Choir Plans Special Musical Event

Placentia Presbyterian Church will present a special concert Sunday featuring the chancel choir and guest musicians. Titled “The Choir Relaxes,” the choir will sing selections from Broadway musicals, folk songs and religious hymns.

Tim Lutz is the choir director and Pat Adams is the organist. Cost of the 7 p.m. concert is $3 for adults and $1 for children. A reception will follow the performance at the church, 849 N. Bradford Ave., Placentia. Information: (714) 528-1438.

Carillonneur James R. Lawson will give a Father’s Day recital on the 52-bell Arvella Schuller Carillon Sunday evening at 6:30 at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove. The Rev. Juan Carlos Ortiz will lead the worship service at 7 p.m.

During the service, the 60-voice Cathedral Chorale will perform the Christian musical “Jubilate” by Mark Hayes. A freewill offering will be taken. The church is at 12141 Lewis St. Information: (714) 971-4150.

The annual Chancel Choir Ice Cream Social and Musical will be held tonight at 6:30 at the United Methodist Church of Garden Grove. The choir will perform the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Coat” after the ice cream is served. Suggested donation is $3 per person or $6 per family.

On Sunday the Methodist Men will host a Father’s Day steak breakfast at 7:30 in the Fellowship Hall. A general meeting will follow at 8 a.m. and all are welcome. The worship services are at 9 and 10:30 at the church, 12741 Main St. Information: (714) 534-1070.

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach is hosting a program about Ross Perot tonight which includes a video presentation. A Perot committee representative will answer questions from the audience.

The 7:30 program is part of the Unitarian Universalist commitment to information seeking, and the public is welcome. Coffee and dessert will be served. The program will be held at the Unitarian Fellowship Center at 429 Cypress Drive. Information: (714) 586-8947.

“Empowered Fatherhood” is Pastor Phil Munsey’s sermon topic Sunday at the Life Church of South Orange County. The services are at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The church is at 27129 Calle Arroyo, Building 1800, San Juan Capistrano. Information: (714) 248-7729.

The Jewish Community Center of Orange County is sponsoring a book discussion group which meets one Wednesday morning a month at Fahrenheit 451 book store in Laguna Beach.

The group will meet Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon to discuss Margaret Atwood’s book, “Cat’s Eye.” For information and directions, call (714) 751-0608.

Laguna Beach United Methodist Church’s weeklong Vacation Bible School begins June 29 and is offered to children ages 5 to 12.

Cost is $20 per child, $15 for each additional family member. The church is at 21632 Wesley Drive, South Laguna. To register, call the church office at (714) 499-3088.

The Rev. Jerry Tankersley will give the message Sunday at the Laguna Presbyterian Church. For the next three months there will be one service at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday.

The church picnic is also Sunday, at noon at Alta Laguna Park. The church is at 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach. Information: (714) 494-7555.

“Creation Spirituality and Ignatian Exercises” is the title of an eight-day retreat beginning July 3 at the Center for Spiritual Development in Orange. The retreat will be guided by Father Jerry Robinson and Sisters Jeanne Fallon and Martha Bendorf.

The retreat will include presentations, meditation, daily liturgy and evening prayer. Some of the teachings of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit order), will be included. Cost of the retreat is $220 for private room and board, $200 for shared room and board and $130 for commuters, which includes lunch. Registration is required by Tuesday. The Center is at 434 S. Batavia St. For a brochure or other information, call (714) 744-3175.

LifeCare Christian Therapy Center in Costa Mesa is sponsoring a seminar on relationships Friday led by lecturer Keith Miller. He is the author of the books “A Hunger for Healing” and “Facing Co-Dependence.”

The free seminar will be from 1 to 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Costa Mesa, 301 Magnolia St., Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 642-3505.

The Rev. Dick Duncan is the guest speaker Sunday at Geneva Presbyterian Church of Laguna Hills. He is a missionary pastor currently working in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His sermon title will be “Healing Holy Hearts.”

The services are at 9 and 11 a.m. at 24301 El Toro Road. Information: (714) 837-2323.

A performance of “Gospel Mass” will be presented Sunday during the 9:30 a.m. service at the University United Methodist Church in Irvine. This is a Robert Ray composition using the Ordinary of the Catholic Mass as a foundation. The work is an alteration of the text, with some of the performance non-traditional.

A potluck to honor associate Pastor Alex Hunter and his wife, Patti, will be held after the service. They have been reassigned to Trinity United Methodist Church in San Diego.

The church is at 18422 Culver Drive. Information: (714) 786-8354.

Social worker Kevin Ford will be the guest speaker Sunday at the Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church in Costa Mesa and will discuss “Finding Our Fathers.” The service is at 10:30 a.m.

On June 28, a program on AIDS will be presented at 10:30 a.m. The church is at 1259 Victoria St. Information: (714) 646-4652.

Rabbi Arnold Rachlis will lead the 7 p.m. family service Friday at the University Synagogue in Irvine. The synagogue offers services with traditional prayers, poetry and music.

The synagogue is at 4915 Alton Parkway. Information: (714) 553-3535.

An installation service for the Rev. James V. Pocock Jr. will be held June 28 at First Baptist Church of Huntington Beach-Fountain Valley.

The service will be at 4 p.m. at the church, 17415 Magnolia St., Fountain Valley. Information: (714) 847-3573.