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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • Faith and Spiritual Life: Programs and Events 6/28/08   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Saturday, June 28, 2008 Faith and Spiritual Life: Outreach Bible Studies Christian Faith Center presents a series entitled "Faith Will Change Your World" at 9:30 and 11:45 a.m. Sundays. A Bible study on the book of Galatians is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at 13000 21st Drive SE, Everett. Children are welcome at services; youth ages birth to 5 years are invited to Kidz classes. For more information, call 425-337-8310 or e-mail info@caseytreat.com or go to www.caseytreat.com. CAMPS Faith Lutheran Church invites children ages 4 to sixth grade to its "Beach Party: Surfin' Through the Scriptures" vacation Bible school, 6 to 8 p.m. July 8 to 11 at 1424 172nd St. NE, Lakewood. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m. July 8. The cost is $10 per child or $25 per family and includes a T-shirt. For more information, call 360-652-9545. Edmonds Christian Church and Edmonds Presbyterian Church present "Discovering Jesus' Miraculous Power" vacation Bible school, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 7 to 11 at Edmonds Presbyterian Church, 22600 96th Ave. W., Edmonds. There is no charge. To register, e-mail ­epcvbs@ gmail.com or go to www.groupvbs.com/webtoybox/ myvbs/EPC. For more information, call 425-776-4334. W-Bar-B Ranch summer youth camps start Sunday. Fourth- through sixth-graders and seventh- through ninth-graders are invited for horseback riding, swimming, archery, rocket launching, mountain boards, a climbing tower and a high-adventure ropes course. A horsemanship training elective allows campers to improve their riding skills. An equestrian vaulting camp runs from Sunday to July 5. The camp is designed for beginners through gold level competitors. Vaulting coach is Patti Skipton, who coached the U.S. vaulting team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Weekly vaulting lessons for all skill levels are available throughout the year. Lessons include groundwork, practice on a vaulting barrel and vaulting on a horse. Warm Beach Christian Camps and Conference Center, 20800 Marine Drive, Stanwood. For more information, call 360-652-7575 or 800-228-6724 or go to www.warmbeach.com. The Salvation Army of Everett and Snohomish County presents summer youth camps. A Discovery Camp is scheduled for Monday to July 4 for youth ages 8 to 12. A Tahoma Expedition Camp is scheduled for July 12 to 16 for youth ages 13 to 16. Both camps are at Camp Arnold at Timberlake, 33712 Webster Road E., Eatonville. Scholarships are available. A small security deposit is required to reserve a space at the camp. For more information, call 425-259-8129 or e-mail mary.libby@usw.salvationarmy.org. Festivals Crosswater Community Church invites visitors to its booth at the Sultan Shindig festival 4 to 11 p.m. July 11, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 12 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 13. The festival is set to happen on Main Street and adjacent streets. Volunteers plan to hand out free water and provide a shaded place to rest with lots of fans. For more information, call 360-799-1030 or e-mail jonm@crosswaterchurch.org. Independence Day Christian Faith Center invites the public to Freedom Northwest, an Independence Day celebration following its 9:30 and 11:45 a.m. services Sunday at 13000 21st Drive SE, Everett. Pastors Casey and Wendy Treat are scheduled to lead the events. The celebration includes patriotic music, a "thunderous indoor Harley parade" and a family picnic in the field across from the center's main building. Prices vary for food. Proceeds from the event go toward the youth ministry. For more information, call 425-337-8310, e-mail info@caseytreat.com or go to www.caseytreat.com. Programs @1. a BODY STYLES:The Church of Christ North Sound concludes its program featuring Murray Wade from Oak Ridge, Tenn., 9:30 a.m. Sunday, at the church 14 E. Casino Road, Everett. Wade plans to continue the series of Bible lessons on Creation. Three talks are scheduled: "Evidences from Job" at 9:30 a.m., "Accident or Design" at 10:30 a.m. and "It Still Comes Down to Faith" at 5 p.m. For more information, call 425-355-0479. Carmelite Institute of Spirituality presents "Extraordinary Favors Part V: Visions, Locutions and Near-Death Experience," 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 27008 78th Ave. NW, Stanwood. Suggested donation is $15 to $20. Attendees are asked to bring a sack lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided. For more information, call 360-629-4032. Mill Creek Christian Women's Connection presents a luncheon, speaker and presentation entitled UnStuff Your Life, 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 10 at the Mill Creek Country Club, 15500 Country Club Drive, Mill Creek. The cost is $18. Myrna MacLaren from Sunnyvale, Calif., is scheduled to speak. Karen Clifton plans to provide organizational ideas. Miranda Maurmann from Olympia is scheduled to provide music. Reservations and cancellations are required by July 8. For more information, call 425-337-6335. First Presbyterian Church of Everett presents "The Environmental Crisis? What We May Not Know about It Can Haunt Us: An Educator's Assessment," 10 a.m. July 6 at 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. Jeff Wright, dean of the School of Engineering at the University of California at Merced, plans to provide an informal presentation and discussion on the environmental crisis from the viewpoint of an educator and environmental engineer. The session is part of a summer curricula, "Worldly Saints in Ordinary Time." For more information, call 425-259-7139. St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Lynnwood invites the public to tune in for Conversations with Father Bob Tuesday. The radio program is broadcast from 8 to 9 a.m. Saturdays on KKNW-AM 1150 and from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 9 to 10 p.m. Thursdays on KBLE-AM 1050. For more information, call 425-743-2929.

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