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Lutheran Church in the Foothills The season of Advent has arrived and with it comes new music at Lutheran Church in the Foothills. “I’ve written new liturgy music for the season, which I hope the congregation will find meaningful and easy to sing,” said Mark Anzelon, the director of music at LCIF. From the Latin […]

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Question: I am the oldest of a family with two brothers and one sister, who is the youngest. My mother is still alive and my father passed away several years ago. I know my parents did the best they could but I am still wrestling with the memory of dad’s many violent outbursts when we […]

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Lutheran Church in the Foothills Lutheran Church in the Foothills reminds the community of its ongoing food drive to help feed the hungry. Non-perishable food items can be dropped off during Sunday worship at 10 a.m. at the church or anytime during the week at the church’s office. Visit lcifoothills.org for details. For more information […]

LCPC Parent Ed Team Launches Annual Toy Drive for FosterAll

    La Cañada Presbyterian Church’s Parent Education Program (LCPC Parent Ed) will host a toy drive supporting its charity partner FosterAll. From Nov. 13-29, LCPC Parent Ed will be collecting new unwrapped gifts in the donation bin located in MacCormick Ministry Hub (by the circular drive of La Cañada Presbyterian Church). The goal is […]

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Lutheran Church in the Foothills Lutheran Church in the Foothills is responding to the urgent need for blood donations. LCIF will hold a blood drive in its Fellowship Hall on Thursday, Nov. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to the American Red Cross, every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood and/or […]

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Reprinted from April 16, 2013   Question: I’m the stepdad of a 7-year-old boy with learning disabilities. I’m having quite a time being patient with the little guy even though I dated his mother for three years before we married. My stepson didn’t seem to be as much of a problem during those years as […]

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Lutheran Churches To Celebrate Thanksgiving Pumpkin pie and worship is on the menu at a special Thanksgiving Eve event hosted by Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 3561 Foothill Blvd. in La Crescenta and Lutheran Church in the Foothills, 1700 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada Flintridge. Worship will begin at 7 p.m. at Mt. Olive in La […]

Montrose Haunted House Delights Families

Montrose Haunted House Delights Families

Wide-eyed children looked forward to seeing what was around the corner at the annual Haunted House maze hosted by the Church of Scientology Mission of the Foothills in Montrose on Halloween night. Ghosts, zombies, mummies, witches and the like were waiting to be discovered in the mock mini-graveyard, the spooky mansion room, the witch’s lair […]

Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta Holds Rummage Sale

Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta Holds Rummage Sale

By Ruth SOWBY Perhaps better known for its annual Metaphysical Faire, the Center for Spiritual Living in La Crescenta recently held a rummage sale, also an annual event. The rummage sale has been held at the Center for about 30 years. During the 2½ years of the COVID pandemic, the sale was held outside on the Center’s […]

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Lutheran Church in the Foothills Singing is good for the mind, body and spirit according to researchers at the University of Oxford. Choirs, in particular, help forge social bonds quickly. Making music exercises the brain, improves breathing, posture and can even relieve muscle tension. Now these benefits are available to all at Lutheran Church in […]