RELIGION EVENTS.

The Rev. James Page will speak on ``What Awesome Power We Have'' at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service for Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 2723 Orange Ave., La Crescenta, [phone].

Adat Y'shua Ha Adon Messianic Congregation, 5700 Rudnick Ave., Woodland Hills, will have Shabbat services at 7:45 p.m. Friday and at 10:45 a.m. Saturday. Child care will be available, [phone].

The Rev. Wayne Wolaver will deliver the sermon from the book of Romans at the 10 a.m. Sunday service for Calvary Chapel of Reseda, 7217 Geyser Ave., Suite 3. Nursery care and Sunday school will be available, [phone].

The Rev. Robert Varblow will give the sermon at the 9 a.m. Sunday service at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 9440 Balboa Blvd., Northridge, [phone].

Desert Winds Community Church, 2121 E. Palmdale Blvd., Palmdale, will have 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday services with the Rev. Ned Beadel speaking on ``How to Overcome the Fear of Failure,'' [phone].

The Rev. Philip Longfellow Andersen will deliver the sermon, ``Fun and Fancy Free'' at the 10 a.m. service on Marriage Reunion Sunday for Church of the Lighted Window, 1200 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge, [phone].

Community Christian Church of Moorpark will have Sunday service at 9:30 p.m. with the Rev. Steve Day speaking. The church meets at Mesa Verde Middle School, 14000 Peach Hill Road, Moorpark, [phone].

Temple Ahavat Shalom, 18200 Rinaldi Place, Northridge, will present an ongoing seminar titled ``Children of Aging Parents.'' The group meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7 and 8:30 p.m. For information, call [phone].

Canoga Park Presbyterian Church, 22103 Vanowen St., Canoga Park, will hold Christian 12-step recovery sessions at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday, [phone].

The Rev. Margie Ann will deliver the sermon, ``I Bestow Upon Thee'' at the 11 a.m. Sunday service for Encino Community Church, 5955 Lindley Ave., Tarzana. Child care and Sunday school will be available, [phone].

Calvary Chapel Mid Valley, 17200 Ventura Blvd., Suite 303, Encino, will have a 10:30 a.m. Sunday service, [phone].

The sermon titled ``Random Acts of Suffering'' will be given at the 8:15 and 9:45 a.m. Sunday services for Moorpark Presbyterian Church, 13950 Peach Hill Road, Moorpark, [phone].

The Rev. Joe Augustine will deliver the sermon, ``When Jesus Was There'' at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service for St. John's in the Valley United Methodist Church, 20600 Roscoe Blvd., Winnetka, [phone].

Christian Church of the Hills, 5310 Derry Ave., Suite P, Agoura Hills, will have the Rev. Dave Crouse speaking on ``Who is Jesus'' at the 9:15 a.m. Sunday service. Nursery care is provided, [phone].

Panorama City Church of the Brethren, 14517 Osborne St., will have the Rev. Kensun White speaking on ``The Road to Life'' at the 9:30 a.m. Sunday service, [phone].

``Happiness As a Choice'' is the sermon that will be given by the Rev. Nancy Fuller at the 10 a.m. Sunday service for Joyful Life Center of Truth, 799 Moorpark Ave., Moorpark, [phone].

``The Magnificent Tools of the Mind'' will be the sermon delivered by the Rev. Norma Hawkins at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service for Central Glendale Church of Religious Science which meets at the Glendale Masonic Temple, 244 N. Maryland Ave., Glendale, [phone].

Makom Ohr Shalom, 5619 Lindley Ave., Tarzana, will have Rabbi Debra Orenstein conducting Shabbat service at 8 p.m. Friday, [phone].

Bethel Lutheran Church, 17500 Burbank Blvd., Encino, will have 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday services, [phone].

The Rev. John V. Sheridan will be the guest speaker at the Catholic Community Luncheon held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Barone's Restaurant, 10123 Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake. [phone].

The Rev. Tom Johnson will discuss ``The Building of a Great Mind'' at the 10 a.m. Sunday services for Church of Religious Science, 4900 Serrania Ave., Woodland Hills. [phone].

``Be The Doers of the Word'' will be the sermon given by the Rev. Emma Moore-Kochlacs at the 9:30 a.m. Sunday service for First United Methodist Church, 18120 Saticoy St., Reseda. [phone].