CALENDAR

SPECIAL EVENTS

Little Rock Sunday School Union, Inc. will host its annual picnic at Union Park, 7905 Marche Lateral Road, North Little Rock, from 1-4 p.m. Sunday. The picnic includes a health fair with Billy Thomas, food and beverages, games, slides, swings and a wading pool. Churches are responsible for their own transportation and conduct. (501) 454-7576, (501) 375-4571, (501) 374-7893 or (501) 375-2373. Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Ringo St., will celebrate its 143rd anniversary with Jimmy Mosby at 11 a.m. and with Jerome Strickland Jr. and Robert Cook at 3 p.m. Sunday. The theme is “Cel-

ebrating Diversity in the Early Church.” (501) 831-3519. Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, 5417 Valentine Road, North Little Rock, will have its Women’s Day at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. (501) 612-0973 or (501) 231-8691. New Hebron Missionary Baptist Church, 7615 Woodson Road, will have its homecoming and Family and Friends Day at 3 p.m. Sunday with speaker Marlon Brown. newhebronlr.org or (501) 569-9970. Pleasant View Ministries, 1117 N. Palm St., Pine Bluff, will honor William Shaw and his wife, Tonya, in celebrating his 31st anniversary as pastor at 3 p.m. Sunday with Charles Perkins. The theme is “Mission Impossible — Kingdom Mandate.” (870) 541-9330. Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 S. Louisiana St., will celebrate its 30th anniversary at Murray Park pavilions seven and eight, 5900 Rebsamen Park Road, with speaker Thompson Murray at 11 a.m. and dinner at noon Sunday. Pets are welcome. (501) 565-1600. River City Reformed Presbyterian Church, 8300 Kanis Road, will host speaker Alex Pettett at 5 p.m. Sunday. rivercityarp@gmail.com or (479) 970-1384. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., will install the Grace Chapter of Daughters of the King at 10:30 a.m.; and will have Choral Evensong at 5 p.m. Sunday. stmarks.com or (501) 225-4203. Second Baptist Church, 820 Short St., England, will have an outreach and Family and Friends Day picnic with free food and beverages, music, games and a bounce house at 11:30 a.m. today. The church will hold its Family and Friends Day service at 11 a.m. Sunday with speaker Paul Holderfield. (501) 842-2267 or (501) 2472291. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., will have the first meeting of its Half-Time group for people in their 40s and 50s at Raduno Brick Oven and Barroom, 1318 S. Main St., at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. lisa@ trinitylittlerock.org or (501) 3720294. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 4501 Rahling Road, will host a silent, live auction with karaoke at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29. trinitypreslr.com (501) 868-5848. Union African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1825 Pulaski St., will celebrate its annual Women’s Day with speaker Cordelia Mitchell at 4 p.m. Sunday. The theme is “Women Finding Favor With God.” (501) 374-3528. Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 815 W. 16th St., will have an appreciate service for Truman and Bettie Tolefree, the church’s pastors, at 3 p.m. Sunday. (501) 374-2891. The deadline for Religion calendar submissions is 5 p.m. Monday for Saturday publication. Addresses are in Little Rock unless otherwise indicated. Items must have an address and a phone number and be open to the public.To submit a news release, fax (501) 372-4765 or email the information to: religion@arkansasonline.com