Church briefs/calendar 10/21

Calendar

Today

• Scott City First Assembly of God will sponsor a men's breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Men of all ages are welcome; the meal is free, but donations will be accepted.

* Vincentian Marian Youth is holding a Halloween costume party featuring live music, games, prizes and food from 7 to 11 p.m. at Vinney's On the Square in Perryville, Mo. Costumes are optional.

Sunday

• Hanover Lutheran Church is celebrating 160 years of worship in October. The Rev. Jeffrey Sippy will deliver the message at 7:45 and 10 a.m. services, with a reception at 9 a.m. in the meeting room. Sippy was the former pastor at Hanover. The Historic Church and School Museum will be open from noon to 2 p.m.

* Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church will hold a special celebration day beginning at 9 a.m., with a worship service followed by Sunday school, lunch and special music. Members past and present are invited to come recognize the 10th anniversary of the completion of the present church building. The original Hobbs Chapel church was built in 1890, and was destroyed by a fire Nov. 26, 1992. The present building was consecrated June 9, 1996.

* The Rev. William Sasso of the Carbondale, Ill., Unitarian Fellowship will speak on "The Essence of Sacrifice" at 6 p.m. at the Johnson Faculty Center on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. A potluck dinner will be held at 5 p.m. The Cape Girardeau Unitarian Universalist Fellowship began about 18 months ago. Services are held on Sunday evenings throughout the year, and a religious education program is available for children.

* The Pullen Family Gospel Singers will be in concert at 10:30 a.m. at the Jackson Church of the Nazarene, 2245 Old Toll Road. A dinner will follow; everyone is welcome.

Thursday

• Saxony Lutheran High School will present its fall concert at 7 p.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. The choir and band will participate under the direction of Tyson Wunderlich.

Briefly

Perryville church celebrating 140 years

Immanuel Lutheran Church and School of Perryville, Mo., is celebrating its 140th anniversary. Several weekend celebrations are planned. The major celebration worship service will be at 3 p.m. Oct. 29. The Rev. Wilbur Neumann, a former pastor, will speak, followed by a buffet meal and entertainment at 4:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Worship practices from the 1860s will be commemorated the weekend of Nov. 11 and 12. Men will be encouraged to sit on the left (baptismal font) side of the sanctuary; women on the right (pulpit) side, and children in the center section with the elders. Worshippers are encouraged to dress in styles of days gone by for the worship services that weekend. An old-fashioned Christmas service at the Friedenburg church is planned for Dec. 3. In the spring, an "Old Timers Gathering for Reminiscing" will be observed.

-- From staff reports