On being bipolar

The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo’s religion and education committee hosts a talk Sunday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on “Understanding Bipolar Disorder.” Dr. Ahmed Janjua, a physician with ProMedica in Toledo, will speak about the disorder and then hold a question-and-answer session. The program is free and will be at the mosque, 25877 Scheider Rd., Perrysburg. For more information, call 419-509-9049.

Lecture series

Common Grounds for the Community, a lecture series at St. Michael’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, presents Blade columnist Keith Burris Sunday at 4 p.m. at the church, 4718 Brittany Rd. Mr. Burris will speak on “The Undiscovered Toledo: Reflections and a Conversation with a Local Columnist.” Admission is free.

On Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. the series travels to the Toledo Museum of Art for a walking lecture by Larry Nichols, senior curator at the museum. His talk is titled “From Eden to Golgotha — 17th Century Paintings at the Toledo Museum of Art.”

Appeal to the choir

Trinity Episcopal Church, 316 Adams St., is starting a bell choir and inviting players. Rehearsals, which are promoted as “low-key, relaxed, and lots of fun,” are Thursdays from 6:15 to 7 p.m. in the choir room. For more information, contact Daniel Catalano, the church’s associate for music ministry, at music@trinitytoledo.org.

Prayers on trafficking

Corpus Christi University Parish is the site for an interfaith service Thursday at 7 p.m. to pray to end modern slavery. The theme is “Anointed to Proclaim Freedom for Those Held Captive.”

The Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition and Stop Trafficking of Persons (STOP!, a consortium of the Sylvania and Tiffin Franciscans and the Notre Dame and Ursuline Sisters) are the organizers of this third annual event, held during national slavery and human trafficking prevention month.

The service will include meditations and readings from Buddhism, Christian and Jewish traditions, and Islam, as well as writings of Martin Luther King, Jr., and words from the U.S. Constitution. Corpus Christi is at 2955 Dorr St. All are welcome.

MLK commemorations

At least five events will commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr., during the days of his birthday and the national holiday in his memory.

On Thursday, King’s birthday, at 5 p.m., Sylvania Franciscan Village hosts a gathering that starts at the Welcome Center on its campus shared with Lourdes University at 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania, continues with a candlelight walk to Queen of Peace Chapel, and concludes there with a brief prayer service.

Friday at 7 p.m. Temple Shomer Emunim, 6453 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania, will hold a celebration service focused on freedom and unity and follow that with a musical program featuring three choirs, from the Temple, Toledo School for the Arts, and Wesley United Methodist Church, and soloists Deborah Dolin and Ebone Waweru. A dessert reception will follow.

On Jan. 18 at 4 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Maumee, and Search-Lite Community Church, which meets in First Presbyterian’s chapel, will have a combined service in the chapel and will include members of the Toledo and Maumee communities. It is at 200 E. Broadway St., Maumee.

On Jan. 19, the date of the national holiday, the annual MLK Unity Celebration of the City of Toledo and the University of Toledo will take place in Savage Arena, 2025 Douglas Rd., on the university campus. The event theme is the King quotation, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” Mayor D. Michael Collins and the university’s interim president, Nagi Naganathan, will speak, local students will read essays, the 2014 MLK Scholarship recipients will be recognized, and the Scott High School band and the Afro-Caribbean Dance and Drums group of the Toledo School for the Arts will perform. A free community luncheon will take place after the ceremony.

On Jan. 20, Bowling Green State University presents “Reflections of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” a lecture by former BGSU president Sidney A. Ribeau, who left the school to serve as president of Howard University in 2008 and retired in 2013. The 7 p.m. talk for the conference The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., presented by the school’s Office of Equity and Diversity, will be in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom of the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

First Published January 10, 2015, 5:00 a.m.