Submit info on services for vets

October 22, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

The Vindicator will publish a list of religious services honoring veterans. Information should be submitted by 5 p.m. Nov. 2 for publication Nov. 5; Veterans Day is Nov. 11. Send information by email to religion@vindy.com, mail to the religion desk at The Vindicator, P.O. Box 780, Youngstown, OH 44501-0780, or by fax to 330-747-6712.

Fall Park Fest

LIBERTY

Pleasant Valley Evangelical Church of Niles will host a free communitywide Fall Park Fest from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Center Park, Church Hill-Hubbard Road. The all-ages event will include free food, live music, balloons, inflatables, face painting, pumpkin decorating, prize giveaways and games.

Women’s weekend

YOUNGSTOWN

The Women’s Ministry of Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church will have a Women’s Weekend from Nov. 4-6 titled “Be Made Whole.” All services, seminars and a luncheon will take place at Mount Calvary, 1812 Oak Hill Ave. The cost of the luncheon is $20. Registration is required for the seminars but there is no fee. Deadline to register is 4:30 p.m. Friday; call 330-747-4445.

Evangelization conference planned

MIDDLEBRANCH

Turning Our Hearts to Christ will be the theme of an Evangelization and Catechesis Conference on Nov. 5 at Little Flower Church, Middlebranch. Leisa Anslinger is the keynote speaker for this conference, sponsored by the Diocese of Youngstown Office of Religious Education. The breakout sessions include workshops by Anslinger, Monsignor Siffrin and local leaders of parish and school catechesis and evangelization.

Anslinger speaks nationally on lifelong catechesis and stewardship. She also is author of several books including “Here Comes Everybody! Whole Community Catechesis in the Parish” and “Great Expectations: Learn How to Coach Parents Effectively.”

Exhibitors include Catholic publishers, religious-goods stores, diocesan offices and the Work of Human Hands fair-trade program. The fair- trade products are handmade by artisans or grown by farmers living in developing regions around the world. The Work of Human Hands program, a partnership between Catholic Relief Services and A Greater Gift, is a nonprofit program of SERVV International, an alternative trade and development organization.

Harvest workshop

VILLA MARIA, Pa.

Villa Maria Education & Spirituality Center will offer a one-day workshop on the Humility and the Harvest from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 13. Guests will hear about the meaning of the harvest through the eyes of a farmer.

Presenters will be Sr. Barbara O’Donnell HM and Frank Romeo, who is director emeritus of land management at Villa Maria Community Center. He also is the director of the Lawrence County Conservation District and a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture and the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association. Romeo is the author of “A History of the Land,” which chronicles the land-management practices of the Sisters of the Humility of Mary.

Cost is $10, and registration is required in advance. For more information, call 724-964-8886 or go to villaprograms.org.

Fall revival

YOUNGSTOWN

Tabernacle Baptist Church, 707 Arlington St., will observe its fall revival services Tuesday-Thursday at 7 p.m. each night. The Rev. Leonard King of Cleveland will be the guest revivalist.

Prayer breakfast

YOUNGSTOWN

The Senior Usher Ministry of Tabernacle Baptist Church, 707 Arlington St., will have its annual prayer breakfast at 9:30 a.m. next Saturday in the S.P. Phillips Fellowship Hall. The theme will be “The Power of Prayer.” Evangelist Martha E. Taylor of Metro Assembly of God will be guest speaker. Donation is $10.

Men’s, women’s day

YOUNGSTOWN

New Grace Missionary Baptist church, 909 Fairgreen Ave., will have its annual Men’s and Women’s Day celebration. The men’s service will be at 11 a.m. with guest speaker Pastor Carl Anderson of Greater Liberty Baptist, Campbell. The women’s service will be at 3:30 p.m. with Shannon Piachy of Second Baptist in East Liverpool. The theme will be “Unity.” Guest soloist will be Sherry Anderson of Younfgstown and the Second Baptist Covenant Choir of East Liverpool.

Mariachi Mass

CAMPBELL

There will be a mariachi-style Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe at 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at St. Rosa de Lima-St. Lucy Church, 394 Tenney Ave. Everyone is invited to bring a rose to offer during the Mass. Refreshments will be served after Mass.

Hats for soldiers

GIRARD

This year, the knitting groups of the Prayer Shawl Ministry of the Unity Centre for Spiritual Living, 1226 Naylor-Lloyd Road, the Western Reserve Knitting Guild and the Liberty Knitting Group knitted and crocheted more than 150 caps for U.S. servicemen and women. The caps will be presented to representatives of the Veterans Administration at the Youngstown VA Outpatient Clinic at noonTuesday. The items also will be distributed to veterans at the VA Hospital in Cleveland.

Guest speaker

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The Adult Religious Education Committee of Blessed John Paul II Parish will host a guest speaker, Mary Lou Beers, at 5 p.m. Oct. 30 at St. Pius X Church, 1401 Moncrest NW, Warren.

Her topic will be “Making Your Faith Alive and Active.“ She is on the staff of St. Mary Magdalene Parish in Willowick and has spoken at workshops and missions. She will share her story of coping with her husband’s debilitating disability.

After the program, refreshments and fellowship will be in the social hall.

Catholic potluck

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National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, 2759 N. Lipkey Road, will have a Catholic potluck next Saturday. The rosary will be at 4:40 p.m., Divine Liturgy at 5, potluck meal at 6:15 and talk on “The Awesome Rosary” by Bernard Smith at 7 followed by coffee and meet the speaker. For more information, call 330-538-3351

Pastoral event

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The Monument of Faith Church of God in Christ, 2165 Highland Ave., will honor Bishop David L. Herron Sr. and his wife, Brenda, for his 22nd pastoral anniversary.

The Rev. Alfie Burch will speak at the 10:15 a.m. service Sunday.

There also will be a program at 4 p.m. that day with Bishop Roger James Hairston of Columbus, Elder Robert Herron of Holy Temple COGIC and Elder Larry Barclay of Faith Temple COGIC.

Lecture on healing

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“Healing on the Spiritual Path” will be the topic of a lecture at 7 p.m. Friday at Best Western Meander Inn, 870 N. Canfield-Niles Road, by Dr. B. Schliecker and J. Graf, both of Germany.

The free lecture was organized by Bruno Groening Circle of Friends, which records and verifies spiritul healings.

The speakers will discuss medically documented healings and testimonies concerning addiction, depression and anxiety.

Celebrating service

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Robert G. Moore, pastor, and Selena M. Moore, co-pastor, will mark 10 years of service during celebrations at 9:45 a.m. and 4 p.m. Oct. 30 at New Vision New Day Ministry, 1970 Everett Ave.

Speakers will be elders Sherry Berry and Kimberly Jackson of the ministry.

Harvest songfest

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The music ministry of Shiloh Baptist Church, 238 Bright Ave., will present the annul Harvest Time Songfest at 4 p.m. Sunday featuring local soloists, choirs, instrumentalists and mimes.

For information, call the church at 330-755-1973.

First Friday Club

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Dr. Phil Ginnetti, provost of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, will speak on “History and Tradition of the Advent and Christmas Season through Children’s Literature” at the Nov. 3 meeting of the First Friday Club of Greater Youngstown.

The luncheon will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Antone’s Banquet Centre, Market Street. Cost is $15. For reservations, call 330-533-1023 or visit www.firstfridayclubofgreater-youngstown.org.

All Souls Mass

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An All Souls Day Mass will be at 2 p.m. Oct. 30 at St. John the Baptist Cemetery, 3900 Villa Maria Road. Refreshments will follow.