DUNKIRK — The Community Choir of Friends will present a selection of seasonal music at the Hardin Northern Community Center, located on Main Street in Dunkirk, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 25. The program is offered as a musical reflection on the true meaning of the Easter season.

Our contemporary service is a purposefully relaxed atmosphere. I appreciate that, because sometimes my children behave in worship like, well, children.

LIMA — The Lima Area Flute Choir will perform at Trinity United Methodist Church, 301 W. Market St., Lima on Sunday, March 18 at 3 p.m. Directed by Lucy Altstaetter, Jaz Bluhm, Stacee Brown and Erin Grim, this group of local artists features a variety of literature and sound textures with something for everyone.

MOUNT VICTORY — The Victory Jamboree of Mount Victory Memorial Hall, 234 N. Washington St., will be hosting a Gospel Greats Spring Special at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 20. Doors open at 4 p.m. Featured performers will be The Southern-Aires, Homelighters Quartet and The Seekers.

MAYSVILLE — A revival featuring evangelist Corey Carroll is set to take place on several dates this month at Auglaize Free United Baptist Church, 11890 Ohio 309, Maysville, located 15 miles west of Kenton. Revivals will take place at the church at 6 p.m. on March 11, 17 and 18. On March 12 through 16, services will be at 7 p.m. …

The Latter Rain quartet will be performing at the Dunkirk Assembly of God Church on Sunday morning, March 4. Service begins at 10 a.m. All are invited to attend to hear the gospel presented in song. Submitted photo

This year is one of those rare occasions when Valentine’s Day falls on Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent. And so the day known for the celebration of romantic love when we give chocolates and strawberries to our valentines collides with a day when we mark our foreheads with ashes and give up chocolate to mark the beginning of a season of repentance.

Pastor Anita VanBuskirk of Kenton Full Gospel Church will be preaching in Lima at the Full Gospel Temple of Love, 713 Edsel Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20. For any questions, call her at 567-674-4228.

Pastor Brandi Rigsby of the Ada First United Methodist Church places ashes on the forehead of church member Cathy Smalley at the church’s first drive-thru Ash Wednesday observance.

The quartet Latter Rain will appear in concert at Kenton Full Gospel Church, 129 N. Wayne St., at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11. All are welcome to come for an evening of Southern gospel music and praise, and prayer for the sick.