RELIGION DIGEST || Lessons and carols

Lessons and carols

youngstown: Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road, will have a Service of Lessons & Carols at 5 p.m. today and 9:30 a.m. Sunday.

struthers: Christ Lutheran Church, 250 Sexton St., will have a service of Lessons and Carols at 10 a.m. Sunday.

Kwanzaa celebrations

youngstown: Holy Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 505 Parkcliff Ave., will host a Kwanzaa celebration at 3 p.m. Sunday, featuring ministerial interpretations of the Nguzo Saba, music, choirs and cultural expression.

YOUNGSTOWN: Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, 328 S. Forest St., will host a Kwanzaa celebration for area churches at 4 p.m. Sunday. There will be singing, miming, reading and praise dancing. The church also will have a community New Year’s Eve service at 10 p.m. Monday.

Community lunch and celebration

youngstown: Centenary Methodist Church, 1413 Belmont Ave., will have a community lunch and celebration of their history at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

New Year’s services

girard: St. Rose Church, 48 E. Main St., will have the following New Year’s services: New Year’s Eve, 4 p.m.; New Year’s Day, 7:30 and 10 a.m.

youngstown: Saint Edward Parish, 24 Tod Lane, will have a New Year’s Eve Mass at 4 p.m. and a New Year’s Day Mass at 10 a.m..

youngstown: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica, 343 Via Mt. Carmel, will have New Year’s Eve Mass at 5 p.m. and New Year’s Day Mass at noon.

poland: Holy Family Church, 2729 Center Road, will have a New Year’s Eve vigil Mass at 4 p.m. and a New Year’s Day Mass at 10 a.m..

hubbard: Coalburg United Methodist Church, 1906 Wick Campbell Road, will have a New Year’s Eve service at 6 p.m.

boardman: St. Charles Borromeo Church, 7345 Westview Drive, will have a New Year’s Eve Mass at 4 p.m. and New Year’s Day Masses at 9 and 11 a.m.

Emancipation Proclamation Service

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Calvary Baptist Church, 1463 Shields Road, will host the annual Community Emancipation Proclamation and Installation of Officers Service at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

The guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr., pastor emeritus of Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, Cleveland.

At this service, the Rev. Elizabeth Powell Heritage Award will be presented to the 2019 recipient, Rev. Kenneth L. Simon, pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church and chairman of the Community Mobilization Coalition.

‘Is There a G-D?’ ecumenical inquiry

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Temple El-Emeth, 3970 Logan Way, will host the ecumenical inquiry “Is There a G-D?” at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The topic of discussion will be “common dynamics of disbelief among youth” with an explanation of the Bat Mitzvah, by Sister Mary Ann Spangler, H.M.

Theophany services

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Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church, 401 12th St., will have Theophany services at 9 a.m. next Saturday; 8:45, 10 and 11:10 a.m. Jan. 5; and 8:30, 10 and 11:10 Jan. 6.

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