Religion Notes

PARISH FESTIVAL: The 12th annual International Festival--with ethnic foods, games, crafts, rides, volleyball tournament, dunk tank and live entertainment--will take place at 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday at St. John Baptist de la Salle Catholic Church, 10738 Hayvenhurst Ave., Granada Hills. Free admission. Information: (818) 363-2535.

CHRISTIAN ANNIVERSARY: Two concerts by Dan Matthews and Virginia Fagal with the Faith for Today Quartet and King’s Herald will be performed in celebration of the Christian broadcasting station Faith for Today’s 50th anniversary. The free concerts are at 3:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday at Vallejo Drive Seventh-day Adventist Church, 300 Vallejo Drive, Glendale. Information: (805) 955-7700.

EAT AND SING: “Spring Sing Thing,” a spaghetti dinner followed by karaoke, will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday at Temple Beth Torah, 16651 Rinaldi St., Granada Hills. Admission is $12.50 general and $8 for youths 12 and younger. Information and reservations: (818) 831-0835.

JEWISH MUSIC: Susan Edwards will perform an evening of comedy and music, “Great Jews in Music,” at 8 p.m. Saturday at Valley Cities Jewish Community Center, 13164 Burbank Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Admission is $10 for members, students and seniors and $12 for guests. Information: (818) 786-6310.

STAKE CONFERENCE: The 10 West Valley congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will discuss “Becoming a Zion People” at their semiannual stake conference from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday. Another session designed for youths will begin at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, both at 7045 Farralone Ave., Canoga Park. Free. Information: (818) 348-5418.

PROGRAM ABOUT WOMEN: Joyce Duncan will present “Women in History,” a program about little-known female trailblazers, at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Sepulveda Unitarian-Universalist Society, 9550 Haskell Ave., North Hills. Information: (818) 894-9251.

MOSES PANEL: Author Jonathan Kirsch and Rabbi Levi Meir will present a panel discussion on “Moses: A Life” at 11 a.m. Sunday at West Valley Jewish Community Center, 22622 Vanowen St., West Hills. The cost is $5 for members and $8 for guests. Information and reservations: (818) 464-3300.

JEWISH FESTIVAL: Valley Beth Shalom and Stephen S. Wise Temple will sponsor a three-day Shavuot festival of learning and worship beginning at 8 p.m. Thursday at Valley Beth Shalom, 15739 Ventura Blvd., Encino, with a discussion of “Jewish Faith in the 21st Century” with Rabbi Harold Kushner and Rabbi Harold Schulweis. Friday’s session, at Stephen S. Wise Temple, 15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive in the Sepulveda Pass, will feature a Shabbat dinner followed by Sabbath services at 8 p.m. at which Rabbi Kushner will discuss “What the World Can Learn from Jewish People.” At Saturday morning’s session, which begins at 8:45 a.m. at Valley Beth Shalom, Rabbi Kushner will discuss “How Good Do We Have to Be?” The festival will conclude at 7:45 p.m. Saturday at Stephen S. Wise Temple with Havdallah, dessert and a speech by Rabbi Kushner on “What to Do With the Rest of Your Life.” For dinner reservations or more information, call Valley Beth Shalom at (818) 788-6000, Ext. 104, or Stephen S. Wise Temple at (310) 889-2264.

THE CONEJO EXPERIENCE: “Conejo Mt. Sinai Experience,” an event in which the Ten Commandments will be read at Shavuot services, followed by a family pizza and ice cream party, will be held 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Friday at Chabad of Agoura Hills, 30345 Canwood St., and Chabad of Westlake Village, 741-D Lakefield Road. Free. Information: (818) 991-0991.

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