The Pulpit
Compiled by Susan Cleary

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

Dec. 31, New Year's

Eve…Happy New Year To

All!

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. 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, non-perishable 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:

•Jan. 4, 11, 18, '08, Friday, 8:15 p.m. Shabbat service.

•Jan. 6, Sunday, 3 p.m. Film, "The Holocaust".

•Jan. 9-Mar. 19, alt. Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Mini-course "The Holocaust".

•Jan. 13, Feb. 17, Mar. 16, Apr. 13, May 4, Sunday, 10 a.m. Sisterhood Sunday breakfasts, donation $3 p.p.

•Jan. 25, Friday, 8:15 p.m. Tu B'Shevat service.

•Jan. 27, Sunday, 10 a.m. Brotherhood breakfast, and film "School Ties", donation $5.

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

**** Good Shepherd United Methodist:

•Dec. 31, Monday, 11 p.m. Christmas services with United Methodist Korean Church of Astoria.

•Jan. 6, 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.

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