Category: Religion

Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation News and Happenings

Joyce Spartonos The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation (SLJC) will once again be having Twilight Services in September on Friday, Sept. 9, at 5:30 p.m., in the Chapel in Sun Lakes 1. Normally, SLJC only holds Twilight Services during July and August. However, owing to the fact that the High Holy Days don’t begin until the…

What Really Matters

Pastor Mitch McDonald, Sun Lakes Community Church In 1978 the pop, soul, and jazz fusion band Earth, Wind & Fire released one of the most catchy and memorable tunes of that time, “September.” The very first line of that song asks, “Do you remember, the 21st night of September?” It goes on in the song…

Grief Recovery and Support Begins September 14

Judy Wismar Claycomb, Facilitator Sun Lakes United Methodist Church, located at 9248 E. Riggs Road, is offering an eight-week program for Grief Recovery and Support starting on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 1:30 p.m., in Room 4 of the Education Building. The program is designed to offer help and encouragement after the death of a loved…

Unity: Stand Guard at the Door of Your Mind

Kay Davis Unity Church of Sun Lakes is a New Thought community. We gather together to celebrate Peace, Love, Light, and Healing. We practice affirmative prayer and positive thinking and follow the Five Unity Principles taught by Unity founders Charles and Myrtle Fillmore. We support each other by living a Spirit-centered life. The church has…

Devorah Hadassah Events for Summer

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, is a volunteer organization that inspires a passion for and commitment to the land, the people, and the future of Israel. Devorah Hadassah is our Chapter located in the Southeast Valley. For more information on attending our events, please contact Eliana Bar-Shalom at 860-377-7126 or email her at…

The Mystery of Love and Grace

Pastor Marvin Arnpriester Barbara Brown Taylor wrote the following, which continues to haunt and nag at me. I trust it will do the same for you. “The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the neighbor as the self—to encounter another human being, not as someone you can use, change, fix, help, save,…

Biblical Literacy

Rev. Derrick Elliott My relationship with God and the church began at a very young age, and I was exposed to the full range of Christian discipleship. These exposures enabled me to study and learn about what it means to be a follower of Christ, a Christian, through Sunday school, weekly bible study, prayer meetings,…

Seeing Value in Ourselves

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. I read a very interesting essay and will share it with you, following which I will explain why I think it is important at this time during these difficult experiences we are all going through. A father said to his daughter, “You have graduated with honors. Here is a jeep I…