Help for returning soldiers

The Rhode Island State Council of Churches is working with the Veterans Administration and the RI National Guard to promote free workshops to help prepare faith leaders for some of the issues faced by soldiers returning from overseas. The workshops will run from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the following locations:

•Monday, Nov. 3, at Temple Sinai in Cranston

•Wednesday, Nov. 5, at Immaculate Conception Church in Westerly

•Thursday, Nov. 6, at Community Baptist Church in Newport

To reserve a spot, call Dolores at (401) 461-5558.

The Jewish Channel

Verizon FiOS TV has officially launched The Jewish Channel (TJC) to subscribers all across the country on a subscription on-demand basis. For a monthly fee of $5.99, TJC subscribers will have unlimited access to a wide range of award-winning films and documentaries dealing with Jewish culture, most of which are not readily available anywhere else, as well as original programming, in-depth news, lifestyle shows and children’s programming.

March for Christ

The Third Annual March for Christ is expected to draw thousands of Christians from all over Rhode Island next weekend in a display of Christian unity.

Emerson Cornejo, of the Ministerio Internacional Bethel, said between 28 and 35 churches plan to join in next Saturday’s event, up from the eight churches that took part last year. “We had 1,000 people in the march last year and this year we think we will have 4,000 to 5,000,” he said.

The participants, drawn from a variety of English, Spanish and Portuguese-speaking churches, are expected to assemble at 2 p.m. next Saturday in the parking lot of the former Apex store, now the Registry of Motor Vehicles, a 2 ½-mile procession that will proceed to Broad Street, to Hunt Street, to Dexter Street in Central Falls and then to the parking lot of the C-Town market near the Pawtucket-Central Falls line.

“Our primary purpose is to praise God,” said Cornejo. “But the biggest purposes after that is to bring about unity among our churches and to declare peace in the city. We are always hearing about crime and drugs. We want to do something to create a positive influence and to let the people in the neighborhoods know that the church is praying for them.”

The music during the walk will be in Spanish, Portuguese and English, though all the preaching at the end of the march will be in English. The Rev. Charles Ndifon, a Nigerian-born minister who has a ministry in Johnston, will be the main preacher.