Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Meetings for the Atherton Ward are held at 6500 E. Atherton St., in Long Beach. The sacrament service is held every Sunday at 10:30 a.m., followed in the second hour by Sunday School on the first and third Sundays, 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 in person can request a link from Bishop Mike Gravley at 562-212-8641.

The reading source for this year is the New Testament. The reading assignment for the week of Aug. 7-13 is Romans 1-6. The devotional “Come, Follow Me” says, “By the time Paul wrote his epistle to Roman Church members, who were a diverse group of Jews and Gentiles, the church had grown far beyond a small band of believers from Galilee. About 20 years after the savior’s resurrection, there were congregations of Christians almost everywhere the apostles could reasonably travel—including Rome, the capital of a powerful empire. Still, compared to the vastness of the Roman empire, the church was small and often the object of persecution. In such conditions, some might feel ashamed of the gospel of Christ, but, not Paul. He testified that true power, ‘the power of God unto salvation, is found in the gospel of Jesus Christ’ (Romans 1:16).”