DuPage County religion notes

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Today

• Zion Lutheran Church will hold a salad luncheon at noon today at the church, 865 S. Church Road, Bensenville. Tickets are $8 per person. For reservations or details, call (630) 766-1039.

• Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church and Theatre Y will present "Juliet" by Andras Visky featuring Melissa Hawkins at 7 p.m. today and Sunday at the church, 41 N. Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Admission is free but a freewill offering will be taken for the company. The story is of a Hungarian woman imprisoned in a Romanian detention camp with her seven children while her husband is in a communist prison. For details, call (630) 469-2361.

• Christ the King Church will feature Tatiana and her performance of "Mary's Story -- Let It Be," at 6:30 p.m. today at the church, 1501 S. Main St., Lombard. For details, call (630) 629-1717.

• Our Savior Lutheran Church will hold a Women's Fellowship Breakfast from 9-11 a.m. today at the church, 1244 W. Army Trail Road, Carol Stream. Speaker Anne Garnett will discuss "Contentment in Every Season of Our Lives." Tickets are $5 and include a continental breakfast. Walk-ins are welcome. For details or to register, call Cher at (630) 668-4356.

Sunday

• St. Barnabas Episcopal Church will hold a Julian Meeting for centering prayer at 7 p.m. Sunday at the church, 22W415 Butterfield Road, Glen Ellyn. A Taize service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday. For details, call (630) 469-1394.

• Lombard Assembly of God Church will have guest speaker Brian Whidden at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the church, 447 W. North Ave., Lombard. A fellowship luncheon will follow the service. Guests are welcome. Upcoming speakers include David Isabelli on May 18 and Gary Blanchar on May 25. For details, call (630) 629-3388.

• 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

• The Chicago Chapter of Reasons to Believe will feature science scholars discussing the documentary "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," at 7 p.m. Monday at the Wheaton Public Library, 225 N. Cross St., Wheaton. Scholars discussing the movie are Paul Nelson and Richard Carhart. For details, contact Chicago@reasons.org.

• The Billy Graham Center Museum will continue its exhibit of "Face to Face: Warner Sallman's Images of Christ" through May 15. The exhibit will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday in the Billy Graham Center, 500 College Ave., Wheaton. Suggested admission is $4, or $3 for students and seniors, $1 for children and $10 for a family pass. For details, visit the Web site at www.billygrahamcenter.org/museum or call (630) 752-5909.

• The Ministry of New Beginnings St. Hubert Church will meet at 7:30 p.m. Mondays at St. Matthews Church, 1001 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg. Donation is $3. For details, call (847) 891-1220.

Tuesday

• Coffeebreak, a women's interdenominational Bible study, meets at 9:15 a.m. Tuesdays at Evangel Baptist Church, 1900 Manchester Road, Wheaton. This year's study will focus on the book of Isaiah. Child care is provided for ages 6 months to 5 years. For details, call Debby France at (630) 462-7605.

• St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church will sell copies of its 50th anniversary cookbook at the church, 547 N. Main St., Lombard. The cost is $12.50. For details, call the church from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at (630) 627-2435.

Wednesday

• Young at Heart, a group of senior adults, will feature Jack Philips of The Theatre of Western Springs at noon Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove. Tickets are $10 per person. For details or reservations, call (630) 968-7120.

• Men According to Christ, a nondenominational Christian organization, will meet from 6:15-7 a.m. Wednesday at Warrenville City Hall, 28W701 Stafford Place, Warrenville. The Rev. Jamie Kemp will discuss "Is God Wanting to Do a New Thing."

Thursday

• St. Michael School Class of 2008 will present "Godspell Junior" at 12:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the school, 314 W. Willow Ave., Wheaton. For tickets, call (630) 665-1454.

• River Valley Community Church's Singles FOCUS, Fellowship of Christians United in Spirit, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursdays beginning with a light meal at 6:30 at River Valley Community Church, 1655 Bowman Drive, Aurora. Church services are at 10 a.m. Sundays. For details, visit the Web site at www.rivervalleycommunity.org or call (630) 907-2992.

• Congregation Etz Chaim will focus on Questions of Revelation to the world at 7 p.m. Thursday and May 22 at 1710 S. Highland Ave., Lombard. Ashley Rose will use the writings of Heschel and Buber. For details, call (630) 627-3912.

• 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.

Friday

• A new Christian social group for single, divorced and widowed members in the Addison area will begin meeting at 7:30 p.m. Fridays at a local restaurant. The group will plan activities. For details, call (630) 202-0333.

