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 Aug. 19-25 should be centered on Alma 53-63.

The “Come, Follow Me” Manual says “When compared with the Lamanite armies, Helaman’s ‘little army’ (Alma 56:33) of young men shouldn’t have stood a chance. Besides being few in number, Helaman’s soldiers ‘were all … very young,’ and ‘they never had fought’ (Alma 56:46–47).

“In some ways, their situation might seem familiar to those of us who sometimes feel outnumbered and overwhelmed in our latter-day battle against Satan and the forces of evil in the world. But the army of Helaman had some advantages over the Lamanites that had nothing to do with numbers or military skill.”