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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022
RELIGION BRIEFS
Anchor Baptist Church
The congregation meets at
the Astoria Christian Church,
1151 Harrison Ave. On Sun-
days, the service starts at 1 p.m.;
Bible study is at 7 p.m. Thurs-
days. For information, email
anchorbaptistastoria@gmail.com
Astoria Christian Church
For service information and
updates, go to astoriachris-
tian.org or bit.ly/AstoriaChris-
tian, call 503-325-2591 or email
AstoriaChristian@gmail.com
Astoria First Baptist
Church
First Baptist Church, 349
Seventh St., holds a wor-
ship service at 10:45 a.m. Sun-
day. The service is also broad-
cast at fb.me/astoriafi rstbaptist
Sunday school starts at
9:30 a.m. There is no child care,
but children are encouraged to join
the service. For information, call
the church offi ce at 503-325-1761.
Astoria First United
Methodist Church
Open for worship on Sun-
days at 11:30 a.m., 1076 Frank-
lin Ave. Masks are required.
For livestream service infor-
mation, email the church offi ce
at
offi ce@unitedmethodistas-
toria.org or call 503-325-5454.
Bethany Free Lutheran
Church
On Sundays at Bethany
Free Lutheran Church, 451
34th St., Sunday school is at
9:30 a.m., and the service is
at 11 a.m. “Glad Tidings” is at
8:40 a.m. on KAST 1370 AM.
On Mondays, confi rmation is at
6 p.m.; Brown Bags is at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays; and the Bethany Sew-
ing Mission is at 10 a.m. Thurs-
days. The Women’s Missionary
Federation meets at 11 a.m. on the
second Thursday of the month.
For information, go to betha-
nyfree.com or call 503-325-2925.
Common Ground
Interspiritual Fellowship
Common Ground Interspiri-
tual Fellowship holds a service
from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sun-
day, via Zoom, which is open
to all belief systems, including
the spiritual but not religious.
“We’re
more than
a lumber
yard”
WEDDING
For information, go to cgifel-
lowship.org. For the Zoom link,
email
info@cgifellowship.org
First Church of Christ,
Scientist
Sunday morning services and
Sunday school at the Christian Sci-
ence Church, 632 11th St., are held
at 10 a.m.; enter on 11th Street.
Wednesday evening testimony
meetings are at 7 p.m. Those
wishing to attend by phone can get
details by calling 971-320-0294.
The Reading Room hours are
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Thursday, except holi-
days; enter on Franklin Avenue.
Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church,
1545 Franklin Ave., holds Sun-
day services at 8 and 10 a.m. The
later service is also livestreamed
on Facebook and YouTube.
Morning prayer services
are daily at 8 a.m., and an
evening prayer service is at
7 p.m. Wednesdays, also lives-
treamed. Masks are required,
and air machines are in use.
The weekly music series “Fri-
days in Lent” is on Friday from
noon to 1 p.m., with contempla-
tive listening and walking the Sta-
tions of the Cross. The musician is
Jennifer Goodenberger on piano.
The food pantry is open from 9 to
11:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday.
Church offi ce hours are
from 10 a.m. to noon Mon-
day through Friday. For infor-
mation, go to graceastoria.org,
call 503-325-5107 or email gra-
ceastoria4691@gmail.com
Olney Community Church
The
non-denominational
Olney Community Church,
89351 Oregon Highway 202,
meets at 9:30 a.m. Sunday for
breakfast. Sunday school is at
10 a.m., and the worship service
is at 11 a.m. All are welcome.
A Wednesday prayer meeting
is at 2 p.m. For information, call
the church at 503-325-3394, or Ed
Hortsch, pastor, at 503-791-4475.
Pacifi c Unitarian
Universalist
The Pacifi c Unitarian Univer-
salist Fellowship now meets in
person at noon Sunday at the First
Presbyterian Church, 1103 Grand
Ave. The sanctuary entrance is
on 11th Street between Grand
and Harrison avenues. The ser-
vice is also held via Zoom; for
information, go to pacuuf.org
Monsantofi ls —
Emmons
Monica Monsantofi ls, of Asto-
ria, exchanged wedding vows with
Stuart Emmons, also of Astoria,
on March 5 on the beach at Gear-
hart. The groom’s parents are the
late William Stuart and Clare Aus-
tin Emmons.
