Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Meetings for the Atherton Ward are held at 6500 E. Atherton St., in Long Beach. The sacrament service is held every Sunday at 10:30 a.m., followed in the second hour by Sunday School on the first and third Sundays, and Relief Society and Elders Quorum 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 562-212-8641.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints World-Wide General Conference will be held Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1. The live broadcast can be found at www.ChurchofJesusChrist. org, YouTube and www.BYUtv.org.

The reading source for this year is the New Testament. The reading assignment for the week of Sept. 18-24 is 2 Corinthians 8-13.

The devotional “Come, Follow Me” asks “What would you do if you heard that a congregation of saints in another area was struggling in poverty? This was the situation that Paul described to the Corinthian saints in 2 Corinthian 8-9.”