The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation (SLJC) is an established reform congregation that meets at the Sun Lakes Chapel on the second Friday of the month at 7:30 p.m. from September through June. A lay led Twilight Service will be held on Friday, August 14 in the Chapel House at 5:30 p.m. Services are a great…
Barbara Schwartz Temple Havurat Emet proudly announces the schedule of services for our upcoming High Holy Days. We will meet at Lindsay Hall at the United Methodist Church located at 9248 E. Riggs Road in Sun Lakes, AZ. Rosh Hashana: Eve Rosh Hashanah services: Sunday, September 13 at 7:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah services: Monday, September…
Pastor Ron Burcham “Is it hot enough for ya?” Have you noticed no one says that around here? Back in the Midwest, that was a standard conversation starter this time of year. I never really understood it. How was one supposed to respond when it was 88 degrees and 89 percent humidity – “No, I…
The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation is kicking off its summer/fall membership drive. The congregation meets on the second Friday of each month in the Sun Lakes Country Club interdenominational chapel. The $150 membership fee per person includes tickets to the fall High Holidays services. Bar and Bat Mitzvah lessons, along with baby namings, can be…
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. It is not easy growing up. Most often, however, the tendency is to ignore the difficulties of life and pretend that they are really not happening, just a dream. After all, life is supposed to be great and exciting. The teenage years seem to be the worst. Changing from childhood to…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Sun Lakes For over 150 years, a fascinating story appeared in virtually every student textbook in America but, sadly, it hasn’t been seen for decades. It is the story of George Washington when he was 23 years of age and involved in the French and Indian…
Temple Havurat Emet will resume our normal monthly services on August 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lecky Center of the Robson Library located at 9330 E. Riggs Road in Sun Lakes. Rabbi Janet Madden and Cantor Nancy Cohen will conduct a table service for this month, as we will be having an indoor picnic…
It was the Christmas season in 1940. World War II was raging in Europe and James Dillet Freeman was asked to write an affirmative prayer for the Christmas service for Silent Unity workers. He wrote the first rendition of what is now known around the world as the Prayer for Protection. That first draft went…
Join Rev. Vernon Meyer, PhD on Wednesdays, August 5, 12 and 19 from 10:00-11:30 a.m. in the Sun Lakes Chapel Center, 9230 Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes 85248. This series will challenge preconceived ideas that the Bible is only for spiritual edification. This series will call for a political, social and economic revolution that overturns…