By Barrett SMITH On Jan. 19, the First Baptist Church at La Crescenta invited the community to join them in celebrating an achievement 20 years in the works. The church recently finished a new courtyard entrance that has been in various stages of planning since 1991. The courtyard itself is about 6,000 square feet with […]
Pray Rain Celebration Ceremony Center for Spiritual Living – La Crescenta is having a pray rain celebration on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 1 “ish” to 2:30 “ish” to participate in bringing rain to our land. Bring your positive knowing attitude of feeling, being with, and enjoying the rain … and bring umbrellas and raingear. Drums, […]
Tuesday Table Talk On Tuesday, Feb. 4, Bethel Church in Sun Valley will show the film “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.” This Depression-era drama follows aspiring young journalist Kit Kittredge whose ingenuity and courage help save her family’s house when their savings are stolen during a series of robberies. Appropriate for the whole family. […]
QUESTION: Our son is an enigma. He is a 34-year-old bachelor, has a successful career and a condo that is totally cluttered. We don’t understand because he wasn’t raised this way. His personal health is excellent and he dresses cleanly and neatly. If you saw him on the street, you’d never think his living quarters […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Breathe – let your mind and body relax.” These are words that start mediation sessions at St. George’s Episcopal Church in La Cañada, and probably the most difficult instructions to follow. Relax, according to Merriam-Webster, is a verb meaning to “become or to cause (something) to become less tense, tight or stiff.” […]
Italian Classes at St. Bede Conversational Italian will be taught at St. Bede Parish on Saturday mornings by noted professor of Italian and Spanish, Professor Nancy Ammirato. The classes, sponsored by the Italian Catholic Federation (ICF), will focus on learning conversational Italian and will be fun-filled and free of tedious grammar lessons. In these classes, […]
QUESTION: My husband and I are very proud of our two sons and their families. They are extremely successful financially and are active in their spiritual communities. The glitch is this: They have everything, and our five grandchildren want for nothing, so this year in addition to hosting Christmas Eve dinner for our family, my […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In movies, it is the sound of music that draws people to church. It is the voices of the choir that rise up over the silence of a lonely heart or even above alien invasions. That musical call to service, while not surprising in film, can sometimes happen in real life. Eli […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Community Christian Church of the Foothills in Tujunga touts this year’s Drive-Thru Nativity Scene as one of its most successful, after an estimated 900 visitors attended the two-day weekend event on Dec. 13 and 14. Visitors to the Drive-Thru Nativity Scene included residents from the cities of Sunland and Tujunga and […]
Tuesday Table Talk On Tuesday, Jan. 7, Bethel Church in Sun Valley, (818) 767-4488 will show the film “Cry, the Beloved Country.” Shot in the aftermath of Nelson Mandela’s election, this film tells the story of two men – one black, one white – who must cope with family tragedy in the apartheid era […]