The Church of Latter-day Saints is excited to announce that the semi-annual Long Beach, California, East Stake Conference will convene on Saturday, June 12, beginning with the Saturday Adult Session at 7 p.m. The Sunday General Session will start at 10 a.m. on June 13. Members may attend in person at the Stake Center at 4142 W. Cerritos Ave. in Los Alamitos or view both sessions online at http://mywebcast.churchofjesuschrist.org/lbestake.

LW Baptist Church will meet in the Amphitheater on Sunday, June 13, at 9:30 a.m. for worship. This week’s theme is “Reasons Believers have to Rejoice” from Luke 10:1-24. Questions to ask this week are: “What could be greater reason to rejoice than supernatural power?” “Why is God’s revealed word absolutely necessary?” “What does Jesus say about the trinity?” “Why does Jesus say

Holy Family Catholic Church, 13900 Church Place, next to the St. Andrews Gate, will observe the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time on June 13. The first reading is from Ezekiel 17:22-24, and the second reading is from 2 Corinthians 5:6-10. The Gospel reading is from Mark 4:26-34. Masses To receive a copy of the weekly parish bulletin, sign up at https://ebulletin.jspaluch. com or https://www.jspaluch.

St. Theodore’s Episcopal Church will have a service of Holy Communion on Sunday, June 13, at 12:15 p.m. in the sanctuary of Redeemer lutheran (13564 St. Andrews Drive). The Rev. Reese Riley will be preaching and presiding.

Congregation Sholom will host a picnic on Sunday, June 13, at the Clubhouse 1 picnic area. The schmooze will begin at 11 a.m., and eating will begin at noon. The cost is $5 per person for a kosher meal of burgers and hot dogs, plus potato salad, watermelon and drinks. In addition to fun games, there will be a 50/50 drawing with four winners. People should RSVP to Murray Pollack murrjet@yahoo.com

FALW The annual picnic to honor all U.S. veterans living in Leisure World was cancelled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Filipino Association of Leisure World, in gratitude for veterans and their unselfish service and sacrifice to preserve freedom, will honor them with its annual picnic. Every veteran living in Leisure World is invited. The picnic will be on Saturday, July

by Mary Larson LW contributor Plans are underway to resume Democratic Club membership meetings on Aug. 18. During its last meeting, the club’s board spent time discussing the decision to meet face-to-face or continue to hold meetings via Zoom. Given the potential number of members who would attend the meeting, the board wanted to be sure that all would feel comfortable doing so. The board