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Worship News

March 5, 2008

Frost Road Chapel

Weekly services: On Wednesdays, a midweek service is offered at 7 p.m., the same time that youth group meets. At 8 p.m. on Wednesdays the youth committee meets.

For more information about these and other programs at Frost Road Chapel, call 330-626-3839. The church is located at 935 Frost Road.

St. Joan of Arc

* The Mass schedule for Holy Week is set: Masses on Palm Sunday, March 16, will take place at 8:30 and 11:30 a.m.; March 19 the church will host its Tenebrae Service of Diminishing Light at 7:30 p.m.; On March 20, the Mass of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m., and the adoration of the blessed sacrament will follow until midnight; on Good Friday, March 21, the congregation is invited to remember the Lord's Passion and the Veneration of the Cross, beginning at 7:30 p.m.; March 22 at 8 p.m. Easter Vigil will begin; March 23 Easter Sunday Masses will take place at 8:30 and 11:30 a.m.

* Communal penance service is set for March 12 at 7 p.m.

* Extra confessions time slots have been set for March 17 from noon to 1 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m.

* St. Joan of Arc Church will host a fish fry March 7 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Fr. Stenson Center.

Masses are offered the following times: Each Monday through Friday mornings at 8:30 a.m. with Communion offered on Tuesdays; Saturday evenings at 5 and Sunday at 8:30 and 11:30 a.m.

St. Joan of Arc Parish is located at 8894 Route 14.

St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church

* On Good Friday, March 21, at 7 p.m., the church will present a Tenebrae play, "Passion Parallel," which will be directed by Ruth and Chuck Dennison.

* The women's group will mee at Eat 'N Park at 9:30 a.m. March 8.

* Sunday's worship schedule is as follows: Contemporary worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday School, 9 a.m.; and traditional worship, 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion is offered each Sunday.

* Alcoholics Anonymous meets each Monday at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. and Thursdays at 10 a.m.

* The Youth Group meets at 6 to 8 p.m. each Thursday.

* Palm Sunday services take place March 16 at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Maundy Thursday's Seder Meal will take place March 20 at 6 p.m. A Good Friday service will take place March 21 at 7 p.m.

March 23 Easter Sunday services are set for 9 and 10:30 a.m. A pancake breakfast runs for 8 to 10 a.m. that day. An Easter Egg hunt will take place at 9:30 a.m.

For more information, call the church at 330-626-4945. The church is located at 9042 Route 43.

Faith Baptist Church
of Streetsboro

Sunday at 9:30 a.m. -- Sunday school starts for children and teens. Meeting at this time are also five adult Bible fellowship groups.

Sunday at 10:45 a.m. -- This worship service features a blend of classic and modern hymns, as well as current worship songs accompanied by a full band and singers.

For information about any of these activities, call 330-626-4752. The church is at 9890 Route 43.

Streetsboro United Methodist Church

* A craft and treasure show will take place March 8 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Streetsboro United Methodist Church, 8940 Route 43.

Admission is $1. Door prizes will be offered throughout the craft show. The show will feature crafts, baked goods, a lunch bar, and separate "flea market area." The event is sponsored and organized by the "Hope Builders" Appalachian Service Project Group, a cooperative home repair youth ministry of area churches.

Call 330-626-4393 for more information or to reserve a table.

* Palm Sunday services are March 16. Maundy Thursday's Meal of Remembrance will take place March 20 at 7 p.m. at the church. Good Friday's Tenebrae Service will take place March 21 at 7 p.m.

* Easter services will take place March 23 at 7 and 10:30 a.m.

Aurora Mennonite Church

A community dinner is planned March 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The menu will be Swiss steak, potato, vegetable, rolls, salad bar, dessert and drinks for $8.50 for adults and $4.50 for children ages 4 to 10. Funds collected will go toward the 26th annual church auction June 28. Everyone is welcome.

The church is located at 59 E. Mennonite Road in Aurora.

Lakeview Chapel

The message at the March 9 service at 10:45 a.m. is "Winning Hearts the Right Way: Kinsman Redeemer." It is the last of a four-week series about bringing harmony into relationships through character.

Lakeview hosts a men's Bible study Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. at Starbucks in Aurora. On Wednesday evenings, activities for youths and adults take place, and the nursery is open.

The church is located at 252 N. Chillicothe Road in Aurora.