Notes & Nods

This Week at LCIF  Lutheran Church in the Foothills invites the community to worship in the church’s Worship Center. Interim pastor Chuck Bunnell will lead worship on this second Sunday of Advent with a sermon entitled “On Jordan’s Banks the Baptist’s Cry” on Sunday Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. The service will also be live-streamed […]

Notes & Nods

This Week at LCIF  Lutheran Church in the Foothills invites the community to worship in the church’s Worship Center. New interim pastor Chuck Bunnell will lead worship on this first Sunday of Advent with a sermon entitled “Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers” on Sunday on Nov. 28 at 10 a.m. The service will also be live-streamed on […]

Spiritually Speaking

Question: Even though her father and I thought we took precautions to avoid COVID, our youngest daughter, age 7, became very ill with the virus. She was in the hospital and on a ventilator. We’re not certain where she became infected. Praise God she is well and at home after a month of treatment. Now […]

Notes & Nods

Local Food Pantry Available The Pasture, a food bank that serves the community and is held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Tujunga, is open to the pubic on the first and third Saturdays of the month. Food is given out from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Free to all who are in need! […]

The Hunt for the Jug of Oil

The Hunt for the Jug of Oil

What did the candles say after the menorah complained about it getting too hot? “Look – a talking menorah!” Starting a sermon or a Torah essay with a joke is a Jewish custom that dates back to the Talmudic times. The Talmud describes how Rabba – one of the most prominent sages of the Talmud […]

Spiritually Speaking

Question: My three adult children from time to time have taken issue with me about petty things and then quit speaking to me for periods of time. Most of the time I reach out to them but it has happened so much that I feel I don’t want to do that anymore. This is the […]

Notes & Nods

Local Food Pantry Available The Pasture, a food bank that serves the community and is held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Tujunga, is open to the pubic on the first and third Saturdays of the month. Food is given out from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Free to all who are in need! […]

Notes & Nods

Local Food Pantry Available The Pasture, a food bank that serves the community and is held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Tujunga, is open to the pubic on the first and third Saturdays of the month. Food is given out from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Free to all who are in need! […]

Spiritually Speaking

Question: Our family is very aware of the drought and we also recycle. Our children, who are now in their teens, have caught on to these practices because as soon as they were old enough we told them that this is helping to take care of our Earth. Our son, we’ll call Brian, noticed our […]

Notes & Nods

Trunk or Treat at CVUMC The popular Trunk or Treat event is being held in the parking lot of Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Halloween, Oct. 31. Members of the congregation will be spaced out with their trunks decorated, ready to hand out goodie bags and candy to those […]