Advocate of Disabled to Speak Sunday

Dr. Robert Pietsch, director of advocates for Persons Who Are Developmentally Disabled, will preach at the 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services Sunday at Laguna Presbyterian Church, 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach. Sunday School is at 9 a.m., with a children’s sermon at 10:30, followed by a Little Fishermen Workshop for those in the third grade and younger. Information: (714) 494-7555.

Sunday at the Park, the annual church family picnic at Garden Grove United Methodist Church, will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday in Village Green Park, across from the church, at 12741 Main St. Each family should bring a potluck dish, their own table service and chairs. Call (714) 534-1070.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Irvine, is hosting a combination work party and worship service beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Bolsa Chica Nature Preserve. Participants, led by the church’s Peace, Justice and Ecology Committee, will don gloves and old clothes to clean up one of Southern California’s last natural beach areas. For more information, call (714) 854-4810 or (714) 632-8521.

“Racial Violence in Anaheim: On Doing the Wrong Thing” will be the Rev. Maurice Ogden’s sermon topic at the 10:30 a.m. service Sunday at Unitarian Church of Orange County, 1120 W. Santa Ana St., Anaheim. Information: (714) 828-1134.

Opera star White Eagle (from New York and contemporary gospel soloist Nancy Hill from Dallas will participate in the 6 p.m. Sunday service at the Crystal Cathedral, 12141 Lewis St., Garden Grove. Pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz will speak on “The Secret of Prosperity.” Information: (714) 971-4000.

“Parenting for the ‘90s,” a public three-part workshop for parents, parents-to-be and friends of parents, will be held at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 21 and Oct. 28, at Newport Harbor Lutheran Church, 798 Dover Drive, Newport Beach. Sandy McDaniel, author of “Recipes From Parenting,” will be the featured speaker. Information: (714) 548-3631.

Don Boykin of the Brea Bahai Assembly will speak on “Peace and Justice” at the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church of Costa Mesa, 420 W. 19th St. For reservations, call (714) 548-7727.

“Children Learn What They Live,” an evening with author Dorothy Law Nolte, will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach, 429 Cypress Drive. The free program is open to the public; Information: (714) 497-4568.

The Rev. Aahmes E. Overton, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Hayward, will be guest speaker at Placentia Presbyterian Church’s annual Celebrate Life weekend Friday and next Saturday. Sessions are at 6:45 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 6:15 to 9 p.m next Saturday at the church, 849 N. Bradford Ave. Call (714) 528-1438.