It’s the time of year when local religious and nonprofit organizations host craft shows and bazaars to raise money for programs and events ranging from church missions to scholarships. For shoppers, that’s an invitation to hunt for handmade and crocheted items, jewelry, holiday decorations and religious items — not to mention the baked goods — far from crowded malls. Here is a list of organizations hosting charitable events into December.
Masjid Ibrahim Islamic Center welcomed people of all faiths and backgrounds Monday night. Before their last prayer, they remembered victims of the Oct. 1 attack at the Route 91 Harvest festival that killed 58 people and injured nearly 500.
Worship services around the Las Vegas Valley over the weekend reflected on the Oct. 1 mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival.
Members of Central Church in Henderson packed a Saturday evening service devoted to remembering shooting victims, praying for the injured, honoring first responders and working through grief.
As Southern Nevada clergy take to the pulpit this weekend, they’ll face congregants for whom the initial shock of the shootings Sunday at the Route 91 Harvest Festival is beginning to move into its next stage.
Longtime organist at the Guardian Angel Cathedral and the man known to many as the “Chip Monk,” Arthur Nelson died last month at age 86.
More than 100 people gathered Saturday at the Historic Fifth Street School to pray for Las Vegas’ future. They sang gospel songs, hands uplifted to the ceiling.
On Saturday, hundreds of Las Vegas Muslims gathered at local mosques to break the first fast of Ramadan with prayers. And Imam Fateen Seifullah, a chairman at Al-Maun, a social arm of the Las Vegas Muslim community, said local Muslims are praying for peace in the country, the safety of Muslim-Americans and for a sense of unity.
When Ben Lesser saw the few seconds of film taken more than a half-century ago, he wasn’t sure what to think. The dark-haired guy in the film looked like him, or at least like Lesser used to look back in April 1945 when Dachau was liberated.
Police are investigating suspicious messages that prompted the temporary closure of the Las Vegas Jewish Community Center and surrounding businesses on Friday.
