Griefshare is starting up again at Faith Christian Assembly. Griefshare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside a person through one of life’s most difficult experiences. It is designed to help a person go from sadness to finding their joy. Rupert and Addie Penner host this ministry, which begins Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the Garden Room. Anyone who is grieving the

Christian Women's Fellowship and Bible group will meet at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 13, in Clubhouse 3, Room 6. The group is currently studying about Dorcas in the 'Women of the Bible' book. The group meets the second and fourth Mondays of the month. For more information, call (562) 431-597 or (562) 594-8100.

Holy Family Catholic Church, 13900 Church Place, next to the St. Andrews Gate, will observe the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time on Sept. 12. The first reading is from Isaiah 50:5-9a, and the second reading is from James 2:14-18. The Gospel reading is fromMark 8:27-35. Masses To receive a copy of the weekly parish bulletin, sign up at https:// ebulletin.jspaluch.com or https:// www.jspaluch.com/Subscribe.

by Mary Larson LW contributor As of Sept. 1, nearly 4.7 million Californians have already voted in the special election; of this number, the votes cast by Democrats were more than two times the number of Republicans, with most of those votes coming from the San Francisco area. In Orange County, 168,664 of the over 407,000 ballots cast by Sept. 1 had come from Democrats, and 136,151 were from