Religion Digest

Almobarak Cultural Center

Islamic services for Juma prayer are held at the Almobarak Cultural Center, 142 Ski Motel Point, every Friday at 1 p.m. The public is welcome to attend. Call Omar Almobarak at 501-767-0214 for more information.

Christway Unity Church

Christway Unity Church, 45 Crown, meets on the first and third Sundays at noon. "All are welcome to join us to learn Unity techniques." For more information, call Mary Maloney, 505-504-4568.

Creative Life Church

Creative Life Church, 229 Bayard St. will hold a study group open to all seekers of spiritual fulfillment from 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Monday for sharing and discussion of Edgar Cayce's book, "Search for God." All are welcome. For more information, visit http://www. edgarcayce.com.

Diamondhead Community Church

Diamondhead Community Church, 140 Highway 171 east, will hear Pastor Chuck Huffman bring the message "Em-POWER-ed for Life 17: The Never-ending Story, Part 1" at the 10 a.m. Sunday worship service.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church, 2350 Central Ave., will hold Classic Service at 9 a.m. Sunday, with Celebration Service at 10:30 a.m. Connect Groups will also meet at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Online worship will be at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at http://www.firsthotsprings.com/live. Pastor Jonathan Kelley will give a sermon on "iChurch: Invest in People," Matthew 25:14-30.

First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church of Hot Springs, 213 Whittington Ave., will hear the Rev. Leslie Roper, pastor, bring the message "Who Is in the Place of God?" at the 10:30 a.m. worship service on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost. The choir director is Deleen Davidson, and the organist is Ian Aipperspach. Spa City Youth will meet at Westminster Presbyterian at 5 p.m. Visit http://www.firstpreshotsprings.org.

Lake Hamilton Baptist Church

Lake Hamilton Baptist Church, 5963 Central Ave., will hear Pastor Chuck DeVane preach a sermon entitled "God's Means of Grace" during the Sunday worship service at 10 a.m. Joel and Katy Dupree will lead worship music this Sunday. Gary Nelson from The Gideons will share a short testimony about their work of Bible distribution around the world. Email [email protected], call 501-525-8339, or visit lakehamiltonbaptist.com for more information.

Mount Tabor Community

Mount Tabor Community Church, 116 Mount Tabor Road, off Albert Pike. Call 501-627-5754 for information.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 228 Spring St., will celebrate the Holy Eucharist with Father Mark Nabors during the 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. services on Sunday. Christian Formation classes for all ages will be at 9:30 a.m. At 5 p.m., there will be an Evensong, a choral version of the spoken evening prayer. For more information, call 501-623-1653 or visit https://stlukeshs.org.

The First Christian Church

The First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1806 Central Ave., will meet at 10:45 a.m. for the Sunday worship service. Pastor Corey Harrison will speak on 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, "Suicide and Self-Harm." Sunday school classes are at 9:45 a.m. Outreach continues to have the church food pantry open on the second and fourth Tuesdays. For information on all events of the church, email inquiries to [email protected], visit http://www.fcchs.org, or call the church office from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday at 501-623-3389.

Unitarian Universalist

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Hot Springs, 1701 Spring St., has visitation at 10 a.m. Sunday and the main service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Mike Luster will speak on "Placemaking: Quilts, Seed Saving and Maps. How We Relate to Where We Live." A Zoom meeting is available as an alternative as well, at:

https://bit.ly/3hWeDWH

The meeting ID is 827 9323 8891, and the pass code is 090116.

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