On Sunday, March 22, the congregations of Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. Theodore of Canterbury Episcopal Church will celebrate the fifth Sunday of Lent at 13564 St. Andrews Drive at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Murray Finck will preside. People can join after service for coffee, tea, cookies and snacks in the Fellowship Hall. The congregation will accept new members in March. Those interested, should

Leisure World Korean Community Church will meet Sunday, March 29, at 11:30 a.m. at 14000 Church Place, led by head pastor Rev. Yong Jang-Young. John 3:16 says, “God loved the world so much that He sent His only Son, so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Jesus’ birth, ministry and death on the cross are the work of redemption, bearing the sins of all

Seal Beach Sarang Church meets on Sundays at 12:20 p.m. with a light lunch following. The Wednesday Bible study is at 6 p.m., and the early morning prayer meeting is held Tuesday-Saturday at 6 a.m. For more information, call 310-749-0577.

LW Assembly of God will host missionaries to Panama, Kirk and Yvonne Jones on Sunday, March 29 at 10:30 p.m. in the Clubhouse 3 Lobby. Kirk and Yvonne have been serving the children of Panama for 34 years. Presently, they are training leaders for effective kids ministry, ministering to neglected, abused and abandoned children through Amigo Mentor Panama, assisting indigenous outreach and the Assembly

The Book of Jonah is an example of the lengths God goes to reach out to people and draw them to himself. So much so, in fact that Jonah became enraged and ran in the opposite direction of God’s command because he didn’t want to reach out to the people of Nineveh, whom he saw as evil. Jonah thought that if he ran away, God would not be able to bring about his purposes for Nineveh. But it was foolish