The 2008 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Global Mission Event, with the theme “God’s Work, Our Hands,” will be July 17 to 20 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Plenary speakers include a group of HIV-positive women from Nigeria and the Rev. Lisandro Orlov, Latin American regional coordinator of the Lutheran World Federation HIV/AIDS campaign. Register for meals and lodging by Thursday at www.elca.org/gme or by calling 1-800-638-3522, ext. 2642.
The Coulee Region Gospel Choir, directed by Ruth Ann Granum, will present the Fifth Annual Summer Gospel Extravaganza at 4 p.m. July 13 at Sand Lake Wesleyan Church, N5761 Sand Lake Rd., Onalaska, Wis.

