RELIGION NOTES

MUSIC

First Presbyterian Church of Las Vegas, 1515 W. Charleston Blvd., will host a handbell concert featuring the Harmony and Summerlin Handbell Choirs at 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. A freewill offering will be taken (384-4554).

Mountain View Presbyterian Church, 8601 Del Webb Blvd., will host a benefit concert for Family Promise of Las Vegas at 3 p.m. Sunday. The concert will feature vocalist Haleyann Hart and friends. Admission is free. A freewill offering will be taken (341-7800).

Temple Sinai, 9001 Hillpointe Road, will have a spring concert featuring cantors Mariana Gindlin, Jack Mendelson and Rob Menes at 7 p.m. May 11. The cantors will perform Latin jazz and favorite Jewish songs with the Temple Sinai adult and youth choirs. Tickets for members are $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Tickets for nonmembers are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Children are $15 (254-5110).

Pianist Ray Conley will perform at 7:30 p.m. May 11 at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, 9041 S. Pecos Road. Conley will perform Rachmaninoff’s “Star-Spangled Banner,” Debussy’s “Claire de Lune,” a salute to Marvin Hamlisch and other pieces. Admission is free or a freewill offering (693-4100).

SERVICES

Christ Church Episcopal, 2000 S. Maryland Parkway, will hold a service celebrating the institution of its new rector, the Rev. J. Barry Vaughn, at 6 p.m. May 4. The Rt. Rev. Dan T. Edwards, Bishop of Nevada, will preside. Guest speakers will be the Rev. A.B. Sutton, senior minister of Living Stones Temple in Birmingham, Ala., and Rabbi Jonathan Miller, senior rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham (735-7655).

First Presbyterian Church, 1515 W. Charleston Blvd., will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the formation of the church with a special service at 10:30 a.m. May 5. A celebration will follow the service in the church’s Social Hall (384-4554).

EVENTS

Henderson Church of the Nazarene will present “Ignite,” an outdoor event featuring music, games, a Bible discussion and a free meal, from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the north end of O’Callaghan Park at the corner of Horizon Drive and Greenway Road (739-4556).

St. Viator School Foundation’s 25th anniversary Foundation Dinner Auction will be at 5:30 p.m. today in the Grand Ballroom at South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The event will begin with hosted cocktails and silent auction, followed by dinner, dancing and a live auction. Tickets are $140 (svstickets.org).

Central Christian Church, 1001 New Beginnings Drive, will host the Women of Faith “Celebrate What Matters: Up Close” at 7 p.m. May 3 and 9 a.m. May 4. The event will feature award-winning artists and best-selling authors, such as the “Money Couple,” Scott and Bethany Palmer, and Sheila Walsh. Registration is $59-$79. For more information, visit WomenofFaith.com.

St. Viator Women’s Guild will present the “Fiesta of Fashion” spring fashion show from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 4 in the St. Viator Parish Center, 2461 E. Flamingo Road. The event will feature fashions from Dillard’s and food. Tickets are $25 per person (739-7174).

The Las Vegas Center for Spiritual Living, 4325 N. Rancho Drive, will have author and Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Steven Kalas as its guest speaker at the 10 a.m. service on May 5. Kalas will also give a workshop on “Forgiveness: The Work, The Miracle” at noon (255-6412).

Catholic Daughters Court Elizabeth Ann Seton will have a fashion show and luncheon at noon May 18 at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 1111 Michael Way. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $20. Reservations are required by May 10 (646-1323).

MEETINGS

The St. Margaret of Cortona Secular Franciscans Fraternity of Las Vegas meets at 12:30 p.m. the fourth Sunday of the month at Pace E Bene offices, 1420 W. Bartlett Ave. (453-2417).

CLASSES

The Las Vegas Lay Dominicans will have an inquirer/candidate meeting at 9:30 a.m. today, followed by Divine Office at 10:30 a.m. and a professed member meeting at 11 a.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Newman Community, 4765 Brussels St.

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas, 3616 E. Lake Mead Blvd., will offer a free class on the principles and history of its liberal religious tradition from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 11. A light lunch will be provided (878-0443).

SINGLES GROUPS

Single Adults Learning Together, or SALT Ministries of CornerStone Christian Fellowship, meets at 6 p.m. Saturdays at 5825 W. Eldora Ave. (871-5050).

60+ Singles Catholic Fellowship, open to men and women of the Catholic faith, meets the first Wednesday of the month at 4:30 p.m. and the third Wednesday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Village Pub, 10900 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson (796-1953 or 989-5198).

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