A Guide to Holy Week and Easter

By Charly SHELTON As you read this, the end of Holy Week is nearing for Christians. Today is Thursday, the last Thursday before Easter and the last Thursday of Lent, also called Maundy Thursday. For non-Christians that may sound like a lot, but they all coincide in what is called Holy Week. Let’s take a […]

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CV Church Hosting Easter Egg Fun CV Church is hosting a free Easter egg hunt for the community on Saturday before Easter, March 26 at Two Strike Park. There will be two sessions, one that begins at 10 a.m. and the other at 10:30 a.m. Approximately 25,000 eggs will be stuffed and ready for discovery. […]

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QUESTION: My challenge is my attitude about people not paying their “fair share.” My children’s father and I have been divorced for many years. Since the divorce, we’ve had several celebrations including our daughter’s and son’s graduations from college, a rehearsal dinner for our son’s wedding, etc. I paid for receptions for all of these […]

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Public Procession on Palm Sunday   St. George’s Episcopal Church in La Cañada is organizing a public procession titled The Way of Our Cross, for Sunday, March 20 at 12:30 p.m. People are asked to bring palms to carry along the route that will head down Foothill Boulevard starting in front of the Lutheran Church […]

Community Invited to Procession on Palm Sunday

By Charly SHELTON “[The people] took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, ‘Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.’ And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, ‘Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy […]

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Easter Celebrations   Bethel Church is offering the following events during Holy Week: Palm Sunday worship at 10 a.m. on March 20; Easter sunrise service at 7:30 a.m. followed by free fellowship breakfast at 8:30 a.m., worship and praise service at 10 a.m., then a children’s egg hunt. All in the community are welcome. Bethel […]

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QUESTION: My friend’s father recently passed away and there was no will to help settle the estate. The result was chaos, which made me decide to talk to my parents about having a will because they have considerable assets. When we (my brother and I) talked to them, their reply was, “Oh, you’ll know what […]

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Conversation Planned on Religious Extremism La Cañada Presbyterian Church and Islamic Congregation of La Cañada-Flintridge are co-hosting a community forum on religious extremism on Sunday, March 6 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at La Cañada Presbyterian Church, 626 Foothill Blvd. in Fellowship Hall of the Demarest Family Life Center. Moderated by Dallas Raines, chief […]

Religious Extremism: Conversation and Collaboration in Our Community

La Cañada Presbyterian Church and Islamic Congregation of La Cañada-Flintridge announced that they will co-host a community forum on religious extremism at La Cañada Presbyterian Church (pictured at right), 626 Foothill Blvd. in Fellowship Hall of the Demarest Family Life Center on Sunday, March 6 from  5 p.m. to  6:30 p.m. Religious extremism may seem […]

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Easter Celebrations   Bethel Church is offering the following events during Holy Week: Palm Sunday worship at 10 a.m. on March 20; Easter sunrise service at 7:30 a.m. followed by free fellowship breakfast at 8:30 a.m., worship and praise service at 10 a.m., then a children’s egg hunt. All in the community are welcome. Bethel […]