Superior Court Judge Leonard Goldstein was named...

Superior Court Judge Leonard Goldstein was named chairman and Harold J. Taback was named co-chairman for the Hebrew Union College Orange County Friends. The organization provides scholarships for the college, which specializes in training rabbis, cantors, Jewish educators and communal workers.

Taback is a consulting engineer with Irvine-based KVB, a combustion-engineering company, and is vice president of the education and youth departments at Temple Beth Sholom in Santa Ana.

Goldstein serves on the board at Temple Shir Ha Ma’Alot in Newport Beach. Both are Santa Ana residents.

A program of pictures and music entitled “Masterworks of Art in Celebration of the Passion” will be held from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. March 24 at St. Michael and All Angels Church, 3233 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar.

Mozart’s “Requiem” will accompany the projection of slides showing how artists working in different mediums and various periods of history have celebrated the last days and hours of Christ’s life.

For information, call 644-0463.

The Rev. Phillip Zampino, international evangelist, will be featured at special services March 24 through 26 at St. James Episcopal Church in Newport Beach.

Zampino ministers to congregations through worship, teaching, preaching and healing. The schedule includes a teaching service for 7:30 p.m. March 24, a women’s meeting at 10 a.m. and a teaching service at 7:30 p.m. March 25, a clergy meeting for all local area ministers at 10 a.m. and a healing service at 7:30 p.m. March 26.

The church is at 3209 Via Lido, Newport Beach. For information, call 675-0210.

Friends of Trinity Arts will present a series of concerts, featuring the University String Quartet, beginning at 7 p.m. March 24 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Orange. Selections by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven will be performed.

The Modjeska Piano Trio will play April 28, and a solo performance by Kevin Imbimbo will be presented May 19. He will perform selections by Chopin, Mozart and Schumann.

The church is at 2400 N. Canal St., Orange. For information, call 637-1390.

The Church of St. Therese (Angelican) has moved to a new location at 2509-E S. Main St., Santa Ana. The first service will begin at 9:40 a.m. March 31, Palm Sunday, with the blessing and distribution of palms. A choral Mass will be sung at 10 a.m. For information, call 730-7192.

A Lenten series entitled “The General Convention of the Episcopal Church” will be held Wednesday at St. Margaret of Scotland Episcopal Church in San Juan Capistrano. A potluck dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by an evening prayer at 7:30. The guest presentation will follow at 8 p.m. Speaking will be the Rev. Kenneth D. Gigginbotham, deputy of the 1985 General Convention.

The church is at 31641 La Novia Ave., San Juan Capistrano. For information, call 661-0110.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s 300th birthday will be celebrated at the 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. services Sunday at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in El Toro. Organist Mille Behnken of Mission Viejo, the chapel choir and the school choir will perform music by the Baroque-era composer.

Lenten services will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday with a soup supper. The service is at 7 p.m. The church is at 23262 El Toro Road, El Toro. For information, call 830-1460.

A family fish fry dinner will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. March 29 at St. Hedwig Catholic Church, 11502 Los Alamitos Blvd., Los Alamitos, in the parish hall.

Tickets are $3.50 for adults and $3 for children under 12. They are available through the Young Adult Ministry office at (213) 430-6643. Proceeds will benefit the parish’s young adult ministry.

Shir Ha-Ma’alot--Harbor Reform Temple’s Sisterhood will hold a panel discussion at 7:30 a.m. Thursday on “Dating and Intermarriage Among Our Children.” A light breakfast will be served in the main sanctuary of the temple. The event is free. The temple is at 2100-A Mar Vista Drive, Newport Beach. For information, call 644-7203.

“A Purim Shpeil,” described as a musical megillah with songs and lyrics in Yiddish and English, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. March 24 in the Library of the Jewish Community Center, 12181 Buaro St., Garden Grove.

A donation of $1 per person will be asked at the door. The event is sponsored by the Yiddish Cultural Club.

Chabad of Irvine Jewish Center will celebrate its fifth anniversary Sunday in the main ballroom of the Irvine Marriott Hotel. The event will begin at 5 p.m with cocktails, and a glatt kosher dinner will be served at 6.

Dudu Fisher, winner of the 1984 Israeli Music Festival award, and comedian-actor Jack Carter will provide entertainment.

The center offers multifaceted religious, social and educational programs to the community. For information, call 786-5000. The center is at 4872 Royce Road, Irvine.

Linda Algazi, clinical psychologist and licensed marriage, family and child counselor, will address the congregation at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 1259 Victoria St., Costa Mesa.

Algazi, a syndicated columnist and one of the founders of the UC Irvine Women’s Center, will speak on “Superwomen: Are the Stars on Their Leotards for Real?” Lunch will follow the service.

The Singletarians will meet at the church at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. For information, call 646-4652.

The annual Living Pictures presentation will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Garden Grove. Several new artworks and special music will highlight the free presentation.

Raphael’s “The Miraculous Draught of Fishes,” Honthorst’s “Christ Before the High Priest” and a 5th-Century ivory panel of the ascension of Jesus are some of the new pictures to be presented.

The church is at 12301 Magnolia Ave. For information, call 539-9541.

A one-day conference on “Preserving and Strengthening Islam in America: The Role of Muslim Youth” will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 23 at the Islamic Society of Orange County, 9752 West 13th St., Garden Grove.

The society’s youth committee is sponsoring the event. Eight guest speakers are scheduled. Tickets are $12 per person and include breakfast and lunch. For reservations, call 531-1722 or 531-4840.

“The Taming of the Shreier” will be performed by the Bat Yahm Players March 23 and 24 at Temple Bat Yahm’s Social Hall, 1011 Camelback St., Newport Beach. The evening will begin at 7 with a no-host bar followed by the performance at 8.

Tickets are $15 per person, available in advance at the temple. For information, call 644-1999 or Michelle Cohen at 559-0443.