Religion Notes

CALVARY GOSPEL: The Calvary Choir and the Heart Gospel Choir will perform a free concert at 7 tonight, and the Calvary Children’s Choir will perform a drama and musical performance at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday services at Calvary Church, 7115 Shoup Ave., West Hills. Information: (818) 348-3483.

CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: Chatsworth Foursquare Church and Sigma Chi Fraternity will hold a Community Christian Outreach Program at 6:30 tonight at the fraternity house, 9934 Zelzah Ave., Northridge. Free. Information: (818) 885-1838.

HOPE FOR GROWTH: Christ the King Lutheran Church will plant a tree seedling as a sign of hope for growth and mission in the next millennium at a 10 a.m. Sunday service at the church, 17400 Vanowen St., Van Nuys. Free. Information: (818) 342-0302.

PENTECOST CELEBRATION: St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church will hold a service in celebration of Pentecost, the birthday of the Christian Church, at 10 a.m. Sunday at the church, 7136 Winnetka Ave., Canoga Park. There will be a birthday picnic after the service. Wear red, the color of this day in the church calendar. Free. Information: (818) 348-1419.

HONOR SERVICE: The Rev. Bonnie Tarwater will present a program on “Honoring Wise Ones” at the 10:45 a.m. Sunday services at Sepulveda Unitarian-Universalist Society, 9550 Haskell Ave., North Hills. Free. Information: (818) 894-9251.

UNITY MESSAGE: James Burns, board president of Unity Church of North Hollywood and Burbank, will present a program on “I Am What I Am” at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn’s Mission South Room, 4222 Vineland Ave., North Hollywood. Free. Information: (818) 761-5149.

JEWISH COMMUNAL: Jewish community activist Phil Blazer will receive the Dora and Charles Mesnick Award at the annual Jewish Communal Retirees Assn. of Los Angeles meeting at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Sepulveda Pass. A brown-bag luncheon will follow. Free. Information: (818) 893-3565.

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WORSHIP: A rock ‘n’ roll worship service will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Northridge United Methodist Church, 9650 Reseda Blvd. Free. Information: (818) 886-1555.

MONDAY MESSAGE: Rabbi Shmuel Beyda, from Magen David of Beverly Hills and a teacher at Maimonides Academy, will lecture on “Post Matan Torah: Sinai From Potential to Actual” from 8 to 10 p.m. Monday at Cal State Northridge’s Hillel House, 17729 Plummer St., Northridge. Free. Information: (818) 832-8293.

A MOTHER’S DIFFERENCE: Rabbi Susan Laemmle, USC dean of the Office of Religious Life, will speak on “Merit of Our Mothers: Biblical Models for Making a Difference” at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Temple Beth Hillel, 12326 Riverside Drive, Valley Village. The cost is $2. Information: (818) 763-9148.

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