Meeting Life’s Challenges at CSL
Dr. Mark Anthony will present classes every Wednesday night in October at 7 p.m. at Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta. They will focus on meeting the challenges of life, both big and small. Spirituality is here to offer solutions. These classes will provide the tools and strategies to enable attendees to meet life’s challenges from within and to experience a sense of genuine fulfillment and purpose.
On Oct. 11 is Mental Bank, Oct. 18 is Happiness & Relationships and Oct. 25 is Prosperity & Success.
Every class will end with a guided visualization or group hypnosis session. Each class is designed to stand alone. Suggested love donation is $10 for each class.
Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta, 4845 Dunsmore Ave. at Santa Carlotta.

Trick or Treat Fall Festival
Our Lady of Lourdes Rose Cottage Preschool is hosting its annual Trick or Treat Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21 from noon to 3 p.m. There will candy, silent auction, games, prizes, food and more.
Rose Cottage Preschool is a faith-based non-profit preschool with Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Tujunga. All funds raised will be used towards upgrades and repairs of the preschool. Those with questions or would like to donate can contact (818) 352-4455 or email ollrosecottagedirector@gmail.com.
Our Lady of Lourdes Rose Cottage Preschool, 10267 Tujunga Canyon Blvd. Tujunga

Bi-annual Foothills Healing Arts Faire
The Center for Spiritual Living will be having it 2nd Bi-annual Foothills Healing Arts Faire (formally known as the Metaphysical and Artisan Faire) on Saturday, Nov. 4.
In addition to a variety of healing practitioners, the event will also have available for purchase handmade and unique one-of-a-kind items, artwork, jewelry, crystals, clothing, books, variety of natural products and miscellaneous items for holiday shopping and gift giving.
Attendees will have an opportunity to gain knowledge of the various healing modalities and to have new experiences provided by the practitioners. Several of the vendors are from the local community and various parts of the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys.
Please come and support the vendors. Admission to this event is free to the general public.
Vendor space is still available. For more information, contact Myrna Perez at maverick.marvels@yahoo.com.
Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta is located at 4845 Dunsmore Ave. (at Santa Carlotta Avenue).

St. George’s Offers Ethics Series
St. George’s Episcopal Church in La Cañada will be offering a six-week course created for the wider community entitled, “Ethics: The Final Frontier.”
The six-week mission is to watch six different “Star Trek” episodes to explore, discern and name ethical problems, and to discuss how these issues related to our lives in the 21st century. The goal of the class is to boldly go where no evening program has gone before!
The class will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. starting Tuesday, Oct. 11 in the church’s newly renovated and rebranded church hall named The Nourishing Spirits Center. The group will end its ethical voyage on Nov. 14.
To cover the cost of refreshments, a $5 donation is requested at the door or a $20 donation for the entire series.
The class is offered free of charge, but it would be helpful if people would call or email the office as to accommodate people attending. The church office can be reached at (818) 790-3323 or by email office@saintglc.org.
St. George’s is located at 808 Foothill Blvd, La Cañada Flintridge.

Movie Fun at Shadow Hills Presbyterian Church
Shadow Hills Presbyterian Church host free Friday night movies! Popcorn, soda and hot dogs will be available for sale.
Sunday’s sermons will relate back to each night’s film.
“Hacksaw Ridge” will be shown on Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Rated R. A separate film/activity will be offered to children.
Shadow Hills Presbyterian Church is located at 10158 Johanna Ave. in Sunland (corner of Sunland and Johanna).

‘Women of the Bible’ Presented at La Crescenta Presbyterian
The community is invited to learn about the extraordinary “Women of the Bible” at a new class on Wednesday evenings at La Crescenta Presbyterian Church.The class is part of the church’s free midweek program for adults and children. Other classes for adults include: “More Like Jesus: Conversations on Core Issues of Faith” and “Creative Bible Journaling,” a fun group that creates art pieces inspired by faith. Special programs are available for children from infants through eighth grade. And two choirs that rehearse on Wednesdays welcome new participants.
The PEAK (Praise and Education for Adults and Kids) programs, which run from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. each Wednesday, are free. Come early and feed the family! A nutritious, delicious and affordable meal ($3 for adults and $2 for kids) is served from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.
La Crescenta Presbyterian Church is located at 2902 Montrose Ave., La Crescenta. For more information, go to lcpc.net or contact the church office at (818) 249-6137 or nancy@lcpc.net.

Getting Ready for Empty Bowls
The 10th Annual Empty Bowls event is on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at CV United Methodist Church. For a $20 donation, local chefs will donate delicious soup to fill a ceramic bowl of the diner’s choice. Guests can come and choose their favorite bowl, fill it with soup and enjoy the music and good company with friends and neighbors. The $20 donation will go towards feeding the hungry in Tujunga and Pasadena. The empty bowl then can be taken home as a reminder that there are people in the world who do not have enough to eat.
CV United Methodist Church is located at 2700 Montrose Ave. in Montrose.

This Week at LCIF
Everyone is invited to join Lutheran Church in the Foothills at its 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday, Oct. 1 to begin a special series of sermons and activities in anticipation of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Pastor Scott Peterson will preach a sermon entitled “The Word Did Everything.”
Coffee and donuts will be in the Fellowship Hall immediately following the service.
Trunk or Treat will be on Oct. 31 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. There will be decorated trunks and treats, special guests and activities. It’s free and everyone is invited!
Lutheran Church in the Foothills, the “touchdown” church, is located at 1700 Foothill Blvd. For more information, call (818) 790-1951 or visit www.lcifoothills.org.