Gospel concert at Eastside Baptist

Eastside Baptist Church, 2400 N. Belt Highway (next to Olympia Lanes), will be having a gospel music concert at 6 p.m. Sept. 6 featuring the Warren Family band from Georgia. Everyone in the family plays an instrument and sings. There is no charge, but a love offering will be received for the group. After the service, everyone is invited to stay for ice cream sundaes and banana splits.

MOPS to meet

MOPS will hold a meeting from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 8 at Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church, 5502 Frederick Blvd. MOPS is for moms who are expecting through moms with children in kindergarten. It meets the second Tuesday of each month, September through May. The cost is free for your first visit and just $5 after that, which includes all food, crafts and an excellent child-care program. This month's topic is Green Planet.

Also, Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church's women's ministry will be hosting a fall women's conference with Bible teacher, author and speaker Margaret Kennedy from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 11 and 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 12. Ms. Kennedy will be speaking on Extreme Makeover: Heart Edition. Find out how to develop a healthy heart, spiritually speaking. This conference is open to all women in and around St. Joseph. Tickets are just $10 for one session or $15 for both sessions. For more information, call the church office at 233-2824.

'Wednesday Night Lights'

All are welcome at First Presbyterian Church, 301 N. Seventh St., for Wednesday Night Lights: dinner and classes for all ages at 6 p.m. Sept. 9. After a meal, prayer and praise time, participants will break into the following classes: a study of the life of Paul for elementary-schoolers; "The Gospel According to the Simpsons" for other youth; and "The Beatitudes," "The Gospel According to Harry Potter" or "Heavenly Funerals, Hellish Funerals - Which Would You Like?" for adults. For more information, call the church at 232-3358 or go online to www.firstpres301.com.

Family night at Hope Fellowship

Hope Fellowship Church, located at 2921 N. Belt Highway, will have its monthly family fellowship night at 6 p.m. Sept. 9. The evening will include food, fellowship, fun and Bible teaching. Pizza and refreshments will be served. Amy Grier, educator, will speak to the children, and Charles Blakley, retired high school teacher, will speak to the youth. Both groups will have interactive activities. The Rev. Earnestine Blakley will lead Bible study for the adults. A nursery will be provided for preschool-age children. For transportation or other information, please call the church at 279-1000 or 279-8829.

Also, for Sunday morning worship at 9 a.m. Sept. 6, Breanna Farrington will do a praise dance.

LDS church hosts play group

A fall preschool-and-under play group will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 at Duncan Park in Savannah, Mo. Moms and young ones are welcome to participate in visiting, sharing ideas and letting the children have fun. The group is hosted by moms from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in St. Joseph. For more information, contact Shelly at jsdec22@msn.com or 273-8888.

On a mission

Church Women United will present Mission Day at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 11 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 23rd and Penn streets. To avoid the steps, use the north door on Penn Street.

Randy Sharp, InterServ's associate director of operations, which includes youth, family services, aging and housing, will be the speaker. Please bring non-perishable food items for the Calvin Center pantry.

Come eat before the parade

King Hill Christian Church will host a breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Sept. 19, before the Southside Fall Festival parade. It will be all-you-can-eat biscuits and sausage gravy, with lots of other food to go with it. Prices will be $5 for adults and $3 for children 10 and under. The church is located at 5828 King Hill Ave., and the phone number for more information is 238-2318. Everyone is invited to come out and eat before the parade.

McCarthy Baptist builds up families

Through September, Sunday services at McCarthy Baptist Church will focus on building up and encouraging families through applying Biblical truth to real-life situations and through encouraging families who don't regularly attend church to make it a new part of their school-year routine. Come on Sunday mornings at 8 or 10:45 a.m. as the Rev. Aaron Robb speaks about: "How to Have A Good Fight With Your Spouse," "How to Raise Super Kids (Even If You're Not Clark Kent," "How To Make Sense of Family Finances" and "How To Be Sure About Your Eternal Home." On Saturday, Sept. 26, the church will host a date night with free child care and a free showing of the movie "Fireproof." Then, on Sunday, Sept. 27, the church will host guest speaker Joe Uveling. For more information, call the church office at 279-2432 or go online to mccarthybaptist.org.

Bible quizzing season begins

Midland Ministries of Saint Joseph invites students in grades six through 12 to participate in a new season of Bible quizzing. This season, the material will be First and Second Corinthians and Titus.

Actual quizzing takes place the first Saturday of each month beginning in October. Teams of seven students compete against other students, with questions coming from each verse. Some quiz teams represent area churches, some a community and others are simply a group connected by Midland Ministries. The season concludes with a local invitational tournament, and 35 of the quizzers will travel to Pittsburgh, Pa., for the national tournament in late April. For more information, call the Midland office at 238-4999 or go online to www.midlandministries.org.

Lifestyles reporter Erin Wisdom can be reached at religion@npgco.com.