4075.

• Christ the King Parish will hold its annual St. Joseph's Table from 1 to 3 p.m. March 2 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. March 2-5 and 8:30 a.m. Mass weekdays at the church, 300 S. Cornell Ave., Villa Park. For details, call (630) 833-7711.

• Christ Church of Oak Brook will feature Daniel Rodriguez, the New York City policeman, at 10 and 11;30 a.m. services March 2 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. March 2 at the Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S. Garfield Ave., Hinsdale. For details, call (630) 323-4303.

March 3

• Wheaton College's Center for Applied Christian Ethics' spring conference is March 3-5 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. March 4 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.

March 7

• 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. March 7 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.

• Naperville Unit of Church Women United will host an ecumenical World Day of Prayer service beginning with fellowship at 9:30 a.m. March 7 at the Church of the Brethren of Naperville, 1020 W. Jefferson St. For details, call (630) 357-8223.

March 8

• 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.

March 9

• The St. Charles Singers will present "Faire is the Heaven: Sacred Songs in Sacred Places" at 4 p.m. March 9 at St. Michael Church, 310 S. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton. Tickets are $35, $25 for general admission, $20 for seniors 65 and older and full time students 23 and younger. For details, call (630) 513-5272.

• College Church's Concert Series will feature Edward Zimmerman, professor of organ at Wheaton College, in concert at 3 p.m. March 9 at the church, Seminary Avenue and Washington Street, Wheaton. For details, call (630) 668-0878.

• Christ Church of Oak Brook will feature the Singing Men of Oak Brook at 10 and 11;30 a.m. services March 9 at the church, 31st Street and York Road, Oak Brook. A Taize prayer service is at 7 p.m. March 9. For details, call (630) 654-1882.