Habitat Founder to Talk at Church

Millard Fuller, executive director of Habitat for Humanity International, will be the guest speaker Friday at 8 p.m. at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Hills.

Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity in 1976. It is a Christian organization that provides housing for low-income families.

Admission to the lecture is free.

On Sunday for the next two weeks, the Adult Education Hour will feature the Rev. Charles Jester, former chaplain at the American Embassy in Moscow. His topic will be “Thirty Months of Glasnost.”

The Adult Education Hour takes place between the two morning services at 10 a.m. at 24301 El Toro Road (one block from Moulton Parkway). Information: (714) 837-2323.

The Center for Spiritual Development is offering a program called “A Day of Prayer for Senior Citizens” on Feb. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Victor O’ Donovan will lead the group.

Registration is required by Feb. 9, and there is a $25 charge, which includes lunch.

The Center for Spiritual Development is located at 434 S. Batavia St. in Orange. Information: (714) 744-3175.

“Friday Night Gospel Live” features gospel music and testimonies at the Marriott Hotel in Fullerton on Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight.

Betty Poydras and her acting group will perform “God’s Trombones.”

The gospel program is presented on the second Friday of every month. A donation is requested.

The hotel is at 2701 E. Nutwood Ave. Information: (714) 637-8726.

The Laguna Beach United Methodist Church is offering an Active Parenting Class that meets every Sunday evening at 6:30 for six weeks, beginning Sunday.

Marilyn Boyd, director of the Wesley Counseling Center, teaches the course.

There is a fee of $15 for one parent or $20 per couple. Child care is available. To register for the class, which meets at 26132 Wesley Drive, South Laguna, call the church office between 8 a.m. and noon weekdays at (714) 499-3088.

In celebration of Christian unity, the United Methodist Church of Garden Grove will host the congregations, choirs and clergy of three Garden Grove churches Sunday at 7 p.m.

Participating are St. Anselm’s of Canterbury Episcopal Church, St. Columban’s Roman Catholic Church and First Presbyterian Church.

Father Eamon O’Gorman, pastor of St. Columban’s, will deliver the sermon. The Rev. J. Miles Acker Jr. is pastor of the host church.

The offering will be used to support Real Help of Garden Grove, a group of churches, agencies and individuals who give food to the homeless.

Fellowship will follow the service. The United Methodist Church is at 12741 Main St. Information: (714) 534-1070.

Mesa Verde United Methodist Church will present two special services Sunday as part of a celebration of United Methodist women. The Rev. Gwen Ehrenborg of Spurgeon United Methodist Church will present a dramatization from the life of Susanna Wesley.

The services are at 8:30 a.m and 10 a.m. at 1701 Baker St., Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 979-8234.

Guest speaker Gilberto Aguirre Escobar will discuss “What in the World Is Going On . . . in Nicaragua?” at 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach.

He is the executive director of the Nicaraguan Council of Churches and is an authority on the needs of Nicaraguan Christians in a changing society.

St. Mark Presbyterian Church is at 2100 Mar Vista Drive. Information: (714) 644-1341.

The First Presbyterian Church, 601 N. Sycamore St., Santa Ana, is offering a three-week Adult Education class called “Life in the Transition Lane.”

Taught by Roger Johnson, the class begins Sunday at 9:40 a.m. and is intended to teach students how to make changes in their lives.

Also, a three-day weekend retreat is planned, beginning Feb. 22, at Rancho del Cielo Conference Center.

Wayne McKibben, Presbyterian pastor and consultant to the Presbytery of Los Ranchos for Spiritual Disciplines, will lead the group.

“Be Still and Know that I Am God,” is the retreat’s theme.

The fee is $65, but there are scholarships available. Call (714) 542-7253 for information on the class or (714) 956-3691 about the retreat.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church’s adult education class will focus on helping those in need. Scott Naramore, Good Shepherd Outreach Ministry member, will conduct the class, which meets Sunday from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m.

The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is at 4800 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine. Information: (714) 552-1918.

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