Here is a sampling of indoor, outdoor and online religious services in the San Fernando Valley area.
Garden Work Day at Central Lutheran Church: Volunteer to help renovate the Central Community Garden in order to create vegetable garden plots to help feed people in the local area, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. May 22. Sign up for two or four-hour shift today or for the next work day in June. Donation to help renovate: bit.ly/2Qz8kuU. 6425 Tyrone Ave., Van Nuys. 818-785-5414. Email: [email protected]. Facebook: www.facebook.com/CentralLutheranVanNuys. www.centrallutheranvn.org
Temple Beth Hillel services: Havdalah online, 7 p.m. May 22 (click on the Facebook link here: bit.ly/3f2jRMH). Shabbat service, 7 p.m. May 28 (bit.ly/3wjPTJT). The Reform Jewish temple is in Valley Village. 818-763-9148. tbhla.org
Together in Prayer for Unity and Peace: Incarnation Catholic Church holds an outdoor vigil with speakers on the topic, 7 p.m. May 22. 1001 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. 818-242-2579. Facebook: www.facebook.com/incaglendale. incaglendale.org
Reseda Church of Christ’s Sunday service: Online on Facebook, 8 a.m. May 23. The senior minister is the Rev. Dewayne Winrow. www.facebook.com/ResedaChurch; resedachurch.com
Hide and Seek: The Rev. Rob Denton delivers the message from the sermon series “Be Strong and Courageous,” based on Joshua 2, at the 9 a.m. (on the lawn) and 10:30 a.m. (indoors and online) on May 23. West Valley Christian Church, 22450 Sherman Way, West Hills. 818-884-6480. www.wvcch.org; www.facebook.com/westvalley.christianchurch
Pentecost!: Pastor Jim Sillerud delivers the message, 9 a.m. (a blended service), and 11 a.m. (contemporary service) on May 23. Masks must be worn and temperatures will be taken; limited seating. First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hills, 10400 Zelzah Ave., Northridge. 818-360-1831. Email: [email protected]. Facebook: www.facebook.com/fpcgh. Read more about the Covid-19 guidelines here: bit.ly/3tMcux5 and about the church here: bit.ly/3xUelmX
The Church on the Way: In-person and online Sunday service, 9 a.m., and an in-person service, 11 a.m. May 16. Senior pastors are Deborah and Tim Clark. 14300 Sherman Way, Van Nuys. 818-779-8000. Email: [email protected]. thechurchontheway.org; www.facebook.com/myTCOTW
Services with the Rev. Chuck Bunnell at Prince of Peace Lutheran, St. Andrew’s Lutheran and on YouTube: In-person services on May 23: 9 a.m. at Prince of Peace (9440 Balboa Blvd., Northridge), and also at 11 a.m. at St. Andrew’s Lutheran (15520 Sherman Way, Van Nuys). For more information or for prayer request, 818-782-5953.
On Fire: Pastor Timothy Jenks explains the message, based on Acts 2:1-21, 9:30 a.m. May 23. The service is in-person but mask wearing and social distancing are observed. Sermons also available on the church’s Facebook (bit.ly/33bLo8k) or here www.cplchurch.org/worship-videos-2. Canoga Park Lutheran Church, 7357 Jordan Ave. 818-348-5714. www.cplchurch.org
Day of Pentecost with St. Luke Lutheran Church: The Rev. Janet Hansted delivers the message, 9:30 a.m. May 23. Watch on Facebook here: bit.ly/3lJkVX4 or the Zoom link from the website. The church is in Woodland Hills. Voice mail, 818-346-3070. Email: [email protected]. www.stlukelutheran.com
You Do It First! – Pentecost Sunday: The Rev. Joseph Choi, from Northridge United Methodist Church, delivers the message, based on Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 10 a.m. (in English) and 11:30 a.m. (in Korean) on May 23. Watch here: youtube.com/numcvideo. The church’s May newsletter: bit.ly/3aNgWF2. 818-886-1555. Facebook: www.facebook.com/northridgeumc. www.northridgeumc.org
