Sounds of the Season

Sounds of the Season

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First Presbyterian Church of Hubbard, 22 Westview Ave., will present “The Sounds of the Season” from 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 5 featuring the church choir and guests singing the cantata “Rise Up! A New Light A-Comin’.”

A reception with Christmas goodies will follow with entertainment provided by The Youngstown Connection. A love offering will be taken to benefit Hannah’s House, a women’s center, sponsored by Warren Family Mission.

‘Journey to Bethlehem’

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“Journey to Bethlehem,” a live Christmas pageant, will be presented Dec. 5 by Central Christian Church, 2051 E. Market St. Travelers on the journey will be met by enrollers for Caesar Augustus. A guide will then escort groups of six to eight travelers at a time on a walking tour throughout the church’s three-story interior. Groups will meet the angels, townspeople, King Herod, shepherds, three wise men and innkeepers, all portrayed by costumed actors and actresses from Central Christian’s congregation. Each journey takes about 20 minutes. Departure times are every 10 minutes beginning at 4 p.m.

Reservations are being accepted; call the church office at 330-372-1676 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Travelers will gather in the church fellowship hall for coffee, tea, hot chocolate and cookies.

Traditions on death

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Jewish-Christian Dialogue Studies/North will examine the role of sin and death in Jewish, Christian and Islam during a program at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Temple El Emeth, 3970 Logan Way.

For information, call Rabbi Joseph Schonberger at 330-759-1429 or the Rev. George Balasko at 330-385-5582.

CWU celebration

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Church Women United will sponsor its Human Rights Day Celebration on Dec. 11 at Grace Lutheran Church in Austintown, 162 S. Raccoon Road. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., and the service will be at 10 a.m. Honorees will be Dawn Burton, Penny Wells and Sonya Williams.

CWU’s 2008-12 quadrennial priority is “Building a World Fit for All God’s Children” and has four building blocks of health, economic justice, environmental care and peace. The event will examine aspects of the first two. The theme is “Living the Challenge: Differently Enabled, Uniquely Called.”

Shirley Megown is president of the Youngstown Unit. A potluck lunch will follow. For more information, call 330-792-4117.

City Prayer Team

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The City Prayer Team of Youngstown will have a family prayer event at 9 a.m. today at Calvary Ministries International, 1812 Oak Hill Ave.

The team will meet at 10 a.m. Dec. 4 at Fifth Avenue Community Church, 1361 Fifth Ave.

Live nativity

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Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, will present a live nativity, ”Journey to Bethlehem,” from 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 4. The walk-through drama recreates the sights and sounds of the village of Bethlehem at the time of Christ’s birth. Visitors may watch craftsmen in fellowship hall and make a craft themselves. Refreshments will be served.

Lecture series

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A lecture series on “Moral Relativism” is in progress at St. Michael Orthodox Church, 127 Steel St., at 6 p.m. Thursdays in the church basement.

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Appointment

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Bishop George V. Murry has appointed the Rev. James Daprile as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Parish in Aurora, effective Jan. 16, 2011. He succeeds the Rev. Joseph Witmer, former pastor, who retired after serving the parish since 1988.

Father Daprile was ordained June 12, 1976, after seminary studies at Mount St. Mary Seminary in Cincinnati. He served as associate pastor at St. Joseph Church in Ashtabula, St. Joseph Church in Alliance and St. Patrick Church in Kent. He then served as chaplain at Walsh University in Canton, and was a faculty member of the Athenaeum of Ohio Mount St. Mary Seminary in Cincinnati.

After completion of his doctoral degree, Father Daprile was appointed to the pastorate of St. Brendan. He also served as a member of the diocesan Priests’ Council.

Change of status

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The Byzantine Benedictine Sisters of Queen of Heaven Monastery, 8640 Squires Lane N.E., recently received permission from the Sacred Congregation for Eastern Churches to change its status to that of a dependent monastery of Sacred Heart Monastery in Lisle, Ill.

A private ceremony of change of status was Nov. 21. Prioress Sister Judith Ann Heble of Lisle and Sister Glenna Smith, president of the Federation of St. Scholastica, attended. This was the culmination of a decision made by the Byzantine Benedictine Sisters in 2007.

Sister Judith Ann, prioress, appointed Sister Margaret Mary Schima the administrator of the dependent monastery. According to a 14-point agreement with the Lisle community, the sisters in Warren will continue to function as a Benedictine monastery of the Byzantine Church in matters of spirituality, traditions and liturgical life. They will follow their own norms, administer their own finances, and retain their Ohio civil corporation. The sisters plan to move to smaller accommodations in Warren and continue their ministries to the Byzantine people.

Guest speaker

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Cay Tomerlin will be guest speaker at 11 a.m. Sunday at Unity Church Center, 1226 Naylor Lloyd Road. She will conclude her prosperity series with “I Am a Millionaire.”

Christmas trip

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Jesus “The Key” Ministry is sponsoring a Christmas trip to Lancaster, Pa. It will be Dec. 7 and 8; the cost is $269. The trip includes a Christmas concert, Dutch Apple dinner theater to see “White Christmas” and “Miracle of Christmas.”

Call Bing Newton at 330-427-6578 for reservations. The ministry uses proceeds to send inner-city children to camp.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

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Prayer Shawl Ministry at the Ursuline Motherhouse, 4280 Shields Road, meets from 10 a.m. to noon the third Tuesday and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the third Wednesday.

Knitters should bring a No. 11 or 13 29-inch circular needle. Those who crochet should have a No. 11 or larger crochet hook. Yarn is provided.

For information, contact Eileen W. Novotny at 330-533-3831 or send e-mail to ewalshnovotny@zoominternet.net.

Churches merge

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The Diocese of Youngstown Parish Reconfiguration Plan, which began in 2008 and was promulgated by Bishop George V. Murry in May 2010, includes parishes that will remain as single parishes, collaborative units and merged units.

Effective Nov. 21, Our Lady of Peace and St. Paul churches in Canton have merged with the new name Christ the Servant Parish. Bishop Murry has accepted the recommendation of the parishioners and pastor of these parishes to rename the merged parishes. Both worship sites remain open.