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First Baptist Church of TC
Dr. Glenn E. Layne, Senior Pastor
6019 Baldwin Ave. • Temple City, CA 91780
(626) 286- 3225 • (626) 286-3125
web site: www.templecitybaptist.org
e-mail: info@templecitybaptist.org
glen@templecitybaptist.org
Sunday School: 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Golden West Baptist Church
Raymond McKinley, Pastor
4856 Golden West Ave.
(626) 286-9320
www.gwbaptist.com
Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. • Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday Youth Extravaganza-Bible Study: 6 p.m.
Sunday Mandarin/Chinese Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Thai-Lao Worship
San Gabriel Union Church
Steve Balentine, Senior Pastor
117 N. Pine St., San Gabriel
(626) 287-0486
www.sgucandcs.org
Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.
Wed. Bible Study, 7 p.m.
Wednesday Night Youth Program, Jr. & Sr. High, 7 p.m.
e-mail to: info@templecitychamber.org
First Lutheran Church
Pastor David Hill
9123 Broadway, Temple City 91780
Office (626) 287-0968
Sunday Worship:
8:30 a.m. Traditional worship (Communion 1st & 3rd Sun.)
11 a.m. Praise worship (Communion Every Sunday)
Bible Study - Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
web site: www.firstlutherantc.org
e-mail: info@firstlutherantc.org
New Hope Church (PCUSA)
Rev. David Pak, Pastor
Rev. Mariko Yanagihara, Associate
700 S. Rosemead Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107-5613
449-8644 (English) • 577-0191 (Korean)
michillindapres@aol.com
Sunday: 8 a.m. • 11:15 a.m. Korean Worship
9:30 a.m./ 1:30 p.m. English Worship
St. Luke Catholic Church
Fr. Joseph Wah, Pastor
5605 Cloverly Ave.
(626) 291-5900
www.stluketemplecity.org
Sunday Masses: 6:30, 8, 10,12, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday Evening Mass: 5:30 p.m.
Daily Masses: 6:30 a.m.and 9 a.m.
www.templecitychamber.org
Protect Marriage Amendment (Proposition 8) deserves passage
I would never, ever, endorse a candidate from the
pulpit. Not only is it illegal, more important is the fact
that’s it’s wrong — it’s an abuse of the pulpit. It detracts
from the church’s central mission,
which is to present Jesus
Christ.
However I would, and now
do, tell you how strongly I feel
about the Protect Marriage
Amendment (Proposition 8),
which you will have a chance
to vote on in November. The
same day America selects a
new President, California will
decide what to do about the
Dr. Glenn Layne
future of marriage in California. And make no mistake:
what California does will shape what happens all across
America.
That is why I intend to vote for Prop 8 on November
4. You will have to decide how you will vote. But this is
how I’m voting, and I want to explain why.
First, I am voting this way because how I vote must
be informed by my faith. In a democracy, God holds
me and you accountable for my part in the decisions
made in my country. Here are some Biblical realities,
which inform the way I am voting:
• God intentionally designed and created us male and
female. (Gen. 1:27; Gen. 5:1-2; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6)
• God intended sexual intimacy to be enjoyed only
within the context of the male and female relationship.
(Gen. 1:28; Matt. 19:5, Mark 10:7-8; Romans 1:24-32)
• God intends marriage to be a committed, life-long,
covenant relationship between a man and a woman
based on love, respect, mutual submission and personal
...how I vote must be
informed by my faith.
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Temple City Church of Christ
Elder Kenneth Batchelor
5272 Sereno Dr., Temple City
Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
All Children Welcome
Nursery
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Uncommon Sense
With Dr. Glenn Layne,
Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church
(626) 286-3125 ext. 11
desertheo1957@yahoo.com. •
www.durabledata.blogspot.com.
In fact, heterosexual marriage
is found in nearly every
human society and almost
always as a pivotal institution.
sacrifice. (Matt. 5:31-32; Matt. 19:3-11; Mal. 2:14-16;
Mark 10:2-12; I Cor. 7:10-16; Deut. 5:18, 21; Eph. 5:21-
33)
• Jesus confirmed that God’s design is only to be fulfilled
within the context of a committed marriage of
one man and one woman. (Matt. 19:3-11; Mark 10:2-
12).
