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The Pulpit

The Pulpit Compiled by Susan Cleary

Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. All Nations Baptist:

•Sunday, 2:30-5:30 p.m., for three months, free English classes which have already begun, registration required, limited space, 86-76 80th St., Woodhaven; 718.296.2025.

**** All Saints':

•Jul. 25, Saturday, 10 a.m. Citizenship Fair, for information, call Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

•Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching Band, boys/girls ages 7-17; band information. 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; for appointment, call 718.784-8031.

**** Astoria Center of Israel:

•Monday/Tuesday, JASA hot lunch program, $1.25, call 718.956.8977.

•Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Shabbat services, followed by Kiddush, 27-35 Crescent St.; 718.956.8977.

**** Atonement Lutheran:

•Sunday worship, 10:15 a.m., English; Sunday school, 11 a.m.; Sunday worship, noon- 1:30 p.m., Spanish Telugo (CSI), 87th Street/31st Avenue; 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.

**** Bayside Jewish Center:

•Tuesday evenings, 7-10 p.m., practice Hebrew letters; study the prayer book, Kabbalah & Zohar, 203-05 32nd Ave.; 718.352.7900.

**** Chabad of Rego Park:

•Gan Israel Early Discovery Center, ages 18- 36 months, register now for September; 718.897.6578 or www.chabadrego.org/preschool.

•Sundays, 9:30 a.m., beginner-friendly services; discussion, refreshments follow.

•Sundays, 6 p.m., study program for women 18-30, 62-38 99th St., Rego Park; e-mail rabbieli@ chabadrego.org.

**** Church of the Nazarene:

• Jul. 27-31, Mon.-Fri. Vacation Bible School, Bug Safari, 95th Avenue @ 108th Street, Richmond Hill; 718.849.5734.

**** Colonial Church of Bayside:

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

**** Community United Methodist:

•Aug. 7, Friday, 8 p.m. Jubilee Cluster Players, "Godspell"; @ United Methodist Church of Glendale, 66-14 Central Ave., $12/$6; Barbara @ 718.894.8654 or Chrissy @ 516.998.4905.

•Aug. 8, 9, Saturday/Sunday, 7 & 3 p.m. Jubilee Cluster Players, "Godspell"; @Trinity Reformed Church, 66-30 60th Pl., Ridgewood, $12/$6; Barbara @ 718.894.8654 or Chrissy @ 516.998.4905.

•Aug. 15, 16, Saturday/Sunday, 7 & 3 p.m. Jubilee Cluster Players, "Godspell"; @ CUMC, $12/$6; Barbara @ 718.894.8654 or Chrissy @ 516.998.4905.

•Thursdays to Aug. 27, 10 a.m.-noon. Playgroup, 18 months to 4 years, air conditioned, 75-27 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village; 718.894.2293 or 718.894.8654.

**** (Episcopal) Church of the Redeemer:

•Thursdays, 7 p.m., yoga classes, all levels, bring yoga mat, water, call for information, 30- 14 Crescent St., Astoria; 718.278.8093, www.redeemer-astoria.org.

**** Forest Hills Jewish Center:

•Rosh Hashanah Honey Sale, order by July 24, $9.

•Mon., 7:45 p.m., adult education Zohar: The Book of Splendor, $100 n.m.; Tues,/Thurs,, 9:30- 11 a.m., Mommy & Me Program; Wed., 8-9:30 p.m., indoor soccer; 8-10 p.m., Israeli folk dancing, $10 n.m. & more, call for program information; Thurs., following morning Minyan, Talmud class, $10 n.m.; 8 p.m. following Minyan. Yoga basics, six-week series, $60 n.m., $80 drop-ins; Sun., bi-monthly, 12:30-2 p.m., youth group for third grade children, youth lounge, $20 thru May, call x. 215.

•Operation Isaiah food collection & City Harvest food pantry collection, non-perishable food stuff, Kosher preferred.

•Operation Support Our Troops, individualsized 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:

•Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation.

•Fridays, 8 p.m. Erev Shabbat services, social hour & refreshments to follow.

•Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. Torah study., 41-60 Kissena Blvd.; 718.961.0030.

**** Good Shepherd United Methodist:

•First Sunday of every month, 6 p.m. Word Alive evening services.

•Sunday, 10 a.m. service, 11:30 a.m., fellowship/ Bible study, 30-44 Crescent St., Astoria; 718.728.5182.

**** Grace Episcopal:

•Friday, 10-11 a.m. Food Pantry, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whitestone; 718.767.6305.

**** Hillcrest Jewish Center:

•Shabbat mornings, 10:30 a.m, Cool Shul songs, prayer and fun for kids 2-8 and their parents, library, 183-02 Union Tpke.

**** Our Lady of the Snows:

•Aug. 5, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Mass celebrating the first anniversary of the new church & Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome (our "Mother Church"), 258-12 80th Ave., Floral Park; 718.347.6070.

**** Reform Temple of Forest Hills:

•Wednesday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Duplicate bridge games, lesson & light lunch, 71-11 112th St., Forest Hills; 718.261.2900.

**** Rego Park Jewish Center:

•Jul. 26, Sunday. Book sale, donations accepted until Jul. 23, call for information.

•Wednesday, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Yiddish Vinkel, $2 p.p.

•Thursdays, 1:30-2:30 & 3:30-5:30 p.m. Tai Chi classes; English & citizenship class.

•Saturday, 9 a.m. Shabbat services.

•Boy/Girl Scouts registration, $10 per year, call Michael Horowitz 516.526.2492, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Rego Park; 718.459.1000.

**** St. Gregory's Theater Group:

•Aug. 7-9, 12-16, 2 & 8 p.m. Disney's Beauty and the Beast, $18/$15/$7, special character breakfast on Aug. 15, call for reservations; Gregorian Hall, Cross Island Parkway North/87th Avenue, Bellerose; 718.989.2451 or info@sgtg.org.

**** St. Mark's Episcopal:

•Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m., Jackson Heights Al- Anon, Parish House, 2nd Floor, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue, enter on 82nd Street; 718.457.1511.

**** St. Mel's R.C.:

•Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Join the adult choir, rehearsals in sanctuary choir suite for noon Sunday mass, 26-01 154th St., Flushing; 718.886.0201.

**** St. Mel's Rosarians:

•Aug. 15, Saturday, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Defensive Driving Course sponsored by National Safety Council, $45, registration; 631.360.9720, 28-20 154th St., Flushing.

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

•To Nov. 28-29, 2010, Saturday/Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Outdoor flea market begin again in 2010, reserve your table(s) now.

•Daily Mass, 150-75 Goethals Ave, Jamaica Estates; 718.969.3226.

**** St. Sebastian R.C.:

•Jul. 26, Sunday, 5 p.m. The Holy Octave of Consecration: 8 Days of Recollection, Benediction; 6 p.m., Mass.
•Jul. 27, Monday, 7 p.m. Thanksgiving
•Jul. 28, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Offering.
•Jul. 29, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Repentance.
•Jul. 30, Thursday, 7 p.m. Inheritance.
•Jul. 31, Friday, 7 p.m. Fiat "Yes" Father.

•Aug. 1, Saturday, 4 p.m. Fidelity, Octave Prayers & Confession; 5 p.m. Holy Mass.

•Aug. 2, Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Annual Feast Day, Consecration, Octave Prayers; 3:30 p.m., Holy Mass & Enshrinement of God The Father's Icon; 5 p.m. fellowship, 58th Street & Roosevelt Ave., Woodside; 646.508.4871.

**** St. Thomas the Apostle R.C.:

•July 25, Aug. 1, Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Jul. 26, Aug. 2, Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Giant indoor rummage sale, new and used items, collectibles, 87-19 88th Ave., Woodhaven; 718.847.1353.

**** Sunnyside Reformed:

•Sundays, 10:30 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., Sunday service, fellowship hour follows; 1st Sunday Holy Communion, 48-03 Skillman Ave.; 718.426.5997.

**** Trinity Lutheran:

•Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Eucharist; third Sunday every month healing service, 31-18 37th St., LIC; 718.278.0036.