Center to host Edwene Gaines Edwene Gaines will be hosting a workshop at the Center for Spiritual Living on Saturday, Jan. 22 from 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. For anyone ready to learn and practice the principles of true prosperity, this workshop will answer questions and inspire attendees to act. Edwene guarantees that this event will […]
By Brandon HENSLEY If the great fictional wizard Albus Dumbledore once told Harry Potter that is it our choices that show what we truly are rather than our abilities, Rev. Beverly Craig would have been there to back up that statement. Craig is the head of the Center for Spiritual Living, located near the top […]
By Brandon HENSLEY For the many Armenian-Americans living in the Crescenta Valley area, the time has come once again to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Because for the Armenian community, Christmas is celebrated on Jan. 6 every year instead of Dec. 25. The observance is in line with the Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory […]
By Brandon HENSLEY “For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matthew 5:45 Four years ago during Christmas week, the evil came upon Christian Life Church and devoured it, engulfing the building in flames. In a season of Christmas miracles, […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Everyone knows Linus’ memorable speech in “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” and perhaps that’s what’s on people’s minds when they attend a church service during the Christmas season. But if someone attends one service just for Christmas and doesn’t go again the whole year, did it really happen? Ask any pastor around town, […]
La Crescenta Presbyterian Church is offering family candlelight services with Nativity petting zoo on Thursday, Dec. 23 at 7:00 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 24 at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. On Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24, a candlelight service with sacred music will begin at 10:00 p.m. These services will feature Christmas carols with a […]
By Brandon HENSLEY As another year of Hanukkah ends and the nation turns its eyes toward Christmas, a question must be asked: Do Jewish people feel like little kids on the block during the holiday season? Ask Temple Sinai of Glendale Rabbi Richard Schechter, and he’ll say he loves this time of year. “Personally, I […]
By Ted AYALA Christmas – such an ubiquitous holiday today – is so deeply ingrained into the popular consciousness that we forget that many others this season have their own holidays and religious traditions they follow. This week, Jewish friends and neighbors celebrated Hanukkah: the Jewish “festival of lights.” Lasting seven days, Hanukkah celebrates the […]
Tujunga church welcomes guests to Drive-thru Nativity scenes Dec.10 and Dec. 11. For flying angels, roaming livestock and traveling wise men, head west — to Tujunga. For the tenth year, Community Christian Church of the Foothills is presenting its Drive-thru Nativity Scenes for the public. According to church elder Chet Stilabower, the event is a […]