'A Service of Love in Song' at Fairview Chapel

Fairview Chapel will provide a midwinter worship experience at 7 p.m. Feb. 19. The Message Bearers from Wakefield Bible Church will present A Service of Love in Song.

The goal of the group is to minister and inspire a closer walk with Christ through personal testimonies and song. On this visit, it will bring additional friends in Christ, including singer Peggy Burrier-Flickinger. The service will include Scripture, poetry and prayer.

This love tribute will be presented by candlelight and oil lamp at this small restored 1847 stone chapel on the hill.

The chapel is at 6802 Boyers Mill Road, New Market, just north of the entrance to Lake Linganore. For more information about this and other weekly services at the chapel, call 301-606-3094.

Juliana Perez, who has facilitated mindfulness meditation, spiritual and grief groups for over 20 years, will lead the Interfaith Spiritual Discussion Group at the Frederick Meditation Center in downtown Frederick.

The group will meet for six sessions beginning Feb. 27 and ending April 3 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The first session on Feb. 27 is a free introductory workshop where participants can sample the class and choose to register for the remaining five sessions for $125. Those who wish to sign up for all six sessions at once are welcome to do so.

The sessions will incorporate meditation, poetry and readings from many spiritual traditions to help participants investigate their own personal belief system. Sample session themes will include What does it mean to have faith, to be spiritual? and Obstacles along the way: How have spiritual traditions of our youth affected us?.

Those interested may sign up for the free workshop only, or reserve their space for all six classes on frederickmeditation.com. For those who do not have a schedule that suits a morning class, Perez will facilitate an evening version of the Interfaith Spiritual Discussion Group starting March 9, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. This evening course is now open for registration as well.

Perez has led mindfulness meditation, spiritual and grief groups in the Seattle area for over 20 years and has a masters degree in social work and a certification in Interfaith Spiritual Direction from the Chaplaincy Institute, an interfaith seminary, in Berkeley.

The Frederick Meditation Center is at 1 W. Church St., above The Tasting Room in downtown Frederick.

Calvary United Methodist Church will host Bishop Latrelle Easterling, of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church, as the honored guest and preacher on March 5. This will be a one-service Sunday to begin the season of Lent. Worship will be at 10 a.m., and Sunday school for all ages will be at 9 a.m.

Bishop Easterling is the first woman bishop to lead the 233-year-old Baltimore-Washington Conference. She was elected as a bishop in The United Methodist Church in July 2016 and began serving the conference in September.

An Indiana native, Easterling is an inquisitive, collaborative and transformational leader. She is married to the Rev. Marion Easterling Jr., pastor of Wesley Grove UMC in Hanover and the former pastor of Parkway UMC in Milton, Massachusetts.

Calvary United Methodist Church is at 131 W. Second St., Frederick. Visit http://www.calvaryumc.org for more information.

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