By Michael J. ARVIZU The last thing CV Church Pastor Scott Wood wanted you to think about when you walked into his church on the evening of June 24 was God – well, at least for several hours during the church’s annual presentation of Summer Nights. “We’re specifically looking to develop relationships with ‘un-churched’ people,” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At a celebration over the combining of two churches – St. Luke’s of the Mountains and Church of the Ascension – the two congregations joined together around the table and had a good meal. The congregation of Church of Ascension of Tujunga joined with St. Luke’s of the Mountains in mid-May. St. […]
Members of the Italian Catholic Federation – L.A. District Bishops’ Banquet Planning Committee met recently to plan the 2012 Bishops’ Banquet and Mass to be held on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Archbishop Jose Gomez will be presented with a check from […]
Cowboy Church Coming to Center The Center for Spiritually Living is hosting its annual Cowboy Church on Sunday, July 8 at 10 a.m. The celebration service is dedicated to the independent spirit of the American cowboy and those men and women who are now serving or have served in the US Armed Forces. Following service […]
QUESTION: Our son recently lost his life in Afghanistan. He had resided locally with his wife of 12 years and two children, ages 6 and 9. Now his wife wants to move back to her hometown in Colorado to be close to her family. We have a big house and my husband and I have […]
By Brandon HENSLEY If Rabbi Janet Bieber were the host of an infomercial pitching her new place of worship, it might start out something like this: “Are you Jewish and don’t know Hebrew but want to learn? Do you want to expand your connectivity with God? Or are you simply thinking about converting to Judaism? […]
‘Courageous’ Video Presentations Bethel Church is offering a showing of the film “Courageous” on Saturday morning, June 16 preceded by a free breakfast. The breakfast starts at 7:30 a.m.; the video starts at 8:15 a.m. followed by the opportunity for discussion at about 10:15 a.m. In this recently released film, despite showing bravery on […]
St. Luke’s Anglican Church announced its new youth pastor, Jim Gray. Gray will oversee approximately 12-16 youth, ages 13-18 from grades six to 12 in his growing youth ministry. As a youth, Gray was called into the ministry after attending a Christian high school in Massachusetts. Soon after high school, he began exploring seminaries and […]
QUESTION: When my oldest daughter was 17, my husband and I realized our only child was about to leave the nest, so we had another child – our son – when I was 40 and my husband was 44. Now our son is about to graduate and we’ve had to face the fact that this […]