Religion Notes
Cape Christian Fellowship
Join us this weekend as Pastor Chad Woolf continues the “God Provides” series with the message “Our Greatest Ingredient for Growth” a message about preparing the kind of soil God can use to grow His fruit in our lives. Contemporary worship gatherings are Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 9 and 11 a.m.
During all worship gatherings, Bugz Landing is safe and caring place for infants through Pre-K5. Energy is a class for middle school students each weekend. Launch for high school students is held from 10:15-11 each Sunday morning to unpack the weekend message over breakfast.
Middle school students are invited to attend a Valentine’s Day Bash. Join us at the youth cafe from 6:30-9 p.m. Feb. 14, and bring a friend. High school students are invited to Awakening every Wednesday from 7-8:30 p.m.
Divorce Care and Grief Share support gatherings are offered Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Portables D3 and D4 (located by the circular driveway). For more information contact Pastor Jerry Sprague, 772-5683.
Cape Christian Preschool still has availabilities for 18 months-VPK age. We are currently accepting applications for the After School Program available for Kindergarten-5th graders. Contact Kim at 772-5781 or ksquish@capechristian.com or call 772-5683.
Cape Christian Fellowship is located at 2110 Chiquita Blvd. South 1/3 mile north of Veteran’s Parkway. For more information visit www.capechristian.com or call 772-5683.
Cape Coral Community Church
Cape Coral Community Church will hold a GriefShare recovery seminar and support group on Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., through April 20. The church is located at 811 Santa Barbara Blvd.
GriefShare features nationally recognized experts on grief and recovery topics and is geared toward those who have lost a loved one trough death. Seminar sessions include “The Journey of Grief,” “The Effects of Grief,” “When Your Spouse Dies,” “Your Family and Grief,” “Why?” and “Stuck in Grief.”
For more information call the Cape Coral Community Church at 574-1148.
Cape Coral
First United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Women of Cape Coral First United Methodist Church will be hosting its second annual Women’s Retreat “Something Beautiful” on March 12, and March 13, at the church at 4118 Coronado Parkway. It is open to all women seeking fellowship, fun and spiritual enrichment, with a desire to know the reality of God and personally experience Jesus Christ. Join us and discover how this is possible. It all begins at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 12, concluding at 4 p.m. on Saturday March 13 (staying overnight is optional). Speakers will present inspirational talks, followed by small group discussions. There will be opportunities of spiritual sharing and caring with women from all walks of life, an opportunity to participate in light drama and artistic expressions, there will be music and singing, praising the Lord. A nominal donation of $15 per person, includes refreshments, Saturday breakfast and lunch and program materials. Reserve a place, as registration is required in advance, with a deadline of Feb. 26. For more information and registration forms, contact Barb Barbre at 542-3793, space is limited.
Center for
Spiritual Living
Internationally recognized speaker and writer Terry McBride, author of “The Hell I Can’t”, asserts that all of us have unlimited abilities that can be realized through conscious choice. McBride will present his ideas on ‘The Joy and Wonder of Choice’ as a guest speaker Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Center for Spiritual Living in Cape Coral, and in a two-part workshop titled ‘You and Your Desires’ Sunday afternoon and Monday evening, Feb. 14 and 15.
McBride’s guest talk during the Feb. 14, 10:30 a.m. service requires only a love donation. The 1-4 p.m. Sunday and 6:30-9:30 p.m. Monday workshop, is $40 or $25 for just one session.
The Center for Spiritual Living is located at 406 S.E. 24th Ave, Cape Coral. Call 239-574-6364 for details, or go to www.centerforspirituallivingcc.com.
DayBreak Fellowship
Valentine’s Day Brunch-The community is invited to a contemporary worship service on Sunday, Feb. 14, which will include a message on “God’s Contagious Love” along with a complimentary Sunday Brunch in the lobby beginning at 10:30 a.m. The church meets in the auditorium of Cape Coral High School, 2300 Santa Barbara Blvd. Nursery for infants through age four and Kids Church for ages five through 5th grade are provided. For further information, please call DayBreak Fellowship at 573-9009 or visit the church Web site at www.daybreakchurch.net.
Epiphany Episcopal Church
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper to be held at the Epiphany Episcopal Church, 2507 Del Prado Blvd. S., Tuesday Feb. 16, 4:30-6 p.m., all you can eat. Cost $5 and the public is welcome.
Lenten Programs will be offered Feb. 25, March 4, March 11, March 18 and March 25.
Stations of the cross starting at 5 p.m., church service, simple meal.
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Women of the Word is a program that bring women in the Lee County area together to support one another in their faith. This spring season women from a variety of faith backgrounds meet weekly to study John’s Gospel. The study meets Tuesday mornings from 9-11 a.m. or Tuesday evenings, 7-9 p.m. at Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 701 Mohawk Pkwy. in Cape Coral. The spring season ends April 27. For information call Helen Classen or Janet Sems at 549-5556 or e-mail: admin@epchurch.net
Faith Presbyterian Church
Handbell choirs from the Florida area will present a concert on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 4 p.m., in the Faith Center at Faith Presbyterian Church, which will be the culmination of a day of ringing. Massed choirs will be under the direction of two noted handbell composers and conductors, Arnold Sherman from Tyler, Texas and Michael Helman from Faith. This concert is open to the public, and a free-will offering will be taken.
