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• Internationally acclaimed Christian rock artist John Angotti will headline a concert to benefit the educational needs of the poor near Quito, Ecuador, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at All Saints Catholic Academy, 1155 Aurora Ave., Naperville. The concert, which includes a silent auction, is co-sponsored by St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville, and the Diocese of Joliet. Tickets for “Empower Quito” are $20 for adults and $10 for children younger than 12. For more information, contact Mike Ryder at (630) 355-8980, Ext. 121.

• As part of the all new Grace Concert series, Grace United Methodist Church is hosting a cappella artists An Octave Above at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at 300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville. This concert will feature a cappella jazz, pop, Gospel, classical, as well as highlights from the group’s new Christmas compact disc “Come On and Take a Sleigh Ride.” Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 students. For more information, call (630) 355-1748, Ext. 232.

• The acclaimed Advent Chamber Orchestra will present its second of four performances this year in Grace United Methodist Church’s Grace Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at 300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville. Tickets are $20 for adults, $16 for seniors and $10 for students. For more information, call (630) 355-1748, Ext. 232, or visit www.peopleofgrace.org/concerts.

• Christian Church of Clarendon Hills is offering a GriefShare Surviving the Holidays class at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at 5750 Holmes Ave. GriefShare is a support group for people grieving the death of someone close to them. For more information or to register, contact Marilyn Bourn at (630) 323-3456.

• Songs of Thankfulness and Praise will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 2600 W. 75th St., Woodridge. Refreshments and fellowship will follow the service. For more information, call (630) 969-1268.

• The community is invited to attend “Come Away and Rest Awhile” to begin Advent with some quiet time in anticipation of Christmas. It will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, in the Lighthouse room at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville. For more information, call (630) 355-8980, Ext. 124.

• First Presbyterian Church in Downers Grove will host The Women’s Christmas Tea and Baby Jesus Shower at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. Women of the church and community along with their daughters, granddaughters and friends are invited to attend and enjoy an afternoon of music and cookies, teas and coffee. Wendell and Vivian Borrink will sing sacred and secular Christmas hymns and songs. Please bring gifts to benefit 76 preschool children and babies at Two Rivers Head Start School in Aurora. For more information or to RSVP, call (630) 968-5432.

• The 18th annual DuPage Inter-Faith Thanksgiving Service will be held at St. Procopius Abbey at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24. Admission is free. After the Papal Assisi Model of praying in each other’s presence, will be the Benedictine monks of the Abbey, Buddhist monks, Hindu, Sikhs, Muslims, Jews, Zoroastrians, Theosophists, Bahai, Byzantine Catholics and Protestants. St. Procopius Abbey is at 5601 College Road in Lisle. For more information, call (630) 969-6426.