The staff of the Portsmouth Daily Times invites all religious organizations to tell the area about their congregation or organization. Deadline for religious information is Feb. 8.

For more information, call (740) 353-3101 and ask for Gail or Nikki.

Bigelow hosts special seminar

Bigelow Church will host a special seminar “Childhood Conversion: How Children Come to Faith in Christ” from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 10. This seminar is for workers in nursery, Sunday school, youth and youth church, parents, expectant parents, grandparents, or anyone concerned about lost people. Nursery will be available.

The church is located at 415 Washington St. For more information, call the church at (740) 354-2323.

Christ UMC hosts training workshop

Christ United Methodist Church, 5731 Gallia St., Sciotoville, will host Coalition Against Family Violence interactive training workshop on the topic of family violence, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The training will teach participants to identify the signs of family violence, estimate the seriousness of abuse in the life of another, help a person at risk to develop a safety plan, connect a person at risk to resources, and formulate a prevention and awareness plan for the community. The training and materials are offered at no charge to local congregations.

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