Religion calendar 5/17

Today

Hope Circle of Grace United Methodist Church will meet at 6:30 p.m. for a tea at Francine's. Cheryl Mothes and Amber Larson are hosts.

Sunday

Third Sunday services at 11 a.m. at Apple Creek Presbyterian Church near Pocahontas. The Rev. Jimmie Corbin will be the speaker. The gathering will celebrate the church's 181 year history. There also will be a baptism during the service.

Groundbreaking ceremony at 4 p.m. for Saxony Lutheran High School at the proposed site for the school off Interstate 55 at Fruitland.

Tuesday

Grace United Methodist Women's Circles meet. The Caldwell Circle meets at 9:30 a.m. in the fellowship hall. Opal Collins is hostess and Charlene Caldwell will present a program.

The Copeland Circle meets at 9:30 a.m. also. Mary Jane Statler and Marie Statler are hostesses. Mary Jane Statler will present a program.

The Sander Circle meets at noon in the fellowship hall. Alma Lee Slinkard is hostess and La Verne Batz will present a program.

Susanna Wesley Circle of Centenary United Methodist Women will tour the Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center in East Prairie, Mo. The group will meet in the church parking lot at 9:45 a.m., and will have lunch at the center. For information, call Lois Boston at 334-4323.

The Wimodausis Circle will meet at 1 p.m. in the Limbaugh Parlor at Centenary. Ellen Dillon will speak about her clowning ministry.