MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
CALS Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., will host a Lifting Up Jesus Christ Ministries production of I’m So Proud of Being Loved by You at 7 p.m. Friday. Adult tickets, $20; children 13 and under, $10. Buy online at lujcm.org or at Uncle T’s Food Mart at 1509 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive or Full Counsel Metro Church Resource Center at 1700 Maple St., North Little Rock.
(501) 351-2876 or (501) 744-0474.
St. Luke’s Festival of the Senses, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, will host “Comedy Yah Yah” at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in the parish hall, beginning with refreshments at 6 p.m. Free. Donations are accepted. (501) 753-4281.
The Lyon College Band will perform at First Presbyterian Church of Springdale, 100 S. Gutensohn Road, Springdale, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. (479) 751-2040.
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 815 W. 16th St., will partner with Trinity Episcopal Cathedral to present A Festival of Hymns, a free worship service of hymn performances paired with explanations of their histories at 6 p.m. Sunday. (501) 374-2891.
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, 1200 University Drive, Pine Bluff, will host its annual Gospel Extravaganza featuring The Walls Group at the Hathaway-Howard Fine Arts Building’s J.M. Ross Auditorium at 7 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $3; UA-Pine Bluff students attend free with valid ID. (870) 872-6485.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Bentonville Church of the Nazarene, 220 NW A St., Bentonville, will host Autumn’s ReRide Youth Ranch and second annual spaghetti dinner from 5-9 p.m. Nov. 4 with award-winning author Kim Meeder. Auctions will be held; dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and $30 at the door.
(479) 276-1015.
Cross Church Pinnacle Hills, 2484 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Rogers, is offering a six-week session, “The Art of Marriage,” starting Sunday at 5-7 p.m. Cost is $35 per couple; free child care provided. Register at crosschurch.com/pinnacle/groups/art-of-marriage; information at (479) 271-7799.
Happy Valley Assembly of God Church, 4060 Arkansas 326, Russellville, is hosting its seventh annual Wild Beast Feast at 6 p.m. Oct. 14. Free. Expect game photos, door prizes, hunting stories and a wild-game meal. Brad Clay of Final Descent Outdoors will speak at the event and at the church’s Sunday service, for which it is requested that attendees wear their best camouflage. (479) 641-7895.
Greater Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, 9414 Higgins Switch Road, will celebrate the second anniversary of its pastor, Kenny Scott, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The theme is “A Pastor With a Heart to Serve.” (501) 897-2102.
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, 800 Page Mill Road, North Little Rock, will celebrate the anniversary of its pastor, Earl Graham Jr., at 10:45 a.m. with Frank Harris and at 4 p.m. with Dwight Townsend Sunday. (501) 758-1190.
Mount Zion Baptist Church, 908 S. Cross St., will hold its annual Men’s Day service at 10:45 a.m. Oct. 15. The theme is “Christian Men: Committing, Obeying, Praying,” with speaker John Wesley Smith. (501) 374-5832.
New Beginnings Church Ministries, Inc., 515 Sherwood Ave., Sherwood, will hold a 10th anniversary service for its pastor and his wife, Terence and Marilyn Underwood, at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 15 with speaker William Robinson.
(501) 256-3155.
New Dora Baptist Church, 317 Jamison Ave., North Little Rock, will hold its annual Men’s Conference from 9 a.m.to noon Oct. 14 with guests W.W. Walker, William Robinson, Michael Hans-berry, Cecil Gibson, Fletcher Graggs Jr. and H.L. Fairchild. (501) 945-3062.
New Grace Baptist Church, 800 Calhoun St., will celebrate the anniversary of its pastor, Virgil Taylor Sr., at 3 p.m. Oct. 15 with speaker Eric Howard.
(501) 563-9083.
Pilgrim Nazarene Church, 52 Lassiter Lane, Cabot, will hold a Central Arkansas Rally at 7 p.m. Tuesday with speaker David Fulton and music by Ben and Sue Colburn, with Stephen Cassady as moderator. www.ihconvention.com or (501) 837-6334.
Richard Felton will speak at the 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St. The church also hosts its annual Shrimp Boil Benefit for St. Francis House, 5-9 p.m. today. Tickets are $30 ($15 for children) and can be bought at the door or in advance by calling the parish office at (501) 225-4203. The church will hold its Blessing of the Animals service at 4 p.m. Sunday; all pets welcome.
River City Reformed Presbyterian Church, 8300 Kanis Road, hosts a men’s Bible study, “Lessons From Nehemiah,” from 6:30-7:30 a.m. Thursdays at Panera Bread, 10701 Kanis Road. rivercityarp.org/category/mens-bible-study/ or (479) 970-1384.
Samaritan Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1001 E. 13th St., North Little Rock, will celebrate its 147th church anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday with speaker Russell Penn. (501) 376-3009.
St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 2501 S. Main St., will hold its annual revival at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday with speaker Claybon Lea Jr. (501) 975-0900.
Trinity United Methodist Church will hold its annual fish fry from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at Camp Aldersgate, 2000 Aldersgate Road. The event will include music, carousel rides, face painting and a kids fishing derby. Tickets are $15; free for children 6 and younger.www.campaldersgate.net/fishfry2017 or (501) 225-1444.
Zion Hill Baptist Church, 11923 Zion Hill Road, Cabot, will hold a One Day Children’s Camp from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today for children attending sixth grade and younger. The event will include Bible stories, crafts and games. A meal will be served at noon. Children can be dropped off at the church starting at 10 a.m. [email protected] or
(501) 988-4989.
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