Church Briefs

Native fellowship meets tonight

The North Wind Native Fellowship meets this evening at 7 at Peninsula Grace Brethren Church, Mile 19.5 of Kalifornsky Beach Road.

Family and friends are invited to the interdenominational Native outreach, which gathers every other Friday. Every fourth gathering includes a Native potluck. A children's ministry is provided for children in fourth grade and under.

For more information, call Van or Vide Van Velzor at 260-3293.

Choir performs concert tonight

The High School Festival Choir will perform in a concert tonight at 7 at Grace Lutheran Church on Ciechanski Road off Kalifornsky Beach Road. The concert, "The Believers Walk With God," is open to the public.

The choir is comprised of 10 women and seven men from Evergreen Lutheran High School in De Moines, Wash. A free-will offering will be collected to help defray their expenses.

Author Querin to speak

Sandi Querin, author of "The Prayer of Job," will be the featured speaker during community services March 28, 29 and 30 at Upper Room Ministries in Soldotna.

The services, which are free and open the public, will be at 7 p.m. March 28 and 29, and at 11 a.m. March 30.

Querin's ministry focuses on awakening the church to the power by which they have been saved and for the lost to be found in the victory of Christ, according to a spokesperson for Querin, who works through Abba's Heart Ministries Inc. in Kingsburg, Calif.

Women's retreat planned

A women's retreat is planned for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 29 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Soldotna.

The reflective prayer experience, "I will never forget you," is based on Isaiah's passage in which God is imaged with a maternal love. To sign up for the retreat, or for more information, call Ruthann at 262-4570.

Conference studies Genesis

Are dinosaurs in the Bible?

"Answers in Genesis" founder Ken Ham will answer this and other questions during a family conference and free student meetings in Anchorage on April 4, 5 and 6.

Ham will focus on the accuracy of the book of Genesis, the mystery of dinosaurs and creation-evolution during the weekend conference. The program also will include southern gospel music by recording artist Buddy Davis.

Free student meetings for children in kindergarten through 12th grade will be April 4 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m.

The family conference will be at Abbott Loop Community Church, 2626 Abbott Road, Anchorage. For more information, call (907) 349-0151.

Poetry contest announced

A $1,000 grand prize is being offered in a special religious poetry contest sponsored by the New Jersey Rainbow Poets, free to anyone who ever has written a poem.

Fifty prizes in all total almost $5,000. The deadline for entering is April 12.

To enter, send one poem only of 21 lines or less to Free Poetry Contest, 103 N. Wood Ave., PMB 70, Linden, NJ 07036. Or enter online at www.rainbowpoets.com.

Christian group sponsors contest

The Christian Fine Arts Society is sponsoring a religious poetry contest, free to everyone. Fifty prizes totaling $5,000 will be awarded, including a $1,000 grand prize.

People may enter the contest by sending one poem of 21 lines or less to Free Poetry Contest, 9588 Thornbush Lane, Fishers, IN 46038. The contest also can be entered online at www.freecontest.com.

The entry deadline is April 19.

If you have a public service announcement or upcoming function for your local church, fax your information to 283-3299 or e-mail it to clarion@alaska.net. For more information, call 283-7551.

The deadline for Friday submissions is 5 p.m. Tuesday.