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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – On Sunday, Oct. 26, the Unitarian Universalist Community of Lake County will hold a Dia de los Muertos – “Day of the Dead” – service and ceremony.
The service begins at 11 a.m. at the church located at the corner of First and Main streets in Kelseyville.
Guests are encouraged to attend, and are invited to bring a photo or memento of a deceased friend or relative for the altar.
The Dia de los Muertos is an annual holiday that combines the Roman Catholic All Saints and All Souls Day rituals with 2,000-year-old Mexican Indian traditions.
The service mixes celebration and mourning as a way to remember those who have gone before.
An altar, or “Ofrenda,” will be created to honor the dead.
Unitarian Universalists honor and celebrate a variety of religious and spiritual traditions.
The service on Sunday will offer a perspective into an ancient ceremony that is an important part of the religious traditions of many.
It will be a celebration and affirmation of life.
For more information, call 707-279-4387.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – This Sunday’s special liturgy of leave taking and thanksgiving for shared ministry at St. John’s Episcopal Church will mark the retirement of Fr. Leo M. Joseph, O.S.F., from his position of priest in charge at the church.
All are welcome to the 10 a.m. service at 1190 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
A native of New York, Joseph entered a Mariavite Old Catholic Franciscan religious order in New York City in 1970 and received his Franciscan habit two years later.
He was received into the Episcopal Church as a life professed religious in 1995 and then as a priest in 1997.
“I wish to thank all of you for the opportunity to serve with you this past five (almost!) years in this portion of God’s vineyard,” said Joseph as he addressed the vestry in their last meeting together, “and for your love and support in this our shared ministry in Christ to God’s beloved children.
“I also thank Hospice Services of Lake County for their excellent care of my every need, making it possible for me to continue this ministry so long into my illness,” he said.
“In all of this, it gives me great comfort and joy to turn over my responsibility to a team of lay leaders so willing and prepared to take on this leadership role once again,” Joseph added.
For the past three and a half years, Joseph has been living with an incurable cancer. Originally given three months to live, he has been in the loving care of Hospice Services of Lake County.
Now as one of their longest-lived patients, Hospice has enabled Joseph to continue to minister to his devoted parishioners, despite his increasing disability.
St. John’s is the presence and ministry of The Episcopal Church in Lake County since 1877.
For more information, see www.saintjohnslakeport.org .
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Women of the Word Ministries of Lakeport Christian Center announces a new Bible Study Series entitled "Jeremiah: Daring to Hope in an Unstable World.”
The seven-week series begins this Thursday, Oct. 2, at 10 a.m. in classroom B1 at Lakeport Christian Center's educational facility.
Pastor Ruth Suski is featuring "Intro to the Prophet" this Thursday while the next six weeks of the study will be facilitated by Virginia Sneed.
There is no charge for attendees of the study and it is open to the public.
Lakeport Christian Center is located at 455 S. Forbes St.
For more information call 707-263-4514 or visit www.lcchub.com .
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Peace Pole shall be dedicated at Main and First streets in Kelseyville at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 21.
The brief peace pole dedication service will be led by Pastor Voris Brumfield of the Kelseyville United Methodist Church, closing prayer by Pastor Lucy Bunch of the Lake County Unitarian Universalist Church.
All are invited to attend.
Both churches meet Sundays at 3810 Main St. in Kelseyville.
The Kelseyville United Methodist Church Service begins at 9 a.m., with the Lake County Unitarian Universalist Service at 11 a.m.