Aging Parents to Be Study Topic

“You and Your Aging Parents” will be the topic of a free workshop at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Shir HaMaalot Harbor Reform Temple, 2100 Mar Vista Drive, near the corner of Jamboree Road and Eastbluff Drive, Newport Beach.

Anna Kaufman, a family counselor for nearly 40 years, will focus on those caught between the needs of their parents and their own families.

The workshop is sponsored by the Jewish Family Service of Orange County and the Jewish Parenting Center of Shir HaMaalot, and is open to the public. Pre-registration is requested. For more information and to register, call Nancy Levin at (714) 644-7203.

Becky Maddox, 20, of Costa Mesa will spend five weeks this summer in Costa Rica as part of a 20-member missionary team from Mission Outreach Inc. To prepare for her work in the country’s remote mountains, Maddox will train for 10 days in Missouri at the Miracle Hills Ranch. When in Costa Rica, from July 2 to August 14, Maddox will work with fellow missionaries to build two cabins and a basketball court at “Camp La Hondura” for use by future missionary expeditions to the area.

The Joy Singers will perform at the 10:30 a.m. service Sunday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1190 Morningside Drive, Laguna Beach. The five-member choir will sing folk songs and choral pieces. There is no admission, but an offering will be taken. For more information, call the church at (714) 494-7998.

The Diocese of Orange will celebrate Mass in honor of servicemen at 10 a.m. Monday at the three diocesan cemeteries. Father Richard A. Delahunty will say Mass at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, 7845 E. Santiago Canyon Road, Orange; Father Eamon O’Gorman will preside at Good Shepherd Cemetery, 8301 Talbert Ave., Huntington Beach; and Father Paul Martin will preside at Ascension Cemetery, 24754 Trabuco Road, El Toro. For more information, call (714) 833-0070.

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd will be showing videotaped greetings from former pastors and a tape of its 30th anniversary service at 6 p.m. next Sunday in the church’s Foster Hall, 7082 Crescent Ave. in Buena Park. For more information, call the church office at (714) 827-6021.

Chris Schriner, a licensed marriage, family and child counselor, will speak at the Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church at 10:30 a.m. next Sunday. Schriner’s topic will be “If Your Thoughts Were a Symphony: the Aesthetics of Consciousness.” Admission is free and child care will be provided. For more information, call (714) 642-2142.

Pianist Roger Williams will accompany vocalist Mic Bell in performing two numbers at the 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services Sunday at Rancho Capistrano Community Church, 29251 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. Also at both services, the Rev. Robert A. Schuller will continue his series on “The World’s Greatest Comebacks.” For more information, call the church at (714) 643-2700.

“The Jews of Poland: Past, Present and Future” will be the topic of a slide show and lecture at 8 p.m. Friday at Temple Beth El, 30121 Niguel Road, Laguna Niguel. Sarah Bendiner will present the lecture, having recently visited Eastern Europe. For more information, call Rabbi Allan Krause at the temple office, (714) 364-2332.

The Pope John Paul II Polish Center in Yorba Linda will hold its annual spring family picnic from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Long Beach pistol range at 7380 E. Carson St., near the U.S. Naval Hospital. Kielbasa, pierogi, kapusta and other Polish specialties will be for sale, and the John Gorecki Band will play polka music. Admission for adults is $4. Proceeds will benefit the center’s Mary Mother of the Church Shrine at 3999 Rose Drive, Yorba Linda. For more information, call (714) 639-1777.

Lag B’Omer, the Jewish holiday commemorating unity, and Memorial Day will be celebrated aboard the Cormorant with a three-hour dinner cruise around Newport Harbor starting at 5:30 p.m. Monday. Sponsored by the Chabad of Irvine Jewish Center, the cruise will leave from the Lido Marina Village at 3366 Via Lido, Newport Beach. Tickets are $25 per person and may be purchased at the dock between 5 and 5:30 p.m. Monday, or reserved by phone at (714) 786-5000. Ticket price includes dinner.

Cantor Farid Dardashti and his family will perform at the second annual Jerry Lauer Memorial Concert at 9 p.m. May 31 at Temple Beth Emet, 1770 W. Cerritos Ave., Anaheim. Tickets for the concert are $10 and will include snacks, drinks and a dessert table after the concert. Reservations may be made by calling the temple office at (714) 772-4720.

Our Lady Queen of Angels parish and school in Newport Beach will hold an “International Springfest” beginning at 11 a.m. May 31. Foods from Italy, Mexico, Vietnam, Germany, Belgium, Hungary and China will be featured, along with game booths and bingo in the parish hall. A disc jockey will provide music for dancing until 10 p.m. The Springfest will be held in the parking lot of the school at 750 Domingo Drive. For more information, call the parish office at (714) 644-0200.