By Rolland Coburn Pastor Christmas tells the story of how Christ came from glory to enter our world as a real human baby, born of a virgin,he grew up with normal human development in a world of sin and pain. A Gospel song recalls, “Out of the ivory palaces into a world of woe, only his great eternal love made my Savior go.” Another rejoices, “I love to tell the story of unseen things above/of

Rabbi Eric Dangott will stream services via Zoom on Friday, Dec. 18, at 6:30 p.m and Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. Any new Congregation Sholom members who want to watch the livestream should contact Jeff Sacks to receive the Zoom invitation. Text Jeff at (714) 642-0122, or email him at jfsacks@gmail. com. The link will have the meeting ID and password embedded. Those who want more details or need

By Bruce Humes Pastor “Now the birth of Jesus Christ is as follows: After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph, her husband, being a just man and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to