Jean Newell, Associate Pastor Traditionally, holidays are a time for celebrating – a time for gathering with family and friends, eating lots of food and sharing memories. Getting ready for holidays can be exciting, but it can also be stressful as calendars begin to fill up, shopping becomes busier and to-do lists grow longer. However,…
Pastor Jerry McGhee We are just days away from Christmas, a time that is supposed to bring or cause “great joy.” It is a time when we who claim the merits and righteousness of Jesus Christ as our own, ought to be celebrating great truths and witnessing to great hope. But the fact is that…
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. There are things happening in the world that boggle the imagination. We observe greed on a grand scale, sometimes even grander than we can imagine and we don’t even know how to pronounce the amounts involved. We see scenes of misery, the misery of the helpless, and wonder if there…
Christmas Eve Service at Community Church of SunBird is again in the planning stages for 2018. This year’s service, as asked by attendees of previous services, is again beginning at 6:30 p.m. with doors opening at 5:45 p.m. What a beautiful way to celebrate this holy time with friends and family opening the door…
Doris Codkind, Publicity December promises to be a very interesting and entertaining month for our congregation. Who cannot get excited about Hanukkah which begins at sundown on December 2. Young and old alike look forward to this happy holiday. Something is new in the Adult Education area. We are starting a Shabbat Film Salon series…
Unity Church of Sun Lakes is a positive, loving, health minded spiritual community. We follow the teachings of Jesus as well as other spiritual Masters. We believe the Presence of God lives in all of us and we co-create with God to bring peace, love and harmony into our world. Please join and celebrate…
Jean Newell, Associate Pastor, Sun Lakes United Methodist Church Emergency vehicle sirens wailing. Hurricanes and floods destroying businesses and neighborhoods. Violence shattering lives. We live in troubled times. In the midst of such pain and sorrow, what is it about Christmas that can still bring a smile, touch a heart or stir one’s spirit? It’s…
Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Sun Lakes With the Christmas season upon us, I’m challenged afresh to ponder the magnitude of God’s grace in sending his Son to this earth for us (Romans 5:8). The coming of Jesus was planned in eternity past and prophesied throughout the centuries until in “the fullness…