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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Dynamic and inspired young missionary to Taiwan, Shannell Keck, will speak at Lakeport Christian Center on Friday, March 11, at 6 p.m.
The event is hosted by LCC Saints Alive and it includes a potluck meal.
The public is welcome to attend.
Keck has participated in short-term missions trips to Argentina, Scotland and Northern Asia.
She has served as a youth pastor and was involved with compassion and college-age ministries.
he is a graduate of Bethany University in Scotts Valley, Calif.
In Taiwan, Keck will partner with the national church to reach the lost, disciple new believers and train them to take the gospel to unreached areas.
She also will work with Taiwan's college-age students to bring them to Christ during this critical time in their lives.
Lakeport Christian Center is located at 455 S. Forbes St. near the fairgrounds in Lakeport.
For more information call 707-263-4514 or visit the church online at www.lcchub.com or www.facebook.com/lcconline .
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – On Sunday, March 6, the ninth Sunday after Epiphany, the worship service will begin at 10 a.m. at Galilee Lutheran Church.
The church is located at 8860 Soda Bay Road.
The message and a special time for children will be presented by Rev. Martha Neff Stum. Special music will be presented by the Chancel Choir.
Communion will be served during service and all baptized believers are welcome at God's table.
The Chancel Choir has been practicing the music that will be used during Lent. They practice at 9:30 a.m. before worship service. Anyone wishing to learn the new music is invited to join them.
On Tuesday, March 8, at 7 p.m. They will continue the Bible Study series, which will look at stories from the Apocrypha. Come join in for study and fellowship. Coffee will be available for everyone.
On Thursday, March 10, Prayer Crafters will meet. Join others making hats, pocket prayer shawls and cross necklaces for the homeless and the military. No experience is necessary. This group will be co-ed. A light supper will be served at 6 p.m. followed by Prayer Crafters.
The church invites and welcome the community to join the friendly congregation in worship, Bible study and Prayer Crafters.
For more information or to view our calendar of events please visit our website at www.galileekelseyville.org .
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – A Lenten book study group is open to the public at St. John’s Episcopal Church, March 16 through April 20, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The selected reading is “The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming the Heart and the Mind – a New Perspective on Christ and His Message, by Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault.”
A simple supper will be offered before each evening's discussion at the Lakeport church, located on the corner of North Forbes and Clearlake Avenue.
“The Wisdom Jesus” explores the life and meaning of Jesus from various Christian traditions, both Western and Eastern Orthodox, as well as the Gnostic Gospels, especially the Gospel of Thomas.
Rev. Bourgeault is an Episcopal priest and mystic, founder of the Aspen Wisdom School and the Contemplative Society.
“'The Wisdom Jesus' is a masterful work,” says Jim Marion, author of “Putting on the Mind of Christ.” “Cynthia Bourgeault invites us to follow Jesus’ path of self-emptying love, and she describes wisdom practices that we Christians can use every day to transform our own minds so that we too can see with the eyes of Christ.”
Those wanting to participate in St. John’s book study should leave a message with the church office at 707-263-4765. Books are available at www.amazon.com.
St. John's is a visible, welcoming family of Christ resolved to deepen our relationship with God. See www.saintjohnslakeport.org/.
Follow St. John’s on Twitter at http://twitter.com/stjohnslakeport and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lakeport-CA/St-Johns-Episcopal-Church-Lakeport-CA/223536852800?v=photos&ref=ts#!/pages/Lakeport-CA/St-Johns-Episcopal-Church-Lakeport-CA/223536852800.
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LOS ANGELES – On Monday California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed a lawsuit seeking restitution and civil penalties totaling $803,100 in a scam that defrauded 33 African American churches in Southern California.
Promoters promised that the leased computer kiosks would enhance the experience of parishioners, but the scheme ended up creating big debts for the churches.
The attorney general's lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, names Television Broadcasting Online, Ltd., Urban Interfaith Network, Willie Perkins, Michael Morris, Wayne Wilson, Tanya Wilson, Balboa Capital Corp. and United Leasing Associates of America Ltd.
It charges them with violations of the state's unfair competition and false advertising laws, and seeks restitution, civil penalties and an injunction to prevent any further illegal activities.
“This was a cruel and hypocritical scheme,” said Attorney General Harris. “The perpetrators preyed on institutions of faith. Let this be a lesson to others who may look to defraud our community organizations: you will be caught and you will be held accountable.”
The attorney general's complaint states that defendants Television Broadcasting Online, Ltd., Urban Interfaith Network, Willie Perkins, and Michael Morris “engaged in a nationwide scam”' in which they persuaded “195 African American churches in 15 different states to enter into expensive and onerous leases for shoddy computer equipment housed in wooden cabinets.”
They promised the churches the kiosks would be free, advertisers would make the lease payments and the churches would be under no financial obligation.
By 2006, the scam reached California, where 33 African American churches were persuaded to enter into leases for the kiosks. Twenty-four of the churches are located in Los Angeles County, five in Riverside County and four in San Bernardino County.
Defendants Wayne and Tanya Wilson – on behalf of Television Broadcasting Online, Ltd., Urban Interfaith Network, Willie Perkins and Michael Morris – pitched themselves to the California churches, according to the attorney general's complaint, as representing “a business/religious entity, national in scope, with strong ties to both the African American community and enlightened corporate sponsors” that wanted to help this religious community.
They said the computer kiosks would connect the churches and their parishioners to “national advertisers, government, businesses and even generate some revenue for themselves.”
When the churches failed to pay the monthly lease payments, Balboa and United filed collection suits, seeking full payment plus interest, attorneys' fees and costs.
According to the attorney general's complaint, the leasing companies, Balboa and United, are liable because the other defendants were acting as their agents and because, even after the leasing companies learned of the misrepresentations, they failed to alert churches to the scam and vigorously continued to enforce the terms of the leases.
Wayne and Tanya Wilson live in Rancho Cucamonga. Balboa Capital Corp. is based in Irvine. United Leasing is based in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Urban Interfaith Network, Inc. and Television Broadcasting Online, Ltd. are based in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Perkins and Morris were convicted in Michigan of racketeering, conspiracy, and false pretenses in connection with the scam.
Morris is serving five to 20 years, and Perkins is serving four to 20 years.