3B THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015 RELIGION BRIEFS Crossroads Community Hall, free of charge. Those willing to help should come at 3 p.m. to set up or 5 p.m. to help clean up. The church is offering a Taizé Prayer and Song service at 7 p.m. Wednes- day. The service consists of simple repeated chants, periods of silence, prayers individual and communal, and the lighting of candles. Grace conducts this evening prayer service on the second Wednesday of each month. All are welcome. For information, call the church at 503-325-4691 or go to www.graceastoria.org SVENSEN — Cross- roads Community Church, a Friends Fellowship, at 40618 Old Highway 30 in Svensen, is holding a Free Family Film Friday at 6:45 p.m. tonight, featuring a full-length feature old ¿lm favorite starting at 7 p.m. Free fresh popped pop- corn, sodas, water and coffee will be available. All are wel- come. Peace Lutheran As a mission fundraiser, Peace Lutheran Church, 565 12th St., invites the Astoria Regatta Grand Land Parade viewers to stop by the church First Lutheran courtyard Saturday to enjoy Brach Jennings is preach- the green space with friends ing at the 8:30 and 11 a.m. and relax with root beer Àoats, worship services Sunday at Finnish prune tarts, and apri- First Lutheran Church, 725 cot tarts. Sales begin at 10:30 Submitted Photo 33rd St. This is his last ser- a.m. All are welcome. Beginning at 9:30 a.m. A youth team from the 4K Cancer Bike Ride, part of the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young vice before he leaves for Aug. 14 and 15, the church Adults, visited Astoria on Aug. 2 and 3, and were hosted by First Lutheran Church for St Paul, Minn., to attend a graduate program at Luther is holding its annual Treasure dinner, breakfast and an overnight stay.  Seminary. Sale at the parking level Fel- ego, Los Angeles, Seattle connected online and have a holding a service at 11 a.m. Brach has been with the lowship Hall. For information, call 503 and Portland. The group ar- variety of stories to tell. One Sunday at the First Congrega- church for the last year as rived in Astoria on day 64 of young man suffered from leu- tional Church, 820 part of his ministry 325-3871. a 70 day trip. First Lutheran kemia and had a bone marrow Alameda Ave. The education program Bethany Free Lutheran Church hosted the young peo- transplant and painful recov- Rev. Kit Ketcham at Paci¿c Lutheran Bethany Free Lutheran ple with dinner, breakfast and ery in 2012. One young wom- will facilitate a Theological Sem- Church’s Sunday worship ser- an overnight stay. Each mem- an is from Taiwan, but attends discussion on “Pre- inary in Berkeley, vice is being held at 11 a.m. at ber of the team raises at least college in the U.S. Some of paring for Death.” Calif., where he re- Cullaby Lake’s south shelter. $4,500 for the trip. Donated the bikers have never seen the Refreshments are ceived his master’s A picnic follows at noon. For accommodations and food ocean, and were anxious to being furnished by degree in divinity at information, call 503-325- items are solicited or provided dip their feet and bicycle tires Peggy Coreson. the end of May. He 2925. For information, along their route. has shown his skill in the salt water. All of the rid- All of the members of ers on the team to Portland are call 503-325-5225 in teaching through- Brach First Lutheran each team have been touched from the East Coast and Mid- or go to www.pac- out the year. Jennings Thirty youths from the 4K by cancer in some way; they West. uuf.org A coffee hour in Cancer Bike Ride visited As- have family members who his honor will be For information, go to *race (SiscoSaO toria on Aug. 2 and 3. They have survived or died of can- http://4kforcancer.org held after both services. All Grace Episcopal Church, are welcome. are part of The Ulman Cancer cer, and a few of them are sur- Paci¿c 8nitarian 1545 Franklin Ave., is serv- Fund for Young Adults, and vivors themselves. They dedi- For information, call the 8niYersaOist ing the monthly Second Sun- church at 503-325-6252 or go make up one of four teams cate each day, and their entire The Paci¿c Unitarian day Soup-Supper meal at 4 to www.astoria¿rstlutheran. riding from Baltimore, Md., trip to speci¿c people. to the West Coast to San Di- The team members have Universalist Fellowship is p.m. Sunday in the Parish com L oca l, Fa m ily O w ned Com pa ny w w w .h u gh es-ra n som .com TOD AY ! OR DER ON LIN E w w w .DiscoverO urCoast.com /order S TOP BY ON E OF OU R 3 LOCATION S A storia • 949 Exchange St. Seaside • 1555 N . Roosevelt Dr. Long Beach • 205 Bolstad A ve. E. #2 o r CALL HOLLY LAR K IN S at 503-325-3211, x227 Em ail: hlarkins@ dailyastorian.com For online updates: dailyastorian.com • F u n era l s, b u ri al s, a n d c rem a ti o ns • R el i ab l e 24-H o u r servi ce • Pre-pl anni n g a va i l ab l e • S pec i a l a tten ti o n to Vetera n s • S pec i a l R o o m s fo r R ec epti o ns M ortu ary & C rem atory 3 W AY S TO GE T Y O U R CO PY In conjunction with the Astoria High School Class of 1960 reunion weekend Aug. 22-23, the Capt. Robert Gray Junior High School graduat- ing class of 1956 is holding a no-host breakfast gathering at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 22 in the Dooger’s Seafood and Grill private dining room, 103 U.S. Highway 101 in Warrenton. This will be the 59th anniver- sary of the class graduation from Gray, and the 67th year since they started ¿rst grade together. “We are still good friends after all those years,” Jean Ostrom Montgomery said. “We would really like fellow Explorers from other class- es of our era to come by to say hello, but please identify yourself. We haven’t changed since we were 14 years old, and we will remember you, but unless your looks haven’t changed either, we won’t rec- ognize you.” For information, call Montgomery at 503-667-7540 or email montyjf@gmail.com Ca ring Professiona l Service Serving Fam ilies for G enerations H u g h es-R an som SE A SID E • 220 N H ollad ay • 503.738.6622 Capt. Robert Gray Junior High School class of 1956 holds reunion Th e Slack 5 A STO R IA • 576 12th Street • 503.325.2535