Religion Notes

SUNRISE EASTER SERVICES: There will be several sunrise Easter services around the Valley on Sunday.

* An interdenominational service will be conducted by clergy from several Westlake Village-area churches at 6 a.m. at Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park and Mortuary, 5600 Lindero Canyon Road, Westlake Village. Information: (805) 495-0837.

* St. John’s in the Valley United Methodist Church will hold a sunrise service in conjunction with Korean and Filipino congregations at 6 a.m. at 20600 Roscoe Blvd., Winnetka. Information: (818) 341-6434.

* The Burbank Church of Religious Science will hold a sunrise service at 5:30 a.m. at the Crystal Springs area of Griffith Park. Information: (818) 848-4158.

* A Spanish-language Easter sunrise service, featuring the 80-voice United Choir and Small Orchestra of the Hispanic Baptist Churches of the American Southwest, will be held at 6 a.m. at Hall of the Crucifixion-Resurrection at Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks, 1712 S. Glendale Ave., Glendale. Information: (213) 254-3131.

* Metropolitan Community Church in the Valley will hold a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. on the lawn of Griffith Park Observatory. Information: (818) 762-1133.

* The Mt. McGroarty sunrise service will begin at 5:30 a.m. with clergy and church members from the Sunland-Tujunga area renewing the 72nd annual rite atop the rocky peak. Kiwanis Club members will start transporting worshipers up the hill beginning at 4:30 a.m. from an assembly point at Foothill Boulevard and Hillhaven Avenue. The Rev. Janet Winslow of Shadow Hills Presbyterian Church will give the sermon. Information: (818) 352-4857.

* A traditional intercommunity Easter sunrise service, featuring speaker David Augsburger, professor of pastoral theology at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, with music by the 60-voice Sanctuary Choir of Emmanuel Evangelical Free Church of Burbank, will be held at 6 a.m. at the Birth of Liberty Mosaic at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive. Information: (213) 254-3131.

A MUSICAL CELEBRATION: Vocalist and recording artist Crystal Lewis will perform as part of Easter services at 10:10 a.m. Sunday under a 4,500-seat tent located at Shepherd of the Hills, 19700 Rinaldi St., Porter Ranch. Ventriloquist Jillybean will perform for children, ages 2 through 12. Information: (818) 831-9333.

CHILDREN AND FLOWERS: Neighborhood children and others interested will perform a “traditional flowering of the cross” ceremony, a Victorian tradition of placing flowers on a cross, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, 17114 Ventura Blvd., Encino. Information: (818) 788-4486.

REDISCOVERING HER HERITAGE: Trudi Alexi, author of “The Mezuzah in the Madonna’s Foot,” will discuss how she rediscovered her Jewish heritage. As a young girl, her family escaped from the Nazis by converting to Christianity and living in Spain. She will speak at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Shomrei Torah Synagogue, 7353 Valley Circle Blvd., West Hills. Information: (818) 346-0311.

QUESTIONS ABOUT FAITH: A discussion titled, “What My Faith Tradition Tells Me About Missionary Activities: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,” will be presented by an interfaith panel including Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, founder and director of Jews for Judaism, Steven E. Snow from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jerry Sinclair of the Bahai faith, Baptist and Bible translator David Smith, and Madan Mathrani, former national vice president of the International Council of Hindus, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society, 9550 Haskell Ave., North Hills. Information: (818) 718-6460.

PRESANCTIFIED LITURGIES: The Women’s Guild of St. Michael Orthodox Catholic Church will host three presanctified liturgy services, followed by meals, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, and 7 p.m. April 9 and 12, at 16643 Vanowen St., Van Nuys. Information: (818) 994-2313.

A STORY OF HEROISM: For years, Holocaust survivor Leopold Page told his story about the heroism of Oskar Schindler to many, but only author Thomas Keneally listened. Keneally’s novel, published in 1982, became the 1993 Oscar-winning film, “Schindler’s List,” directed by Steven Spielberg. Page will speak at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Kol Tikvah, 20400 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills. Admission is free. Information: (818) 348-0670.