Worship

New church forming GLENDALE - A group of Anglicans are forming a new church in Glendale, under the guidance of St. George's Anglican Church. For more information, call 248-1800. New year is subject of talk LA CRESCENTA - The sermon, "Put 2001 to Work for You," will be given at the 10 a.m. service Sunday at La Crescenta Church of Religious Science, 4845 Dunsmore Ave. Brunch will be served after the service. Beginning Wednesday, informal, midweek meditation services will be from 7 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday.

First Lutheran hosting parenting class series GLENDALE -- A seven-week series of Sunday parenting classes will be presented from 6 to 7:45 p.m. beginning June 1 at the First Lutheran Church. Topics scheduled are Understanding Yourself and Your Child, Encouraging Your Child and Yourself, Discipline That Makes Sense and more. The church is at 1300 E. Colorado St., Glendale. Child care is provided. Free parking is available off Wing Street in the rear of the church.

Healing seminar planned for Sunday LA CRESCENTA -- George Douglas of the Gentle Wind Healing Project will present an introductory seminar from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the La Crescenta Church of Religious Science. For more than two decades, The Gentle Wind Project, a nonprofit, world-healing organization, has offered free services to anyone in the world who would like relief from mental and emotional stress. The donation for the seminar is $10. For more information, or to make reservations, call 249-1045.

As one of the multitude dismayed by the cancellation of the Thursday night family festival in Montrose, I was even more disheartened by the recent comments in your paper by merchant association board member Linda Strack, stating that the new farmers' market, which will take place on Sundays between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., will be "very family-friendly." How "family friendly" can it be to first eliminate all the kid-related activities, and then to effectively exclude families who choose to attend church on Sundays?

Church of the Lighted Window, the Congregational "Church of the Pilgrims", will host a special celebration of the 385th anniversary of the first American Thanksgiving this Sunday, Nov. 19, at 10 a.m. Priscilla and Heidi Garcia will be on hand in the narthex to greet the arriving worshippers. Visitors and community newcomers are invited to share in the celebration. Every worshipper will be provided with a hand-made cloth "Pilgrim" collar to wear during the service. Pastor Skip Lindeman will conduct the worship hour and deliver the morning message.

Angels are coming to La Crescenta the morning of Saturday, Dec. 10. During the morning, St. Luke's will be filled with real visible angels who will sing and tell visitors why they have so much Christmas joy. St. Luke's of the Mountains Episcopal Church will be hosting its annual Angel Breakfast on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., for children ages 2 to 6 years old. The church is located on the corner of Rosemont Avenue and Foothill Boulevard....

Important evidence of our Rep. James Rogan's extremism has been hiding in a Congress subcommittee, no doubt to keep it from spurring election-year arguments. It'll come back out, though, if the religious right gains big in November. A year ago last week, a constitutional amendment (H.J. Res. 66) was reintroduced in the House to much hoopla -- with Rogan as co-sponsor. It would effectively eliminate the separation of church and state given us by the 1st Amendment.

Marshall Allen LA CRESCENTA -- Foothill Christian Church has welcomed its new pastor, the Rev. Galen Goben, and he aims to be heard. Goben, 41, is a progressively minded minister who says churches as an institution, not just Foothill Christian Church, are at a crossroads. "Society and culture are finding it easier to relegate the church to a place of irrelevance," Goben said. Goben was welcomed to Foothill Christian on Sunday. While society may see the church as irrelevant, it still has the "good news of Jesus" to share, Goben said.