Meetings for the Atherton Ward are held at 6500 E. Atherton St., Long Beach. Sacrament service is held every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. This is followed in the second hour by Sunday School on the first and third Sundays, Relief Society and Elders Quorum meetings on the second and fourth Sundays. Primary classes for children are held every Sunday during the second hour. Members who are unable to attend

LW Baptist will celebrate God’s gift of interdependence among believers on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 10 a.m. in Clubhouse 4. The human body is a marvelous unity of diverse members, and so it is with the church, the body of Christ. “We, who are many, are one body in Christ, individually members of one another.” Human beings know they need each other, and God knits them together in Christ’s body,

Christian Women’s Fellowship and Bible Study Group will meet on Monday, Feb. 24, at 10 a.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 6. The group is studying the book of James in Elizabeth George’s book “Growing in Wisdom and Truth,” lesson 15. All residents are welcome. For more information about the group, contact Joann Barsamian at 928-277-6408.

On Sunday, Feb. 23, the congregations of Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. Theodore of Canterbury Episcopal Church will celebrate the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany, with Rev. Brad Stienstra presiding. The Communion and worship service gathers at 13564 St. Andrews Drive every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Fellowship continues afterward in the Fellowship Hall, where members will celebrate February birthdays

First Christian Church of Leisure World teaches from God’s word, the Holy Bible, most often verse by verse. It is a friendly church that welcomes all visitors to join in worship and explore God’s word together, “That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine,” Romans 1:12. Pastor’s Message God doesn’t always do what’s normal in man’s eyes. God’s