The Christmas season is filled with special music, traditions, and family time. Faith Christian Assembly is thankful to take this time to celebrate the birth of the savior in so many ways. A great way to keep focus on the true meaning of the season and to celebrate is to make time for church attendance with family, and to invite friends as well. Join the Faith Christian Assembly congregation for

Meetings for the Atherton Ward are held at 6500 E. Atherton Street in Long Beach. Sacrament service is held every Sunday at 9 a.m., followed in the second hour by Sunday School on the first and third Sundays, and Relief Society and Elders Quorum meetings on the second and fourth Sundays. Primary classes for children are held every Sunday during the second hour. Church will begin at 10:30 a.m. starting

The events linked with Christ’s birth are of special interest to God’s people. In Luke 2:21-38 Jesus, on the eighth day after his birth, is circumcised in the temple, and 32 days later publicly presented there to the Lord. Presumably these events were recorded in the temple, and the documents would be among the family’s keepsakes, since genealogies were prized to prove Jewish descent. Simeon