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Dear siblings in Christ,  Alleluia, Christ is risen! This Sunday, we will gather with Christians near and far to celebrate the miraculous fact that the tomb was empty: Jesus rose from the dead. With that divine act, Jesus broke the bonds of death and now offers us the hope and knowledge of new life, even in death.   Church of Our Saviour is a vibrant faith community, welcoming all, empowered by sacramental worship to joyfully serve others in Christ’s name.  I arrived as Churc

Dear DOD, How did eggs and rabbits get associated with Easter? Carol Dear Carol,   The word Easter, it seems, occurs only in English usage. The Venerable Bede, an eighth century English monk, noted the connection of the celebration of Jesus’s resurrection to the celebration of the Germanic goddess of spring, Eastre/Ēostre. Our word Easter most probably derives from the name of that goddess. Bede noted that Christians continued using the name of the pagan month Eosturmonath  f

Dear Church of Our Saviour family, Thank you for your support of music at Church of Our Saviour. Members of our Church of Our Saviour community gave over $18,000 to the music program in 2025. Of this total, roughly $10,000 is direct giving to the music program from households who donate monthly or when asked. The rest is from your generous support of music events. The most audible impact of this financial support is our improved choir sound, due to the leadership of our wonde

Hard-working high-schoolers are printing 3D models, recording their own podcasts, mixing music, and more at the new Best Buy Teen Tech Center created by the electronics retailer’s charitable foundation at the Dorris Dann Kids Campus in El Monte. Cris Abrego, chairman of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, El Monte Mayor Jessica Arcona, and Assemblymember Mike Fong were among the dignitaries present for the Feb. 28 grand opening of the state-of-the-art learning lab, n