Symphony Stained Glass Series “Ode to Love” on Sunday, Feb. 14, at 4 p.m. Coral director Cathy Truesdale. Symphony Symphony Youth Chorus.
On Friday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. enjoy the sounds of Big Band music with Melody Booth Orchestra. This year, the event will be in the Faith Center at Faith Presbyterian Church, and will have an area reserved for dancing. Bring dancing shoes and be ready to move to the sounds of Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and others. This concert, which is underwritten by Charles E. Muncatchy, is free and open to the public.
The Faith Center at Faith Presbyterian Churchis located at 4544 Coronado Parkway. For more information call 542-2858.
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of Cape Coral is offering several community outreach meetings each week. All meetings are open to the public and are held on the First Baptist Church campus at 4117 Coronado Parkway, Cape Coral. Included weekly are the following: Break Free Service, Sunday at 9 a.m.; AA Meeting, Sunday at 5:30 p.m.; Al-Anon Meetings for family and friends of alcoholics, Tuesday at 10 a.m.; Al-Anon Men and Women, Wednesday at 8 p.m.; and Weight Watchers, Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
For more information call First Baptist Church at 239-542-3703.
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Church will have two Worship Services on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17. The noon service will be a short Confession and Prayer time. Worship Service with Holy Communion will be held at 7 p.m. There will be imposition of ashes at both services. A free-will offering meal will be served from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Wednesday Lenten worship services will be held at 7 p.m. weekly through March 24, with supper served from 5:45-6:30 p.m.
Worship services at Trinity are Sundays at 8 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School is at 9:15 and Bible Class at 9:30 a.m.
Trinity School has 2, 3 and 4 year old programs available. Full or part day programs are offered.
Trinity Lutheran Church & School’s located at 706 S.W. 6th Ave., Cape Coral. For more information, call the church, 772-0172 or school, 772-1549.
Turning Point Church
Cape Coral’s Turning Point Church, which meets in the Cape Coral William Austen Youth Center at 315 S.W. 2nd Ave., Sunday at 10 a.m. would like to invite your family to their services and activities. The congregation is filled with families that love Jesus and the community.
The worship services are encouraging with Praise & Worship led by Tiffany West and assisted by a great worship team.
The Children and Youth Ministries are active and exciting! There is monthly activities for all.
Senior Pastors Dennis & Belinda West feel blessed with a congregation that wants to grow and reach out. Associate Pastor Greg & Vicki Green are delighted with the young families that have made the church their home.
If you are looking for a church that teaches and preaches the power of God, come and visit. For more information, Contact Pastor D at 281-5350.
North Fort Myers
All Saints Byzantine Catholic Church
All Saints Church is having it’s annual Ethnic Pirohi Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 3-7 p.m. The dinner costs $10. Carry out is available also. Baked goods will be available for purchase after the dinner.
All Saints Church is located at 10291 Bayshore Road, North Fort Myers. For more information call 239-543-6363.
Messiah Lutheran Church
Ash Wednesday Services at Messiah Lutheran Church (ELCA) 2691 N.E. Pine Island Road, one mile West of US 41, North Fort Myers will be on Wednesday Feb. 17, at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p..m. For more information call 995-0133, e-mail: messiahnfm@yahoo.com.
Fort Myers
Faith Church
Faith Church located at 15690 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers, announced that Re-Creation will sing at the church on Sunday, Feb. 14, at 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. The Re-Creation sacred program is structured with a sensitive presentation of an enduring faith in the Christian message. The public is invited to attend the concert. There is no admission charge, but a free-will offering will be received.
For more information you may call Faith Church at 482-2030 or go to Re-Creation’s website at www.Re-CreationUSA.com
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
The Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Family invites all to come and celebrate with us, our Pastor, Rev. James A. Bing 36th Anniversary. The event will take place on Feb. 24, 25, 26 and 28, at the church located at 2030 Palm Avenue, Fort Myers.
This is a historical commemoration for the church and those who have supported the church during our 97 year history in Fort Myers. We are honored to have Pastor James A. Bing as the Shepherd of this flock.
For more information call Marion Redden Sims at (239) 245-8811 or Viola Silas at (239) 332-1936.
Temple Beth El
Rabbi Albert M. Lewis to speak at Temple Beth El Feb. 16; Part I, at 7 p.m.; Part II, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., on The Spirituality of Aging. These two events are free and open to the community.
Albert Micah Lewis is recognized as an outstanding writer on issues of spirituality and aging.
Prayer books burial service: A special service of the Burial of Prayer Books Service, officiated by Rabbi Jeremy Barras to be held Friday, Feb. 19, at 10 a.m. at Temple Beth El’s Cemetery, 3200 Michigan Avenue, Fort Myers.
For any questions or directions to the cemetery, contact Temple Beth El 433-0018.