MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
• An All-State Quartet Legends Concert in celebration of Arkansas Gospel Music Heritage Month will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Antioch Full Gospel Baptist Church, 3824 Antioch Blvd., College Station. Artist showcase to follow. Free. Grand finale at 3 p.m. Sept. 27 at Summit Church, 6600 Crystal Hill Road, North Little Rock. (501) 712-9848.
• Greater Second Baptist Church, 5615 Geyer Springs Road, will have a homecoming reunion choir concert at 6 p.m. today in honor of the late Curtis Ridout who served as pastor for 46 years. Former ministers of music will also be saluted. Reception following. (501) 569-9988.
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday featuring Richard Jorgensen on trumpet, Michael Underwood on trombone and Timothy Allen on organ and piano. Program will include Haydn's "Trumpet Concerto." Free. st-marks.com.
• Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi St., will host a performance by Hector Olivera, concert organist, as part of the Acansa Arts Festival at 7 p.m. Thursday. Tickets $20 at acansaartsfestival.org.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 600 N. Cedar St., North Little Rock, will have a pastoral appreciation service in honor of Tyrone and Ina Broomfield at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Daryell Howell will speak. (501) 374-9948.
• Faith Temple Full Gospel Deliverance Center, 1920 S. Broadway, will celebrate the retirement of L.A. Lindsey at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Lindsey will preach his last sermon as pastor of the church at 3 p.m. (501) 376-7013.
• First Missionary Baptist Church, 701 S. Gaines St., will have Men's Day at 10:45 a.m. Sunday with William Walker Jr. speaking and Women's Day at 3 p.m. with Annetta Fairchild speaking. (501) 372-2705.
• First Missionary Baptist Church Food Pantry, 623 W. Seventh St., will give away nonperishable food items, 9:30-10:30 a.m. today. (501) 372-2705 for appointment.
• Grace Temple, 4217 S. Shackleford Road, will present Friday Night Flights II Youth Explosion at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 with Nate Stewart speaking. (501) 379-9939.
• Graves Memorial Baptist Church, 4617 Oak Grove Road, North Little Rock, will celebrate its 80th anniversary at 11 a.m. Sunday. Potluck and musical celebration to follow. (501) 851-1493.
• Let Go and Let God Deliverance Center, 4204 MacArthur Drive, North Little Rock, will present a service with Gilbert Wilson at 7:30 p.m. Friday. One-night revival at 6 p.m. Sunday with Linda Stricklen, Karan LayVonne and Renae Brown. (501) 454-8492.
• Moody Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 5630 Mabelvale Pike, will have a pastoral appreciation service for Hezekiah and Diane Stewart for 40 years of service at 5 p.m. today and at 11 a.m. Sunday. (501) 562-1117.
• Morning Star Baptist Church, 105 N. Smothers St., North Little Rock, will celebrate its anniversary and homecoming at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday. (501) 376-3575.
• Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Ringo St., will celebrate its 139th anniversary at 10:45 a.m. Sunday with William Givens speaking and at 3 p.m. with Lewis Shepherd speaking. (501) 831-3519.
• New Grace Baptist Church, 400 E. 17th St., North Little Rock, will celebrate the 10th pastoral anniversary of Virgil and Sabrina Taylor at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday. (501) 563-9083.
• New Zion Grove Baptist Church, 404 Wallace St., North Little Rock, will celebrate the pastoral anniversary of Stephen Robinson at 9:30 a.m. Sunday with Cecil Gibson speaking and at 3 p.m. with Kenneth Robinson speaking. (501) 945-1123.
• Open Arms Assembly of God, 1103 N. Fir St., Beebe, will have an intercessory worship event 10 a.m.-noon today with Glenn Dorsey speaking. (501) 231-4116.
• Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 15803 Old Highway 30, Scott, will have a Men's Day Celebration at 3 p.m. Sept. 28. (501) 961-9835.
• Reydell Baptist Church, Arkansas 88, Reydell, will celebrate its homecoming Sunday with Sunday School at 10 a.m., worship at 11, potluck at 12:30 p.m. and music and memories at 1:30. Revival begins at 6 p.m. Monday and continues Tuesday and Wednesday with Bert Thomas speaking.
• St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 1920 E. Sixth St., will have its fourth annual Fall Family Festival 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 27. Food, games, prizes. Free. (501) 374-8833.
• St. Matthew Church of God in Christ, 4801 E. Broadway, North Little Rock, will have a Pastor and Wife 24th anniversary celebration for Jerome and Earnestine Strickland at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with Earnest Sweat II speaking. (501) 945-1036.
• Samaritan Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1001 E. 13th St., North Little Rock, will honor Delores McElroy, music minister and the music staff at 11 a.m. Sunday. (501) 376-3009.
• A prayer vigil for Saeed Abedeni, an Iranian American Christian minister imprisoned in Iran, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the state Capitol. beheardproject.com/saeed.
• Third Baptist Church, 817 N. Main St., Malvern, will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a brunch, 9-11 a.m. today and a birthday bash at 3-6 p.m. with music, bounce houses and food. Concert at 9:30 a.m. Sunday and worship services at 10:45 with Tom Strike preaching; potluck to follow. (501) 337-7004.
• Arkansas Interfaith Power and Light will host a meeting for discussion about establishing a solar energy cooperative at 3 p.m. Sunday at Unitarian Universalist Church, 1818 Reservoir Road. (501) 772-9906.
• Watson New Life Church of God in Christ, 3600 E. Church St., Sweet Home, will celebrate its 88th anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday with Sedrick Cross and David Withers speaking. (501) 490-0386.
CLASSES AND CONFERENCES
• Bullock Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 1513 S. Park St., will have a program for children ages 5-12 from 5-6:30 p.m. Mondays through Oct. 20. Transportation available. (501) 375-1581.
• First United Methodist Church, 200 N. Market St., Benton, will offer a 13-week GriefShare recovery seminar and support group beginning at 7 p.m. Monday. Group will meet in the church parlor. (501) 590-7994.
• Liberty Hill Baptist Church, 1215 S. Schiller St., will have its annual Women's Conference from Friday-Sept. 27 with speaker Deborah Campbell Bland. $20. Register by calling (501) 310-3591.
• New Dora Baptist Church, 317 Jamison Ave., North Little Rock, will have its annual Women's Conference at 9 a.m. today with speakers Christian Williams, Jean Rouse, Carla Jenkins, Laura Landrum and Angie Gatlin. Free. (501) 804-3982.
• Open Door Community Church, 709 W. Lee Ave., Sherwood, will have a Fall Conference Friday-Sept. 28 with speakers Brian McLaren, Jay Bakker, Frank Schaeffer. Free. Schedule available at sherwoodopendoor.org.
• Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church, 4401 Woodlawn Drive, is offering a class on the life and theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer at 9:30 a.m. Sundays through May. Led by Ruskin Falls. phpreslr.com or (501) 663-8361.
• St. Luke Baptist Church, 8205 Arkansas 161 N., North Little Rock, will have a Women's Conference, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 27 with speakers Mary Moore, Linda Willis, Sheree Evans-Holmes, Pamela Woodall, Barbara Jackson and Sylvia Leake. Register at slukembc.org. (501) 835-5571.
• Shiloh Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2400 S. Maple St., will present a Bible prophecy seminar with Buford Griffith Jr., today-Oct. 11. Seminar at 7 nightly except Mondays and Thursdays. Children's programs. Free. Call (501) 663-3259 for transportation.
Religion on 09/20/2014