Green Valley Presbyterian Church, 1798 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson, will host a flute and piano recital with Timothy Hoft and Anastasia Petanova at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A goodwill offering will be taken (454-8484).
Religion
The number of Mormon missionaries surpassed 75,000 worldwide in August, driven by the church’s decision to lower the minimum age for ambassadors of the Utah-based faith.
An ancient portal to the underworld continues to emit toxic gases more than 2,000 years after it was built.
A community still trying to recover from a 2011 earthquake dedicated on Thursday a cardboard cathedral that cost $6 million to construct.
EVENTS
Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered a chest in a 1,350-year-old church that contains what they believe to be a piece of Jesus’ cross.
MUSIC
A Catholic from Mexico City and a rabbi from England are riding to Carson City …
Green Valley Presbyterian Church., 1798 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson, will present classical guitarist Jack Cimo at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A goodwill offering will be taken (702-454-8484).
RIO DE JANEIRO — Pope Francis showed his rebel side Thursday, urging young Catholics to shake up the church and make a “mess” in their dioceses by going out into the streets to spread the faith. It’s a message he put into practice by visiting one of Rio’s most violent slums and opening the church’s World Youth Day on a rain-soaked Copacabana Beach.
Green Valley Presbyterian Church., 1798 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson, will present classical guitarist Jack Cimo at 7:30 p.m. July 27. A goodwill offering will be taken (454-8484).
The Vatican is offering indulgences for “virtual” participants of the upcoming World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro — but there’s a hitch.
Ramadan, the monthlong Islamic religious observance that began last week, is multitextured and multilayered. Its focus is directed both inwardly, as believers strive to improve themselves and become closer to God, and outwardly, in helping others.
Green Valley Presbyterian Church, 1798 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson, will present “Jonathan Gorst: An Evening of Music” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A goodwill offering will be accepted to benefit Henderson Presbyterian Church food bank (454-8484).
Green Valley Presbyterian Church, 1798 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson, will present “Jonathan Gorst: An Evening of Music” at 7:30 p.m. July 13. A goodwill offering will be accepted to benefit Henderson Presbyterian Church food bank, 702-454-8484.