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Prayer Shawl Ministry donates to One Family at a Time project

MILL HALL — The Prayer Shawl Ministry needleworkers met on June 3 at the Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church, 111 Main St., Mill Hall. We were happy to have with us Sherry Wilson, the mission leader at Covenant United Methodist Church in Lock Haven. The PSM donated 18 large afghans to ...

Local church briefs

Bible Study LOCK HAVEN — God’s Eternal Life Church, 30 Woodward Ave., Lock Haven, is holding weekly Bible studies each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The topic will be Thru the Bible Word for Word. We’re up to the book of Romans now, and will be learning about the meaning of the New Covenant. Please feel free to join our Bible Studies. Church services are also held on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. All are welcome. Pastor Dean Williams can be reached at 570-748-3700. Summer Concerts LAMAR — Lamar Lighthouse Camp will be having their Summer Concert Series each Sunday evening through ...

We are God’s people…

The third verse of Psalm 100 is… “We are God’s people and the sheep of God’s pasture.”… How often do we approach our daily lives, or look at the world around us, and think… “We are God’s people and the sheep of God’s pasture.”?... We’re quickly approaching the 250th anniversary of our country. As we do, this is a time to remember that the formation that happened 250 years ago was made under God. Our country… and God… have always been intertwined, and that tightness has not changed, regardless of the feelings that are expressed today. On July 4, 1776, ...

Loganton Wesleyan Church gears up for Vacation Bible School

PHOTO PROVIDED This year’s Vacation Bible School at Loganton Wesleyan Church will be really W-I-L-D! Come and help them seek the Lion of Judah on the African Serengeti. Kids will meet all kinds of wild animals and Seth LivingStone, wildlife photographer. Each day features upbeat songs, ...

Local church briefs

Bible Study LOCK HAVEN — God’s Eternal Life Church, 30 Woodward Ave., Lock Haven, is holding weekly Bible studies each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The topic will be Thru the Bible Word for Word. We’re up to the book of Romans now, and will be learning about the meaning of the New Covenant. Please feel free to join our Bible Studies. Church services are also held on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. All are welcome. Pastor Dean Williams can be reached at 570-748-3700. Summer Concerts LAMAR — Lamar Lighthouse Camp will be having their Summer Concert Series each Sunday evening through ...

Southern Baptists vote to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, sending a clear message that men alone should preach to these conservative evangelical congregations. The amendment would tighten existing restrictions in the Southern Baptist Convention, which already has a faith statement opposing women pastors. The vote was 6,028 to 2,026 — a 3-to-1 margin — which easily exceeded the required two-thirds majority. It will require a similar two-thirds vote at next ...