River Blenders Chorus of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 15764 Clayton Road in Ellisville, is presently encouraging women singers to audition for their award-winning chorus on Monday nights. Rehearsals are from 7:30 to10 p.m. Singers will be voice placed and will have the opportunity to join the chorus on the risers. All voice parts are welcome to audition. This innovative and exciting 100-voice chorus performs throughout St. Louis and will represent the region at the International Sweet Adeline Competition in November 2002 in Nashville, TN.

Call Diane Huber at (636) 300-3645 or visit the Web site, www.harmonize.com/blenders for more information.

McNamee Gallery at the Samuel Couple House, 221 N. Grand in St. Louis will be displaying a collection of rare Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts from the 13th to the 16th centuries Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each week through December 23rd. The collection is from the Pius XII Memorial Library at St. Louis University. The display is being held in conjunction with the 29th Annual St. Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies. Admission is free. For more information call (314) 977-3025.

The Lincoln County Republican Pachyderm Club is hosting an Early Old Fashioned Thanksgiving with U.S. Congressman Todd Akin and U.S. Senate Candidate Jim Talent at 12:00 noon at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1307 West Boone Street, Troy, MO. The menu will include roasted turkey, cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes, string beans, cranberry sauce, fresh pumpkin pie and hot apple cider. Individual tickets are priced at $15 and family tickets are $35. To purchase tickets contact Kenny Kerpash at (636) 462-2223, Karla Allsberry at (636) 462-3100, Kathy Ransom at (573) 384-5596 or J.W. Norton at (573) 384-6155, or send ticket requests to lincolncountygop@yahoo.com.

Lutheran Bible Translators of Aurora, IL will be holding its 2002 fall dinner entitled From Darkness Into Light at the Royale Orleans Restaurant, 2801 Telegraph Rd. in St. Louis beginning at 6:30 p.m. The featured guest speaker will be Rev. Johannes Tolu, a Lutheran pastor from Namibia in southern Africa who will share information about the work taking place on the Dhimba New Testament translation and the impact of Bible translation on those people waiting to have God's Word made available to them in their own language. For more information about Lutheran Bible Translators or the dinner call 800-532-4253; e-mail: info@lbt.org or go to their website at www.lbt.org.

West County Assembly of God Church, Hwy. 40 at the Maryville Center Dr. exit, hosts Java Nights a Christian coffee house every 2nd and 4th Friday night beginning at 8 p.m. Java Nights features wholesome entertainment for the entire family and makes a great date night for couples young and old alike. Admission is free but donations are accepted for refreshments. October 25th will feature an old Doris Day movie entitled Silvery Moon. For more information call (314) 434-1058.

Lake Williamson Christian Retreat in Carlinville, IL will host a mother and daughter retreat entitled Love In A Mirror - Who I Am in Christ with Lynn Johnson and Becky Linn as the featured speakers. For schedule, registration form, attendance cost and additional information call 1-800-500-5922 or visit Lake Williamson's website at www.lakewilliamson.com.

Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRC), 4331 Lindell, located in the Central West End, will hold a Building Dedication/Open House on Sunday, October 27 from 2 to 5 p.m., with the dedication ceremony starting at 2:45 p.m. Catering for the event has been generously donated by Candicci’s Restaurant and there will be a celebration with music and special fun for the children; including clowns and face painting. The entire community is encouraged to come celebrate and enjoy fellowship, food and music during these festivities. Please contact PRC at (314) 783-3040 or e-mail prc.rd@algxmail.com if you are interested in volunteering and/or to R.S.V.P. for the Dedication/Open House.

Mercy Ministries of America will host a fund raising Faith Promise Banquet with contemporary Christian artist Jonathan Pierce and keynote speaker Nancy Alcorn, President and Founder of Mercy Ministries at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel, 7730 Bonhomme Avenue-Clayton, MO. For more information contact Jenny Curt, banquet coordinator at (636) 677-0752 or by e-mail at jcurt@mercyministries.com.

Instead of celebrating this pagan holiday by just handing out candy, or turning out the lights and hiding, turn the tables on Satan and hand the trick-or-treaters a Gospel tract along with the candy! Tell them about Jesus! For He is the way, the truth and the life, and no man comes to the Father except through Him! (John 14:6)

First Baptist Church of St. Charles, 2701 Muegge Rd in St. Charles, MO, will host Mitch McVicker in a free concert beginning at 7 p.m. For more information, call (636) 928-1311.

Praise Coffee House, 410 S. Prairie St. in Greenville, IL will feature Mitch McVicker (who traveled and sang with Rich Mullins) in concert starting at 7:30 p.m. Directions: Take I-70 to exit 45, go North on 127 into Greenville, West on Harris/127 North on Prairie. Admission is free but a love offering will be taken. For more information call (618) 664-9032 or e-mail praise@papadocs.com. Visit their web site at http://houseofpraise1.tripod.com/cff

West County Assembly of God Church, Hwy. 40 at the Maryville Center Dr. exit, hosts Java Nights a Christian coffee house every 2nd and 4th Friday night beginning at 8 p.m. Java Nights features wholesome entertainment for the entire family and makes a great date night for couples young and old alike. Admission is free but donations are accepted for refreshments. November 8th will be Amateur Night and those interested in performing should call Angela Meier at (314) 647-1440 to participate. For more information call (314) 434-1058.

The Praise Coffee House, 410 S. Prairie St. in Greenville, IL will feature Christian entertainers Tom and Barb Harshman in concert starting at 7 p.m. Directions: Take I-70 to exit 45, go North on 127 into Greenville, West on Harris/127 North on Prairie. Admission is free but a love offering will be taken. For more information call (618) 664-9032 or e-mail praise@papadocs.com. Visit their web site at http://houseofpraise1.tripod.com/cff

Watchman Fellowship staff members will be holding a three-day Counterfeit Christianity Conference simultaneously at a number of churches throughout the St. Louis area which are listed below. Cult/counterfeit Christian organizations to be discussed will include Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, the New Age Movement and Space Age Heresies. Area churches participating include: Westside Missionary Baptist Church, 4675 Page Blvd., St. Louis (314) 535-9002; New Community Church, 16801 Old Manchester Rd., Wildwood (636) 458-4744; St. John Lutheran Church, 15808 Manchester Rd., Ellisville (636) 394-4100; First Baptist Church Fenton, 1732-B Westpark Center Dr., Fenton, (636) 343-1132; Christ Memorial Lutheran Church, 9712 Tesson Ferry Rd., Afton (314) 631-0304; Canaan Baptist Church, 5409 New Baumgartner Rd., St. Louis (314) 487-1730; Calvary Fellowship Church, 1811 Smizer Station Rd., Fenton (636) 225-4684; First Baptist Church Ferguson, 333 North Florissant Rd., Ferguson (314) 521-1515; Fee Fee Baptist Church, 11330 St. Charles Rock Rd., Bridgeton (314) 739-1525. Presentations will be held Sunday, Nov. 11 from 6 to 7:30 p.m., and Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 11 & 12 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information call the churches listed above.

Victory Fellowship, 9820 E. Watson in Crestwood, MO, will host the production A Change in the Wind, by Visionary Productions and directed by 17-year-old Emily Miller (of Broadway on the Driveway), at 8 p.m. on November 14, 15, and 16 and at 2 p.m. on November 17. Tickets are $10.00. For more information call (314) 842-8679.