51st Annual Lenten Luncheon. Speaker is Hearshell Vanluven of St. John the Evangelist Church

The Greater Concord Interfaith Council will host a series of Lenten luncheons featuring guest speakers on Thursdays beginning Feb. 25 at St. John the Evangelist Church Parish Activity Center, 72 South Main Street, Concord, NH.  Enter the church parking lot from Thorndike Street.

The luncheons will run from noon to 1 p.m. The cost is $6 per luncheon; proceeds will benefit the Friends of Forgotten Children.

March 25 : Hearshell Vanluven volunteers for a prison ministry that offers encouragement and support to inmates in the county jail system.

Here's the schedule of speakers:

Feb. 25 - Jennifer Steinhauser of Bow Mills United Methodist Church.

March 4 - The Rev. Kate Atkinson of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

March 11 - Jim Kinhan of South Congregational Church

March 18 - David Lamb of Canterbury United Community Church.

March 25 - Hearshell Vanluven of St. John the Evangelist Church.

For more information, call 225-6993.