KWANZAA EVENT: Beulah Baptist Church, 570 Sherwood Ave., Youngstown, will host a Kwanzaa program at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The theme is Ujima, which means collective work and responsibility. The event will include music, dancing and cultural expression with the Beulah Baptist Youth Department and Vincent Shivers.

NEW YEAR’S EVE: New Reed’s Chapel AME Church. 1939 Jacobs Road, Youngstown, will host a New Year’s Eve service at noon Dec. 31 with the Rev. Shane Floyd.

FINAL MASS: St. Brendan Church, 2800 Oakwood Ave., Youngstown, will celebrate its final Mass at 9 a.m. Sunday. The Rev. John Jerek will be the celebrant, along with the Rev. Paul Marich, O.P., a son of St. Brendan who now is pastor of St. Patrick Church in Columbus.

The church is closing at the end of the year. Diocesan officials previously announced St. Brendan and Our Lady of Sorrows Parish-St. Matthias Church, will merge with St. Christine Church in 2026.

BURNING BOWL SERVICE: Unity Spiritual Centre, 1226 Naylor Lloyd Road, Liberty, will host its burning bowl service at 11 a.m. Sunday with Pastor Larry Etheredge.

The ceremony symbolizes the release of negative patterns and thinking and the start of new beginnings. The paper is safely burned with the flame of a candle symbolizing its end.

FIRST FRIDAY: The First Friday Club of Greater Youngstown Speaker Series will meet at noon Jan. 8 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road in Canfield with guest Sister Jeanne Thurin, HM.

She will present “Jesus, the Recipe for Life: Vignettes in Mime,” narrated by Sister Mary Ann Spangler, HM.

Thurin, a sister of the Humility of Mary, accompanies young adults and adults on their spiritual journeys.

Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., with the presentation beginning at noon. Cost is $25 with reservations needed by Jan. 1 at 330-720-4498.

CHURCHES HELP ORGANIZATION: LOAF (Lakeview Outreach and Fellowship) hosted a recent community Christmas concert at Lakeview High School.

The choir and the orchestra were people from the area who volunteer their time and talents for this event.

Proceeds for this year’s concert are going to Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which is a local nonprofit organization funded solely by donations and run by volunteers.

They provide beds for needy children in the area. The beds are twin size and constructed with raw wood. The organization delivers the beds to the children’s home and comes complete with a mattress, a pillow and bedding.