TODAY

GOSPEL CONCERT: Campmeeting Tabernacle Church will offer a free gospel concert featuring singers from Three Rivers at 7 p.m. at 161 Beethoven Ave. A free meal will be served after the concert.

For more information, call (210) 875-4095.

SECRETS TO SUPERB WRITING: The Christian Writers Group of the Greater San Antonio Area presents Secrets to Superb Writing with author Cecil Murphey. The 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. conference will be held at First Baptist Church of Universal City at 1401 Pat Booker Road. The cost is $35.

For more information, e-mail Sandra Cleary at slwcleary616@satx.rr.com or call (210) 497-2285.

SUNDAY

BAHA’I PRAYER GATHERING: San Antonio Baha’is will hold a public prayer gathering at 2 p.m. at the Baha’i Center at 735 W. Magnolia to express their concern for and solidarity with seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, who have been brought to trial after spending 20 months in prison.

More information about the trial is at http://iran.bahai.us.

CHRISTIAN YOUTH TALENT SEARCH: Debbie Daniel Ministries is seeking youths ages 8 to 17 to audition for the Stage Connection from 3-5 p.m. at the Price Senior Center at 222 W. San Antonio St., San Marcos. Youths selected will showcase singing talents at churches throughout Central Texas.

For more information, call (512) 757-4901 or e-mail Debbie Daniel at debbieddaniel@yahoo.com.

DIVORCE ADJUSTMENT COURSE: A six-week divorce-adjustment course will be offered 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sundays, beginning Sunday, at Alamo Heights United Methodist Church at 825 E. Basse Road. The classes will be taught in Room 104 West. Child care will be provided with advance notice. The $25 course fee includes the book “Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends” and a manual of handouts.

For more information, call (210) 378-6464 or (210) 614-4945.

MONDAY

HEALTH CARE SPEECH: Sister Carol Keehan, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, will give the Pierre Lecture at 7 p.m. in the University of Incarnate Word’s Rosenberg Skyroom. The topic of the free lecture, sponsored by the religious studies department, is “Solidarity and Collaboration: The Moral Foundations of Health Care Reform.” For more information, visit www.uiw.edu/rstudies or call (210) 283-5062.

BLACK PREACHING CONFERENCE: Baptist University of the Américas at 8019 S. Pan Am Expressway will host the fifth annual Black Preaching Conference Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Featured will be pastors of two of Houston’s largest African Maerican churches, Ralph Douglas West and Joe Samuel Ratliff. Registration costs $100 at the door. A banquet the first night costs $25.

For more information, visit www.bua.edu/bpc or call (210) 924-4338, ext. 210.

FRIDAY

LUTHERAN SPEAKER: The Rev. Susan Briehl will speak at 1:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Abiding Presence on the campus of Texas Lutheran University at 1000 W. Court St. in Seguin. She is a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and was ordained in 1981. Her talk is part of the annual Hein-Fry Lecture Series, the topic of which this year is “Hearing the Word: Teaching the Bible in the Parish and Beyond.” It is free and open to the public.

COMING SOON

FEB. 13

JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: Barshop Jewish Community Center will kick off the ninth Annual Jewish Film Festival with an opening reception at 7:15 p.m. at the Bijou Theatre at Wonderland of the Americas mall at 4522 Fredericksburg Road.

Ten films will be shown during the festival, which continues daily through Feb. 17. After three of the films there will be special guest appearances. In addition, Rabbi Samuel Stahl and Father Martin Leopold will discuss the documentary “Constantine’s Sword” after its showing at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14. Admission costs $8 per film and $70 for a festival pack.

For more information, visit www.jccsanantonio.org or call (210) 302-6820.

FEB. 14

DEDICATION RECITAL: St. Gregory’s Catholic Church at 700 Dewhurst Road will have a free dedication recital for the new Rogers Masterpiece Trillium organ at 4:30 p.m. Organist David Heller will perform.

For more information, call (210) 342-5271.

CHILI COOK-OFF: Kings of Kings Lutheran Church will have its 25th annual Chili Cook-Off at 12:15 p.m. at 13888 Dreamwood Drive. Free food will be provided.

For more information, call (210) 656-6508.

BUNCO PARTY: The Little Flower Altar Society will have its annual spring Bunco Party from 3-5 p.m. at the society’s parish hall at 907 Kentucky Ave. A donation of $6 per 21 games is requested. Lunch is included. Tickets will be available at the door.

For more information, call (210) 734-8661.

FEB. 21

BENEFIT CONCERT: Donald Brasswell, top finalist of “America’s Got Talent,” will perform a benefit concert for Haiti at Oak Hills Presbyterian Church at 7 p.m.

Tickets cost $15 and can be bought from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the church office at 6739 Callaghan Road. If available, tickets will be sold at the door. All proceeds will be donated to the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Fund for Haiti.

For more information, call (210) 342-0271.

HOW TO CONTACT US

Deadline: Calendar items for Saturday publication should be submitted no later than 3 p.m. Tuesday and include the date, time, address and any cost of events, plus a phone number for more information.

Address: Religion and Spirituality, San Antonio Express-News, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78297-2171.

Fax: (210) 250-3105.

E-mail: religion@express-news.net

Staff writer: Tunette M. Powell, (210) 250-3171.