VATICAN CITY (AP) — “You get used to it.” That was Pope Leo XIV ‘s matter-of-fact response when King Charles III asked about the swarms of televisions cameras documenting his historic visit to the Vatican last month. Charles is no stranger to paparazzi, so Leo wasn’t telling the ...
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. Please feel free to join. Church services are held on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. All are welcome. Pastor Dean Williams can be reached at 570-748-3700. Blood Drives Local churches will be hosting blood drives over the next several weeks. Blood donors of all types are invited to participate. To find a blood drive being held near you visit the American Red Cross website. Blood drives will be ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia’s Old City, more and more young people are seeking respite from a clamorous technological age in the silent worship of a centuries-old faith. Like other Quaker houses of worship, it follows values of simplicity and ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Do Quakers quake? Do Quakers eat Quaker Oats? Are Quakers still around today? These are some of the questions that visitors often ask at the Arch Street Meeting House in Old City Philadelphia. Many visitors don’t know about the Quakers’ faith. But in recent years, ...
“Does a person’s right to believe anything mean that anything they believe is right? Granting someone the right to believe something is a matter of conscience; but going along with everything they believe is a matter of pure nonsense.” — G.K. Chesterton Christians believe that there is an intelligent designer, and everything carries within its form and texture the signature of that Creator. No part of this material world is unconnected with God. Biblical religion cannot be lived apart from matter — the seen, felt, tasted, smelled and listened to. As Eugene H. Peterson says, ...
First Responders celebration SWISSDALE — The Swissdale United Methodist Church will celebrate First Responders during our Sunday service on Oct. 26 at 11 a.m. All first responders and their families are welcome to attend. Addiction support MILL HALL — Before the COVID pandemic, the Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church in Mill Hall offered A-Anon meetings at the church, but those resources were not continued afterward. Pastor Susan Champion believes there are still those in our area who would benefit from having support and resources available to help them cope with the ...