Thanks for Noticing Creation: The Rev. Bill Freeman, from Congregational Church of Chatsworth, delivers the message online, 10 a.m. May 23. Find the Zoom link on the website. 616-796-5598. billfreeman.org
Feast of Pentecost with Prince of Peace Episcopal Church: Online on YouTube, 10 a.m. May 23. Readings for this service: Acts 2:1-2; John 15:26-27 and 16:4b-15. Find the Sunday bulletin and links to the online service here: www.popwh.org/happenings.html. The church is in Woodland Hills. 818-346-6968. www.popwh.org
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles: Sunday Masses are live streamed, 10 a.m. (in English) and noon (Spanish) from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels: lacatholics.org/mass-for-the-homebound. The daily Masses are live streamed from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, 8 a.m. (in English). For local parishes that live stream Mass: lacatholics.org/parish-livestreams. Facebook: www.facebook.com/lacatholics. For more information: lacatholics.org
Sunday with Woodland Hills Community Church (United Church of Christ): The Rev. Craig Peterson delivers the message online, 10 a.m. May 23. Piano prelude, 9:45 a.m. Watch the service from the church’s Facebook here: www.facebook.com/whccucc. voice mail, 818-346-0820. Email: [email protected]. www.woodlandhillscommunitychurch.org
Living, Moving, Being One: The Rev. Stephen Rambo delivers the Sunday message, 10:30 a.m. May 16 (click to watch here: bit.ly/3bIYn5v). Center for Spiritual Living-Simi Valley. 805-527-0870. www.facebook.com/cslsimi; www.cslsimi.org
Pentecost – @relatedwithjesus with First United Methodist Church of North Hollywood: The Rev. Steve Peralta explains the message based on John 15:26-27 and 16:4b-15, 10:30 a.m. May 16. Watch on the church’s Facebook here: bit.ly/2Qz5iHj, or YouTube here: bit.ly/3vzgzpR. More about this week at the church here: bit.ly/3uQdG3N
Say Their Names: The Rev. Michael McMorrow explains the message, based on the center’s May theme “Wholly Holy Uprising,” 10:30 a.m. May 23. In addition, McMorrow gives a “Mid-Day Reset,” at noon Monday-Friday on the center’s Facebook (www.facebook.com/csl.granadahills). Newsletter for May: bit.ly/3ojlQzl. Center for Spiritual Living-Granada Hills. 818-363-8136. Click on the link to watch the service here: www.youtube.com/user/CSLGranadaHills. https://www.cslgh.org
I Am One With Life: Matt Toronto gives his thoughts on the center’s May theme, 11 a.m. May 23. The theme is based on John 1:4. Watch the service on Zoom here: bit.ly/39Y0TTv and use ID: 3148040257, or by phone, 669-900-6833 and use the ID and press #. Unity Burbank – Center for Spiritual Awareness’s Facebook here: www.facebook.com/unityburbank. Sign up for the center’s “Words of Light” newsletter here: unityburbank.org
Shabbat with Shomrei Torah Synagogue: Musical Kabbalat Shabbat service, 6-7:15 p.m. May 28 (bit.ly/3hGcGeR) and a traditional Shabbat morning service, 10 a.m.-noon May 29 (www.stsonline.org/calendar). The Conservative Jewish congregation is in West Hills. Voice mail, 818-854-7650. www.stsonline.org
Shabbat with Temple Beth Emet: Rabbi Mark H. Sobel leads the service, 7 p.m. May 28. The service is indoors (masks required; read other guidelines on the temple’s “Chai Times” newsletter for attending). Watch services on YouTube here: bit.ly/2RVtO5q. 600 N. Buena Vista St., Burbank. 818-843-4787. bit.ly/3h7TUgq
Outdoor Movie Night at Bethel Church: Watch “Soul” (2020), 8 p.m. May 29, followed by a discussion. Free. 10725 Penrose St., Sun Valley. 818-767-4488.
Anti-Semitism Today – What’s Really Going On?: Valley Beth Shalom presents author and professor Deborah Lipstadt and Rabbi Ed Feinstein, from Valley Beth Shalom, discussing the topic, 5 p.m. June 9. Reservation for the Zoom talk here: lipstadtfeinsteinjune9.eventbrite.com
Send information at least two weeks ahead. [email protected]. 818-713-3708.
