Christ the King Lutheran Church will celebrate the season of Pentecost and the “birth of the Church.”

The “birthday” party will be held from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Sunday. The event will include treats, crafts and fun in a family atmosphere at the church, 495 Florida Road, across from Chapman Hill.

For more information, call the church at 247-5310.

SALT LAKE CITY – Mormon leaders are giving their young missionaries some help for those long walks beneath the blazing sun by granting them permission to wear sunglasses and wide-brimmed hats.

Leaders with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints updated their dress and grooming guidelines to give proselytizing men and women who serve around the world more options to protect themselves from the sun.

But missionaries are being warned not to get too crazy with the new rules, ensuring the youngsters won’t be sporting fedoras and hot pink sunglasses as they try to convert people to a religion that counts 15 million members worldwide.

They are instructed to use “simple and conservative” sunglasses, and forbidden from bright-colored shades or mirrored lenses. A church website shows pictures of appropriate options.

They are also supposed to take the sunglasses off when speaking with people or when they are inside, unless they serve a medical purpose.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Monday embraced the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the prestigious Sunni Muslim center of learning, reopening an important channel for Catholic-Muslim dialogue after a five-year lull and at a time of increased Islamic extremist attacks on Christians.

As Sheik Ahmed el-Tayyib arrived for his audience in the Apostolic Palace, Francis said that the fact that they were meeting at all was significant.

“The meeting is the message,” Francis told the imam.

Herald Staff & Associated Press