The Pulpit
Compiled by Susan Cleary

Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm.

Astoria Center of Israel:

•Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Shabbat services, followed by Kiddush, 27-35 Crescent St.; 718.278.2680.

**** Atonement Lutheran:

•Sunday worship, 10:15 a.m., English; 11 a.m., Sunday school, 11 a.m.; Sunday worship, noon, Spanish; call for information free universal pre-K program, 30-61 87th St., Jackson Heights; 718.639.6074.

**** Augustana Evangelical Lutheran:

•Mon.-Fri. pre-school, Wednesdays Boy Scouts Troop 70, Thursdays Intercessory Prayers, Fridays Baton Twirling, Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday service, 10:30 a.m., 69-05 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst; 718.728.1199.

**** Church In The Gardens:

•Jan. 6, '08, Sunday, 12:15-1:15 p.m. Book signing, Any Day With Hair is a Good Hair Day, Michelle Rapkin, based on coping with cancer, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills; 718.268.6704.

**** Church of the Resurrection:

•Dec. 24, Monday, 5 p.m. Christmas Eve Eucharist/children's choir; 11 p.m., Eucharist/Midnight Mass; midnight, eggnog social.

•Dec. 25, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Christmas Day Eucharist.

•Dec. 29, Saturday, noon. Senior Saturday luncheon, reservations suggested, 85- 09 118th St., Kew Gardens, NY 11415; 718.847.2649.

**** Colonial Church of Bayside:

•Fridays, 7 p.m. Recovery support group, 54-02 217th St., church office entrance, Bayside; 917.880.5693.

**** Forest Hills Jewish Center:

•Mondays, 7:45 p.m., adult education classes, Zohar-The Book of Splendor, $80 n.m.; Tuesdays, 8 p.m., adult education classes, Torah commentary, $100 n.m.: Wednesdays, 8-10 p.m., Israeli folk dancing, $10 n.m.; Thursday mornings, Talmud study session, $10 n.m.

•Operation Isaiah food collection & City Harvest food pantry collection, nonperishable food stuffs, Kosher preferred.

•Operation Support Our Troops, individual-sized packages of toiletries, new or gently used Beanie babies, CDs, DVDs, electronic & video games, 106-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills; 718.263.7000.

**** Free Synagogue of Flushing:

•Saturdays, once a month, tot Shabbat program, ages 1 to 5, 41-60 Kissena Blvd.; 718.961.0030.

**** Good Shepherd United Methodist:

•Dec. 24, Monday, 8:15 p.m. & Dec. 31, Monday, 11 p.m. Christmas services with United Methodist Korean Church of Astoria.

•Jan. 6, '08, Sunday, 6 p.m. Word Alive, A Worship Dedication, first Sunday every month until further notice.

•Wednesdays, noon, prayer gatherings; Sunday, 10 a.m., worship, 11:30 a.m., fellowship, 30-44 Crescent St., Astoria; 718.728.5182.

**** Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod:

•Dec. 21-23, Friday- Sunday, 7 and 8 p.m. "Outdoor Living Nativity Pageant" on the great lawn, 36-01 Bell Blvd., Bayside; 718.229.5770.

**** St. Nicholas of Tolentine R.C.:

•Dec. 24, 25, Monday, Tuesday. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day services, 150- 75 Goethals Ave. @ Union Turnpike & Parsons Boulevard, Jamaica; 718.969.3226

**** Trinity Lutheran:

•Dec. 22, Saturday, 11 a.m. German Christmas Service

•Dec. 24, Monday, 10:30 p.m. Christmas Eve candlelight vigil.

•Dec. 25, Tuesday, 11 a.m. Christmas Day service, 31-18 37th St., Long Island City, 718.278.0036.

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