Religion calendar October 4

CLARK COUNTY

TODAY

COUNTRY GOSPEL JUBILEE will entertain at 6:30 tonight at the Holiness Association Campground, Northeast Covington Road at 107th Avenue, Vancouver. * 360-693-6609.

ST. ANDREW LUTHERAN CHURCH will celebrate Community Service Day with two projects: clean-up and trail clearing at Orchards Park and cleaning, organizing and painting at Share House. The event will begin and end at the church, 5607 N.E. Gher Road, Vancouver. * 360-892-7160.

THIS WEEK

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH, 12513 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver will have St. Francis of Assisi Sunday. A blessing of the pets will take place at the 11 a.m. Sunday service. Pets who can handle being with people are welcome for the entire service; others should be left in the car for the first part of the service. Smaller animals may be brought in cages. * 360-254-9243.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1220 N.E. 68th St., Vancouver, presents Voluntary Simplicity, a Northwest Earth Institute Discussion Course, at 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 16. Voluntary Simplicity is a seven-session course which addresses the distractions of modern society. Cost is $18 for materials and child care. * Catherine, info@vanucc.org.

BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 12919 N.E. 159th St., Brush Prairie, will welcome the African Gospel Acappella for a music and praise service at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. A potluck will precede the concert at 6 p.m. * 360-892-4231.

DEATH WITH DIGNITY, ABORTION, FAMILY VALUES: Steven Green, an assistant professor at Willamette University College, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Clark Public Utility District community room, 8600 N.E. 117th Ave., Vancouver. Green will talk about how religion is becoming increasingly entwined with the political system. A panel will be available to add to the discussion and answer questions from the audience. * Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, Hugh Shuford, 360-694-5373 or Juanita Greenway, 360-686-0885.

LIVING BRANCH LUTHERAN CHURCH, 206 Davidson St., Woodland, begins a seven-week discussion course on Voluntary Simplicity Tuesday and continues at 7 p.m. through Nov. 18. Course offers suggestions for a richer quality of life and increased time for yourself. * Jill Cawley, 360-695-0115.

DISCUSSION GROUP, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at Camas Friends Church, 1004 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas. “Menu for the Future” from Northwest Earth Institute begins Oct. 9 and continues for six weeks. The class will explore food systems and their impacts on culture, society and ecological systems. The discussion book is $18. * Register or order book at 360-834-2446 or e-mail clmenkhus@aol.com.

SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS LUTHERAN CHURCH, 161 Lutheran Church Road, Stevenson, will have a Blessing of the Animals at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 12. Pets need to be leashed or in crates for the inside service. A special offering will be taken for the Stevenson and Cascade Locks food banks to purchase pet food. * 509-427-5972.

UPCOMING

OKTOBERFEST offering family fun including music and dancing from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Living Branch Lutheran Church, 206 Davidson St., Woodland. Suggested donation, $10 per couple, $15 per family.

HEALTHY EATING ON A LIMITED BUDGET, a weekly interactive program, beginning at 6:40 p.m. Oct. 14 for all ages at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 9711 N.E. St. Johns Road, Vancouver. Family fee, $25, includes all programs, samples and handouts. Topic for Oct. 14 is Healthy Eating Principles Update.

FREE BREAKFAST FOR LOCAL CLERGY at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 16 at Vancouver Funeral Chapel, 110 E. 12th St., Vancouver. Program topics include supporting trauma victims and their families, caring for terminally ill loved ones and developing bereavement committees within your church. * Registration required, 360-693-3633.

COMMUNITYWIDE PRAYER GATHERING at 6:45 p.m. Oct. 17 at Northside Baptist Church, 5201 N.E. Minnehaha St., Vancouver. Dr. James Heid, a physician and a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Association, will speak. Initiative 1000, assisted suicide, will be discussed. * 360-904-3305.