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Here are a selection of brief news items pertaining to area church activities:

Holmen church to host divorce sessions

Holmen Lutheran Church will be hold a DivorceCare seminar and support group that will be held weekly beginning on Tuesday, May 13, at 7 p.m.

DivorceCare features nationally recognized experts on divorce and recovery topics. Seminar sessions include “Facing Your Anger,” “Facing Your Loneliness,” “Depression,” “New Relationships,” “KidCare” and “Forgiveness.”

Call Sue at 317-7512 or Cheryl at 526-9032 for more information.

Onalaska Methodist to confirm 14 youths

Fourteen eighth-grade youths will celebrate the Rite of Confirmation in a service Sunday, May 11, starting at 11 a.m. at the Onalaska United Methodist Church.

The confirmation class includes Arden Blumer, Kyle Conniff, Heather Handel, Kim Hayman, Spencer Henessee, Marissa Korson, Grace Kube, Michael Meyer, Evan Neitzel, Tyler Page, Melissa Reinke, Haley Reisner, Anna Sawicki, and Lindsey Uting.

Church youth group plans chickencue

The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Youth Group will host a Mothers Day chickencue from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church, 515 N. Main St. in Holmen.

Served by Premier Catering, the dinner will include a half chicken, potato salad, baked beans and a dinner roll.

A limited number of walk-in meals will be available.

Peace group changes name, meeting site

The Interfaith Network for Justice and Peace has changed the location of its monthly meetings from the La Crosse Public Library to the Grandview Building, 1701 Main St., La Crosse.

The group meets at 12:45 p.m. on the second Monday of each month. The May meeting will be May 12. Anyone interested in attending is welcome.

The group is a network of people from many faith traditions who come together to focus on a variety of social justice issues. At a recent meeting the group changed its name from the La Crosse Interfaith Justice and Peace Coalition to the above to more clearly describe how the group operates.

Madelline Kepner will be the meeting facilitator.

St. Patrick’s youth group plans events

The youth group at St Patrick Church in Onalaska will host a Dance-a-Game-a-thon on Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Everyone is welcome to the event, which will feature fun, food, deejays, raffles and trivia contests.

Members of the youth group are taking pledges for the 12-hour dance. People interested in volunteering or donating can contact Cathie Steinhoff at 783-5535, ext. 8, or cathie@stpatz.com.

The youth group also will hold a rummage sale in the St. Patrick School gym, 127 11th Ave. N., on the same day from 7 a.m. to noon.

All proceeds will help send youth group members on a summer pilgrimage to Australia.

Christ the King plans summer Bible school

Christ the King Lutheran Church will hold its vacation Bible school for kids in pre-K through fifth grade from June 8-12.

Theme for the VBS is “Avalanche Ranch — a Wild Ride Through God’s Word” — and sessions will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

To register, call 783-1892 or e-mail ctklutheranch@aol.com.

Causeway Interfaith holds paint collection

Causeway Interfaith is hosting a two-day event during which the organization will pick up gallon, pint or quart paint cans or stain cans from homes in La Crosse County and dispose of them at the county’s hazardous materials center.

The two-day event occurs Tuesday, May 13, and Thursday, May 15. Any resident of La Crosse, Onalaska, Holmen or West Salem can call Causeway and arrange to have their old paint picked up.

Causeway is asking for $1 donation per can. Only paint products will be allowed and no five-gallon buckets will be accepted.

The proceeds of the paint drive-away will go to Causeway, which provides services to the elderly and people with disabilities to help them retain their independence.

For more information, call Causeway at 775-9999.

Volunteer Corps seeks participants

Participants are sought for Lutheran Volunteer Corps, a full-time program that offers people a one-year opportunity for spiritual and personal exploration while working for social justice, living in intentional community and simplifying their lifestyles.

Volunteers are matched with nonprofit organizations in Baltimore, Md.; Wilmington, Del.; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; Milwaukee; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Seattle and Tacoma, Wash.; and the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

Applications may be downloaded at http://www.LutheranVolunteerCorps.org/Volunteers.htm/. For more information, contact Kelly Shinn, recruitment coordinator, at (202) 387-3222 or Recruitment@LutheranVolunteerCorps.org.