Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation, a long-established Reform congregation that is conveniently located in Sun Lakes, strives to meet the needs of all generations within the East Valley. What makes SLJC unique are our monthly services that blend beautiful and liturgy with meaningful prayer and rituals. During our services on Friday night, May 10, we will…
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Religion, May 2019
Faith is like yoga?
Pastor Jean Newell, Sun Lakes United Methodist Church Yoga is said to be relaxing. Soft music. Dimemd lights. Soft-spoken instructor. However, is the body really supposed to bend like that? Remember the old adage “use it or lose it?” The older I get, the more I understand the truth in that statement which is why…
Religion, May 2019
Sisterhood luncheon May 16
Esther Spear Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation Sisterhood will have their Annual Paid-up Membership Luncheon on Thursday, May 16, at 11:30 a.m. at Singing Pandas Asian Restaurant in Chandler. We will enjoy a delicious buffet lunch and a live musical show. While there is no charge for members, a refundable deposit is required when you make…
Religion, May 2019
Shalom Hadassah
Doris Codkind, Publicity As we prepare for our summer hiatus, we look forward to our end-of-season luncheon. Please join us on May 14, 2019, at noon at Stone & Barrel restaurant in the Oakwood Country Club at Sun Lakes. There will be a luncheon with selected choices, self-pay. Our program will feature author Howard Gershkowitz…
Religion, May 2019
St. Steven’s Ladies Guild elects new officers for 2019-2020
At St. Steven’s Ladies Guild April meeting, they elected officers for their 2019-2020 year. They are President Kathleen Parkhurst, Vice President Yadi De La Torre, Secretary Pat Camp and Treasurer and Parliamentarian Karen Jorgensen. They will be installed at a Mass held at St. Steven’s on Monday, May 13, at 5:00 p.m., followed by a…
Religion, May 2019
The music of heaven
Dr. Marc Drake, Sr Pastor., First Baptist Church Sun Lakes Some years ago, on a Friday morning shortly before 8:00, a man rode up the escalator in a busy Washington, DC, subway station. This fellow didn’t look all that impressive: long-sleeved T-shirt, jeans and Washington Nationals baseball cap. But then this ordinary-looking man positioned himself…
Religion, May 2019
OLGA news
Carol Smith We have crowned a new OLGA Cup winner for 2019. Congratulations to Cathi Pospisil. She won the OLGA CUP. It was a two-week tournament. The Flight winners were Flight 1: 1st Dori Akin, 2nd Judy Darnell, 3rd Roselyn Hoiby; Flight 2: 1st Shirley Weaver, 2nd Joan Hammond, 3rd Barb Anderson; Flight 3: 1st…
Religion, May 2019
To mourn, to remember – Holocaust remembrance
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. The German Jewish Political Theorist, Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), wrote during the trial of Adolph Eichmann in Israel: “It was as though in those last minutes he (Eichmann) was summing up the lessons that this long course in human wickedness had taught us – the lesson of the fearsome, word-and-thought-defying banality of…
Religion, May 2019
More dollars to water well project
Pastor Doug Ross Rev. Jerry McGhee, the beloved Pastor of Sun Lakes Community Church, went home to be with the Lord on March 5, 2019. His wife Ernestine McGhee requested that in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts could go to a special mission project that was a special delight to her husband. That project, conducted…
Religion, May 2019
GriefShare begins May 1 at SLUMC
When a loved one dies, initially one may be numbed by the shock of the loss. Then, gradually, like ocean waves, grief washes over one and seems to consume all of life. If you have lost a loved one and are struggling to cope with your grief, consider attending GriefShare, a non-denominational support group designed…