Prayer experience

Prayer experience

VILLA MARIA, PA.

Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center will offer a one-day presentation, Praying With Watercolor, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 10 with Sister Margaret Marszal.

Incorporating prayer reflections, participants will use various exercises to help connect with God, self and others. The day will include art, quiet, prayer and lunch. No art experience is required; supplies included.

Sister Margaret, a sister of the Humility of Mary, has a background in retreat work, parish ministry and education.

Cost is $35 and includes program, lunch, refreshments and supplies.

For information and registration, visit www.vmesc.org or call 724-964-8886.

Anniversary event

YOUNGSTOWN

The Office of Pro-Life, Marriage and Family Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown will sponsor the second Wedding Anniversary Celebration this year to honor couples who are observing their 25th, 40th and 50th or over anniversaries in 2016.

The celebration will take place at 2 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Canton.

Couples interested should register at their parish by Sept. 9.

For registration or more information, couples are to contact their parish office.

The celebration will include Mass with Bishop George V. Murry, S.J., renewal of marriage vows, a personalized certificate for each couple, and a reception.

‘Relaxed’ worship

YOUNGSTOWN

New Bethel Baptist Church, 1507 Hillman St., invites participants to dress “relaxed” for worship services at 7:30 and 10:40 a.m. Sunday.

Elvis Sunday

WARREN

Elvis started singing Gospel songs in church, and Mark Pringle, an Elvis tribute artist, will reflect the beginnings of the king of rock ‘n roll during a worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday at Central Christian Church, 2051 E. Market St.

Pringle has revised some of the lyrics of Elvis hits such as “Heartbreak Hotel” to “Heaven’s Hotel” and “Jailhouse Rock” as “Jesus is the Rock.” He looks and dresses the part with clothes and shoes such as Elvis wore in the ‘50s.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Ministry program

YOUNGSTOWN

The office of Lay Ministry Formation in the Diocese of Youngstown is again offering Foundations in Ministry, a 20-session program to deepen the spirituality, theological knowledge and ministry skills of laity.

In order to remain vibrant in the future, parishes need more committed baptized disciples to participate in the ministry of the Church. This program gives participants an opportunity to learn, pray and reflect on their faith among a community of learners and to better discern their own call to ministry.

Foundations in Ministry runs from late September through early April and is offered at three locations throughout the Diocese of Youngstown: St. Joseph in Jefferson on Tuesday evenings, the Ursuline Center in Canfield on Monday evenings, and St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Louisville on Thursday evenings.

All sessions meet from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Pete Schafer, director of the Office of Evangelization and Pastoral Planning, 330- 744-8451 ext. 289 or email to pschafer@youngstowndiocese.org.

Visit www.doy.org/index.php/diocesan-offices/lay-ministry.