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Memorial Service HOWARD — Memorial services will be held at the Fairview Cemetery on Sunday, May 18, beginning at 2 p.m. Pastor Dave Etters will be the speaker for the memorial service. Fairview Church (and the adjoining cemetery) is located at the intersection of Fairview Road, Bullit Run Road and Curtin Hollow in Boggs Township, rural Howard. Church yard sale FLEMINGTON — Flemington First Church of Christ will hold their annual yard sale on Saturday, May 3, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in Flemington will be holding a Lunch and Bake sale ...

How long was the longest conclave? Facts about the secret voting to elect a pope

VATICAN CITY (AP) — “Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of historical trivia. Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden’s “Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450 to 1700,” and interviews with experts including Elena Cangiano, an archeologist at Viterbo’s Palazzo dei Papi (Palace of the Popes). The longest conclave in history In the ...

Love is the way to show God glory

I hope you were able to make some of the church services offered last week: Maundy Thursday when we learned about a new commandment, Good Friday brought us to the foot of the cross and then the reality of Easter morning. “The evidence for Jesus’ resurrection is so strong that nobody would question it except for two things: first, it is a very unusual event, and second, if you believe it happened, you have to change the way you live.” — Wolfhart Pannenberg. Love one another is, of course, the mandated new law to obey, to love one another with the same love that Jesus loved us. ...

Local Church Briefs

Trombone Concert HOWARD — Howard United Methodist Church will host the Penn State Trombones in a mini-concert at 9 a.m. on Sunday, April 27. The Penn State musical students will be playing during the church service this Sunday. Come hear the students playing and drop a few dollars into their trombone case to encourage them and to help with their expenses. Cemetery clean-up HOWARD — Fairview Cemetery will be holding clean-up efforts at the cemetery grounds in early May. All decorations that you’d want to save from the grave sites should be removed before May 1. Memorial ...

Local church briefs

Lunch and Bake Sale FLEMINGTON — St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in Flemington will be holding a Lunch and Bake Sale during the Flemington Town Wide Yard Sale on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. St. Luke’s kitchen will be serving soup, sandwiches, St. Luke’s walking tacos and desserts. Food will be available for eat in or take out. Chi Rho Concert LOCK HAVEN — Covenant United Methodist Church, 44 W. Main St., will host a concert by the Chi Rho Singers on Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m., in the church sanctuary. The Chi Rho Singers are a clergy choir made up of ...