QUESTION: When my daughter, who is now 43, was 4 years old, I married a man, a widower with two girls who were 6 and 8 at the time. While we were dating, my daughter seemed okay with the relationship, but when we married and my husband and the girls came to live with us, […]
Summer Voice Classes First Baptist Church at La Crescenta is hosting free voice lessons. Come join us Thursdays through Aug. 23 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tammy Flanders, First Baptist choir director, will teach participants how to sing better, improve their voice, harmonize with a group and read music. She has a bachelor’s degree […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU As the daughter of an American cowboy, growing up on a working ranch in the plains of Nebraska, Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta Senior Minister Rev. Beverly Craig’s decision to bring a cowboy-themed Sunday service to her worship space wasn’t a difficult one to make. The effort to bring “Cowboy Church” […]
‘Last Appeal’ at First Baptist The First Baptist Church at La Crescenta, Christ Armenian Church and International Christian Family Network, Inc. are sponsoring a play being performed at First Baptist Church this weekend. “The Last Appeal” presents the powerful story of Titus Freeman, who finds himself sentenced to death row after a fatal altercation with […]
QUESTION: Just a few days ago, the meter reader left our back gate open and our beloved pet Archy, a miniature 3-year-old German Shepherd made his way out into the street and was killed a few blocks away at a busy intersection. We didn’t tell our 5-year-old son that Archy is dead. We told him […]
Remembering Parishoners A funeral for Robert Kelly will be held on Saturday, July 7 at 11 a.m. at St. Bede. A funeral for former movie and television personality and parishioner Patricia Donahue Hogan will be Saturday, Aug. 25 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Bede. There will be a reception in the Parish Hall immediately following […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU The last thing CV Church Pastor Scott Wood wanted you to think about when you walked into his church on the evening of June 24 was God – well, at least for several hours during the church’s annual presentation of Summer Nights. “We’re specifically looking to develop relationships with ‘un-churched’ people,” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At a celebration over the combining of two churches – St. Luke’s of the Mountains and Church of the Ascension – the two congregations joined together around the table and had a good meal. The congregation of Church of Ascension of Tujunga joined with St. Luke’s of the Mountains in mid-May. St. […]
Members of the Italian Catholic Federation – L.A. District Bishops’ Banquet Planning Committee met recently to plan the 2012 Bishops’ Banquet and Mass to be held on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Archbishop Jose Gomez will be presented with a check from […]