First Friday Club

First Friday Club

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The Rev. Dr. George Coyne will be the featured speaker when the First Friday Club of Greater Youngstown meets Aug. 6 at Antone’s Banquet Centre, 8578 Market St.

He is an astronomer and former director of the Vatican Observatory. His topic will be “Faith and Science: Is There a Problem?”

The luncheon is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $16. Reservations must be made by calling 330-720-4498 or visiting www.firstfridayclubofgreater-youngstown.org.

Trips planned

Leetonia

Jesus “The Key” Ministry is sponsoring trips, and the proceeds send inner-city children to camp.

Trips are: Aug. 19, Titusville train ride into the Pennsylvania wilderness and more, $90; Sept. 15 and 16, Lancaster, Pa., to see “Joseph” and more, $275; Oct. 29, Sugarcreek in Amish country, $75; and Dec. 8 and 9, Lancaster, Pa., Christmas concert and dinner theater, $295.

Call Bing Newton for reservations at 330-427-6578.

New duties

YOUNGSTOWN

Pat Palombo, director of the Diocese of Youngstown Office of Development and Stewardship, will expand his duties in response to the Pastoral Plan for Evangelization promulgated by Bishop George V. Murry.

The plan calls for expanded services to local parish communities and Catholic agencies.

Palombo’s duties now include on-sight fundraising, marketing and capital-fund programs for parishes, Catholic schools and diocesan agencies.

His new duties will be in addition to his current responsibilities of promoting the Diocese of Youngstown Foundation, marketing planned gifts from estates, and directing diocesan-wide capital and major gift fundraising.

Palombo is a two-time past president and charter member of the Mahoning/Shenango Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and a charter member and current treasurer of the Mahoning/Shenango Planned Giving Council.

He received an award as “Outstanding Mentor” at the regional National Philanthropy Day event in 2008.

Feast Day event

BOARDMAN

The congregation of St. James’ Episcopal Church will return to its historic building in Boardman Park at 10 a.m. Sunday to celebrate the Feast Day of the patron, St. James, the first apostle to be martyred.

Episcopal Christians in the Connecticut Western Reserve began meeting for worship in their homes in the early 1800s, making St. James’ the oldest congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.

In 1829, Bishop Philander Chase, first bishop of Ohio and founder of Kenyon College, consecrated the first St. James’ Episcopal Church building where the congregation worshipped until 1971.

The building was de-consecrated and relocated to Boardman Park and renamed St. James’ Meeting House.

In 1979, it was entered in the National Register of Historic Places by Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, and is the only building or site in Boardman Township to be so designated.

In 1972, a new church building was completed and is located at 7640 Glenwood Ave.

The Rev. Shawn Dickerson is parish priest. Worship is at 10 a.m. Sundays.

For information, call the church office at 330-758-2727 or email secretary@stjamesboardman.com.