Beit HaLev has decided to cancel the live, in-person High Holy Day services in September due to the rise of COVID-19 infections in Leisure World. However, it has not canceled the once-a-month Shabbat services that will begin in October as of this date. All services will be livestreamed. The schedule will be as follows: First Erev Rosh Hashanah: Monday, Sept. 6, at 6 p.m. First Day Rosh Hashanah:

Faith Christian Assembly has a long-standing tradition of a Sunday evening celebration service at 5:30 p.m. This one-hour service is a great way to finish the weekend and start a new week on the right foot. Its less-formal format allows time for extra prayer and fellowship, conversations that bring encouragement to each other, and connection. Come early for prayer time at 5 p.m. The Sunday celebration

Holy Family Catholic Church, 13900 Church Place, next to the St. Andrews Gate, will observe the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time on Aug. 29. The first reading is from Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8, and the second reading is from James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27. The Gospel reading is from Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Masses To receive a copy of the weekly parish bulletin, sign up at https:// ebulletin.jspaluch.com

In Luke 14, Jesus pictures the resurrection and completion of salvation as the great future banquet God prepares to inaugurate his redeemed people’s enjoyment of salvation’s benefits for all eternity. “Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready, Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb,”

Proverbs 29:18 says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Meandering along with no goal in mind can be fun for a while. But in the end, it is a frustrating, pointless, expense of energy. To exist with no purpose is not what God has intended for his church. Leisure World Assembly of God (LWAG) is a church with God’s purpose and intent for the church in mind. During August, Pastor