Jewish Congregation News

The April service at the Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation (SLJC) will be held on Friday, April 8. This will be right in the middle of the Passover holiday. The congregation conducts services each month on the second Friday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Sun Lakes Chapel. For additional information or to have…

Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation Sisterhood

Esther Spear The Sisterhood of the Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation sponsored a very successful fashion show and luncheon on March 27 at the Oakwood clubhouse. Funds were raised for many local charities. The next meeting of the Sisterhood will take place on Thursday, April 20, at 1 p.m. in the Chapel Center. There will be…

Hope and Faith

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Faith and hope consist of many considerations. For example, there is the desire for a life of contentment and fulfillment. This is accomplished with faith in the future. Then there is the belief that doing good and acting kindly will find favor with God. We hope that the faith we have…

Love Does Not Excuse Reality

Pastor Marvin Arnpriester “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, enroll, convince, or control, but simply as someone who can spring you from the prison of yourself, if you will allow it.” —Barbara…

Sun Lakes Lady Putters

Susan Gottschalk Mark your calendar! The spring luncheon is April 7 in the San Tan Ballroom in Cottonwood. Lunch with raffle ticket drawings are an afternoon highlight. Monday Flight: Feb. 13: (tie) Jan Cartier, Sharon Darnell, Kathi Bobek/Shauna Bragg, Peggy Verburgt, Judy Brotherson Feb. 20: Susan Gottschalk, Sue Schumacher, Marilyn Brenner, Mary Jo Wheeler Feb.…

Relishing Pickleball: The Overhead Smash

David Zapatka Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, it’s time now to learn about the overhead smash after learning about lobbing the past few months. Mary Littlewood says the overhead smash is the most aggressive, offensive shot in all of pickleball. It’s usually hit off the…