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Summer Concert Series LAMAR — Lamar Lighthouse Camp’s Summer Concert series is winding down with only two concerts left. On Sunday, Sept. 21, 2nd Chance Ministries will be in concert at 6 p.m. GloryWay finishes out the summer concert series on Sept. 28. A love offering is taken each week to further the ministry of both the groups performing and Lamar Lighthouse Camp. For more info call 570-337-0203. Walk by Faith LOCK HAVEN — The Walk by Faith walking program will be meeting, weather permitting, each Wednesday evening and you are invited to join the group, both for the ...

Guardrails on the road

There are experiences that all people share in this world in which we live. We all experience life with all of its joyful moments, and painful realities and we all have or we will experience the loss of someone we love. This loss is not something most people want to talk about or read about, but let us consider that there is comfort in knowing that we all can stop for a moment and simply breathe deeply in the shared human experience of loss and grief. If you are reading this today and believe that you cannot take comfort in shared grief with others, I would encourage you to take a ...

Local church briefs

Service time change WOOLRICH — Please make note of the change in starting time for the worship service at Woolrich Community United Methodist Church. The service will begin at 10 a.m. This is a change from 9:45 a.m. Summer Concert Series LAMAR — Lamar Lighthouse Camp will be hosting their Summer Concert series each Sunday evening at 6 p.m. Each of the concerts is free and open to the public. A love offering is taken each week to further the ministry of both the groups performing and Lamar Lighthouse Camp. The Fuller Family Singers will entertain on Sept. 14, followed by 2nd ...

Finding Faith: Blessed assurance

I recently ministered God’s Word in a funeral for a 30-year-old young man who passed away after many years of battling brain tumors. In circumstances like this it’s understandably easy to wonder “Why?” I would like to address that question. The answer has to do with God’s work in the believer, in Christ. In the eighth chapter of his letter to the Romans, the Apostle Paul seeks to assure those who have been justified by faith that their relationship with God is settled and secure in Jesus Christ. When I speak of those who have been justified by faith I mean those who, having ...