Saint Francis United Methodist Church will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2965 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary. Lunch will be at 11:45 a.m. and a celebration service will be at 1 p.m. Special children's activities are planned. For details, visit www. saint francis umc .org .

CLASSES

Greenwood Forest Baptist Church, 110 S.E. Maynard Road in Cary, will hold English as a second language class every Sunday from 9:30-10:45 a.m. The free classes will be held in the Conference Room across from the church office at the rear entrance. For details, call 919-467-0481.

CONCERT

The Lighthouse Gospel Music Association will hold a southern gospel concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at the Lighthouse Convention Center, 326 Tryon Road, Raleigh. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Webbs Music Ministry and Destiny Quartet will perform. Doors and concession open at 6pm. For details, call 919-661-6902 or visit www. lgma .info .

FOOD MINISTRY

The Brown Bag Ministry, which feeds more than 1,400 hungry people a week, is looking for middle- and high-school aged volunteers. The group meets at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Apex about 9 a.m. Saturdays. Volunteers prepare bagged meals and hand them out at Moore Square in Raleigh. The group usually finishes by 1 p.m. Visit www.brownbagministry.org for details.

GATHERING

Christ the King Lutheran Church in Cary will hold a Glocal Mission Gathering on Jan. 27-28. The event will bring together an ecumenical, intergenerational group for a day and a half of worship, workshops and sharing around global and local missions. There will also be food, music and fellowship. To register, visit www. elca. org/ glocal .

MEETINGS

The Issachar forum meets at 6 p.m. every Sunday at Perkins Restaurant, 908 U.S. 64, Apex. The forum discusses current and world events, and how they relate to biblical prophecy. For details, call 919-771-8210.

Woodhaven Baptist Church will hold "Coffee and Conversation" at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 28 in the fellowship hall at 4000 Kildaire Farm Road, Apex. Dave Stratton will lead the discussion on "Regarding Prayer," a study of the spiritual discipline of prayer.

WORKSHOP

Alice Parker, choral music conductor, arranger and composer, will hold a choral workshop for Triangle singers March 16-18 at Saint Francis United Methodist Church in Cary. For information, visit www. saint francis umc .org .