Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Meetings for the Atherton Ward are held at 6500 E. Atherton St., Long Beach. Sacrament service is held every Sunday at 9 a.m. This is followed in the second hour by Sunday School on the first and third Sundays; Relief Society and Elders Quorum meetings on the second and fourth Sundays. Primary classes for children are held every Sunday during the second hour.
Members who are unable to attend Sacrament service in person can request a link from Bishop Jonathan Brimley at (562) 716-8309.
The course of study is the Old Testament; personal reading should be those chapters not covered in the study. The reading for the week of May 23-29 is Joshua 1-8; 23-24.
It had taken several generations, but the Lord’s promise was about to be fulfilled: the children of Israel were on the verge of inheriting the promised land. But in their way stood the Jordan River, the walls of Jericho and a wicked but mighty people. On top of that, their beloved leader Moses was gone. The situation may have made some Israelites feel weak and fearful, but the Lord said, “Be strong and of a good courage.” Why should they feel this way? Not because of their own strength but because “the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest” (Joshua 1:9).
When people have their own rivers to cross or walls to bring down, wonderful things can happen because it is “the Lord [who] will do wonders among [us]”(Joshua 3:3-5).
