After 40 years of service to the church, the Rev. Canon Jurgen Liias, founding rector of Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church in Danvers, will retire following the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, Feb. 5. The Rev. Tim Clayton will be installed as rector of Christ the Redeemer this spring. During the interim, the Rev. Brian Barry will serve as priest-in-charge. There will be a celebration of Liias' ministry on Saturday, April 14, with a luncheon at the Danversport Yacht Club, 161 Elliott St., Danvers. Tickets may be obtained by calling 978-774-3163.
Torah Hub, a communitywide study led by local rabbis and teachers, features mini-courses held on Thursdays from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, 4 Community Road, Marblehead. Rabbi Baruch HaLevi of Congregation Shirat Hayam will teach "The Mussar Movement: A Jewish Path to Becoming the Authentic You" on Feb. 9, 16 and 23. Registration is required, and a donation for enrollment is encouraged. For more information or to register, visit www.jfns.org/torahhub or contact Alanna Cooper at acooper@jfns.org or 978-224-4096.
The Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation will sponsor Hip Hop'n Havdalah, a free, experiential program about havdalah, a ceremony separating Shabbat from the rest of the week. Learn about the ritual items of havdalah in a fun way; experience a service; receive a havdalah kit; and enjoy crafts, music, dancing and refreshments. Families can select from two dates: Saturday, Feb. 4, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Temple Ner Tamid, 368 Lowell St., Peabody, or Saturday, Feb. 11, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Cohen Hillel Academy, 6 Community Road, Marblehead. For more information or to make a reservation, contact Sharon Wyner at 978-565-4450 or swyner@rilcf.org.
The Holy Trinity United Methodist Church, 16 Sylvan St., Danvers, is providing reusable grocery bags with the church's name written on them for anyone who would like to fill one at the grocery store for the Danvers People to People Food Pantry. Bags can be returned to the church any Sunday of the month, and a new one obtained. For more information, call the church office at 978-777-7408.
Maple Street Church at 90 Maple St. in Danvers holds a food drive collection for the Danvers food pantry on the second Sunday of each month. Members are encouraged to bring juice boxes, pasta, canned soups and vegetables, and other items and leave them in the narthex or the shopping cart in the Social Hall. For more information, call Priscilla Curda at 978-777-0793 or email phcurda@verizon.net.
St. Peter's Church will hold a book drive through February. Books, videos, DVDs, CDs and records can be deposited in the Got Books bin in the church's parking lot, 24 St. Peter St., Salem. For more information, call the church at 978-745-2291.
First Parish Church in Beverly, Unitarian Universalist, serves a meal to the needy at 6 p.m. every Tuesday at the church, 225 Cabot St., Beverly. For more information or to volunteer, email Ron Sweet at rtsweet@comcast.net.
The Temple Beth Shalom Jewish Food Pantry needs supplies and food. Items can be dropped off in the temple foyer at 489 Lowell St., Peabody. The pantry needs paper towels, toilet paper, soap, toothpaste, shampoo, kosher soups, crackers, tomato sauce, jelly, beans, tuna, pasta, juice and nonperishable milk. For more information, call 978-535-2100.
Each month, Catholic Charities North receives more requests for food assistance than can be provided with the funding available. Providing this type of assistance has grown more difficult in recent years as the demand for food assistance has risen. To help provide food to a local family who needs it, anyone may donate a gift card from a local grocery store at Catholic Charities sites at 280 Washington St., Salem (978-740-6923), and the Family Counseling and Guidance Center, 152 Sylvan St., Danvers, on the second floor (978-774-6820). More site locations can be found at www.ccab.org/north.
