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St. Raymond of Penafort Catholic Church, 8750 Pohick Rd., Springfield, will hold its annual craft bazaar from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, featuring holiday and seasonal crafts, baked goods, a silent auction and a cafe. 703-440-0535.

Springfield Christian Church, 5407 Backlick Rd., Springfield, will hold a church bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, featuring a white elephant sale, silent auction, Christmas shop, quilt raffle, church cookbooks, baked goods and vendors. 703-354-4994.

St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, 8617 Little River Tpk., Annandale, will hold a dinner and silent auction to benefit Russian orphans in the St. Peterburg area at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. $12; children, $8; families, $30. 703-627-8248.

Westwood Baptist Church, 8200 Old Keene Mill Road , Springfield, will host a choral concert by the U.S. Army Chorus at 7 p.m. Saturday. Free. 703-451-5120.

Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church, 10125 Lakehaven Ct., Burke, will host a jazz piano concert by Rave Tesar at 8 p.m. Saturday. $15 in advance; $20 at the door. 703-503-4579, http://www.accotinkuuc.org.

Church of the Holy Comforter, 543 Beulah Rd. NE., Vienna will hold a Fair Trade for Justice Expo from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Learn how support of the fair trade movement can help break the chains of human trafficking and forced child labor. Learn how to identify fair trade products and where to find them. Free. 703-598-3498, http://www.holycomforter.com.

Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation, 1441 Wiehle Ave, Reston, will host a Lifelong Learning Program speaker at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Daniel Levy of the New America Foundation's Middle East Task Force and senior fellow of the Century Foundation Prospects for Peace Project discusses "Who Speaks for American Jews on Israel and the Middle East?" Free. 703-437-7733, http://www.nvhcreston.org.

Grace Church, 9800 Burke Lake Rd., Burke, will host a program about Homeward Deployed from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Gretchen Martens discusses the nonprofit organization that provides military families with free coaching to maintain strong family bonds before, during and after a parent's deployment. Free. 703 323-8033.

-- Compiled by Jean Mack

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