By Norma Ballinger LW contributor Years ago at a women’s retreat I was given a very attractive card that read, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” I found the phrase in Psalm 139:13-16. God desires to be our closest friend and also our sovereign Lord. He created our brains with a capacity to know him as a friend and also Lord. The creation of the human mind was

By Johan Dodge Reverend On Sunday morning we will continue in our look at Paul’s letter to the Philippians. This letter is Paul’s most affectionate letter to one of the communities that he founded. Philippi was the capital of ancient Macedonia in northern Greece. According to Acts 16, it was the first city in Europe in which Paul founded a Christcommunity after leaving Asia Minor in the

Rabbi Karen Isenberg will be streaming erev Shemini Atzeret services at 6:30 p.m on Friday, Oct. 9, via Zoom. Rabbi Isenberg will also be on Zoom for Shemini Atzeret services on Saturday morning at 9:30 on Oct. 10. Those who want to use Zoom with a computer, smartphone, tablet or is a new Congregation Sholom participant, can contact Jeff Sacks to receive a zoom invitation via email. The invitation

Holy Family Catholic Church, 13900 Church Place next to the St. Andrews Gate, will observe The 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time on Sunday, Oct. 11. The First Reading is Isaiah 25:6-10A and the Second Reading is Philippians 4:12-14, 19, 20. The Gospel reading will be from Matthew 22:1-14 or 22:1-10. Masses If you would like to receive a copy of the weekly parish bulletin, you can sign up at https://

The Religion Directory is to help LWers find out information about their church during the ongoing coronavirus situation. Pastors and church leaders can email laurieb@lwsb.com to submit contact updates service times, or livestream website addresses.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF THE LATTER DAY SAINTS By Jim Greer LW contributor Elder Lawrence Corbridge, in the October 2020 Ensign magazine, presents us with a valuable lesson in avoiding deception. He reminds us that truth is the “knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come” (Doctrine and Covenants 93:24). Knowledge of the truth helps us avoid deception