UPCOMING

COMMUNITY SING-ALONG OF HANDEL'S "MESSIAH," 4 p.m. Nov. 22, Christ Church United, Kailua; public invited to sing and/or listen; information, 262-6911.

ADVENT CANDLE LIGHTING, music and reflection, and worship service, 10 a.m. Sundays, through Christmas; Christ Church United, Kailua; information, 262-6911.

REACQUAINTANCE GATHERINGS for inactive Catholics seeking answers about returning to the church; 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, through Dec. 9, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Kailua, Makai Room; information, 266-2222.

"HAVE YOU HAD A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE?," open discussion exploring spiritual experiences and their meanings, sponsored by Eckankar; 2-3:30 p.m. Nov. 22; Coffee Talk, Kaimukí; open to any faith; free; 735-7719, www.eckankar.org.

"CANTORES HEMOLELE," concert of Latin and Hawaiian religious music, by a "chamber-sized" choral group; 5:30 p.m. Nov. 22, Episcopal Church of St. Andrew; free/donation welcomed; information, 524-2822.

FIFTH ANNUAL CONCERT, program of sacred songs, pop songs, Korean art and folk songs and worship dance, performed by the Jubilee Women's Choir (Korean Christians); 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23, University of Hawai'i-Mänoa, Orvis Auditorium; free; information, 343-2587.

BOOK STUDY CLASS, studying Imelda Shanklin's book "What Are You?," a "journey of self-identity ," 6 p.m. Mondays, Nov. 23-Dec. 21, Unity Church of Hawai'i, room 201, Diamond Head; information, 735-4436, www.unityhawaii.org.

"BUDDHIST ART: DEVELOPMENT OF PURE LAND ART," lecture series by Willa Tanabe, University of Hawai'i-Mänoa professor emeritus of art history; 7-9 p.m. Nov., 25, Dec. 2 and 9; Buddhist Study Center; information, 973-6555.

ONGOING

UPDATE: WEEKLY MIDEAST BIBLE PROPHECY UPDATE, by the Rev. J.D. Farag of Calvary Chapel Kaneohe; 9:30 a.m. Sundays, at the church; followed by a verse-by-verse teaching from the Bible; information, 262-8800.

WEDNESDAYS AT ST. ANDREW'S, brown-bag concerts of chamber and choral music and recitals; 12:15 p.m. Wednesdays, Episcopal Cathedral of St. Andrew; brown-bag lunches in the cathedral encouraged; information, 524-2822.