The bride was given in marriage
by her son, Joseph J. Lennox. U.S.
Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. John Jacob
Briggs performed the ceremony.
Music was provided by the ocean.
Matron of honor was Courtney
Monsantofi ls, of San Francisco.
Best man was Will Emmons, of
Washington, D.C.
The bride attended Scappoose
High School, Eastern Washington
University and King’s College in
London. She is a region specialist in
preventive dentistry.
The groom, an architect, gradu-
ated from The Hill School in Pott-
stown, Pennsylvania, in 1973, from
Peace First Lutheran
Peace First Lutheran Church
holds Sunday services at 8:30
and 11 a.m. at 725 33rd St.
The 8:30 a.m. service is also
streamed live at bit.ly/3rckrMd
Wednesday
Bible
study
is at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
with noon-time prayers fol-
lowing the fi rst session, at 565
12th St. For Bible study Zoom
links, email the church offi ce.
Church offi ce hours are Mon-
day through Friday 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. For information, call
503-325-6252, email offi ce@
peacefi rstlutheran.com
or
go to peacefi rstlutheran.com
Pioneer Presbyterian
Church
WARRENTON — For ser-
vice information, call the
church at 503-861-2421 or
go to pioneerchurchpcusa.org
Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New
York, with a bachelor’s degree in
architecture in 1986, and from Har-
vard University with a master’s
degree in architecture in 1988.
A reception was held in Gearhart.
The couple will reside in
Astoria.
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
St. Brendon the Navigator
Orthodox Church
St. Brendan the Naviga-
tor Orthodox Church, 820 Ala-
meda Ave., holds Catechism at
3:30 p.m. Saturday; Great Vespers
is at 5 p.m. A light potluck follows.
On Sunday, Matins are at
8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy is at
10 a.m., followed by a potluck meal.
Masks must be worn at all
times unless there is a medical
reason. For questions, contact
Rev. Sergey Kakorin at 360-904-
7794 or skergeykakorin@gmail.
com or go to orthodoxastoria.org
St. Mary, Star of the Sea
Parish
During Lent, Stations of the
Cross on Fridays is at 3 p.m. at the
St. Francis de Sales Mission, 867
Fifth Ave. in Hammond, and at
6 p.m. at St. Mary, Star of the Sea
Catholic Church, 1465 Grand Ave.
For information about the
St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
hours, and service and livestream-
ing information at both the Asto-
ria church and Hammond mission,
call 503-325-3671, email offi ce@
stmaryastoria.com or go to stmaryas-
toria.com or bit.ly/stmaryastoria
State Fish and Wildlife
announces art contest
Marine safety instructor
training off ered
Artists are invited to compete
in one or all three of the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife’s
2023 stamp art competitions.
The Habitat Conservation Stamp
entries must feature an eligible spe-
cies from the Oregon Conservation
Strategy; the Waterfowl Stamp Con-
test must feature the greater scaup;
and the Upland Game Bird Stamp
Contest must feature the mountain
quail. All three category entries must
be depicted in their natural habitat.
The winning artist in each contest
receives a $2,000 award and the art-
work is used to produce collector’s
stamps and other promotional items,
with sale proceeds benefi ting Ore-
gon’s fi sh, wildlife and their habitats.
Entries will be accepted between
Aug. 26 and up to 5 p.m. on Sept.
30 at the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife headquarters,
4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE,
Salem, OR., 97302. Entries can be
mailed or hand delivered.
For information and contest
rules, go to bit.ly/36aUNvt
The Alaska Marine Safety Edu-
cation Association is holding a
marine safety instructor training
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 23 to
May 27 at the Clatsop Community
College Marine and Environmen-
tal Research and Training Station,
6550 Liberty Lane.
The course includes: methods
of marine safety instruction; emer-
gency procedures; risk assess-
ment; how to conduct eff ective
drills; cold-water survival skills;
man overboard recovery; fi refi ght-
ing; life rafts; abandon ship pro-
cedures; helicopter rescue; fl ares,
maydays and other emergency sig-
nals; personal fl otation devices;
fl ooding control; conducting
safety orientations; cross-cultural
communication; and in-the-water
skills.
The cost is $995 for tuition and
books; scholarships are available
for qualifi ed commercial fi sher-
men. For information, and to reg-
ister, go to amsea.org
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