Taking A Leap of Faith in Sun Valley

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? […]

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‘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 Announces New Youth Pastor

St. Luke’s Announces New Youth Pastor

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 […]

Spiritually Speaking

Spiritually Speaking

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 […]

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‘Courageous’ Video Presentations   Bethel Church will offer two showings of the film “Courageous.” The first showing will be on Tuesday evening, June 5 preceded by a potluck supper. The potluck starts at 6:30 p.m.; the video starts at 7:15 p.m. followed by dessert and discussion at about 9:15 p.m. The second showing will be […]

Let Us Pray

By Jason KUROSU Tuesday brought together members of all occupations, ages and faiths for Crescenta Valley’s first prayer breakfast held at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montrose. Over 250 people attended the breakfast Tuesday morning, filling Holy Redeemer’s Healy Hall to capacity and hearing prayers from a panel made up of seven spiritual leaders […]

Spiritually Speaking

QUESTION: I have a 93-year-old mother who lives in her own home and I live 30 miles away. For many years, I took her shopping and helped her with housework. Now I’ve lost peripheral vision and can’t drive. My brother, who lives in New York, is here in the Los Angeles area for business trips […]

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Jennifer Russell in Concert The Center for Spiritual Living – La Crescenta is hosting an intimate evening of uplifting and empowering music with Jennifer Russell. She will be at the Center at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 18. All are invited to attend. Suggested donation is $15 advance purchase; $20 door; youth (18 & under) […]

Lending a Hand

By Brandon HENSLEY It takes a lot for students to go on a mission trip, and this spring students from middle and high school took their time and money to help others in different places. Members of La Crescenta Presbyterian Church set out on a mission from April 7 to April 14 to the Dominican […]