Interfaith council’s prayer breakfast nears

“How America Prays” will be the subject of keynote speaker George

Stain-Laurent at the sixth annual Interfaith National Day of Prayer

breakfast at 7 a.m. Thursday, May 1, at St. Michael & All Angels

Episcopal Church in Corona del Mar and sponsored by the Newport Mesa

Irvine Interfaith Council.

“This is truly an interfaith event that brings together the

diverse faith communities for the National Day of Prayer,” said

council President Dennis Short of Harbor Christian Church.

Last year, members from 32 congregations representing over a dozen

faith communities, as well as elected officials and community

leaders, attended the event, he said.

Participating in the program with Saint-Laurent and Short will be

Costa Mesa Councilwoman Libby Cowan; the Rev. Karen Stoyanoff of

Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church; the Rev. Don Oliver of

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian; Imam Moustafa Qazwini of the

Islamic Education Center of Orange County; Rabbi Mark Miller of

Temple Bat Yahm; Lane Calvert of Bahais of Costa Mesa; Monsignor

William McLaughlin, Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church; and

Greg Kelly of the Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs Commission,

Catholic Diocese of Orange. Entertainer Jim Roberts will provide

music, opening with “God Bless America” and concluding with the song

“Let There Be Peace on Earth.”

Tables of eight are available for $100. Sponsorship is available

for $100. Tickets are $12.50 per person and reservations can by made

by calling (949) 660-8665, ext. 3, e-mailing [email protected] or

by mailing your check made payable to NMIIC, P.O. Box 1175, Newport

Beach, CA 92659.

24 HOURS YOU’LL

NEVER FORGET

The Newport Harbor High School stadium will be the site for

hundreds of spirited team walkers in the second “Newport Beach Relay

For Life” event that begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, and ends at

6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3.

Businesses, employee groups, congre- gations, student groups and

service clubs are encouraged to get a relay team together and join in

on 24 hours of fun and excitement to raise awareness and money in the

fight against cancer.

The deadline for team registration is Monday. Team members are

encouraged to seek sponsorships before the relay from friends,

relatives, employers and associates, with the goal of supporting a

cure for cancer.

If you are a cancer survivor, you won’t want to miss the cancer

survivors’ lap that opens the Relay For Life event.

Participants will also have the opportunity to recognize loved

ones with the evening’s “Mile of Hope” luminaria ceremony taking

place at 9:30 p.m. Friday, May 2. Lighted candle luminarias will be

decorated with the names of cancer survivors and those lost to

cancer. Placed around the track, these luminarias will light the way

for all of the Relay For Life participants throughout the night.

The Newport Beach Relay For Life Event Committee is chaired by

Newport Beach City Manager Homer Bludau and Pat Smith, a local cancer

survivor.

Money raised by the Relay For Life will pay for vital services

including: free transpiration to cancer therapy for patients, free

sickroom equipment, quality of life programs for patients and

families, training and assistance programs for prosthetics, makeup,

wigs and turbans, volunteer help lines for advice and information,

ongoing research at UC Irvine and Hoag Hospital, and research

nationwide.

Form a team, become a sponsor, volunteer for the event and join

our Newport Beach community in the fight against cancer.

For more information regarding the second annual “Newport Beach

Relay For Life,” please contact Trina Jonas at (949) 567-0634. To

order luminarias, call Barbara Sloate at (714) 751-3555.

MEET THE NEW SUPERVISORS

Orange County Supervisors Chris Norby and Bill Campbell will be

the featured speakers at the noon luncheon meeting of the Orange

County Coast Assn. on Wednesday at the Newport Harbor Nautical

Museum, said Marian Bergeson, association president.

“The newly elected supervisors from inland Orange County districts

have been asked to discuss issues of concern to coastal communities

and John Wayne Airport,” Bergeson said.

Luncheon tickets at $20 each can be reserved by calling (949)

660-8665 by Monday.

MIXER EXTRAORDINAIRE

The Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce holds its monthly mixer from

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Z’Tejas at South Coast Plaza. The

event features a complimentary appetizer and a no-host bar. Chamber

members get in free. For potential members, the cost is $10.

ROCK OUT NETWORKING

The Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly

networking meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Hard Rock Cafe in

Fashion Island. The event features complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a

no-host bar. Chamber members get in free. For guests, the cost is

$10. It’s a great opportunity to develop new business contacts.

UFOS AND THE WHITE HOUSE

The nonprofit Mutual UFO Network of Orange County offers Grant

Cameron, who will give an overview of how the subject of UFOs has

been dealt with by the president of the United States and his

immediate cabinet for the last 60 years. Surprising audio recordings

will be aired. The talk will be given at 7:30 p.m. at the Community

Center at 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa. For questions, call (714)

520-4UFO (4836).

SERVICE CLUB

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

MONDAY

6 p.m.: The Harbor Mesa Lions Club will meet at Zubie’s

Restaurant.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 20-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Center Club (www.southcoastmet rorotary.org); and the Newport

Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic Club.

Noon: The 40-member Exchange Club of the Orange Coast will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program on crime prevention.

6 p.m.: The 60-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program on One Legacy, an organ

transplant donor network.

THURSDAY

7 a.m. The 20-plus member Costa Mesa-Orange Costa Breakfast Lions

Club will meet at Mimi’s for a business meeting.

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the

Holiday Inn; the 50-member Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club

will meet at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club (www.kiwanis.org/club/

costamesa); the 80-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet

at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for presentation of Youth of

the Year; and the 100-member Newport-Irvine Rotary Club will meet at

the Atrium Hotel for a program on Project Amigo. (www.nirotary.org).

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Saturdays in the Daily Pilot.

Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (949)

660-8667; e-mail to [email protected] or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol,

Suite 201, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.