How to resolve AdBlock issue? 
Religion
- Details
- Written by: Editor
KELSEYVILLE – This Sunday, Dec. 13, Galilee Lutheran Church will celebrate the third Sunday of the Advent season with a theme of “Open before Christmas.”
This week’s message will be “The gift of service,” which is the second gift to be opened before Christmas. The Rev. Denis Eucalyptus, interim pastor will deliver the message.
Refreshments will be served after the service. The community is invited to join them.
Sunday school will be held at 9 a.m. for the children. Adult bible study also is at 9 a.m. and repeated at 11:30 a.m. with a continuation of the video “The New Testament,” followed by discussion.
The church's Galilee Choir will host family night from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14. Bring the children for a fun-filled night of Christmas caroling. Everyone is welcome.
Galilee Lutheran Church is located at 8860 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.
For more information or to view the church's calendar of events visit their Web site at www.galileekelseyville.org .
- Details
- Written by: Editor
LAKEPORT – United Christian Parish will have only one Sunday service at 10 a.m. in December and January.
The church has a fantastic musical lineup to lead them into the Christmas season.
Dec. 6 will feature the music of the full voice Chancel Choir.
On Dec. 13 the praise band Wing and a Prayer will help ring in the season and Dec. 20 is a service you won’t want to miss as the children’s choir iSing presents the musical “Shepherds, Sheep and a Savior.”
On Dec. 27 the Jazz Ensemble Salt N Pepper will shake thing up.
On Christmas Eve the will offer two services to choose from. At 5 p.m. a bright and celebratory candle light service for the whole family will set the tone with a special time for the children. At 7 p.m. they will offer a more quiet and devotional service with communion.
For more information about the church's services please call the church office at 707-263-4788. UCP is located at 745 N Brush St in Lakeport.
- Details
- Written by: Editor
Rev. Denis Eucalyptus, the interim pastor, will deliver a sermon Sunday on “The gift of kindness,” which is the first gift to be opened before Christmas.
Refreshments will be served after the service.
Sunday school will be held at 9 a.m. for the children. Adult Bible study also is at 9 a.m. and repeated at 11:30 a.m. with a continuation of the video “The New Testament” followed by discussion.
For more information or to view the church's calendar of events please visit the church Web site at www.galileekelseyville.org .
Galilee Lutheran Church is located at 8860 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.
- Details
- Written by: Lake County News Reports
“St. John’s Church is a precious heritage bequeathed to 21st century Lake County,” said Fr. Joseph, “and with God’s help and your generous response, I will strive to make it a place of even greater spiritual nurture, tangible community and unconditional compassion; transforming lives here in Lake County.”
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947, Fr. Joseph received the Franciscan habit in New York in 1972 and was subsequently ordained a priest in Montreal, Canada, for the Order of Mariavite Franciscans.
He relocated to California in 1979 and spent the next 10 years in San Francisco ministering to the elderly and then, with the onset of the AIDS epidemic, to the dying.
Fr. Joseph moved to Kelseyville in 1989 to develop Little Portion Hermitage on property purchased by the Order a few years prior. In a short time he began a friendly relationship with the congregation of St. John’s Church in Lakeport, which eventually led to his being received into the Episcopal Church as a priest in 1997.
He served as associate priest at St. John’s and Holy Trinity Church in Ukiah until 2004 when he was appointed interim pastor of St. Michael and All Angels Church in Fort Bragg.
In 2006, Fr. Joseph began a two-and-a-half-year ministry as interim pastor of Christ Church in Eureka.
Upon returning to Lake County, he resumed living the Franciscan religious life at Little Portion Hermitage and filled in on Sundays at Lakeport and Ukiah.
Fr. Joseph is well-traveled in Europe, from England to Poland and many points between, and has used his overseas experience to enrich his perspective and cultural sensibilities in his ministry here.
St. John’s annual Christmas gift to all people in Lake County is the candlelight “Midnight Mass” celebrated in the festively decorated Victorian church. This year is will be celebrated by Fr. Joseph and at the “old” time, 10:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
The Holy Eucharist sometimes called Mass or Holy Communion, is the principle Sunday service in the Episcopal Church, will be celebrated four Sundays a month. The service will include a thought- provoking sermon preached by Fr. Joseph or a guest preacher.
“St. John’s Vestry will plan and announce opportunities for spiritual development, social activities and community service, especially involving St. John’s well- respected thrift shop and food closet ministries,” said Barbara Knight, the congregation’s senior warden. “These will be open to all interested people, regardless of church affiliation.”
The church is located at 1190 N. Forbes St.
For more information, contact the church at 707-263-4785.