Spiritually Speaking

Question: My neighbor and I are widows. We each have two adult children. Almost every evening we have dinner together, either at my home or hers. We watch a little television or discuss books we have been reading. Last evening, I found her in tears. She hadn’t heard from her children in about six weeks […]

Notes & Nods

This Week at LCIF  Lutheran Church in the Foothills invites the community to worship in the church’s Worship Center. On Sunday, Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. Guest Pastor Deborah Andersen will lead worship with a message from her series in Ephesians titled “The Times: They are a Changing.” The service will also be live-streamed at […]

Notes & Nods

This Week at LCIF  Lutheran Church in the Foothills invites the community to worship in the church’s Worship Center. On Sunday, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. Guest Pastor Deborah Andersen will lead worship with a message from her series in Ephesians titled “The Times: What Do We Hold On To?” The service will also be […]

Get Ready for the Unexpected With a Disaster Go Bag

Flashlights, jugs of bottled water, a first aid kit, and ready-to-eat meal packs line the Parseghian family’s living room floor. The family isn’t going camping – they’re preparing for disaster by putting together a “go bag.” Preparing in advance with a disaster-ready kit has helped families nationwide through extreme and abnormal weather events, which experts […]

Jehovah’s Witnesses Make History a Second Time

For the second year in a row, Jehovah’s Witnesses have moved their signature annual convention to a streaming platform and will perform thousands of baptisms at private homes, lakes and ponds. The “Powerful by Faith!” convention is translated into over 500 languages in 240 countries worldwide. Baptisms are the highlight of all Jehovah’s Witnesses’ conventions. […]

Notes & Nods

This Week at LCIF  Lutheran Church in the Foothills invites the community to worship in the church’s Worship Center. On Sunday, July 25 at 10 a.m. Pastor Scott Peterson will deliver the message called “Has Anyone Seen My Plate?” The service will also be live-streamed at 10 a.m. on the church’s YouTube channel. For those […]

Pie in the Face Highlights VBS Performance

Community Life Church at La Crescenta held a fun-filled vacation Bible School program for neighborhood children ages pre-school through sixth grade. All COVID safety precautions were followed so that everyone could have a safe, and good, time. The high-tech-themed VBS program, called “Press Play,” used music, Bible story time, crafts, missions, games and skits to help the […]

Spiritually Speaking

Question: I was raised on a farm near a small mid-western town. A few years ago I inherited the farm where I grew up. Now that I’m retired, I’d like to move back to the farm. The problem is my wife of 45 years (a city girl) doesn’t want to live on the farm. I […]

Notes & Nods

This Week at LCIF  Lutheran Church in the Foothills invites the community to worship in the church’s Worship Center. On Sunday, July 18 at 10 a.m. Pastor Scott Peterson will deliver the message called “Some for You, and Some for You …” The service will also be live-streamed at 10 a.m. on the church’s YouTube […]

CVUMC Welcomes New Pastor

Rev. Denyse Barnes was appointed as senior pastor to Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church effective July 1. She is also appointed as associate director of Justice and Compassion Ministries to the California Pacific Annual Conference. Rev. Denyse was commissioned as a provisional elder in June 2018 and ordained in full connection in June 2020. She was appointed to […]