RELIGION EVENTS.

The Rev. John H. Hampsch will be the guest speaking on ``The Time of Your Life'' at the Catholic Community Luncheon, to be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Barone's Restaurant, 10123 Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake, [phone].

Temple Ramat Zion, 17655 Devonshire St., Northridge, will have Rabbi Steven Tucker discussing ``Is Thanksgiving Really Sukkot in Disguise?'' at 11:45 a.m. today, [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 teach on the ``The Need to be Watchful'' at the 9 a.m. Sunday service for Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 9440 Balboa Blvd., Northridge, [phone].

The Rev. Phillip Longfellow Anderson will deliver the sermon ``A Well Punctuated Life'' at the 10 a.m. Sunday service for Church of the Lighted Window, 1200 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge, [phone].

Temple Ahavat Shalom, 18200 Rinaldi Place, Northridge, will have a Shabbat Potluck Dinner at 6 p.m. Friday. Dinner will be followed by Kabbalat Shabbat at 8 p.m., [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].

St. John's in the Valley United Methodist Church, 20600 Roscoe Blvd., Winnetka, will have 10:30 a.m. Sunday service with the Rev. Keith Hwang delivering the sermon ``A Voice in the Wilderness,'' [phone].

Calvary Chapel Mid Valley will have 10 a.m. Sunday services, with a sermon on the book of James, held in the first-floor movie theater of Encino Town Center, 17200 Ventura Blvd., Encino, [phone].

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

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

Agoura Bible Fellowship, 5564 Foothill Drive, Agoura Hills, will have 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday services, [phone].

The Rev. Donald Dallmann will teach on ``The Birth of the Way-Preparer Announced'' at the 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday services for Bethel Lutheran Church, 17500 Burbank Blvd., Encino, [phone].

``We Have Found the Messiah'' will be the sermon given by the Rev. Keith Banwart at the 10 a.m. Sunday service for St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 1920 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale, [phone].

``Those Who Are Chosen'' is the sermon that will be given by the Rev. Tom Johnson at the 10 a.m. Sunday meeting for the Center for Highly Effective Living, held at Chapel of the Pacific Lodge, 4900 Serrania Ave., Woodland Hills, [phone].

The Rev. Margie Ann will speak on ``Praise and Worship'' at the 11 a.m. Sunday service for Encino Community Church, 5955 Lindley Ave., Encino, [phone].

Christ Lutheran Church, 2400 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank, will have interim Pastor Thomas William Hirsch delivering the sermon at the 10 a.m. Sunday service, [phone].

The Rev. Alexander Hamilton and his 50-voice Gospel Music Institute will perform gospel music at 4 p.m. Sunday at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 7500 De Soto Ave., Canoga Park, [phone].

``Quarantine for Liberation'' will be the sermon given by the Rev. Kensun White at the 9:30 a.m. Sunday service for Panorama City Church of the Brethren, 14517 Osborne St., Panorama City, [phone].

Central Lutheran Church, 6425 Tyrone Ave., Van Nuys, will have the Rev. Burnell Lund teaching ``Look Up'' at the 12:30 p.m. Advent Sunday service. There will be a lighting of the Advent wreath, [phone].

Shomrei Torah Synagogue Sisterhood will sponsor a Chanukah Boutique from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. Sunday at 7353 Valley Circle Blvd., West Hills, [phone].

St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church, 15520 Ventura Blvd., Encino, will have Advent Masses at 4 p.m. today and at 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday, [phone].

Adat Ari El Sisterhood will have Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe Bernhard speaking on the topic of ``A Jewish View of Converts and Conversion'' at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at 12020 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, [phone].