Church of Jesus Christ of latter-Day Saints

Meetings for the Atherton Ward are held at 6500 E. Atherton St., Long Beach. Sacrament service is held every Sunday at 9 a.m. This is followed in the second hour by Sunday School on the first and third Sundays. Relief Society and Elders Quorum meetings are 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 in person can request a link from Bishop Mike Gravley at (562) 212-8681.

The course of study is the Old Testament. Personal reading should be those chapters in Isaiah not covered in this study. The study for the week of Sept. 19–25 covers Isaiah, Chapters 40-49.

The book “Come, Follow Me” says that “Comfort is the first word of Isaiah, Chapter 40. It marks the beginning of a different tone, a different emphasis in the prophet’s message. Where Isaiah’s earlier writings warned Israel and Judah about destruction and captivity that would come because of their sins, these later prophies were meant to comfort the Jews over 150 years in the future–after Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple was desecrated and the people were taken captive by Babylon.”