Vacation Bible school workshop scheduled
Vacation Bible schoolworkshop scheduled
SALEM -- Lion & amp; Lamb Christian Resources, 145 S. Broadway, will host a vacation Bible school workshop from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Feb. 7.
There will be presentations from companies that make Bible school kits from 10:30 a.m. to noon. There will be a 30-minute open house before and after the presentations to talk with the workshop presenters. The kits are now in the store and available for review. Call (330) 332-8501.
Blessing service
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Greater Youngstown Community of Christians presents a New Year's Blessing Rally & amp; Unity Celebration from 6-8 p.m. next Saturday.
The event at Christian Fellowship Tabernacle, 2139 Market St., will feature singers and choirs from Christian Fellowship Tabernacle, New Vision Baptist, Rising Star Baptist, Victory Assembly, Friendship Baptist and Open Door Community churches. Call (330) 783-9697.
Mission fund-raiser
WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. -- Volunteers for Mission is sponsoring a Chinese auction Feb. 7 in Presbyterian Church of West Middlesex, 3082 Main St., to benefit the church's local and international mission work. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and drawings will start at 7 p.m.
Revival services set
FARRELL, Pa. -- New & amp; Living Way Apostolic Proclaimers of the Truth will host revival services at 927 Lee Ave. There will be a different speaker each night at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The theme is "Salvation Has Come, the Year Has Ended; Where Do We Go From Here?"
Russian folk concert
EAST PALESTINE -- Centenary United Methodist Church, 40 S. Market St., will have a family concert at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 1. Golden Gates, a musical trio from St. Petersburg, Russia, and Moscow Nights, a children's folk group, will perform traditional Russian folk music and dances. An offering will be taken. Call (330) 426-2629.
Rosary Cenacle
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Shrine of Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted, 517 S. Belle Vista Ave., and the Queen of the Holy Rosary Prayer Group, will have a Rosary Cenacle at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 4. Refreshments will follow.
23rd anniversary
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Rev. W.H. Wilson, pastor of St. Peter's Baptist Church, will celebrate his 23rd anniversary in ministry at 6 p.m. Feb. 6 at St. Mark's Center in Liberty. Call (330) 747-2323.
Church gets state grant
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Ohio is recruiting churches for an anti-smoking campaign funded by the money the state received from a legal settlement with tobacco companies.
First Church of God in Columbus is the first Ohio congregation to receive a state anti-smoking grant. The church's Changing Environment & amp; Attitudes for Smoking Elimination program is getting $150,000 each year for three years.
The money was awarded by the Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation to educate high-risk populations -- in this case, blacks -- about smoking dangers.
Other states have effectively used churches and other religious organizations to spread the message, said Ken Slenkovich, the foundation's director of programs.
Mount Carmel Health, the American Lung Association and Project Linden, which provides drug and alcohol treatment and runs prevention programs, are advising the church.
The program, which kicks off July 1, will educate participants about ways to stop smoking, the danger of secondhand smoke and support for relatives who want to quit.
As project leader, First Church of God hopes to recruit 40 more churches in the next three years to join the effort.