Religion briefs 2/26/05

Cowboy Church moving Thursday service

The Cape County Cowboy Church will be moving its Thursday evening services to Flickerwood Arena. The services are at 7 p.m. each week and at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The Sunday service will continue to be held at the auction barn in Fruitland.

"The last six weeks we've had 400 every Thursday night," said pastor Jim Matthews. The auction barn isn't built to comfortably seat that size crowd regularly, he said.

The church has been meeting a little over a year and already has about 15 small groups meeting each week for Bible study.

Catholic Women's group to hold retreat

The Region VII Council of Catholic Women will hold a retreat March 5 at Guardian Angel parish in Oran,Mo. The retreat begins with Mass at 8 a.m. and registration from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. The event ends at 3 p.m. The topic is "Taking our whole selves to prayer -- mind, body and spirit." Participants should bring a snack lunch and Bible. There is no registration fee, but an offering will be collected. For information, phone Hazel at 334-1747 or Rose at 262-3780.

Ordination at Episcopal Church in Cairo

The Episcopal Church in Cairo, Ill., will ordain the Gene Richard Tucker as priest on March 12. The ordination service is at 2 p.m. and is only the second in the history of the Church of the Redeemer. Tucker will be ordained by the Rev. Peter Hess Beckwith of Springfield, Ill.

Vincentian Youth to hold meeting

The Vincentian Marian Youth will meet at 6 p.m. March 13 for an encounter service at the Shrine Church in Perryville, Mo. There is a Faith Alive segment prior to the celebration of Mass.

--From staff reports