SPECIAL EVENTS NEWPORT TEENS OUTREACH The “Salt-n-Light”...

SPECIAL EVENTS

NEWPORT TEENS OUTREACH

The “Salt-n-Light” youth group at St. Matthew’s Church plans to be

a part of the annual World Vision 30 Hour Famine today. Students will

hold a weeklong food drive to benefit the hungry in South Orange

County. Today, they will deliver the food they collect to Saddleback

Community Outreach. The group will fast for 30 hours, and the funds

raised for this fast will be used for emergency relief efforts and

long-term development projects in Third World countries. Anyone

interested in donating food or in sponsoring can call (949) 219-0199.

SIMCHA AND CELEBRATIONS

Temple Bat Yahm will showcase event-related businesses at its

ninth annual Simcha and Celebrations Expo from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

For information, call (949) 644-1999 or go to www.tby.org.

WHY BOYCOTT TACO BELL?

Rev. Noelle Damico will be giving a presentation on why people

should boycott Taco Bell at St. Mark Presbyterian Church at 2100 Mar

Vista, Newport Beach. The presentation will be at noon Sunday. For

reservations, call Susan Eaton at (714) 394-8081 or e-mail

[email protected].

TOT SHABBAT AND PIZZA

University Synagogue will present Tot Shabbat services at 5:30

p.m. Friday, March 7, led by Rabbi Arnold Rachlis and Cantor Ruti

Braier. At 6 p.m., there will be a Shabbat pizza dinner. Dinner

reservations can be made by calling Christine Goldhammer at (714)

573-9951. At 7 p.m., family services for all ages with Rachlis and

Braier will be held. At 8 p.m., after services for adults, Rabbi

Sheila Weinberg will speak on “Encountering Buddhism and Judaism:

Paths to Spiritual Renewal”. Child care will be provided during

Weinberg’s presentation. University Synagogue is at 4915 Alton

Parkway, Irvine. The public is cordially invited to attend at any

time. For more information, or for a complimentary subscription to

the synagogue’s newsletter, please call (949) 553-3535.

JEWS DOWN UNDER

During Shabbat services led by Rabbi Arnold Rachlis and Cantor

Ruti Braier at 8 p.m. Friday, March 14, Rachlis will speak on “Jews

Down Under: Travels in Australia and New Zealand.” The talk will be

on the recent congregational visit to Sydney, Melbourne and the Great

Barrier Reef in Australia and Christchurch, Queenstown, the fiords of

Milford Sound and Auckland in New Zealand. University Synagogue is at

4915 Alton Parkway, Irvine. The public is cordially invited to attend

at any time. For more information or a complimentary subscription to

the synagogue’s newsletter, please call (949) 553-3535.

AIDS HOME-BASED CARE

St. Mark Presbyterian Church of Newport Beach will be collecting

supplies for a home-based care program for people with HIV/AIDS in

the sub-Saharan region of Africa. The program trains local church

volunteers in Africa in the specifics of caring for HIV/AIDS

patients. Each trained volunteer will then instruct and guide 10

HIV/AIDS patients and their caregivers in optimum care. The program

will be launched Sunday and run for several weeks.

* Is your church or place of worship planning a special event? If

so, send the typed information at least two weeks before the event to

the Daily Pilot, 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, attention:

Paul Saitowitz, religion editor.; fax to (949) 646-4170 or e-mail to [email protected].