All La Mesa Blog Posts Tagged 'Mesa' (132)

From Beauty and the Beast’s hauntingly melancholic “If I Can’t Love Her” to the impassioned spirituality of Vaughn-Williams “Five Mystical Songs,” noted baritone Bill Marshall “sings it all!”  Think the exuberant “They Call the Wind Maria” from Paint Your Wagon and Theodore Roethke’s disturbing tale, “My Papa’s Waltz.”

All these – and more, much more, will be showcased when Marshall, accompanied by Jim Tompkins-MacLaine,  appears as featured artist in program eight…

Our Advent theme this year is the first thing God speaks of, in the first lines of the book of Genesis.

God’s first utterance—“Let there be light”

God’s first utterance, and then God sees that it is good.

Over and over, God sings to a new creation: good, good, very good.

We were formed in a primordial goodness.

But our world does not always feel that way, does it?

Our world can feel broken, twisted, and bleak sometimes.

And Advent doesn’t deny that…

Awaiting the Messiah:  Advent Worship Services

10:00am, Sundays, December 2, 9, 16, 23

Evensong Blue Christmas 

6:00pm, Wednesday, December 12 

Christmas tough this year?  Clouded by loss and pain?  Are you wondering how you’ll make it through?

Christmas merriment often amplifies the sorrow and isolation many people feel this time of year. Sometimes the pressure to…

It's A Hayride!

LA MESA -- Picture it – a horse-pulled wagon filled with carolers young and old making its way through suburban streets as the neighbors call out Christmas greetings.  It’s the annual Hayride and Chili Dog Dinner at The Table: United Church of Christ of La Mesa, 5940 Kelton Avenue, La Mesa 91942.

 You’re invited to join us, to hop on and start the holiday season in style!  Feast…

 DATE CHANGE - Presenting 'Martha At The Table'

LA MESA -- From the wacky world of Gilbert and Sullivan and Nickelodeon’s “Aaah!!! Real Monsters” to Verdi’s Rigoletto and Handel’s Messiah, mezzo soprano Martha Jane Weaver has “sung it all.”  A long-time guest-artist with Lyric Opera San Diego, she has performed with such other noted companies as Sacramento Opera, Philharmonia…

The Valerie Victor Concert Series

Is Proud to Present

The Odeum Guitar Duo

Live at The Table

“The classical guitar is a miniature orchestra within itself.” – Ludwig van Beethoven

 Experience the promise inherent in Beethoven’s words, the exciting range and entrancing magic…

From Moon River to Skyfall,

 Buttons and Bows to A House is Not a Home: 

Celebrating the Music of the Movies

“Somewhere my love” brings instant images of Mother Russia; “Raindrops keep falling on my head,” of the free-wheeling…

 Welcome To The Table, Kelly Ryan

“All ages sharing their gifts to make something beautiful...

“Music that speaks to the truth of our human experience or our life together with God...

“Service as worship…”

These are the words, the visions, the hopes of the Rev. Kelly Ryan, who will assume the pulpit of The Table:  United Church of Christ of La…

Music, Music, Music!

An Afternoon with Rodney Girvin

 LA MESA -- Renowned San Diego pianist Rodney Girvin will appear in concert at The Table:  United Church of Christ of La Mesa (UCCLM) at 1:00 p.m. on July 29, 2018.   Girvin is the first artist to be featured in the church’s new Valerie Victor Concert Series, named in honor of its late…

10th Annual Taste of La Mesa

LA MESA -- The La Mesa Chamber of Commerce will present its 10th Annual Taste of La Mesa from 5 to 8 p.m., Monday, June 11, at the La Mesa Community Center, 4975…

Free Senior Health Fair in La Mesa, May 11th

LA MESA -- The 19th annual East County Senior Health Fair…

Chamber To Host Spring Expo 

LA MESA -- The La Mesa Chamber of Commerce will host its “2018 Spring Fling Business Expo” from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 26, at the La Mesa Community Center, 4975…

La Mesa Chamber of Commerce

saluted ‘Local Heroes’…

 Chamber to host ‘Salute to Local Heroes’

LA MESA -- The La Mesa Chamber of Commerce will host its 10th annual “Salute to Local Heroes” dinner…

 

The hall was alive with color, guests, laughter and the tantalizing scents of good home cooking.  Bright red cloths covered tables brimming with foods from eleven countries (prepared by parents) and art projects created by the young students of La Mesa's Charley Brown Children's Center.  Display boards, also the work of the children, featured what they have learned about those countries.

It was the second annual Multi-Cultural Night, an…

La Mesa Chamber of Commerce will host breakfast with

State Senator Joel Anderson on Sept. 27

The La Mesa…

New Boys & Girls Club Rising

LA MESA -- The Boys and Girls Clubs of East County (BGCEC) has begun construction of its new Brady Family Clubhouse in La Mesa that will house the Gagon Academy and…

The 10 Chick-fil-A restaurants in San Diego County, including the Grossmont Chick-fil-A at 8200 Fletcher Parkway in La Mesa, will host a “Daddy-Daughter Date Night” for fathers and daughters from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 1.

 “One of Chick-fil-A’s goals is to promote community connections and enrich the lives of everyone we come in contact with,” said Rick Preciado, Grossmont Chick-fil-A owner-operator. “We understand the importance of father-daughter relationships and…

New Chick-fil-A Open With Camping

LA MESA -- The newest Chick-fil-A restaurant in San Diego County has opened. The Grossmont Chick-fil-A at 8200 Fletcher Parkway, La Mesa, recently became the 11th Chick-fil-A restaurant operating in San…

Celebrating 50 Years of Musical Inspiration 

LA MESA -- “A national treasure right in our midst!”*  That’s the incomparable Valerie Victor, organist/pianist at The Table:  United Church of Christ of La Mesa (UCCLM).

Valerie was seven when she started to play the piano, eight when her elementary school music teacher asked that she not return to class – it was “too easy” for her.  Taken on as the…