Here are some noteworthy events happening this...

Here are some noteworthy events happening this Sunday:

“The Seven Last Words of Christ,” a sacred cantata with music by Theodore Dubois, will be presented at the 10:45 a.m. service at Wilshire Christian Church, 634 S. Normandie Ave., Los Angeles. (213) 382-6337.

A free reading from the works of the late mythologist and goddess-religion scholar Marija Gimbutas will be presented from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Beyond Baroque bookstore, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 455-7537.

First African Methodist Episcopal Church’s Cathedral Choir will host a free fellowship concert featuring the Clara Ward Singers at 4 p.m. 2270 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles. (213) 735-1251.

Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” will be performed by the choir and orchestra of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church at 4 p.m. Handicapped accessible. A $7 donation is requested, $3 for senior citizens and students. 580 Hilgard Ave., Westwood. (310) 208-6516.

The Rev. Carter Heyward, a professor at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., and one of 11 women ordained in the church before it formally allowed women to enter the priesthood, will hold a “no question off-limits” dialogue Sunday from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Episcopal Chapel of St. Francis, Atwater Village. The event is co-sponsored by Metropolitan Community Church of Silver Lake, which meets at the chapel. 3621 Brunswick Ave., Los Angeles. (213) 665-8818.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

* Hosts are needed for newly arrived Jewish immigrants from Russia and Iran who wish to celebrate Passover at Seders next Saturday or Sunday evening, March 26 and 27. Anyone wishing to host new emigres at a ceremonial holiday meal may call the Jewish Federation Council at (213) 852-7706.

* Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center has instituted its first official pastoral-care program. Vicki VanDenHandel, a former critical-care nurse and an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church, will head the program, serving as a liaison between the hospital and local pastors and community groups. (818) 502-4578.

* Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles has received a $35,000 grant from the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce for its Heart of Los Angeles Youth program to renovate and remodel the church gymnasium. The church also received a grant of $44,655 from the California Community Foundation through the bequest of the late Albert L. and Emilie C. Meyer, for social services in Los Angeles and missionary work in several foreign countries.

* The Jewish Labor Committee Western Region is inviting secondary school teachers of social studies and literature who can incorporate Holocaust studies in their courses to apply for fellowships in Israel and Poland this July. Participants must pay a portion of the travel and program cost. The application deadline is April 15. For information, contact the committee at 6505 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 312, Los Angeles 90048 or call (213) 653-3501.

* St. Martin’s Press in the United States and Macmillan in Britain will publish a series of books based on the annual Claremont Conference on the Philosophy of Religion, which brings scholars from around the world to the Claremont Graduate School each year. The first volume, “Philosophy and the Grammar of Religious Belief,” edited by Mario von der Ruhr and Timothy Tessin, will be available in late spring.

HONOREDS

* The Los Angeles Council of Churches saluted outstanding program volunteers Friday at the First Baptist Church in Los Angeles. The Rev. Kenneth J. Flowers of Messiah Baptist Church spoke. Among the awards presented were the council’s Horace N. Mays Ecumenical Services Awards to churches, organizations and an individual. They were given to Trinity Baptist Church; First Baptist Church, Los Angeles; the Los Angeles Chapter of Habitat for Humanity and Rabbi Harvey Fields of Wilshire Boulevard Temple.

* Rabbi Martin B. Ryback was recently honored by the Board of Rabbis of Southern California at a special retirement luncheon. As director of the board’s chaplaincy for the last 16 years, he has supervised the work of chaplains serving hospitals, prisons and nursing homes. He organized para-chaplain training courses and other innovative programs. The organization named him director of chaplaincy emeritus.

* Todd Lewis, Biola University’s director of forensics and professor of communications, was named 1994 Distinguished Forensics Coach at the University of Utah Great Salt Lake Invitational Speech/Debate Tournament last month. He will retire from coaching this season to assume chairmanship of the communications department next year.

* Cantor Tibor Moses was honored at a tribute dinner after 16 years of service to Temple Beth Ami in Reseda. . . . Rabbi Bernard M. Cohen, rabbi emeritus of Temple Solael, West Hills, was named vice president of community relations for Summit Care Corp.