INTERFAITH OFFICERS: The Rev. Dudley Chatman, pastor...

INTERFAITH OFFICERS: The Rev. Dudley Chatman, pastor of the Greater Community Missionary Baptist Church in Pacoima, will be nominated on June 14 as the next president of the San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council.

No opposition is expected to the slate of new officers to be presented during the council’s business meeting at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Granada Hills, according to a council spokesperson.

Chatman, now the council’s vice president for community response, would succeed the Rev. Allyn Axelton, a United Methodist clergyman who is a campus minister at Cal State Northridge.

The meeting will include the election of board members and a review of the 1995-96 budget for the religious and social service agency based in Chatsworth.

For more information, call (818) 718-6460.

50TH ANNIVERSARY: The Rev. H. Belfield Hannibal, an Episcopal priest serving as chaplain at the Motion Picture and Television Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills, will be honored for his 50 years in the priesthood Sunday at St. Martin-in-the-Fields parish in Canoga Park.

Hannibal, known to associates as “Father Bel,” has been an interim priest and assistant at St. Martin’s for a number of years, a spokesperson said.

The celebration will occur at the 8 and 10 a.m. services at the Episcopal church at 7136 Winnetka Ave., with a reception after the second service.

The Rev. Mortimer Ward is now serving as interim rector, replacing the Rev. James A. Maronde, who was given a four-year suspension by Los Angeles Bishop Frederick Borsch in a case involving sexual misconduct with parishioners.

VISCOTT TALK: Psychiatrist David Viscott will talk about his new book, “I Love You, Let’s Work It Out,” at noon on June 11 at West Hills Church of Religious Science, 6624 Lockhurst Drive.

Tickets purchased in advance are $15; $20 at the door. For more information, call (818) 883-1300.

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Works by George Handel, Benjamin Britten and John Rutter are included in a concert of English church music to be performed by orchestra and choir at the First Baptist Church of La Crescenta at 6 p.m. Sunday.

There is no admission charge for the “Festival of Classic Praise” under the direction of William W. Brandenstein, but an offering will be taken.

For more information, call the church, which is located at 4441 La Crescenta Ave., at (818) 249-5832.