Faith Briefs

Announcements for Faith Briefs must be in our office by Tuesday, 4 p.m. prior to the intended date of publication. Due to space restrictions, publication is not guaranteed. Email diane.pratt@freepress.mb.ca or fax 697-7412 (no attachments, please).

-- Canadian Mennonite University presents CMU spring concert: CMU choirs and ensembles, April 21, 7:30 p.m., Loewen Athletic Centre, CMU, 500 Shaftesbury Blvd. Information: www.cmu.ca .

-- The Promise of the Treaties and the Reality of the Indian Act, a forum sponsored by KAIROS, April 21, 9 a.m.-noon, Crossways in Common, Broadway at Furby. Speakers include Manitoba Treaty Commissioner James Wilson and Prof. Jean Friesen. Coffee and welcome at 9 a.m., worship 9:15 a.m., program 9:30 a.m. Information: Fletcher Stewart 788-0240 or fletch1@mymts.net .

-- Remembering through song and story: tales and melodies of the Holocaust. Storytelling by Rabbi Karen Soria and Jane Enkin, songs from the Holocaust; accompanied by Janet Pelletier Goetze, April 21, 7:30 p.m., Temple Shalom, 1077 Grant Ave., corner of Wilton. 453-1625.

-- St. James Anglican Church interchurch choral evening prayer, April 22, 7 p.m., 195 Collegiate St. Open offering to support Winnipeg Harvest. Details at 888-3489.

-- Eckankar worship service and HU Song Understanding the Journey of Soul, April 22, 10:15 a.m., Canad Inns, 1824 Pembina Hwy. 233-4281 or www.eckankar-mb.ca .

-- Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg sermon Radical Hospitality with Rev. Millie Rochester, April 22, 10:30 a.m., 603 Wellington Cres. Information: www.uuwinnipeg.mb.ca .

-- Finding Freedom is offering free of charge every Tuesday evening, a faith-based recovery program to help people find healing and freedom from brokenness and harmful habits that may cause serious problems, April 24, 7 p.m., Place of Grace Place of Grace Ministries, 1040 Beach Ave. Information: Janet 667-2421.

-- Grey Street United Church presents The Shakespeare Show or Much Ado About A Midsummer Night's Comedy of Errors That Ends Well As You Like It, April 26, 6:30 p.m., $30; April 27 and April 28, 6:30 p.m., $35 and a dessert matinee, April 29, 2 p.m., 651 Sandhurst Ave. $12/ adult, $6 / children, $25/ family. Tickets 667-9413.

-- The Brotherhood of Pilgrim Baptist Church 12th annual Brotherhood gospel concert, April 28, 7 p.m., 41 Maple St.

-- St. James Anglican Church Bluegrass Gospel service April 29, 10 a.m., 195 Collegiate St. Featuring the sweet sounds of Still Standing.

-- Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood 50th Annual Interfaith luncheon May 1, noon, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 561 Wellington Cres. Feature guest speaker Brenlee Carrington Trepel, award winning lawyer and mediator with a particular interest in human rights issues, who will present on this topic from her perspective. Information: 975-3481, information@shaareyzedek.mb.ca, www.shaareyzedek.mb.ca. Deadline: April 24.

-- St. James Anglican Church Gospel Jamboree Coffee House May 2, 7 p.m., 195 Collegiate St. Featuring guest leader the National Indigenous Anglican Bishop, Mark Macdonald. Open offering to support Winnipeg Harvest. Bring a tin for the bin.

-- The Lord, Our Power and Our Healer, Catholic Conference on the weekend of May 4-6, St. Norbert Community Centre, 3450 Pembina Hwy., with His Grace Most Rev. Albert LeGatt, Archbishop of Saint Boniface; Peter and Debbie Herbeck from Michigan; and Bob Canton from California who has a worldwide healing ministry. Information: 895-7544 or ccrs@catholicrenewalservices.com .

-- Christian Healing Conference May 11-12, St. James Church, 195 Collegiate. Information: 204-687-8371, www.oslcanda.org or edwardsd@mymts.net .

-- Victory Missions tour, To Israel with Love Tour, Sept. 2-11. Call Ken 942-5433.

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition April 21, 2012 j13