Tony Kenny?s Christmastime in Ireland comes to St. Joseph?s Church Hall on Dec. 16 at 3 p.m. The international musical show includes songs and hymns, dancing, storytelling, comedic performances and more. Performers include Kathy Durkin, Ireland?s “Queen of Country,” Richie Hayes, the Leprechaun of Song and Comedy, the Dublin Dancers and Tony Kenny, star of Jury?s Irish Cabaret for more than 20 years.
Admission costs $20. St. Joseph?s Hall is located at 8420 Belair Road in Baltimore. For tickets, call 410-256-1010.
Christmas Eve Concert
A half-hour concert of original songs by singer-songwriter Nancy Krebs will preceded the Christmas Eve Mass at the Church of Ascension. The concert, beginning at 6:30 p.m., is a yearly event sponsored by the parish to create a meditative atmosphere before Mass.Krebs has performed with professional regional theaters such as Center Stage and was a member of Once Upon a Town, an Emmy-award winning TV series for PBS.
Church of the Ascension is located at 4603 Poplar Ave. in Halethorpe.
Pastors offer solutions to city’s violent streets
More than 150 United Methodist pastors of the Baltimore-Washington Conference and more than 200 guests recently gathered at John Wesley United Methodist Church in Baltimore to hold a worship service for families who have lost relatives to violence in Baltimore City in 2007. During the service, church leaders presented “Hope for the City,” a strategy for Baltimore to help families affected by violence. The initiative included summer camp scholarships for children under 15 whose relatives are murder victims and free pastoral counseling to anyone who wishes to receive it.
After the worship service, participants walked to selected sites in the city where homicides have occurred.
