Submit VBS details

Submit VBS details

Vacation Bible schools open to the public will run on the Religion page. Please include the following information: the complete name of the church; address with city or township; time, date and location of sessions; program theme; ages or grades; and whether it’s free or there is a fee.

Information should be submitted two weeks before the school’s opening or its registration deadline.

Send the information to the Religion Desk by email to religion@vindy.com; by fax to 330-747-6712 and marked for the religion desk; or by mail to The Vindicator, P.O. Box 780, Youngstown, OH, 44501-0780.

For verification, include a name and phone number of a contact person, which will not be published.

Taste of the Faiths

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Mahoning Valley Association of Churches will sponsor its annual Taste of the Faiths Festival at 5:30 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Borromeo Church social hall, 7345 Westview Drive.

Congregations are invited to prepare specialties from their churches in appetizers, meat dishes, vegetables, breads, desserts, cookies and pizza. Suggested number of portions is 50 that are small enough so that people can sample a variety of offerings. Hot or cold food should be ready to eat.

Silent and pick-a-prize auctions are planned. Entertainment will be featured at 6:30 p.m.

The cost is $15 per person in advance or at the door by cash or check. Visit www.mvaconline.org.

Prayer team

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City Prayer Team of Youngstown will meet at 10 a.m. May 12 at Fifth Avenue Community Church, 1361 Fifth Ave., for a prayer assembly.

Gospel Echoes

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The Gospel Echoes will be in concert at 6 p.m. Sunday at Calvary Bible Church, 2878 Warren-Meadville Road.

A free-will offering will be accepted. A nursery will be provided.

Communal anointing

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The St. Anne Society of Holy Apostles Parish will host a communal anointing of the sick and elderly service at 5:30 p.m. May 17 in Cardinal Mindszenty Hall, 545 N. Belle Vista Ave., which is handicap accessible.

St. Anne is the patron of grandparents.

Light refreshments will follow the service.

For information, call Margie Sams at 330-759-9454.

Spring banquet

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Crossing Paths local TV ministry, founded by Donald G. Reed Sr. and seen on more than 70 cable companies, Channel 27, FOX 17-62 and UHF 29, will have its annual spring banquet at 6:30 p.m. May 18 at the Brentford House, 737 Myron St.

Guest speaker will be Patty Scahill, conference speaker and author.

The event is free and open to the public, but no children younger than 12 should attend. Reservations are required by calling 724-981-7777 by Thursday. Table sponsorship is $100 for a table of eight.

First sermon

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Valeria Glean Johnson will preach her first official sermon at 3 p.m. Sunday at Greater Friendship Baptist Church, 646 Lakewood Ave., where the Rev. James C Bowie is pastor.

Johnson, who was born and raised in Panama, moved to the United States and lived in Virginia from 1986-1992 and relocated to Ohio in 1992. She has three children and one grandchild.

New parish name

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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 remain as single parishes, collaborative units and merged units. On April 29, four Catholic churches in the city of Campbell merged with the new name, Christ the Good Shepherd Parish. They are St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph the Provider, St. Lucy and Sta. Rosa de Lima. All four worship sites remain open. The mailing address is 394 Tenney Ave., Campbell, OH 44405.

Society chapter

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Society of St. John Chrysostom, Youngstown-Warren Chapter, will host Edith M. Humphrey, the William F. Orr professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mark Orthodox Church, 3560 Logan Way. The topic, “It is Not Good ... To Be Alone,” will address gender, sexuality and communion in the Bible and Christian tradition. The society of St. John Chrysostom is an ecumenical organization of Catholic and Orthodox clergy and laity.

Concert planned

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A free concert featuring Andy Needham Band will be at 7 p.m. May 12 in the Penn State Shenango auditorium. The event is sponsored by the student Lions’ Lighthouse organization. Doors open at 6 p.m. The band is a modern worship band.

Diocesan guild

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St. Christine Church, 3165 S. Schenley Ave., will host the diocesan Infant Jesus of Prague Guild for its monthly Mass on May 16. The rosary will be at 9:30 a.m., and Mass will be at 10.

Celebrating anniversary

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Greater Liberty Baptist Church, 66 10th St., will celebrate the third anniversary of Pastor Carl Anderson and his wife, Sharon, at 11 a.m. Sunday.