Fort Wayne/area –

Anniversary celebration

Ternae Jordan will celebrate his 25th pastoral anniversary from Oct. 10 to 17 at Mount Canaan Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tenn. Jordan served at Greater Progressive Baptist Church for 15 years. A Remembrance Book/Enjoying the Journey will be presented to him Oct. 17. Letters of memories will be accepted for submission through Monday; contact Rosetta Russell at 423-624-4080 or at rrussell@mtcanaan.org.

Festivals/fundraiser

Community Day 2010 will be after services at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church, 7810 St. Joe Center Road. The event will include food and games.

The Boosters of St. Paul Catholic Chapel, Clear Lake, Fremont, will sponsor a rib barbecue fundraiser beginning at 9 a.m. Sunday. To order, call 260-495-9498 or 260-495-9913.

St. Therese Catholic Church, 2304 Lower Huntington Road, will have its 63rd annual fall festival Sept. 11. There will be a 5K run/walk, cornhole tournament, farmers market, children’s games, food, auction and a Mass at 5 p.m.

Healing Mass

An Iona healing Mass will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Community, 4120 Webster St.

Special events

Magician and comedian Jim Barron will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 at Faith Baptist Church, 6600 Trier Road.

“When Faith Meets Reason” will be discussed at the next Jesus Study Group at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Fort Wayne Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, 5310 Old Mill Road.

Help in dealing with stresses caused by the economy will be discussed at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Mocha Lounge of Lifetree Cafe, 6313 Covington Road.

Women’s conference

“Designed by God – Defined by Character” is the theme of a women’s conference

featuring Dr. Betty Jane Fratzke, chairwoman of behavioral science and psychology professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, on Sept. 11 at Warsaw Wesleyan Church in Warsaw. Registration is open. For information, go to www.warsawwesleyan.com.

Workshop/series

Southwest Lutheran Church, 5120 Homestead Road, is hosting a six-week marriage workshop from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays beginning this Wednesday through Oct. 13. To register, call 436-4474 or go to www.southwestlutheran.org.

The nine-part series “The World Made Flesh: Living the Word in Our World” will be presented monthly from Sept. 11 through May at the Victory Noll Center, 1900 W. Park Drive, Huntington. Cost for the series is $200. To register, call 260-356-0628, ext. 128. or go to www.olvm.org.

Guidelight, a listing of special religious events, appears weekly. Send information to Guidelight, The Journal Gazette, P.O. Box 88, Fort Wayne, IN 46801-0088, or e-mail dparker@jg.net at least two weeks before desired publication.