Faith briefs

Calvary Temple Assembly of God

606 W. 29th St. Terrace

Tuesday: Women’s Ministries and Men’s Ministries meetings, 6:30 p.m.

Clinton Parkway Assembly of God

3200 Clinton Parkway

Sunday: Youth dessert auction fundraiser for missions, following Christian Education Hour and lunch. Doug Hollis, missionary to Indonesia, speaks at 6:30 p.m.

Friends Church

1601 N.H.

Today: Fundraiser cookout, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12.

Immanuel Lutheran Church

2104 Bob Billings Parkway

Today: New Orleans Jazz Benefit Concert, 7:30 p.m.

Lawrence Baptist Temple

3201 West 31st St.

Sunday: 29th birthday celebration, 10 a.m.

Lawrence Jewish Community Center

917 Highland Drive

Wednesday: Kol Nidre service, 7:45 p.m.

Thursday: Yom Kippur service, 9:30 a.m. Yizkor service, 11 a.m. Neilah service, 5:30 p.m. Dairy potluck break-the-fast, 7:30 p.m.

Lawrence Wesleyan Church

3705 Clinton Parkway

Sunday: All-church fall party, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Free State Farm, 1431 N. 1900 Road. It will feature pony rides, pumpkins, food, hayrides, petting zoo, square dancing and other events.

Plymouth Congregational Church

925 Vt.

Sunday: The Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of the United Church of Christ will conclude with a 9:30 worship service. Storyteller Valerie Tutson will be featured during the service. No 11 a.m. service.

Trinity Episcopal Church

1011 Vt.

Sunday: Discussion “The Mall of the Lord?: Mega-Churches, Mainlines and the Market of American Religion,” 9:30 a.m. Blessing of the animals, 1 p.m. on the church lawn.

Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence

1263 N. 1100 Road

Sunday: “Creative New Programs at the East Heights Center,” program by Cris Anderson, 10:30 a.m.

Unity Church of Lawrence

900 Madeline Lane

Today: Concert by Lynate Pettengill, 7:30 p.m. Cost is $5.

Friday through Oct. 16: Weekend silent retreat led by Sharon Landrith, Tall Oaks Retreat Center near Linwood. Cost is $100 for lodging and meals.

West Side Presbyterian Church

1024 Kasold Drive

Sunday: Performance by Faris Family, 10:45 a.m. “Cottage Meeting” on stewardship and capital improvement campaigns, 1 p.m.

Wednesday: “Cottage Meeting” on stewardship and capital improvement campaigns, 7 p.m.