Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and Lutheran Campus Ministry will dedicate a new worship center on Sunday. There will be only one service, at 10 a.m. The Rev. Leonard H. Bolick, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America North Carolina Synod, will preside over the dedication.

An open house will be Sunday from 3 to 5:30 p.m. with music, food, fellowship, and tours. The community is invited to both the dedication and open house. The church is at 300 E. Rosemary St.

Lenten services at First Baptist

First Baptist Church, 106 N. Roberson St., will recognize the season of Lent on Wednesday nights through March 12.

Services will begin at 7 p.m. The First Baptist associate ministers will deliver the evening message.

For information, call 942-2552.

Services, events at Binkley Baptist

Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive, holds regular worship services each Sunday morning at 11 a.m. Church school starts at 9:30 a.m.

The Contemplative Prayer Group meets each Monday morning at 9:15 in the Binkley chapel.

Spring Adult Christian Classes are held each Sunday through May at 9:30 a.m. Classes include "Re-Thinking Basic Beliefs," "An Active Faith in Daily Life," "Emmaus Class" and "Learning About the Twelve Steps."

The Lenten Art Display, featuring a variety of symbolic trees from the Celtic Christian tradition of seeing the sacred in nature, will continue through Lent in the sanctuary.

The Chancel Choir will meet tonight at 7:30. The Younger Children's Choir will meet Sunday at 12:45 p.m. The Older Children's Choir will meet Sunday at 1:45 p.m. and the Youth Choir will meet Sunday at 5 p.m.

Binkley will host a gathering of the Industrial Areas Foundation Thursday at 7 p.m.

For information, call 942-4964, or visit http://www.binkleychurch.org.

Lecture scheduled on 'Spiritual ID'

Sarah Hyatt, a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, will speak on "Spiritual ID: The Key to Freedom" on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation, 214 Pittsboro St.

For information, call 942-3372.

Services, events at United Church

Sunday worship services at the United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., are held at 8:45 and 11 a.m.

Hand bells and brass will play at the 8:45 a.m. service. The Chancel Choir will sing at the 11 a.m. service. Church school for all ages begins at 10 a.m.

Iglesia Unida, the Spanish language worship service, will be at 11 a.m. in the new assembly hall in the west wing of the building.

Evening worship reflecting the musical diversity of the congregation will be Sunday at 5 p.m. The service will be in the ecumenical prayer tradition of the Taize community of France.

The Monday Noon Book Group will begin reading "God and Empire," by John Dominic Crossan, on Monday. A video called "Eclipsing Empire," with Crossan and Marcus Born, will be shown to introduce the book. Copies of the book are available at the church for $12.

The Lenten Series includes sessions on faith questions, economic justice, grief, transformation, children's faith practices and woodcarving. Sessions begin with a meal at 5:45 p.m., and the programs are from 6:30 to 7:30.

Sermon Shaping meetings are held every Wednesday at 7 a.m. in the library. One of the pastors leads a look at the lectionary texts for the next Sunday.

For information call 942-3540 or see www.unitedchurch.org.

Guidance workshop will be at Unity Center

Sunday services at the Unity Center of Peace Church, 8800 Seawell School Road, are from 11 a.m. to noon. The Adult Forum precedes the service each Sunday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.

Mark Malachi and Barbs Burman will lead a workshop called "Fulfilling Your Heart's Desire: Three Techniques for Discerning Divine Guidance" on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. A $50 donation is suggested.

Malachi facilitates Jewish Erev Shabbat services on the last Friday of each month. The service begins at 7:30 p.m. and includes chanting and Hebrew prayers.

The Course in Miracles continues on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and on Sundays at 7:30 p.m.

Call 968-1854 or see http://www.unitychapelhill.org.

Services held at Advent Lutheran

Sunday services will begin at 10:25 a.m. at Advent Lutheran Church, 230 Erwin Road.

Classes for all ages begin at 9 a.m.

Lenten devotions will be every Wednesday through March 19. Soup suppers will be at 6:15 p.m., followed by services at 7 p.m. Choir practice follows.

Call 968-7690.

Services, events at Chapel of the Cross

Sunday services at Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church, 304 E. Franklin St., will include Holy Eucharist at 7:30, 9 and 11:15 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. A service of Holy Eucharist will be held at 4 p.m. at Carol Woods Retirement Community. A service of Sung Compline will be at 9:30 p.m. in the church.

A brief service of evening prayer will be in the chapel Monday and Tuesday at 5:15 p.m.

Adult Education on Sunday will begin at 10:20 a.m. with the third in a series of presentations titled "Reviewing the Baptismal Covenant." Also during the adult education session, the Educational Stewardship Committee will focus on a "carbon fast" by offering a computer analysis of carbon emissions and providing resources to decrease carbon emissions.

The weekly Tuesday morning Bible study will meet Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in the parish library. This self-led study welcomes newcomers.

An adult inquirers' class for those wishing to join the Episcopal

Church or learn more about it will meet Monday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The class will meet most Mondays until April 20.

Centering Prayer Groups will meet Monday at 10 a.m. and Feb. 27 at 5:15 p.m. in the parish house.

Lenten programs for adults include a four-part series on Mondays called "Christological Highs and Lows: A Theological Exploration of the Christology in the Gospel of John," a six-week Christian yoga class and lectio divina prayer groups using passages unique to John's gospel. Registration forms are available in the parish dining room and the office.

The Short Story Reading Group will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. to discuss "The Jilting of Grandma Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter.

Reading With a View to Spirituality, a book study group that meets during the Lent and Advent seasons, will meet for brown-bag lunch and discussion Saturday at noon in the parish library.

Episcopal Campus Ministry will meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the campus center for dinner, fellowship, and worship.

A social hour begins at 12:20 p.m. each Sunday, following the conclusion of the 11:15 a.m. service.

See www.thechapelofthecross.org or call 929-2193.

Primaries and politics to be discussion topics

Stephen T. Gheen will discuss the primary process and the political party system on Feb. 29 at 8 p.m. at the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4907 Garrett Road, Durham.

Gheen works for state government and has been involved in the political process since before he was old enough to vote. He is editor of a political Web site thepoliticaljunkies.net.

The talk is sponsored by the Triangle Congregation for Humanistic Judaism.

The event will be in classrooms 4 and 5. Bring a dessert to share.

Series continues at Stone Center

Joshua Jacobson, professor of music and director of choral activities at Northeastern University, will present "Jewish Music and All That Jazz" on March 3 as part of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies lecture series in the theater of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at 150 South Road. The program begins at 7:30 p.m.

Jacobson will examine the impact of American life on Jewish composers and the impact of Jews on American music.

On April 14, Richard Elliott Friedman, Ann and Jay Davis professor of Jewish studies at the University of Georgia, will present "A Brief History of 3,200 Years." Freidman will discuss why understanding present-day Israel involves exploring its history dating back to biblical times. For information, visit www.unc.edu/ccjs or call 962-1509.