Religion Calendar

MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT

m First Assembly of God, 221 N. Elm St., Jacksonville, will present Earl and Rita Reynolds in concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday. (501) 982-5018.

m Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church No. 3, 3801 Springer Blvd., will present a Willing Workers and Friends musical at 5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 375-4598.

m Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., will present a concert of flute solos and duos by Dianne and Barry McVinney at 4 p.m. May 3. (501) 372-0294 or trinitylittlerock.org.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

m Christway Missionary Baptist Church, 4324 Potter St., will observe Women’s Day at 10:15 a.m. Sunday with Anita Brannon speaking. (501) 562-1023.

m Church at Burns Park, 295 W. Military Drive, North Little Rock, will have Park Fest, a community family event, 2-5 p.m. today. Free hamburgers, live music, bounce house, giveaways and drawings. (501) 758-4269.

m Evangelistic Baptist Church, 902 Atkinson St., North Little Rock, will have Family Day at 11 a.m. Sunday. An Encourager’s Summit will be at 3 p.m. A citywide prayer breakfast will be at 8:30 a.m. May 2. (501) 952-1313.

m Faith Temple Full Gospel Deliverance Center, 1920 S. Broadway, will celebrate its 39th anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday with Kevin Kelly speaking. (501) 376-7013.

m First Baptist Church, Highland Park, will have Women’s Day at 9:45 a.m. Sunday with Karla Montgomery speaking. The congregation is worshipping at Shiloh Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2400 S. Maple St. (501) 265-9836.

m First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1500 N. Mississippi St., will host its annual Springfest 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today. Arts, craft vendors, free tennis lessons, volleyball exhibition, face painting, petting zoo, balloon animals, gardening and food. fccoflr.org or (501) 225-5656.

m First Missionary Baptist Church, 701 S. Gaines St., will celebrate its 170th anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday with Jameel Wesley speaking. (501) 372-2705.

m Iglesia Ni Cristo, Church of Christ, 236 Pearl St., Jacksonville, will have a Village Outreach Evangelical Mission at 5 p.m. May 2. iglesianicristo.net.

m Living Waters Church of God in Christ, 306 Grove St., Hot Springs, will have its annual Youth Day service at 11 a.m. Sunday with Pamela Smith speaking. (501) 624-4554.

m Moody Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 5630 Mabelvale Pike, will have a Youth Explosion with Donnell McTyer speaking at 6 p.m. today. Worship services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday with Sidney Milton speaking. (501) 562-1117.

m Mount Ararat Baptist Church, 5417 Valentine Road, North Little Rock, will honor Brenda Smith on First Lady Day at 2:30 p.m. May 3. (501) 835-2657.

m New Grace Baptist Church, 800 Calhoun St., will celebrate Men and Women’s Day at 9 a.m. Sunday with Willard Proctor speaking and at 3 p.m. with Emma Kelly Rhodes speaking. (501) 374-3774.

m Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, 2200 Kavanaugh Blvd., will have a worship service honoring Jim Munns, associate pastor, at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. A reception will be at noon. Munns served the congregation for 29 years as minister of music and church administrator. (501) 661-1129.

m St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, will celebrate the seventh annual World Labyrinth on May 2. The church and the Labyrinth Society invite all to “walk as one” at 1 p.m. on the outdoor labyrinth, joining others around the globe. (501) 753-4281.

m Spencer Reece, an Episcopal priest and author of The Road to Emmaus, a poem collection exploring faith and family, will speak at 9:15 a.m. Sunday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St. The church will also celebrate Youth Sunday. Picnic, food and games to follow the 10:30 a.m. service. st-marks.com.

m Samaritan Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1001 E. 13th St., North Little Rock, will honor its Usher’s Ministry at 11 a.m. Sunday with Ronald Young as guest. (501) 376-3009.

m Unity Christian Fellowship Church, 2712 S. Bay St., Pine Bluff, will have Community Day 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 2. Free games, food, health fair, clothing giveaway. (870) 550-9976.

m Westover Hills Presbyterian Church, 6400 Richard B. Hardie Drive, will present author/blogger Rachel Held Evans as its 2015 Cotham Lecturer at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. May 3 and at 7 p.m. May 4 in the sanctuary. Free. (501) 663-6383 or westoverhills.org.

CLASSES AND CONFERENCES

m Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 1900 Simpson St., will have its annual Women’s Conference on May 2 beginning with registration and breakfast at 9 a.m. Conference session at 9:30 a.m. followed by lunch. Masako Lewis Christian and Tanjala Rouse Richardson speaking. $15. (501) 307-6061.

m Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., offers a class on Sacraments and Synchronicity at 10:15 a.m. Sunday. This week’s topic is marriage. Religion in Southern Literature will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and will include discussion of “High Water” by Ellen Gilchrist. (501) 372-0294 or trinitylittlerock.org.

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