The Orange County Health Care Agency, which offers current guidance and tracks COVID-19 cases and fatalities, has a COVID-19 Hotline, (714) 834-2000, and email address, ETeam@ochca.com, to answer questions about industry reopening and activity resumption .

By Lisa Rotchford Reverend As children, we might have been encouraged to memorize and recite Bible verses. As adults (but still children of God), we may or may not remember them, but it’s never too late to hang on to the word of God. As we get older, the deeper meanings of Bible verses take hold in our lives. In honor of the new year, try to memorize Scripture each week. At the end of 2021,

Beit HaLev’s Coffee Chavurah on Zoom will celebrate the Sabbath evening on Friday, Jan. 8, at 5:30, followed by the evening service at 6. The morning service on Saturday, Jan. 9, begins at 10:30, followed by the Coffee Chavurah. To join on Zoom, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9152434704?p wd=THJGTE1OUXI5VXFDTWtuZHF4K3VxUT09. The meeting ID is 915 243 4704 , and the passcode is RavGalit.

By Bruce Humes Pastor The apostle Paul in his second epistle to Timothy wrote in chapter 4, verses 17-18: “But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that the Gentiles might hear. Also, I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for his heavenly kingdom. To him

By Jim Greer LW contributor “For I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 25). Victor Robinson was 13 years old when he was remanded to a juvenile detention center. Victor felt responsible for providing for his brothers and sisters any way he could. “We didn’t

By Johan Dodge Reverend Palm Sunday this year will be on March 28. It is when we will celebrate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem not in a chariot pulled by war horses with a legion of soldiers at his side, but rather on a donkey, the prophetic sign that God was and is doing something new. In many ways, we are still in the Epiphany, which was on Jan. 6 this year. We are still learning what it means

Holy Family Catholic Church, 13900 Church Place next to the St. Andrews Gate, will observe the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time on Sunday, Jan. 17. The First Reading is from 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19 and the Second Reading is 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20. The Gospel reading will be from John 1:35-42. Masses To receive a copy of the weekly parish bulletin, sign up at https:// ebulletin.jspaluch.com

have yielded positive information. Distribution of the vaccine is phased according to risk level with medical personnel and other first responders being the first phase recipients. The county will progressively move to other tiers as more vaccine becomes available (see page 19 for general vaccine tier information). The GRF Vaccine Task Force is coordinating, through the county, with Laguna