Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there will be no Toys for Tots show this year, however barrels have been put out to collect toys for needy area children. Leisure World is consistently in the top two contributors to this program sponsored by the U.S. Marine Force Reserve. Residents are invited to bring an unwrapped toy (no stuffed animals, please) by today, Dec. 10, to Security at the Main Gate,

service is available for shopping rides to any location within the City of Seal Beach. Service is available at no cost weekdays, 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Reservations are required by calling (877) 224-8294.

By Rolland Coburn Pastor It is the Christmas season, when we rejoice over the Christmas baby, the incarnation, our Lord’s birth. A friend once told me she accompanied her mother to the hospital in December when her sister was born and was impressed with the lifesized manger scene on display. She marveled to think how all the world celebrates the one whose birth was pictured there. The church’s

CONGREGATION SHOLOM Hanukkah begins this week. The first candle will be lit tonight, Dec. 10. Rabbi Karen Isenberg will stream services at 6:30 p.m on Dec. 11 and Dec. 12 at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom. Any new Congregation Sholom members who want to watch the livestream should contact Jeff Sacks to receive the Zoom invitation. Text to Jeff at (714) 642-0122 or email him at jfsacks@gmail. com. The

The Coffee Chavurah Zoom group will have a menorah lighting each night of Hanukkah beginning Dec. 10 at 5:30 p.m., and celebrating through next Thursday, Dec. 17. To join, go to https://us02web. zoom.us/j/9152434704?pwd=THJGTE1OUXI5VXFDTWtuZHF4K3V xUT09. The meeting ID is 915 243 4704 and the passcode is RavGalit. Shabbat services on Fridays start at 6 p.m. and on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. Beit

By Jim Greer LW contributor In a recent posting, News Editor Sarah Jane Weaver of Church News recounted the horror Dutch Latter-day Saints experienced in World War II. In 1940, German troops overran the Netherlands in five days, leaving 40,000 civilians dead and destroying 400,000 homes. Seven years later, Dutch Church members who farmed potatoes, despite the horrific toll the German army