Santa Barbara Stake News

Eagle Court of Honor Tonight (Thursday, December 29, 2016) at the Santa Barbara Building (2107 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara) for Kendall Ruth, Benjamin Beifuss and Jack Nelson Nelson

Plenty of good activities to be involved in! Next Saturday we have: The Divine Woman: a Symposium November 5th, 2016, 10am-3pm... The Red Cross has also asked for help canvassing Goleta neighborhoods to help protect against and prepare for fires. Volunteer here: https://www.justserve.org//9a402842-7b94-4006-a237-a0f8692

The Divine Woman: a Symposium November 5th, 2016, 10am-3pm The Divine Woman appears in Egyptian, Hebrew, Early Christian and Latter-Day Saint Theology. She is known by many names, Hathor, Asherah, the Lady, the Mother of the Lord and Heavenly Mother. She is often associated with the symbol of the tree and offers her help to initiates on their way to the presence of Deity.... Three well known authors and speakers have been asked to discuss the Divine Woman: Margaret Barker is a world renowned scholar. She holds a Doctor of Divinity from Cambridge University. She developed an approach to Biblical Studies known as Temple Theology. Her work focuses on the Temple worship of the Hebrews in the first temple period and how Christ and the Early Christians restored these ideas. Her latest work is entitled the Mother of the Lord. John Thompson obtained a Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is presently chaplain at Harvard University. He has published many articles including the Lady at the Horizon: Egyptian Tree Goddess Iconography and Sacred Trees in the Israelite Scriptureand Temple Theology. Alyson Von Feldt obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a Masters degree in Organizational Behavior from BYU. She is a strategy and organization design consultant and Owner/President of Crimson Corporation. Her publication Does God Have a Wife? Review of William G. Dever, Did God Have a Wife? and her lecture Wisdom in Restoration Scripture both explore LDS theology about the Divine Woman. Santa Barbara Stake Center, 478 Cambridge Dr, Goleta, CA 93117 Organizer Contact Information: Michael Gunson, 805-450-7537

Sign up for Looking Good Santa Barbara's Annual City Clean Up. Our stake is supporting this initiative by the City. LGSB is pleased to announce that our Annual City Clean-Up event will be held on October 15th. There are meeting locations on both the east and west side. A variety of neighborhood improvement are planned, including graffiti removal, litter pick-up and creek clean-up. Sign up on JustServe.org

On April 23, 2016, the wards and branch in Santa Barbara and Goleta cleaned up the West Side of Santa Barbara. Over 200 people came out to help.

On Friday, March 25, 2016, throughout the world various community, music, and church groups will be using the Internet to join their voices with the Choir in singing Messiah accompanied by the Orchestra at Temple Square in an unprecedented world gathering. This will be a wonderful way to celebrate the birth, life, death and resurrection of Christ with all Christians of the world. We invite you to join us for this event. The best part about the Messiah Sing is that it is as ea...sy and inexpensive as watching YouTube. All you need is an Internet connection, speakers strong enough so that people can hear while they are singing and a monitor. To assist you in enjoying your Messiah Sing experience, we will provide you with the following: Messiah Sing Live Stream connection instructions including information on how to test your connection prior to your event As a further option, the concert will also be available in LDS chapels over the Church satellite system. How to View instructions will be sent to the stake audiovisual specialist. A downloadable pdf file of the concert program which will include lyrics and information about the oratorio On March 25, at 6:30PM, we will broadcast this event live at the Santa Barbara LDS Stake Center, at 478 Cambridge Street, in Goleta, CA. All are welcome.