BOCCE BALL CLUB The Bocce Ball Club finals and pizza party are Saturday, April 1, at 11 a.m. People should come early and get their name tags with a ticket to win a special prize. People should also bring chairs and desserts. The party costs $5 and those who haven’t paid should call club Treasurer Milly Larsen at 562-537-9053. Members expect to enjoy some great games between the top players

Friday Golf On March 17, 14 golfers challenged the 5,800-yard, par 70 Riverview Golf Course in Santa Ana. Due to the severe rains, the riverbed that runs through the middle of the course (normally water-free) was flooded and flowing quite fast. Since it was impossible to cross the riverbed to get to the back nine, the course morphed into a par 60, 4,000-yard course by playing the front nine twice

Spring is in the air, and Resurrection Sunday will come early this year on April 9. Faith Christian Assembly invites all LWers to join its morning celebration service at 10:30. The celebration starts a week earlier, on Sunday, April 2. The Sunday before Easter is known as Palm Sunday. It is the commemoration of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, where he was greeted by a large crowd of

Congregation Sholom will hold a potluck dinner prior to service on Friday, March 31, in Clubhouse 3, Room 9, at 5 p.m. A sign up sheet has been sent to members. The service, conducted by Rabbi Mike Mymon, will begin following the dinner at 6:30 p.m. and will also be available via Zoom. Rabbi Mymon will also lead the hybrid service on Saturday, April 1, in Clubhouse 3, Room 9, and via Zoom at 10 a.m.

Passover and Holy Week starts on the same day as Palm Sunday. In Jesus' day, crowds flooded Jerusalem at this season. The temple that witnessed hundreds of thousands of sacrifices was the Lamb of God's destination when he made his royal entrance amid the acclaim of the multitudes. The words of the ancient psalm set the scene for LW Baptist’s worship service on Sunday, April 2, at 10

Beit HaLev will hold its inaugural Online Passover Seder on Wednesday, April 5, at 4 p.m. The event is held early to accommidate the members of the community who are from the eastern part of the U.S. Rabbi-Cantor Galit-Shirah has created “Haggadah for the Heart,” adapted from JewBelong.com and Haggadot.com. It will be shared on screen as all of the prayerbooks. As a celebration of Shabbat

The Christian Women's Fellowship and Bible study Group will meet on Monday, April 10 and 24, at 10 a.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room. 6. The group’s new study is in “A Woman's Walk with God” by Elizabeth George. For more information, call Jean Davidson at 562-431-0597 or Margie Singleton 562-594-8100.

Meetings for the Atherton Ward are held at 6500 E. Atherton Street in 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

This Sunday, April 2, is Palm Sunday. It’s is a great time for people who have never been to church to come for the first time. It’s not quite as busy as Easter—which is next week, but it’s also a special event. Palm Sunday celebrates the triumphal entry of Jesus into the city of Jerusalem. If people were to place themselves in the story in the scripture passage in Matthew’s Gospel, they