Faith & Religion

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Photos: Faith Community Church hosts ‘Festividad’

Faith Community Church welcomed hundreds of neighbors to the church campus for its 18th annual “Festividad for Christ” event on Saturday. “Festividad” provides guests with a complimentary lunch, free gifts

Grace Baptist Church hosted its annual Christmas concert last weekend, with this year’s theme being, “The King Has Come.” Photo courtesy of Grace Baptist Church.

Grace Baptist concert: ‘The King Has Come’

News release  Grace Baptist Church hosted its annual Christmas concert last weekend, with this year’s theme being, “The King Has Come.”   The concert — which was free and open to

Valencia Marketplace flips the switch  

Members of the community braved the high wind warning and 53-degree weather on Friday night to witness the annual Valencia Marketplace tree lighting.   “Now you know how it is where

Attendees drive around and record the decorations at Wakefield Winter Wonderland on Wednsday, Dec. 6. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Lighting up Santa Clarita

A look at some of the most popular holiday lights displays in the SCV  By Selvin Ramirez For The Signal  The days after Thanksgiving, or even the day after Halloween, families

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International Friendship Center hosts Christmas Banquet

The International Friendship Center hosted its 11th annual Christmas Banquet last weekend at the Newhall Community Center. Peter Pereira, the president and CEO of Global Hope Partners, and award-winning South Indian

Pastor Mary Francis Hayes, courtesy photo

New pastor, 26, assumes First Pres leadership

News release  At 26, Pastor Mary Francis Hayes is shouldering the pastoral leadership of First Presbyterian Church of Newhall (First Pres), one of the oldest churches west of the Mississippi

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Congregation sends socks to soldiers in Israel

News release  The need for personal items for soldiers in Israel is overwhelming, so the members of Congregation Beth Shalom in Santa Clarita stepped up by connecting with a group

Rabbi shares stories from Israel 

Dozens of residents and members of Chabad of Santa Clarita Valley filled a room in the Newhall temple Tuesday to hear Rabbi Choni Marozov’s stories from the front lines of