CHRISTIAN COFFEEHOUSE: The fellowship hall of the...

CHRISTIAN COFFEEHOUSE: The fellowship hall of the Salvation Army’s San Fernando Valley Corps Center will be transformed on Saturday nights, starting today, into a coffeehouse featuring artists in contemporary Christian music.

Dubbed “Sally’s Place” (derived from the nickname given to Salvation Army officers), the coffeehouse at 14917 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, will have refreshments, including a variety of coffees, Capt. James Halverson said.

Singer-recording artist Nancy Scott will appear tonight during the operating hours of 7 to 10 p.m. for the experimental ministry. Christian artists in contemporary, folk, country, jazz, Southern gospel and traditional music will appear in succeeding weeks, Halverson said.

ANTI-HERESY SERMONS: A three-week sermon series on heresy that will critique women’s ordination, gay rights, the “pro-choice” movement on abortion and various theological issues will be launched Sunday by the Rev. Kenton Puls, pastor of Canoga Park Lutheran Church.

Affiliated with the staunchly conservative Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the Canoga Park congregation averages about 400 people at its Sunday services--the largest attendance of any San Fernando Valley church in the denomination, according to Wayne Storm, evangelism chairman.

The sermons’ perspective on modern church life may be somewhat predictable, Storm said. “We’re somewhere to the right of the John Birch Society,” he said.

Services are at 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday. The church is at 7357 Jordan Ave.

CAMPUS RELIGION: Five panelists will talk on “Religion and Ethics on the College Campus” in an interfaith discussion Wednesday at the monthly Clergy Network luncheon in Reseda.

The speakers are Sister Pat Burroughs of Catholic Newman Ministries, Pastor Jan Kaatz of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Rabbi Jerrold Goldstein of Cal State Northridge’s Hillel Jewish Student Center, Ahmed El-Gabalawy of the Islamic Center of Northridge and Norman Barlow of the Mormon Church.

The free luncheon is sponsored by the host, Woodland Care Center, 7120 Corbin Ave. For information and reservations, call (800) 707-2224.

WILSON TALKS: Blenda J. Wilson, president of earthquake-damaged Cal State Northridge, will speak to largely Jewish audiences in two upcoming appearances in the San Fernando Valley.

Wilson will be the guest speaker at 8 p.m. Friday at Temple Kol Tikvah, 20400 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, to discuss the campus’ situation after the January earthquake. For information, call (818) 348-0670.

She will address “Multiculturism and Free Speech” at 7:30 p.m. May 5 at the CSUN Hillel Jewish Student Center, 17729 Plummer St., Northridge, in a meeting open to the community and sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Committee. Rabbi Jerrold Goldstein, director of Hillel, will speak to the same topic. For information, call Marsha Newman at (818) 587-3203.

THE BIBLE AND. . .: Looking for a New Age point of view mixed with Eastern mysticism? Or an anti-evolution theory perspective?

Donald Curtis, a student of Eastern mysticism with a New Age ministry, will speak Sunday at the 11 a.m. service at Encino Community Church, 5955 Lindley Ave., Tarzana, on the Bible in relation to the Hindu holy writings of the Bhagavad Gita. Call (818) 345-8085 for information.

Archeologist Clifford Wilson, who teaches at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and earned a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina, will speak on “The Bible and the Shovel” at 11:30 a.m. April 23 under sponsorship of the Bible-Science Assn. at Our Savior’s First Lutheran Church, 16603 San Fernando Mission Blvd., Granada Hills. For information or a lunch reservation, call the Bible-Science Assn. at (805) 499-9634.

CHURCH WORKSHOP: A seven-week workshop on “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen” will start Wednesday at Woodland Hills Community Church, 21338 Dumetz Road.

Preregistration is urged by Sunday. Materials for the workshop cost $16.56. For information, call (818) 347-1889.

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