Lynbeth Street

Unity: No worries

At Unity of Sun Lakes we adopt a positive attitude and lifestyle. We follow the teachings of Jesus as well as other spiritual masters. We will be closed during July and August but we invite you to join us on September 4 when our Sunday services resume. At Unity it feels just like coming home…

The Fox on the Fairway

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, July 6 in Cottonwood’s Saguaro Room foyer from 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Tickets will be sold at those same times every Wednesday in Cottonwood’s Saguaro Room foyer and every Thursday in the foyer at the Oakwood Country Club. The summer play The Fox on the Fairway opens on Sunday, July 24 (2:00…

Justified by His blood

Pastor Jerry McGhee The IRS has a Conscience Fund, where people have sent various amounts to clear this conscience for not paying all the taxes they owed. Most people have things in their past that they struggle with, even sins of the past that continue to nag them. For a Christian, these past issues ought…

July events at the Ed Robson Branch Library

Tempe Wind Quintet – Friday, July 8 at 11:00 a.m.* Join us for an enthusiastic performance with a patriotic theme by the Tempe Wind Quintet. The group consists of five seasoned musicians that thoroughly enjoy performing together beginning with Susan Cottrell playing the horn, Lisa Dektor on the flute, Marty Haub performing the bassoon, Peter…

Positive mental health program at SLUMC

Sun Lakes UMC is offering a free program to the community called “Positive Mental Health and Coping Strategies,” on Wednesday, July 20 at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church. The program will focus on the benefits of positive mental health, proven principles and practices shown to boost happiness levels, and ways to manage life stress in…

Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation

Rabbi Wiener and his first Bar Mitzvah at Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation

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 from September through June at 7:30 p.m. In July and August, a rabbinic led Twilight Service is held in the Sun Lakes Chapel at 5:30 p.m. Services are a great…

The Music in Heaven

Dr. Marc Drake, Sr. Pastor, First Baptist Church of Sun Lakes A few years ago, world-famous violinist Joshua Bell stood incognito at a Washington, D.C. Metro Station during the morning rush hour. As part of an experiment, he played a brilliant classical repertoire for 45 minutes. Now, Joshua Bell routinely fills up concert halls worldwide.…

Savvy Travelers summer news

Monthly meetings will be suspended for the summer and resume on October 13, November 10, December 8 and January 12. Please join us this fall on the second Thursday at the Cottonwood Country Club, normally in the Phoenix Room. We have members talking about and sharing their travel experiences and have travel vendors that make…

A groom’s thoughts

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. In the summertime we find ourselves attending weddings. It is a fun time and most often when we think of marriage we are directed to the bride. After all it is “her day.” We tend to forget the groom. There is the hustle and bustle of finding a suitable wedding dress…