LCIF

Lutheran Church in the Foothills (LCIF) has a variety of events for the community. For information, including small group gatherings and opportunities to serve 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.

Celebrating the start of Advent at Mount Olive

This week at Mount Olive, the first Sunday of Advent will be celebrated by lighting the hope candle on the Advent wreath. This will be on Sunday Nov. 30 at 9:30 a.m. This first Sunday in Advent starts the church year the congregation begins its wait for the Christ child’s arrival on Christmas Day. 

Also for those who love to decorate the sanctuary will be decorated for the holidays on Saturday, Nov. 29. Come at 10 a.m. and help put up the tree and hang the garland to ready the worship space for the Christmas season! Refreshments provided. 

Visit molc.org, email or call office@molc.org or call (818) 248-4253 for more information about these and other opportunities for Christian fellowship and service. 

Mt. Olive is located at 3561 Foothill Blvd. in La Crescenta.

Christmas Carols & Creches

Christmas Carols & Creches, a three-night community celebration, will be presented on Dec. 12, 13 and 14 at 4550 Raymond Ave. in La Crescenta, hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.    

A musical presentation will take place from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The viewing of hundreds of Nativity displays is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The event is free. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

‘Science Ambassador’ JD Stillwater to Speak at UUCVH

Join UUCVH on Nov. 30 when science ambassador JD Stillwater presents his sermon “Defining Enough.” Failure to define “enough” means never being satisfied. It makes people vulnerable to slick advertising and fills lives with tedium and chaos. It deflects focus from sources of true happiness like play, family, relationships, community. 

As science ambassador JD Stillwater will explain, ultimately it also leads to the desecration of Earth’s living systems. Defining “enough” is a spiritual practice. 

Service begins at 10:30 a.m. or visit the UUCVH website for the ZOOM link https://www.uuverdugo.org/.

Unitarian Universalist Church of the Verdugo Hills, 4451 Dunsmore Ave., La Crescenta

CSL Offers Gentle Movement Class

The Center for Spiritual Living – La Crescenta is offering a gentle stretch and relax chair movement with Mikki. 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.

Mt. Olive Lutheran Church Holds Monthly Breakfast

Mt. Olive holds a monthly breakfast Bible study at Panera Bread Restaurant, 990 Town Center Drive, Suite A in La Cañada on the third Saturday of each month at 8:30 a.m. This Bible study is currently in the Book of Second Corinthians. Also, a weekly Bible study (currently in the Book of Genesis) is held at the church on Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m.

Visit molc.org for more information about these and other opportunities for Christian fellowship and service. You can also email or call: office@molc.org or (818) 248-4253. 

Mt. Olive is located at 3561 Foothill Blvd. in La Crescenta.

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 Nov. 30. 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 after the hike.