Hometown
Hometown Christian Church: 4340 W. 87th St. — The Christian Women’s Fellowship will host the Annual Spaghetti Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 27. Dinner will be followed by bingo. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children ages six to 12 years old. Children ages five and younger are free. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
Homewood
First Presbyterian Church: 17929 Gottschalk Ave. — Free community dinners continue through the winter from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays. A Bible study group meets from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Panera Bread in Cherry Creek Shopping Plaza on Governor’s Highway. Information: 708-798-0490 or www.fpchw.org.
Olympia Fields
Cathedral of Joy Family Life Center: 20401 Western Ave. — The annual National King’s Day service will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 16. The Olympia Fields Ducks Youth Football and Cheer Organization and the Matteson Bears will be honored for making a positive impact on the youth of the community. Pastor Charlie Dates of Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago will be the special guest speaker. Information: 708-679-3962.
Orland Park
Calvary Church: 16100 S. 104th Ave. — “Winter Wonderland,” a free family event, will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 21. Children’s activities include an obstacle course, sock-skating arena, snowball wars and carnival games with prizes. Entertainment includes “Waxed Hands,” a company of artists specializing in wax molds of hands, done in minutes and a horse-pulled trolley ride by Forest View Farms. Photo opportunities are available with “Frozen” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle” characters. Food vendors include Beggar’s Pizza, El Famous Burrito and Short & Sassy-Tasty Treats. Cash and credit will be accepted. Guests are encouraged to donate new hats and gloves for children and adults in need in the community. Donations can be put on the giving tree. Due to construction, 104th Street is closed. Enter Calvary Church off 167th Street and go north on 104th Street. Information: Contact Tiffany at 708-429-2200 or children@calvaryop.org.
Presbyterian Church: 13401 S. Wolf Rd. — The Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) group will meet from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Childcare is provided for children from infants to five years old. New moms are welcome. Winter session is Jan. 10 to March 28. The Welcome on Wednesdays (W.O.W.) Arts for Kids and Little W.O.W. will be held on Wednesdays from Jan. 18 to March 15. W.O.W will be held for grades one through eight from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Little W.O.W. will be held for ages four and five from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p. m. Supper is included for both programs. Activities include art projects, music, puppets and games. Register for all programs at www.pcorlandpark.org at the Ministries tab, Children & Youth Ministries, or email Cindy at cindypcop@comcast.net.
Palos Heights
Back to God Ministries International: 6555 W. College Dr. — The Calvin College “January Series” lectures will be videostreamed live to Back to God Ministries International from 11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays from through Jan. 24. The lectures are free and open to the public. Featured speakers include Doris Kearns Goodwin, a world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist; Gary Haugen, CEO and founder of International Justice Mission, and Matthew Desmond, co-founder of the Justice and Poverty Project and recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” grant. Topics include global governance, human rights, race relations, health care reform and the gender gap in technology. For a full list of speakers and topics, go to www.calvin.edu/january-series/speakers. For more information, contact Chris Hunt at chunt@crcna.org or at 708-371-8700.
Palos Hills
Sacred Heart Church: 8245 W. 111th St. — For Human Trafficking Awareness Month, The Sacred Heart Domestic Violence Outreach Ministry and Pastor Jacek Wrona will host a presentation by Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart at 6 p.m. Jan. 17. Dart will discuss the work of his office to stop human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Father Charles Dahm, the Chicago Archdiocesan Director of Domestic Violence Outreach, will be the moderator. According to a news release, Dart is responsible for reforming the way the Cook County Sheriff’s Police handle prostitution arrests by offering rehabilitative services through the Sheriff’s Women’s Justice Program rather than jail time and for launching a national campaign to target the “johns” who exploit the prostitutes. Under Dart, the Child Exploitation Unit was founded, which pursues child pornography and human trafficking cases. For reservations or questions, contact Elizabeth Droel at 708-974-3336, Ext. 250 or droel@sacredheartpalos.org.
Tinley Park
St. Julie Billiart Church: 7399 W. 159th St. — The St. Peregrine Novena for those afflicted with cancer will be Mondays at 7 p.m. from Jan. 16 to March 13 in the Sacred Heart Chapel. Holy Hour Pro-life Prayer Service will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 19. Father Robert Regan will lead prayer for the unborn. For information, call Mike Rubino at 708-429-6767, Ex. 212.
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