Meetings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Atherton Ward are held at 6500 E. Atherton St., Long Beach. There will be a new format for the Sunday meetings beginning Sept. 6. Sacrament service will continue to be held every Sunday from 9-10 a.m., followed by a 5-minute passing time to Sunday school classes, beginning at 10:05. Everyone 12 and older will go to Sunday school until

On Sunday, Aug. 23, Faith Christian Assembly will host guest speaker Pastor Curt Cornelius to bring the message at the 10:30 a.m. service. Pastor Cornelius is a gifted speaker who brings wisdom and inspiration from God’s word. After a brief hiatus during August, the men’s and women’s Bible study groups will resume in September. Faith Christian Assembly meets every Sunday for worship at

Sheep Gate Evangelical Church, led by senior Pastor Young Kun Kim, meets for worship in Clubhouse 3, Room 2, at 1 p.m. on Sundays. The group also meets for Bible study on Thursdays in Clubhouse 3, Room 4, at 1 p.m. All Korean speakers are welcome to join. For more information about the church, call 818-445-7777 or email sgecusa@gmail.com.

Buddha Circle will meet on Saturday, Sept. 5, in Clubhouse 3, Room 1, from 9:30-11 a.m. with venerable Kusala Bhikshu. For more information, call 714-468-6887.

LW KOREAN COMMUNITY CHURCH LW Korean Community Church (LWKCC) will hold a special Sunday worship service on Aug. 16, featuring the DLIO Worship music group at 11:30 a.m. at 14000 Church Place. DLIO Worship creates worship songs that blend Western Christian music and traditional hymns using the melodies of Korean traditional music (Gugak), the group captures the unique aesthetics and sentiments

On Sunday, Aug. 16, the congregations of Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. Theodore of Canterbury Episcopal Church will celebrate the 12th Sunday after Pentecost at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Murray D. Finck will lead the Holy Communion service at 13564 St. Andrews Drive in Leisure World. All are welcome. Nancy Anderson is this month’s reader and Elaine Lee is the prayer leader. Join the congregation for

First Christian Church of Leisure World teaches from God’s word, the holy Bible, verse by verse. It is a friendly church that welcomes all visitors to join in worship and explore God’s word together, “that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine,” Romans 1:12. Pastor’s Message Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, was chosen by Jesus to follow him. Peter