The Pulpit
Compiled by Susan Cleary

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

Jan. 13, Lohri; Jan. 16, Religious Freedom Day; Jan. 19, Ashura; Jan. 20, World Religion Day; Jan. 21, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Jan. 22 Tu B'Shevat; Jan. 26 India Republic Day. 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 Scout 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.

**** Chabad Hebrew School:

•Jan. 13, Sunday, 10:15- 11:15 a.m. Mommy & Me Tu B'Shevat party, $7 per child, infants to 4 years, RSVP.

•Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 13, Wednesday, 10:15-11:15 a.m. Mommy & Me With A Jewish Twist $10 per child, infants to 3 years, RSVP, 108-29 65th Ave.; 718.897.6578.

**** 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:

•Jan. 13, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Semiannual Blood Drive.

•Jan. 20, Sunday, 10 a.m. Open house, prospective new members; 10:30 a.m. open house, nursery, kindergarten, toddlers, 18 months to 5 years.

•Jan. 26, Saturday, 8 p.m. The 2nd Almost-Annual Coffee House, 13 years+, $18 at the door.

•Jan. 27, Sunday, 9 a.m. Defensive driving course, $45 p.p., RSVP ASAP.

•Feb. 3, Sunday, 6 p.m. Seventh Annual Men's Club Super Bowl Party, $15 includes dinner.

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

•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.

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

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

**** Good Shepherd United Methodist:

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

Hillcrest Jewish Center:

•Jan. 25, Friday, 5:30 p.m. Brandeis Association Law Sabbath service, dinner $40 p.p., call 718.298.0461.

•Jan. 27, Sunday, 1 p.m. Men's Club Family Sports Day, Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows; 718-380-4145 .

**** Queens Community for Cultural Judaism:

•Jan. 19, Saturday, 2 p.m. Tu B'Shevat celebration, $5 n.m.; Queens Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 149th Street & Ash Avenue, Flushing; 718.380.5362.

**** Queens Jewish Center/Chabad of Rego Park:

•Feb. 8, Friday. The Jewish Learning Circle Shabbat dinner, $36 p.p., reserve by Jan. 29, 66-05 108th St., Forest Hills; www.chabadrego. org/donate.

**** Reform Temple of Forest Hills:

•Jan. 12, Saturday, follows 10:30 a.m. services. "Storahtelling" original performance, interpretation and translation of the Torah for children and adults.

•Jan. 15, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. "Torah With A Twist", ages 20-30, dinner and drinks follow study session.

•Jan. 18, Friday, 6:15 p.m. Temple Tots monthly dinner and service, $12/$8, reserve.

•Jan. 22, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Tu B'Shevat dessert Seder.

•Jan. 26, Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Food for Thought, Torah study and discussion, 71-11 112th St., Forest Hills; 718.261.2900.

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

•Jan. 13, 27, Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Indoor flea market, "White Elephant" tables, ample free parking, admission is free, food and refreshments is available, vendor tables are available, 150-75 Goethals Ave. (entrance in parking lot), Jamaica; 718.969.3226.

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