Religion Digest: Events across the Modesto region
Classes
WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDIES – Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; call for times. Shelter Cove Church, 4242 Coffee Road, Modesto. 209-567-3200.
EPIC OF EDEN – 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 19, Centenary Church, McHenry and Tokay avenues, Modesto. Start of 12-week video-based study by Biblical scholar Dr. Sandra Richter designed to help people understand the Old Testament’s connection to the rest of the Bible and its relevance to today. Fee for workbook. 209-527-5441.
PIONEER CLUB – 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 19, Centenary Church, McHenry and Tokay avenues, Modesto. Nationwide midweek children’s program for preschool through fifth grade featuring age-appropriate Bible lessons, memorization, crafts and life-skill activities. Optional family dinner at 5:30 p.m. $25 for shirt and materials for year. Space limited; advance registration recommended. 209-527-5441.
GRIEFSHARE CLASS – Women only –Wednesday nights, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 26-Nov. 18. Weekly DVD seminar/support group for people grieving the death of someone close. Location: CrossPoint Community Church, 1325 11th St., Modesto. Register online www.crosspointmodesto.
KENDO CLASS – 6:30 p.m. Aug. 27, Livingston United Methodist Church, 11695 Olive Ave. Orientation for Japanese Martial Art, Kendo Class for seventh through ninth grade students. Space limited to 15. Free. Call to reserve 209-394-2264.
BOOK STUDY – Every other Monday from 2 to 3 p.m. Free. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1528 Oakdale Road, Modesto. 209-522-3267.
TAI CHI – 6 to 7 p.m. Thursdays. $5 donation. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1528 Oakdale Road, Modesto. Theresa Grieshaber, 209-765-1524.
Miscellaneous
SPIRITUAL MOVIE NIGHT – 6:30 p.m. Aug. 11, Center for Spiritual Living, 2125 Wylie Drive, Modesto. Featuring “E-Motion - The Movie.” Watch experts around the world share negative emotion clearing techniques. Free. 209-648-3495.
FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION – 10 a.m. Aug. 15, St. John Bosco Catholic Church,1606 Imperial Ave., Modesto. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrated with the Catholic Latin Mass and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. 209-599-6242.
COMMUNITY HU/MEDITATION – 10 to 10:30 a.m. Aug. 16, Fairfield Inn & Suites, 4342 Salida Blvd., Salida. A love song to God for all faiths with ECK worship service on “Staying Focused On What Really Matters” from 11 a.m. to noon. 209-591-8511.
Send events by noon Monday to Pat Clark at pclark@modbee.com and include “Religion Digest” in the subject line.
This story was originally published August 5, 2015 at 4:28 PM with the headline "Religion Digest: Events across the Modesto region."