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No Bible Study FLEMINGTON — Flemington First Church of Christ will not hold Bible Study this Sunday, May 29 due to the Memorial Day weekend. Prayer Shawl Ministry MILL HALL — The Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet on Wednesday, June 1 at noon with a complimentary lunch. All skill levels are welcome to join. If you would like to learn to knit or crochet, there are people available to teach you. Yarn is being funded by the Clinton County Community Foundation. The group meets at the Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church, 111 Main St., Mill Hall. All denominations are welcome to come ...

Finding Faith: Prayer for blessing

The season of Easter pulses with the joy of Gods’ astonishing blessings in the resurrection of Christ. In this spring season of the year, we see that blessing emerging as the earth comes alive again from its long winter sleep. It is refreshing to see the flowers budding and blooming, the trees popping with their leaves, the grass becoming greener every day. I love the season of spring because it represents life. Psalm 67 gives expression to this joy that comes through the experience of God’s faithful people from generation to generation. The psalm beings and ends with joyful ...

Local Church Briefs

VBS at Beech Creek Wesleyan BEECH CREEK — Beech Creek Wesleyan Church will hold its Vacation Bible School — Jesus the Rock — on Sunday, June 5 through Thursday, June 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. Children after three to teens are welcome. Registration will be permitted at VBS or at www.beechcreekwesleyan.org. Rocky Railway VBS MILL HALL — Cedar Heights Brethren in Christ Church invites local kids to join for the Rocky Railway Vacation Bible School June 13 through June 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. nightly. The VBS program is for children from 3 years through 5th grade. The church is ...

Cracking on with Christian life

Cracking on with the Christian Life. Shaking the COVID off our feet. Christians are, or should be, the pioneers of the new humanity which God is bringing into being through Christ, for they are already experiencing in themselves the renewal which God intends for all his creation. Christ ...

Local church briefs

Vacation Bible School FLEMINGTON — Flemington First Church of Christ will hold its Vacation Bible School, “Hayday” from Thursday, June 9 to Friday, June 10 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The program is open to children potty-trained up to fifth grade. For more information call the church office. Free Picnic Thanking Moms and Dads HOWARD — Howard United Methodist Church, 144 W. Main St., Howard, will be holding a free picnic to thank Moms and Dads on Sunday, June 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants may eat inside the church, outside or take home. The meal will consist of ...

He did it before, He will do it again

What was done before; will be done again! The actual scripture for this is Ecclesiastes 1:9 What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. In 1869, shortly after the Civil War, there was a Camp Meeting which was called the Wayne or West Branch Camp Meeting held in McElhattan and supported by the Methodist church. Thousands would attend this large, organized gathering which showed “the manifested presence and power of God.” For 20 years people would come together at this location until a flood eliminated the ...