Lystra Baptist Church will celebrate homecoming on Sunday at 11 a.m.

Tony Cartledge, former editor of the Biblical Recorder and contributing editor to Baptists Today, will preach. Special music will be provided by the Mount Carmel Men's Quartet and the Lystra Choir. A potluck lunch will follow in the fellowship hall.

Everyone is welcome. For information, call 933-6814 or see www.lystrabaptist.org.

Buddhist center offers teaching, meditation

The Kosala Buddhist Center in Carrboro offers Buddhist teachings, discussion and meditation with resident teacher Gen Tilopa from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday.

The April series will focus on the subject "Dealing With Anger." The May series will focus on "Faith Freedom and Spirituality."

Cost is $10. First class is free for newcomers. Kosala Center is at 711 W. Rosemary St. in Carrboro, above Carrburritos.

For information call 967-1861 or see www.meditationinchapelhill.org.

Services, events at Binkley Baptist

Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive, holds regular worship services each Sunday at 11 a.m.

Church school precedes the worship, starting at 9:30 a.m. The Contemplative Prayer Group meets each Monday in the chapel at 9:15 a.m.

The church will offer two Orientation to Binkley classes for anyone wishing to learn more about the programs, people and ministries.

Sessions will be held Sunday and May 4 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the church library. Binkley ministers and congregational leaders will offer information and answer your questions. Refreshments will be provided. Anyone planning to attend should e-mail Denise Cumbee Long at denise@binkleychurch.org or call the church office at 942-4964.

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

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.

Church School for all ages is at 10 a.m.

Iglesia Unida, Spanish language worship, will meet Sunday at 11 a.m. in the new Assembly Hall in the west wing of the building.

Tall Tales & Tacos, featuring a meal, music and storytelling, will be presented Sunday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. to raise money for the youth group mission. Crooked Creek will perform, and storytellers include ninth-grader Kira Frescoln, eighth-grader Will Holub-Moorman, Duke intern Kate Svajian, February Follies MC Katy Tarter German and Elon University folklore professor Tom Mould.

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.

Advent Lutheran holds services, Bible classes

Advent Lutheran Church, 230 Erwin Road in Chapel Hill, holds Sunday service beginning at 10:25 a.m. and Bible classes for adults and children of all ages beginning at 9:05 a.m. All are welcome.

For information, call 968-7690 or go to www.adventlutheranch.org.

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 Sung Compline will be held at 9:30 p.m. in the church.

A service of Holy Eucharist will be held at 4 p.m. at Carol Woods Retirement Community.

Brief services of Evening Prayer will be held Monday, Tuesday and April 30 and May 2 at 5:15 p.m.

Christian education for adults on Sunday will begin at 10:20 a.m. in the chapel. Tom Earnhardt, host of UNC-TV's "Exploring North Carolina," will lead a discussion focused on Earth Day themes.

Bart Ehrman, a professor of religious studies at UNC, will present a reading from his new book, "God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question -- Why We Suffer," in the chapel Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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

The Men's Prayer Breakfast group will met on April 30 at 7:30 a.m. The guest speaker will be parishioner and state Sen. Ellie Kinnaird.

The Centering Prayer Group will meet today at 5 p.m. in the parish house.

Episcopal Campus Ministry will meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. for an exam study-break dinner. All members of the university community are invited.

The Young Adults Group meets for lunch most Sundays after the 11:15 a.m. service. The group also meets after the 9:30 p.m. Compline service on Sundays for refreshments at a Franklin Street restaurant.

A social hour follows the conclusion of the 11:15 a.m. service each Sunday.

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

Series studies meaning of Methodism

A series by the Rev. Verson Tyson on "What Does It Mean to Be a Methodist Christian in 2008" concludes Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Amity United Methodist Church, 825 Estes Drive.

Sunday worship service is at 11 a.m. Sunday School starts at 9:45 a.m.

The youth group meets Sundays at 5 p.m. and has Bible study on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Starbucks on Franklin Street.

For information, call 967-7546 or see http://amityumc.org.

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

A healing circle meets weekly on Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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

Call 968-1854 or see www.unitychapelhill.org.