May 17

• Grace United Methodist Church will hold its seventh annual Blessing of the Bikes service at 9 a.m. May 17 at the church, 300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville. The event begins with a catered breakfast, and will have a blessing at 10 a.m. followed by a ride. To attend, R.S.V.P. to (630) 355-1748.

• Trinity Episcopal Church will hold a Deanery Confirmation service for new members from 11 area churches at 11 a.m. May 17 at the church, 130 N. West St., Wheaton. The Right Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee and Right Rev. Victor A. Scantlebury of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago will confirm the new members and reaffirm baptismal covenants. A reception will follow. For details, call (630) 665-1101.

• Downer Grove Friends Quaker Meeting will welcome Tim Barner, director for leadership development for the Friends Committee on National Legislation, at 4 p.m. May 17 at the meeting house, 5710 Lomond Ave., Downers Grove. His focus is "toward Peace in Iraq and Funding Peaceful Alternatives to Military Action." A potluck supper will follow the talk.

• St. John United Church of Christ will present The Prodigal Son Coffeehouse featuring Andrew Calhoun from 7:30-9:30 p.m. May 17 at the church, 309 Fifth St., Aurora. Tickets are $10. Proceeds benefit Peace Player Performing Arts Summer Camp for Youth and Children. For tickets visit the Web site at uccaurora.com or call (630) 892-1932.

• First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton will hold a breakfast with Archbishop Elias Chacour, archbishop of Galilee, at 8:30 a.m. May 17 at the church, 715 N. Carlton, Wheaton. Tickets are $10 and include breakfast. For reservations, call Janet at (630) 668-6147. For details, visit www.firstpreswheaton.org or call (630)) 668-5147.

May 18

• St. Paul Lutheran Church's book group will discuss "The Zookeeper's Wife" at 7 p.m. May 18 at the church, 515 S. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton. For details, visit the Web site at www.stpaulwheaton.org or call (630) 668-5953.

Registration for vacation Bible school, Rainforest Adventure, for children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade will be $20 before May 18, $25 after May 18. The school will be from 9 a.m. to noon June 16 to 20 at St. Paul Lutheran Church. For registration, call Cherie Schumm at (630) 668-5953.

• Faith World Outreach Church will feature recording artist Daniel Eric Groves at 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m. May 18 at the church, 1280 S. Route 59, Bartlett. For details, call (630) 830-0196.

• Sunshine Preschool at Wheaton Evangelical Free Church will honor retiring teacher Karen Schrader from 10:10 to 10:40 a.m. May 18 at the church, 520 E. Roosevelt Road, Wheaton. Former students and families and current ones are invited to attend a formal worship service where she will be honored. For details, call (630) 668-6490.

• The One Voice Interdenominational Outreach Choir, comprised of area high school students, will present Sounds of Spring at 3 p.m. May 18 at Faith Lutheran Church, 41 N. Park, Glen Ellyn. The concert is free but a goodwill donation will be taken. Auditions for the choir's 2008-09 season will be from 2 to 5 p.m. May 27-29 at First Congregational Church in Glen Ellyn. For concert details, call (630) 469-2361.

• First Church of Christ, Scientist will present "What, me worry?" at 3 p.m. May 18 outdoors under the tent at the church, 1108 Oswego Road, Naperville. Lorenzo Rodriguez of Florida, a member of the Christian Science board of lectureship, has earned awards for his work in the field of employment of people with disabilities. Admission and childcare are free. For details, visit www.christiansciencnaperville.org or call (630) 527-8716.

• First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton's youth will lead worship services for Youth Sunday at 8:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. May 18 at the church, 715 N. Carlton, Wheaton. For details, visit www.firstpreswheaton.org or call (630) 668-5147.

• First Congregational United Church of Christ will present a musical concert at 12:30 p.m. May 18 at the church, 235 Kenilworth Ave., Elmhurst. A brunch is planned at 11:15 a.m. prior to the concert. For brunch reservations or details, call (630) 832-2580.

May 19

• Grace Lutheran Church will be the site of a nondenominational prayer ministry of the West Suburban Healing Rooms of Chicago from 7-9 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.

May 21

• First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn will present an evening of music at 7 p.m. May 21 at the church, 570 Forest Ave., Glen Ellyn. A freewill offering will benefit the church's music ministry. For details, call (630) 469-3096.

• St. Peter the Apostle will hold its first annual State of the Parish Forum at 6:30 p.m. May 21 at the church, 524 N. Rush St., Itasca. For details, call (630) 773-1272.