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House of the Lord Fellowship to take part in OCC

LOCK HAVEN — Lock Haven’s very own House of the Lord Fellowship is once again taking part in Operation Christmas Child, beginning Monday, Nov. 14. “We are excited to again be involved in our community with Operation Christmas Child project. We invite you to participate and help bring joy to children in need all over the world,” said OCC Area Coordinator Sarah Snyder. Operation Christmas Child, a project of the international relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, collects in the U.S and worldwide shoebox gifts filled with school supplies, hygiene items, and fun toys — and ...

Local church briefs

Free Thanksgiving Dinner BEECH CREEK — Beech Creek Wesleyan Church invites you to their Free Thanksgiving Dinner. The dinner will take place Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for eat in, take out or delivery of the meal. For more information or to request deliveries, please contact Bill Miller at 570-295-7217 or the church at 570-962-2732. Please provide the following information if leaving a message: Name, address, phone number and the number of meals needed. Delivery requests need to be made by Wednesday, Nov. 23. Christmas Bazaar JERSEY SHORE —St. ...

St. Luke’s holds food drive

PHOTO PROVIDED St. Luke’s United Church of Christ at 1175 W. 4th Street in Lock Haven held a food drive in October to benefit the Lock Haven Salvation Army’s Holiday basket food collection. St. Luke’s congregation was happy to help their community with this food drive.

Local church briefs

Holly Mart LOCK HAVEN — Holy Spirit Parish (St. Agnes and Immaculate Conception Catholic churches) are gearing up for its annual Holly Mart. The Christmas Bazaar will be held in the Lock Haven Catholic School Gymnasum, 311 W. Water St., Lock Haven, on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The bazaar features items such as plants, crafts for kids, themed baskets, cash drawings, new-to-you items, a silent auction and great food. Lunch is available each day. Food Bank distribution MILL HALL — On Wednesday, Nov. 9, the St Paul’s ...

The origins of Halloween

This weekend many will be celebrating a high holy day dedicated to Satan, not knowing the results from doing this. The Word of God says, “my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” even Ephesians 5:11-16 gives informative instructions of how to deal with this: 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. 13 But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, 14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise ...

Halloween’s celebration of mingling with the dead has roots in ancient Celtic celebrations of Samhain

THE CONVERSATION — As Halloween approaches, people get ready to celebrate the spooky, the scary and the haunted. Ghosts, zombies, skeletons and witches are prominently displayed in yards, windows, stores and community spaces. Festivities center around the realm of the dead, and some believe that the dead might actually mingle with the living on the night of Halloween. Scholars have often noted how these modern-day celebrations of Halloween have origins in Samhain, a festival celebrated by ancient Celtic cultures. In contemporary Irish Gaelic, Halloween is still known as Oíche ...