ChristianWorkshops Planned This Week

Two workshops for Christian adults will be offered by Three Lakes Lay Academy at the Headlands Conference Center west of Mackinaw City Friday, May 4, and Saturday, May 5.

"Finding Your Spiritual Gifts" will be led by Bill Bennett, commissioned lay pastor for the Mackinac Presbytery and counselor for Cheboygan Area Schools. The Friday workshop begins with a potluck meal at 6 p.m., to which all are asked to bring a dish to pass. The workshop will end at 8:30 p.m.

The second workshop entitled "A New Dawning: Helping Christians Do Evangelism in the 21st Century" will be Saturday, May 5, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Participants are asked to read the Book of Acts from the Bible prior to this workshop, which will be led by the Reverend Dave Van Dam of the Presbytery of Mackinac and the Reverend Jennifer Johnson Wrege, assistant to the Bishop of the Northern Great Lakes Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Reverend Katheryn King of St. James Lutheran Church in Rudyard will be the worship leader.

Cost of the workshops is $15 for both days or $5 for the Saturday session. Registration will take place at the door. A meal will be provided.

For further information, contact Pastor Tari Stage-Harvey of St. Ignace at 643-7840.