Under the bright stage lights Daniel Staddon, an 18-year-old home-schooler from Salem, W.Va., squeezed his eyes shut as he methodically recited verse after verse from the Bible.

The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist."

Calvary Church will have a family evening of worship and thanksgiving. Coffee, spiced apple cider, pumpkin and pecan pie will be served afterward.

Christmas items and other handmade goods from more than 70 vendors. "Sugar & Spice Bakery" and "Extravaganza Eatery" open for lunch and dessert. Sponsored by Prime Time Adults Senior Ministries.

Omid Safi's kids call the hundreds of volumes of Arabic and Persian that he has stacked high in his home office "books with squiggly lines."

At the beginning of an evening worship service at First Assembly of God church, the Rev. Ryan Harris led the congregation in some games.