Lutheran Church Extends Invitation to Book Club Meeting

Lutheran Church in the Foothills (LCIF) invites local bookworms to attend its next book club meeting on Monday, June 15 at 1 p.m. in the church’s conference room. The June selection is “A Guardian and a Thief” by Megha Majumdar. 

Additionally, LCIF will hold its next Surviving Widows group on Tuesday, June 16 at a private residence. Please contact the church office for the location and to RSVP for the event. Widowers are also welcome to attend this monthly support group.

Visit lcifoothills.org for all event details. For more information or to request/offer help, email office@lcifoothills.org or call (818) 790-1951.

The church is located at 1700 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada Flintridge. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

ICF – Branch 374 Sponsors Italian Workshop

Italian Catholic Federation (ICF) – Branch 374 is sponsoring workshops on conversational Italian. The workshops are on six Saturdays through June 13 from 9 a.m. to noon at St. Bede Catholic Church. The cost for the workshops is $130 for ICF members, $150 for non-members.

The workshops will be taught by Laura Godin and Raffaella La Scala, native Italian college professors, at St. Bede, 215 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada.

For more information call (818) 599-6626 or email icf374@outlook.com.

Stillwater at UUCVH

Science ambassador JD Stillwater returns to the pulpit at Unitarian Universalist Church of the Verdugo Hills – UUCVH–  on June 14 for his sermon “Building A New Way–DIY.”

Stillwater is a science ambassador on a mission to promote science as an interfaith source of profound inspiration and cultural shift. After classroom teaching for 25 years, Stillwater shares his awe and wonder of nature with global audiences and the spiritual depth available from a science-based worldview. On June 14, Stillwater will describe lessons learned from his do-it-yourselfer father and grandfathers, and how those lessons might be applied to building a new way for our increasingly precarious global society. What kind of world do we want for our grandchildren, and for their grandchildren? Are we behaving accordingly? Building is not easy or comfortable – are we willing to do what it takes? 

In person is at 10:30 a.m. at 4451 Dunsmore Ave. in La Crescenta or visit the UUCVH website (https://www.uuverdugo.org/) for the Zoom link. 

CSL Offers Gentle Movement Class

The Center for Spiritual Living – La Crescenta is offering a gentle stretch and relax chair movement with Michelle Gillette. It takes place every Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. The cost is a $10 donation.

The class is at Chaffee Hall in the Center for Spiritual Living – La Crescenta.

The Center for Spiritual Living is located at 4845 Dunsmore Ave. in La Crescenta. For more information, call (818) 249-1045.

Walk and Word 

Walk and Word participants will meet in the parking lot of Deukmejian Wilderness Park, 3429 Markridge Road in La Crescenta/Glendale at 8 a.m. on June 14, 21 & 28. Participants will walk for the first hour and then gather to read a selection of Scripture. About a half hour will be spent journaling about what was read and then there will be conversation, sharing thoughts.

Participants are asked to bring something to write with, anything wanted to eat or drink, and a chair to use for the writing part of the morning. Because people will be outdoors and social distancing will be practiced, masks will be optional. 

Those with questions can email Jeanne at jnlavieri@earthlink.net. 

All are welcome. If the hike is too strenuous, there are level paths at the park. There are ramps from the parking lot to the field where the group gathers.