Saddling Up for Cowboy Church

By Mary O’KEEFE There was a lot of dancing and a few “yee haws” thrown in for good measure when the Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta recently held the congregation’s traditional Cowboy Church. This is the 11th year Rev. Beverly Craig has brought her brand of cowboy ministry to her congregation. Craig was born and […]

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Tuesday Table Talk   On Tuesday, Aug. 5, Bethel Church in Sun Valley will offer a showing of the film “The Sandlot.” Eager to make friends, new kid in town Scotty heads for the neighborhood sandlot, hoping to join a pickup baseball game. When he launches a ball signed by Babe Ruth into the junkyard […]

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QUESTION: I’ve recently quit drinking because if I hadn’t my wife was going to leave me. She said since our children are grown, out on their own, and are successful, there was no reason for her to stay with a drunk. My problem is most of my friends drink especially when we bowl or go […]

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Elledge Guest at LCCRS Join medical intuitive Justin Elledge for class on July 29 at the Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta at 7 p.m. He will share sacred transmission of energy and how to wield it in your own life! Learn how to activate and increase your own innate gifts and abilities in the healing […]

Not All is Peaceful During Ramadan

By Michael J. ARVIZU A weeklong offensive in the Gaza Strip has so far killed 185 people. The now revealed as premeditated murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank while they hitchhiked home from school – one of whom was an American citizen – has sparked continued outrage around the world. And the […]

Annual Ramadan Interfaith Potluck Celebrates Diverse Cultures

Annual Ramadan Interfaith Potluck Celebrates Diverse Cultures

By Michael J. ARVIZU This week, the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, which began on the evening of June 28, enters its latter stages. By the time Ramadan ends on the evening of July 28, Muslims will have observed 31 days of dawn to dusk fasting, known in the Arabic language as sawm. Sawm, one […]

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  Tuesday Table Talk   On Tuesday, Aug. 5, Bethel Church in Sun Valley will offer a showing of the film “The Sandlot.” Eager to make friends, new kid in town Scotty heads for the neighborhood sandlot, hoping to join a pickup baseball game. When he launches a ball signed by Babe Ruth into the […]

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QUESTION: My daughter’s husband consistently cheated on her, and she finally divorced him. A couple of years later, she met a wonderful man and they married. Together they have a little boy and her new husband brought a 5-year-old girl into the marriage. It seems he had the same problem with his first marriage as […]

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Conquering Stress Are you stressed out? This Sunday, July 13, Pastor Bill Flanders will begin a series titled Conquering Stress. The public is invited to join us at First Baptist Church – La Crescenta as we learn how to handle the pressures and stress of modern life. The series is on Sunday, July 13, 20 […]