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Mobile Pantry at Beech Creek Wesleyan BEECH CREEK — The New Love Center Mobile Food Pantry will be in the parking lot at Beech Creek Wesleyan Church on Thursday, Jan. 22, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The mobile food pantry offers free grocery items to individuals and families. It is open to all people. Beech Creek Wesleyan Church is located at 217 Main St., Beech Creek. For more information, you may call the Church Office at 570-962-2732. Cookbook Sale BEECH CREEK — Laurel Run Church, 2899 Laurel Run Road, Beech Creek, has created a beautiful family cookbook with many ...

Millions celebrate Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7, following ancient traditions

Millions of people around the world celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holy day. Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in Russian and other traditions, follow the ancient Julian calendar. It runs 13 days later than the ...

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Cookbook Sale BEECH CREEK — Laurel Run Church, 2899 Laurel Run Road, Beech Creek, has created a beautiful family cookbook with many shared and loved recipes. Please contact Tammy Evelhair at gracesrosey@gmail.com or Paula Smith at 814-574-0199 to purchase. They are selling each copy for $12 and all proceeds benefit Laurel Run Church. Prayer Shawl Ministry MILL HALL — The Prayer Shawl Ministry needleworkers met at the Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church in Mill Hall on Jan. 7. There were 26 needleworkers present, each bringing many items to restock the supply of afghans, prayer ...

Local Church Briefs

Cookbook Sale BEECH CREEK — Laurel Run Church, 2899 Laurel Run Road, Beech Creek, has created a beautiful family cookbook with many shared and loved recipes. Please contact Tammy Evelhair at gracesrosey@gmail.com or Paula Smith at 814-574-0199 to purchase. They are selling each copy for $12 and all proceeds benefit Laurel Run Church. Prayer Shawl Ministry MILL HALL — Needleworkers will be busy in 2026 making afghans and lap robes, twin bed-sized quilts, baby sweater sets, hats, scarves and mittens. The items are given free of charge to many organizations in the area. ...

Breaking into the New Year: Some questions to consider

In the biblical book of Haggai 5:1 it tells that the people of God had become careless in their relationship with Him. So, God sent the prophet Haggai to address this situation. Haggai posed this statement to the people: “Consider your ways!” This pronouncement was to urge them to reflect on some of the things happening to them, and to evaluate their spiritual lives in light of how God expected them to live. Even those most faithful to God occasionally need to pause and think about the direction of their lives. It’s so easy to bump along from one busy week to another without ...