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Vundhlas return from Zimbabwe MARSH CREEK — Donald and Karen Vundhla will be at the Marsh Creek Brethren in Christ Church on Sunday, June 30, and the public is invited to the special service at 10 a.m. and a picnic afterward in the church pavilion. Picnic foods will be provided. Karen (Buckwalter) Vundhla grew up attending the Marsh Creek church. She and her husband, Donald, have been serving as missionaries in Zimbabwe, Africa. The picnic will also serve as a time to fellowship while visiting with the Vundhla’s — to renew old friendships and make new ones. Call Pastor ...

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Outdoor Family Movie Night BEECH CREEK — Beech Creek Wesleyan Church invites you to join us for an Outdoor Family Movie Night on Friday, June 28, at 8:30 p.m. We will be watching the animated movie All Creatures Big & Small, “a cute spin on the Noah’s Ark story.” This is a kid friendly movie that all are sure to enjoy! Weather permitting, we will be watching the movie outdoors so please bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. The church is located at 217 Main Street in Beech Creek. Youth invited FLEMINGTON — Area youth are invited to Flemington First Church of Christ for ...

A Christian group teaches public school students during the school day. Their footprint is growing

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Ohio nonprofit that provides off-site Bible instruction to public school students during classroom hours says it will triple its programs in Indiana this fall after new legislation forced school districts to comply. To participating families, nondenominational LifeWise Academy programs supplement religious instruction. But critics in Indiana worry the programs spend public school resources on religion, proselytize to students of other faiths and remove children from class in a state already struggling with literacy. LifeWise founder and CEO Joel Penton told ...

No worry, only peace

“Why should I worry about anything?” This question may not seem reasonable to most people. Of course you should worry over things in this life. Bills need to be paid, kids need to be fed, work is stressful and life is quite simply just a hard time for many people. Perhaps you are reading these words and relating with all of these areas at the same time. Perhaps you are finding the idea of existing without ever worrying about anything an impossibility for you. You are correct, it is absolutely and categorically impossible for you to make yourself worry free and without anxiety. ...

Local church briefs

Summer Outdoor Concert Series returns to St. Mark HOWARD — St. Mark Lutheran Church’s Summer Outdoor Concert series returns and begins June 21. The monthly series features music from local and regional musicians playing under the pavilion at St. Mark, 850 Snydertown Road, Howard. On Friday, June 21, the Sugar Valley Band kicks off the series. The band plays rock and Americana. On July 26, folk musician Woody Wolfe, Jr. performs. The series wraps up on Aug. 30 with the bluegrass group, the Parlor Pickers. The evenings begin at 6 p.m., with music starting at 6:30 p.m. The ...