Buddha Circle will meet with Ven. Kusala on Saturday, Feb. 3, in Clubhouse 3, Room 1, from 9:30-11 a.m. Kusala is well known in the Buddhist community. He presents Buddhism in simple ways. His teachings focus on how to help people suffer less and become happier. For more information, call 714-468-6887.

The Christian Women’s Fellowship and Bible Study group will meet on Jan. 22 in Clubhouse 3, Room 6, at 10 a.m. All residents are welcome to attend. The group is currently studying the book of John. For more information, call Jean Davidson at 562-431-0597.

Faith Christian Assembly continues to rejoice and be grateful for what the Lord has done in and through the church in 2023, which gives members confidence to march boldly in faith into 2024. As church members move forward into the new year, Faith Christian Assembly encourages believers to renew their commitment to God’s word in 2024. One great way to dig into the word is by joining church members

Hands are wonderful things, an amazing collection of bone, muscle, tissue and nerves, capable of both extraordinary kindness and heart-wrenching evil. They can produce works of breathtaking beauty and devastating destruction. The difference in the outcome is the intent of the one attached to those hands. God instructed the prophet Jeremiah to go to the potter’s house and watch the craftsman at

Meetings for the Atherton Ward are held at 6500 E. Atherton St., Long Beach. Sacrament service is held every Sunday at 9 a.m., followed in the second hour by Sunday School on the first and third Sundays, and Relief Society and Elders Quorum 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 services

On Sunday, Jan. 21, the congregations of Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. Theodore of Canterbury Episcopal Church will celebrate the third Sunday after Epiphany. Bishop Murray Finck will return to the pulpit. The churches meet every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at 13564 St. Andrews Drive in Leisure World. This week, Carol Costello will be the reader and prayer leader. All are welcome. The congegations