CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS By Jim Greer LW contributor In April of 2018, the Church changed how Latter-day Saints care for one another. The new ministering program replaced the men’s home teaching and the women’s visiting teaching programs with new expanded responsibility for men, women, and youth to care for their fellow saints. Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum

By Rolland Coburn Pastor Jesus told his followers, “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also,” (John 14:2-3). Believers look forward to this event, and call it the “blessed hope,” as Lelia Morris’s gospel song expresses: “Jesus is coming to earth again, What if

by Juan Caboboy Reverend Everyone will need to observe the guidelines on social distancing while attending Mass in person. Bishop Kevin Vann extends a dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation until such time as it is deemed safe to have large gatherings at Mass. There will be a limited number of parishioners allowed in the church at each Mass

Every Sunday is a day to honor our Father in Heaven. Redeemer Lutheran will host its “Pick up Your Spirits, with Prayer and Communion” Sunday out in front of the church (13564 Saint Andrew’s Drive) from 10 a.m.–noon on June 21. In celebration of the heavenly father and Father’s Day, Redeemer Lutheran will also have delicious doughnuts as a sweet treat for all who made someone a father —

By Johan Dodge Reverend For most of my childhood, I worshipped at a First United Methodist Church of Long Beach. In this church we had a diverse community of people, many of whom were adopted from Nigeria by a family. This couple had served as missionaries in Nigeria and had brought children over to be educated here so that they might return to Nigeria and improve the state of the country there.