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Holy week services

PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 29 — Great Island Presbyterian Church, 12 W. Water St., Lock Haven, will have a service at 10 a.m. — St. Mark Lutheran, 850 Snydertown Rd., Howard, will have a service at 10:30 a.m. HEALING SERVICE, APRIL 1 — Wingate Faith Church, 111 Runville Road, Bellefonte (behind the Sheetz store in Wingate) will have a Healing Service at 7 p.m. MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 2 — Pathway to Christ Church in McElhattan will have a service at 6 p.m. The reenactment of The Last Supper is planned. — Covenant United Methodist Church, 44 W. Main St., Lock Haven, ...

Local church briefs

Holy Week Services If your church, parish or religious organization is having an event or services during Holy Week that you would like mentioned, please email us at news@lockhaven.com. Be sure to include the date, time and location of the event or service along with a brief description, and we will add yours to our list of services that are happening on Good Friday through Easter Sunday. Lenten Outreach FLEMINGTON — St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in Flemington is conducting a Lenten Community Outreach Project. The church will be collecting treats such as candies, cookies, ...

United by the gospel

There are a number of churches in our community. If you were to compare them all, I’m sure you would find a significant number of differences among them, whether it is in organizational structure, worship style, or interpretations in certain areas of teaching. But one thing unites every true church, and therefore all who believe in Jesus, the gospel of Jesus Christ. As I write this article, I am returning from a trip to Mexico to visit members of our family. While there I had the opportunity to minister God’s Word several times to diverse groups of individuals. One thing I observed ...

Local church briefs

Holy Week Services If your church, parish or religious organization is having an event or services during Holy Week that you would like mentioned, please email us at news@lockhaven.com. Be sure to include the date, time and location of the event or service along with a brief description, and we will add yours to our list of services that are happening on Good Friday through Easter Sunday. Soup Sale FLEMINGTON — St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in Flemington will be holding a soup sale Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to noon. Soups being offered are chicken corn, vegetable ...

Conservative Anglican leaders restructure organization in break from traditions

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Conservative Anglican leaders have restructured their organization, signaling a break from the traditions of the historic Anglican Communion as they seek to reorder the 400-year-old church group. The Global Anglican Future Conference, or Gafcon, dissolved its Gafcon Primates Council and replaced it with the Global Anglican Council. The new council will include primates, advisers and guarantors, made up of bishops, clergy and lay members, each with full voting privileges, Gafcon general secretary The Right Reverend Paul Donison said in a statement. The ...