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Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation (NVHC) invites new and prospective members to an Ice Cream Social on Sunday, Aug. 22, from 2-4 p.m. in the social hall. Enjoy an ice cream sundae, meet Rabbi Robert A. Nosanchuk and temple leaders, and learn all about NVHC. Families are welcome. 1441 Wiehle Ave., Reston. For more information, call 703-437-7733.
Works Sunday, an annual cooperative event involving members of Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim faith communities in Reston and Herndon, will take place Aug. 15 and will include 13 "action projects" plus five "donation projects." Anyone interested is invited to participate. This yearÕs participating faith communities are ADAMS (All Dulles Area Muslim Society), Heart to Heart Ministries, Heritage Fellowship United Church of Christ, Herndon Friends Meeting, Martin Luther King, Jr. Christian, Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation, Nothing Impossible Fellowship, Resurrection Baptist, St. John Neumann Catholic, St. Thomas a'Becket Catholic, Shoreshim, Stonegate Mission, Trinity Presbyterian, Unitarian Universalist, United Christian Parish and Washington Plaza Baptist. For more information visit the Web site www.workssunday.org.
Free help is available for Spanish-speaking parents and guardians through the Nurturing Parenting Program, held at Saint TimothyÕs Episcopal Church in Herndon. These session are scheduled every Tuesday until Aug. 17. Each class is from 5:30-8 p.m. Dinner is served and free child care will be provided. These meetings will be conducted in Spanish and are designed to help families with children, newborns to age 4. The program is designed for the entire family. Saint Timothy's Episcopal Church is located at 432 Van Buren St., Herndon. Contact Krissa Slone at 703-324-7745 or via e-mail at Kslone@fairfaxcounty.gov or Vera Berrio Breton at 703-324-7737.
Join the Dranesville Church of the Brethren every Friday evening, at 7 p.m., during August. The church is located at 11500 Leesburg Pike, Herndon. Contact the church office by calling 703-430-787 or 703-437-4852 for more information.
The Herndon Ecumenical discussion group meets on the fourth Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon, to study the unity and diversity of Christian heritage. Meetings are in room 213 at Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, 750 Peachtree St., Herndon. All are welcome. For more information, call Betty at 703-437-1196.
Washington Plaza Baptist Church's "Monthly Forum: Discussion, Sharing and Action on Civil Rights/Civil Wrongs Past, Present and Future" will continue every fourth Sunday of the month, from 12:30-1:30 p.m., in the Plaza Room on the ground level of the church, located at Lake Anne in Reston. For more information, call 703-471-5225.