QUESTION: Although my husband and I have been married four years and would really like to have children, that hasn’t happened. I’m getting very discouraged and have suggested adoption but he is skeptical even though I’ve given him information about how agencies work to be certain the family and child are a match. I don’t […]
This Week at LCIF Join Lutheran Church in the Foothills as hearts are prepared for Easter during Holy Week – all are welcome! On Sunday, April 14, regular time of education will be held for all ages at 9 a.m. Then, all will meet in the courtyard at 10 a.m. for our traditional Palm Sunday […]
By Charly SHELTON If any person on the street, be they Christian or other, was asked what the biggest Christian holiday is, many would answer “Christmas.” It gets the biggest media and commercial promotion, the largest celebration and the longest vacation from work. But Christmas was a lesser feast day during most of the last […]
This Week at LCIF The Canadians are coming! The Canadians are coming! All are invited to join Lutheran Church in the Foothills in welcoming the Heritage Christian Academy choir and band (coming all the way from Calgary, Alberta!) for a special performance at Lutheran Church in the Foothills tomorrow, Friday, April 5 at 7 p.m. […]
QUESTION: It’s me, again, the church treasurer. We always support our church members every way we possibly can. We have a great pastoral care team and when anyone is ill or has challenges of any kind we pray daily and sometimes have prayer vigils, our hospital visitation team visits every day when an individual is […]
By Charly SHELTON “Ego Patricius peccator rusticissimus et minimus omnium fidelum” (“My name is Patrick. I am a sinner, a simple country person, and the least of all believers”). It is through these words, his own words, that St. Patrick is known. This is the opening line of his Confessio, written in the fifth century, […]
This Week at LCIF All are invited to Lutheran Church in the Foothills on Sunday, March 24. Education hour for all ages begins at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m., all worship as a family led by Pastor Scott Peters who will be preaching on “Provision.” Fellowship of conversation and refreshments follows. All are invited. On […]
QUESTION: What if you get along with a person very well except for political preferences? My friend and I know we have different views and just avoid many subjects so our friendship isn’t compromised. Even though it probably is the best thing to do, I feel like a phony. We’re both retired and do many […]
By Charly SHELTON Door-to-door, it is 159 miles from the La Crescenta Presbyterian Church to the U.S.-Mexico Border in San Ysidro. Four members of the LCPC found out firsthand just how far that is during a round-trip three-day bike ride. Josh Horton, youth director at LCPC, his father David, and Duane and Ashley Fernandez, two […]
This Week at LCIF All are invited to Lutheran Church in the Foothills on Sunday, March 10 for education, worship, celebration and fellowship. Education hour for all ages begins at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m., all worship as a family. Fellowship of conversation and refreshments follows. All are invited. Looking ahead, on Wednesday, March 13 […]