Dinner Follows Episcopal Chorale

St. Clements By-the-Sea Episcopal Church will have its “Friends of Music” concert featuring the Episcopal Chorale at 4 p.m. Sunday. Dinner will follow. Cost is $6 for the concert and $15 for the concert and dinner ($25 per couple). Reservations for dinner are required. The church is at 202 Ave. Aragon, San Clemente. (714) 492-3401.

The Rev. Jeanie Thorndike will lead the morning worship service at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Laguna Presbyterian Church. Music will be provided by the Chancel Choir. A children’s story will be read at the 10:30 a.m. service and children from age 3 through third grade can attend a Carpenter Club meeting. The church is at 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach. (714) 494-7555.

Volunteer nurse Dorothy Granada will give the message “The Women’s Cooperative of Mulukuku, Nicaragua” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Church of Orange County. Granada has dedicated the last six years to developing a women’s center to provide health, social and educational services. The church meets in the George Washington Community Center at 250 E. Cypress St., Anaheim. (714) 758-1050.

The Christian Science Activity Center will offer a Bible lesson titled “Are Sin, Disease and Death Real?” at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Sunday school follows at 10:30 a.m. A testimony meeting on “Daily Spiritual Self-Defense” with accounts of healing through prayer will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The center is at 31591-C Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. (714) 443-2537.

St. Angela’s Parish will begin inquiry sessions for Catholics who feel alienated or inactive at 7:30 p.m. Monday through June 17 in parish education rooms A and B. The “Coming Home” inquiry nights offer opportunities for Catholics who want to take a second look at the church and are curious about what the church believes in the ‘90s. The church is at 574 E. Lambert Road, Brea. (714) 256-0221.

The Rev. Margaret Mohit will begin her series on “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success” with the sermon “The Law of Pure Potentiality” at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday at Unity Community Church. Sunday school will take place and meditation will be from 9 to 9:30 a.m. The church is at 22911 Mill Creek Road, Laguna Hills. (714) 472-9230.

The Rev. Diana Heath will give the message “How the Mayans Played Basketball--Some Contemporary Meanings of Sacrifice” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church. Child care and religious education will be offered. Clinical psychologist Karen Anderson will conduct a workshop on “Successfully Handling Criticism and Anger” from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sunday. A $15 donation is requested. The church is at 1259 Victoria St., Costa Mesa. (714) 646-4652.

St. Mark Presbyterian Church will offer a “God the Economist: How the Pie Is Sliced” class at 11 a.m. Sunday following the regular morning worship service at 9:30 a.m. The growing disparity between the rich and poor in the nation and world will be discussed. The church is at 2100 Mar Vista Drive, Newport Beach. (714) 644-1341.

The Rev. Ken Macklin will give the sermon “The Doubt Which Is Broken” at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church. Child care for children to age 5 will be provided. The church is at 8152 McFadden Ave., Westminster. (714) 897-0100.

Garden Grove United Methodist Church’s Friends of Music will present the Singkreis Laudate im Christlichen Sangerbund Deutschlands USA Tour 96 at 4 p.m. Sunday. The tour consists of 84 musicians, including 21 choir directors. The Methodist Men will have a spaghetti and meatball dinner at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $5 or $15 for a family of four or more. The church is at 12741 Main St., Garden Grove. (714) 775-6501.

Yoram Ben Ze’ev, Israeli consul general in Los Angeles, will speak at the Sabbath service at 8 p.m. Friday at Temple Beth El of South Orange County. Ben Ze’ev will discuss the status of the Middle East Peace Process. Also, Shelley Wachsmann, nautical archeologist, will speak on “The Sea of Galilee Boat” at 7 p.m. April 21. The temple is at 27462 Terrace View, Aliso Viejo. (714) 362-3999.

Rabbi Bernie King of Congregation Shir Ha-Ma’alot will be the keynote speaker at the annual Victims’ Rights Week Luncheon at 11 a.m. Friday at the Turnip Rose in the Orange County Medical Assn. Conference Center. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased through the office of Victims Assistance Programs. The Turnip Rose is at 300 S. Flower St., Orange. (714) 756-0677.

The Rev. Robert Ross will give the message “Loving the Unlovely” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Church of South County. Sunday school will also take place. The church is at 25801 Obrero Drive, Mission Viejo. (714) 581-0245.

Gov. Frank Keating of Oklahoma will join the Rev. Robert H. Schuller during his morning worship services at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday at the Crystal Cathedral. Mikalia Enriquez, a young vocalist whose church was damaged by last year’s Oklahoma City bombing, will sing “Not Too Far From Here.” Also, the church will participate in the “World’s Largest Organ Recital” at 3 p.m. Sunday. Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” will be performed. The church is at 12141 Lewis St., Garden Grove. (714) 971-4000.

The California Satsang Society will have the worship service “Finding Your Spiritual Purpose in Life” from 11 a.m. to noon Sunday at the Red Lion Inn. The society is a chartered affiliate of Eckankar, the religion of the light and sound of God. The Red Lion is at 3050 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. (714) 661-9533.

Physicist Bernard LeKind will present the slide show “Illusions and Delusions” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach. LeKind speaks frequently for the Skeptics Society. The church is at 150 Dumond Drive, Laguna Beach. (714) 497-4563.

Jeff Wagner, minister to high school students at Trinity United Presbyterian Church, will speak on “Celebration of Hope” at 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Students will act as ushers and greeters and the Chapel Choir and Praise Band will perform. The drama sketch, “God’s Subtle Ways,” will be featured. The church is at 13922 Prospect Ave., Santa Ana. (714) 544-7850.

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