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By lisa Neff

Longboat Island Chapel to observe Earth Day

“Nature Talks and Walks” will draw Earth Day celebrants to Longboat Island Chapel.

The Saturday, April 22, event will feature exhibitors, garden tours, bay walks, talks and more.

There is no admission charge.

Earth Day 2023

Tours will take place 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and there will be exhibitors in the garden, including representatives of the Florida Forest Service, Florida Maritime Museum, Longboat Key Turtle Watch, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Suncoast Surfrider Foundation and Save Our Seabirds.

At 1:30 p.m., the focus will shift indoors at the fellowship hall for a panel discussion on water quality, ocean acidification, wildlife conservation, eco-restoration and preservation.

The Maine Line Food Truck also will be on-site.

The chapel is at 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key.

For more information, call the chapel at 941-3836491.

Tidings

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CrossPointe Fellowship, 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Info: 941-778-0719, crosspointefellowship.church.

Worship: Sundays, 9 a.m.

Ongoing: Wednesdays, 7 a.m., men’s Bible meeting; Wednesdays, 6 p.m., supper; Wednesdays through May 10, Wednesday Night Blast, 6:45 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. women’s Bible meeting.

Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Info: 941-778-1638, amiannunciation.org.

Worship: Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.; Sundays, 8 a.m., 10:15 a.m.

Ongoing: Wednesdays, 8 a.m., men’s meeting; Mondays, 1 p.m., book group.

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 6608 Marina Drive. Holmes Beach. Info: 941-778-1813, gloriadeilutheran.com.

Worship: Sundays, 9:30 a.m.

Ongoing: Sundays, 10:15 a.m., coffee and fellowship.

Harvey Memorial Community Church, 300 Church Ave., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-779-1912.

Worship: Sundays, 9:15 a.m.

Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414, roserchurch.com.

Worship: Sundays, 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m.

Ongoing: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m., Roser Robics;

Kiwanis club tallying collections from sunrise service

The Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island as of April 10 had collected $11,519 in donations from its annual Easter sunrise service on the beach.

The amount was $700 less than collected in 2022.

However, the club was still accepting donations

Roser casting for musical

Roser Memorial Community Church is inviting children of elementary school age to perform in “Martin and the Doors,” a musical that will be staged at the church for Mother’s Day. Rehearsals are at 4 p.m. Wednesdays. The musical will be at 7 p.m. Friday, May 12, at the church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. For more, call the church at 941-781-0414.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Roser Thrift Store; Wednesdays, 6:15 p.m., Youth Performing Arts, first and third Wednesdays, 11: 30 a.m., Just Older Youth group programs with brown-bag lunch; Thursdays, 5:30 p.m., Roser Ringers rehearsal; 7 p.m., Thursdays, choir rehearsal; Sundays, 8:30 a.m., adult Sunday school and coffee and conversation sessions.

St. Bernard Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach. Info: 941-778-4769, office@stbernardcc.org.

Worship: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.; Saturdays, 4 p.m.; Sundays, 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.

Ongoing: Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m., rosary; Wednesdays, 7:30 a.m., Rosary on the Beach at Manatee Public Beach; second Thursdays, women’s guild luncheons; Saturdays, 3 p.m., confession.

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Christ Church of Longboat Key Presbyterian USA, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Info: 941-900-4903, christchurchoflbk.org.

Worship: Sundays, 10 a.m.

Ongoing: Wednesdays, 10 a.m., Women’s Bible Study; Mondays, 9 a.m., Men’s Bible Study.

Musical•May 12

All kids

K - 5th Grade are invited to be in the musical! Rehearsals are Wednesdays at 4:00 PM in the Roser Church Sanctuary.

READ MORE: RoserChurch.com/musical

Questions? Call the church or email Craig Ramberger, Director of Music Ministries: craig@roserchurch.com

By John Parker & Joseph M. Martin

The rev. Dirk rodgers, pastor of roser Memorial Community Church in Anna Maria, gives the Easter sunrise sermon, “Why?

When Jesus Meets Doubt” to the crowd of beachgoers at the Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria island sunrise service at the Manatee Public Beach in Holmes Beach.

islander Photo: Bonner Joy on its website at www.amikiwanis.com.

After expenses, the club will share the collection with participating churches and also invest in its scholarship fund.

For more information, call Sandy Haas-Martens at 941-778-1383.

Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Info: 941-383-6491, longboatislandchapel.org.

Worship: Sundays, 10 a.m.

Ongoing: Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Lord’s Warehouse Thrift Shop; Wednesdays, 10 a.m., Bible study; Mondays, 4 p.m., choir rehearsal.

Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key. Info: 941-383-3428.

Worship: Fridays, Shabbat, 5:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.

SPECIAL DATES & EVENTS

April 22, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Earth Day celebration, Longboat Island Chapel.

June 19-22, Vacation Bible School, CrossPointe. GET LISTED

Send listings and announcements to calendar@islander.org. Also, please, as seasons shift, send changes in schedules.

Obituary

‘Tootie’ (Kane) Baldini

Suzanne “Tootie” (Kane) Baldini, 93, of Holmes Beach, died Feb. 24. She was born April 18, 1929, and grew up in Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania. She graduated from secretarial school in Ithaca, New York, and was the office manager at Weatherby Insur-

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