Holy Family Church invites all LW residents to participate in Thanksgiving Mass on Thursday, Nov. 23, at 10 a.m. The church will hold the blessing of the bread and wine that people will enjoy later on with friends and family. People are encouraged to bring their bread and wine to be blessed that day.

The Bible speaks much of people being made in God’s image and likeness. Even more, it focuses on God becoming man in Jesus Christ. The Bible also calls upon believers in Christ to walk or live as Jesus walked here. He is the potter; his people, the clay. Christians sing, “To be like Jesus, my desire, to be like Him/All through life’s journey from earth to glory/So meek and lowly so humble

Members of Redeemer Lutheran and St. Theodore’s churches will meet on Sunday, Nov. 19, the 25th Sunday After Pentecost, at 10:30 a.m. Bishop Murray Finck will preside over the service with an inspirational message. The Gospel lesson this week is from Matthew 25:14-30, where Jesus tells a parable about his second coming, indicating that it is not sufficient merely to maintain things as they

RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION The Retired Teachers Association will host a luncheon on Dec. 1 at 11:30 a.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 9. William Quemada, a member of the Leisure World Seal Beach/California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA), will be the guest speaker at the event. His presentation is titled “Every Adventure Begins with a Single Step.” For all the hiking and outdoor

Evelyn Velez and Caryl Ann Hathaway began taking ballroom lessons four years ago at Dance Around the Clock Orange County, now in downtown Seal Beach. Aside from the physical challenge, it is a fantastic brain-boosting sport that enriches both of their lives socially. Velez and Hathaway were crowned the 2023 North American Same Sex International Ballroom Senior Champions in July, and competed this

SUNSHINE CLUB The Sunshine Club organized a successful bus trip for 56 community members to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. As people boarded the bus at 8 a.m. to leave for the museum, each guest received a sack lunch prepared by Sunshine Club volunteers with lots of treats such as chips, a candy bar, a power bar, water as well as sandwiches from Sprouts that were