• Children are a blessing. God’s design is that moms
and dads create and raise children. (Gen. 1:28; Psalm
127:3-5; Proverbs 22:6)
• God’s design is to have dad and mom train their
children to love, honor and obey God. (Deut. 4:1-9;
Proverbs 22:6)
• All sexual activity outside of God’s design (marriage)
is forbidden’— it is morally impure and personally
destructive — individuals will be judged by God
for it. (Heb. 13:4; Romans 1:24-32; Romans 2:5-10; I
Cor. 6:9-11; Matt. 5:27-32; Deut. 5:9, 18, 21; Exodus
20:14-17; Deut. 4:1-9)
• Divorce is not God’s plan — God hates divorce.
(Mal. 2:14-16; Matt. 5:31-32; Matt. 19:6-9; Mark 10:9-
12; I Cor. 7:10-16)
• God clearly forbids “same sex” sexual relationships.
They are not part of His plan.”(Lev. 18:22; Romans 1:24-
Temple City Church of the Nazarene
Ken Lewis, Senior Pastor
9953 Las Tunas Dr. • (626) 287-1136
email: tcnazpastor@charterinternet.com
tcnazoffice@charterinternet.com
Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.
Chinese Mandarin Worship: 11:15 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m. All Ages
32; 1 Cor. 6:9-11; Gen. 1:27; Gen. 5:1-2; Matthew 19:4;
Mark 10:6)
• There is tremendous safety and blessing in following
God’s plan for marriage. (Deut. 5:10; Exodus 20:6;
Deut. 4:1-9; Romans 2:5-10)
Second, I am voting for the PMA because of the need
to preserve marriage’s stabilizing role in society.
In all or nearly all human societies, marriage is the
socially approved union between a woman and a man,
conceived both as a personal relationship and as an institution,
so that any children resulting from the union
are understood to be emotionally, morally, practically
and legally affiliated with both of the parents.
The history of marriage demonstrates that non-recognition
of same-sex “marriages” does not stem from a
particular religious tradition; it is universal. Even secular
and aggressively atheist regimes (like the old Soviet
Union) have never recognized same-sex “marriages.”
In fact, heterosexual marriage is found in nearly every
human society and almost always as a pivotal institution.
Homosexual marriage outside contemporary
Western societies is exceedingly rare and has never been
considered the equivalent of male/female marriage,
even in societies that had a”“tolerant” attitude toward
homosexuality (like ancient Greece).
Marriage (real, God-designed heterosexual marriage)
is good for men, for women and for children.
Marriage is good financially, from a health standpoint
and from mental health standpoint.
Research clearly demonstrates that family structure
matters for children, and the family structure that helps
the most is a family headed by two-biological parents
in a low-conflict marriage.
On the other hand, nations in Europe that have experimented
with same-sex marriage discover that such
so-called marriages pull down the overall value of marriage
and that marriage rates drop while out-of-wedlock
childbearing, already at epidemic levels in Europe,
rises.
That’s why I’m voting for the Protect Marriage
Amendment.
Community of Christ
Darrell Kelty, Pastor
9468 Broadway
Sunday Worship: 10:50 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
285-4500
First United Methodist Church
Thomas Griffith, Pastor
5957 Golden West
(626) 286-3129
Summer Hours
9:30 a.m. Worship Service (through Aug. 31)
9:00 a.m. Sunday School (on break for July-August)
Praise Chapel
The Two O’clock Church
Pastors: Victoria Mancha, Frankie Fiero
and Javier Estrada
6116 N. San Gabriel Blvd San Gabriel, CA 91775
(626) 288-3903 • www.two-o-clock.com
Worship 2 p.m. Sunday •
Friday Bi-weekly: Moment By Moment Grieving Home
Support Group, 7 p.m. Info: Bob Larriva 626-288-3903
Sunrise Community Church
Nondenominational: Conservative Christian
Andrew Kikkert, Pastor
9642 E. Live Oak Ave. • (626) 287-6120
Sunday Worship: 8:45 a.m.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Friday Game Night 7 p.m. - 1st and 3rd Fridays
Friday Night Fellowship 6:30 p.m. - 2nd and 4th Fridays
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Dr. Dave Spahn, Interim Pastor
9642 Live Oak Ave.
626-287-1987
wpctc@sbcglobal.net
Adult Education, Sunday 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
All Children Welcome • Nursery • Children's Church
Wednesday Adult Bible Study 11 a.m.