Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Meetings for the Atherton Ward are held at 6500 E. Atherton St., Long Beach. Sacrament service is held every Sunday at 9 a.m., followed in the second hour by Sunday school on the first and third Sundays. Relief Society and the Elders Quorum meetings are held on the second and fourth Sundays. Primary classes for children are held every Sunday during the second hour. Members who are unable to attend Sacrament services in person can request a link from Bishop Mike Gravley at 562-212-8681.

The course of study this year is the Book of Mormon. Personal study for August 12-18 should be centered on Alma 43-52.

The “Come Follow Me” manual says “When we read these words at the beginning of Alma chapter 43—‘And now I return to an account of the wars between the Nephites and the Lamanites’— it’s natural to wonder why Mormon included these war stories when he had limited space on the plates (see Words of Mormon 1:5). It’s true that we have our share of wars in the latter days, but there is value in his words beyond the descriptions of the strategy and tragedy of war. His words also prepare us for the war in which ‘we are all enlisted’ (Hymns, no. 250), the war we are fighting each day against the forces of evil.”