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Quaker fundraiser today in Murray

The Quaker meetinghouse annual fundraiser will be today 7-10 p.m., at 171 East 4800 South, Murray. It will feature a performance by the Red Rock Hot Club (Django Reinhardt gypsy-style jazz). There will also be a silent auction.

The Quakers have bought and are renovating a church building originally built by a Methodist congregation in the 1880s. The money raised at this event will be used for further renovations on the building. The cost is $20 at the door.

For advance reservations, or any inquiries, contact Kate MacLeod at 801-580-6449.

Speaker to explore dinosaurs and Bible

BLUFFDALE — "Dinosaurs and the Bible" will be explored by Richard Stepanek of the Alpha Omega Institute on Sunday, March 14, 9 a.m. at Midvalley Bible Church, 13985 S. 2700 West.

The topic includes alleged evidence by Stepanek that humans and dinosaurs did exist together on the earth before the flood, how Noah got those big things on the ark and what happened to them after that. Also on March 14, Midvalley Bible Church will celebrate its third anniversary in Bluffdale. The occasion will be marked by a dinner following the 10 a.m. service.

Call 801-969-4298 for more information.

Westminster talk to look at U.S. religion

SALT LAKE CITY — As part of the Tanner-McMurrin Lecture Series, Westminster College will present a lecture by Diana Eck, "The Patchwork People: America's Religious Promise Comes of Age" on Thursday, March 18, 7:30 p.m. in the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business Auditorium. Eck will discuss how the United States is not now, nor has it ever been, a primarily Christian or Judeo-Christian nation. Eck is a professor of comparative religion and Indian studies in the faculty of Arts and Sciences and a member of the faculty of Divinity at Harvard University. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow the event. For more information, visit www.westminstercollege.edu/culturalevents.

Iowa choir to sing at church on March 19

The Dordt College Concert Choir from Sioux Center, Iowa, will present a concert at First Christian Reformed Church, 805 E. 900 South, on Friday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.