Faith & Religion

Friendsgiving brings community together

Each year, the Santa Clarita United Methodist Church hosts a Friendsgiving for its youth program, but Sunday’s event was different. In the wake of the

SCV churches to host Thanksgiving events

By Raychel Stewart For The Signal Throughout the next week, local churches will be hosting Thanksgiving services and feasts to celebrate the holiday.  Bethlehem SCV

SCUMC to host ‘Friendsgiving’

By Kaitlyn Nickerson For The Signal  The Santa Clarita United Methodist Church is scheduled to host a community “Friendsgiving” in order to give members of

SCCS recognizes veterans

Santa Clarita Christian School thanked veterans in the community for their service with a celebration of song and testimony on Wednesday morning.  “We are celebrating

Nazarene hosts annual Fall Fest

Though Halloween had passed, community members and parishioners still donned their costumes for Newhall Church of the Nazarene’s annual Fall Fest on Sunday. The church

Elevate church celebrates Halloween

Families filled Main Street Thursday night for Elevate Church’s Thrill Night to enjoy live music, games, a 4-D show, inflatable slides, free candy and more. 

Crosspoint’s Halloween block party

Crosspoint SCV kicked off Halloween with its annual block party Thursday. “We’ve been doing it for about 10 years now,” said event organizer Josue Rivera.

Harvest Festival returns to Christ Lutheran

Hundreds attended Christ Lutheran Church’s 21st annual Harvest Festival on Saturday donned in their best Halloween costumes. “It went really well,” said Robin Hyland, the

OLPH Church hosts first art show

Members of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church (OLPH) gathered after each mass on Sunday to marvel at the talents of the members of their church at their first art fair.

Family celebrates with 18 godchildren

The tradition of godparents and godchildren runs deep in the Catholic religion. Traditionally, a godparent is chosen as a sponsor to a child when receiving

Muslim Youth of Santa Clarita celebrates second anniversary

While children played games and enjoyed balloon art, the adult members of Muslim Youth of Santa Clarita joined to discuss the successes of the previous year and to put forth ideas for events and ways to improve the organization in the next year.

Mission Opera holds production in SCV

By Raychel Stewart For The Signal Mission Opera will show productions of the popular operas “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi” at the Santa Clarita United

SCV residents gather for Yom Kippur

By Raychel Stewart For The Signal Local temples are gathering for the High Holy Days of Yom Kippur throughout the Santa Clarita Valley. The Jewish