NOTES & NODS

Easter Celebration  
Bethel Church in Sun Valley is offering the following events during Holy Week: April 9 is Palm Sunday worship at 10 a.m.;  April 16 is Easter sunrise service at 7:30 a.m. and offers a free fellowship breakfast at 8:30 a.m., worship and praise service at 10 a.m., followed by a children’s egg hunt.
All in the community is welcome.
Bethel Church, 10725 Penrose St., Sun Valley,
Lent at Shadow Hills Presbyterian Church
Shadow Hills Presbyterian Church offers Lenten Lentils is on Wednesday evenings through April 5. This is a simple soup supper. After supper Pastor Arlo will be teaching a class on Death and Dying. Topics include:
March 22 – Death in Scripture
March 29 – End-of-life care and choices
April 5 – The Christian funeral
Maundy Thursday Service is on April 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Easter is on April 16. Sunrise Service will be held in the church community garden at 6:30 a.m.; traditional service is at 10 a.m. followed by brunch.
www.shadowhillschurch.org
Shadow Hills Presbyterian Church is located at 10158 Johanna Ave. in Sunland.
Concert Celebrates Acquisition of Grand Piano
To celebrate the recent acquisition of a 6’7” Yamaha Conservatory Grand Piano, La Cañada Congregational Church will present a concert of piano duet music on March 26 at 4 p.m.
Joseph Klice, the church’s organist/pianist, and Cynthia Bauhof-Williams will perform music by Debussy, Dvorak and Barber. Bauhof -Williams is a faculty member of both Pasadena City College and the Pasadena Conservatory.
The concert will also feature Johannes Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Waltzes” performed by soprano Christine Whitten-Thomas, alto Russell Smith and baritone Kurt Winterhalter.
The concert is free. A free-will offering will be received to support the church’s musical instruments fund. A reception will be held in the church’s Fellowship Hall immediately following the concert.
The church is located at 1200 Foothill Boulevard, La Cañada Flintridge.
This Week at LCIF
The community is invited to join Lutheran Church in the Foothills at its 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday, March 19. Pastor Scott Peterson continues a series of sermons about Lent with this Sunday’s sermon titled, “Deep and Wide.” Nursery care is provided during the service for infants through toddlers and Children’s Church is available for children through sixth grade. After the service, in celebration and honor of the LA Marathon, join us on the lawn for “The Good Race.” We’ll have a duck race, sack race, water balloons and more! All are invited.
The community is also invited to join us for Lent Soup Supper on Wednesday, March 22 at 6 p.m. followed by Lent worship at 7 p.m. using the Holden Evening Prayer.
Lutheran Church in the Foothills, the “touchdown” church, is located at 1700 Foothill Blvd. For more information, call (818) 790-1951 or visit www.lcifoothills.org.
Life Improvement Courses Offered
The Church of Scientology Mission of the Foothills is offering variety of courses to better one’s life and relationships. Among the many courses offered are “How to Improve Relationships with Others,” “Successfully Raising Children” and “Knowing Who You Can Trust.”
Courses are $50 each. Call (818) 957-1500 for more information.
Courses offered at the Church of Scientology Mission of the Foothills, 2254 Honolulu Ave. in Montrose.