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Recently, we were watching an episode of “The Chosen” about the woman who needed healing for 12 years. She had tried everything possible to receive the relief that she needed. She had spent all of her money. She lived the life of an outcast. She basically had given up. She hears that Jesus was in the area. She knows who he is and decides she must get to him, even if just to touch the hem of his garment, she will be healed. She locates Jesus who is trying to walk surrounded by a mob of people pushing from all angles. The disciples are with him trying to help Him move forward. She ...

Local Church Briefs

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. We’re up to the book of Romans now, and will be learning about the meaning of the New Covenant. Please feel free to join our Bible Studies. Church services are also held on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. All are welcome. Pastor Dean Williams can be reached at 570-748-3700. Galaxy Express MARSH CREEK — Summit Hill Wesleyan Church will hold a one day Vacation Bible School on Saturday, June ...

Becoming a true follower of Christ

Romans 12:2: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.” The apostle Paul wrote these words in a letter to the early church in Rome sometime between 55 and 58 AD, approximately 25 years after Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection. To fully understand the depth of this text, we must look back to Verse 1: “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy ...

Prayer Shawl Ministry donates to One Family at a Time project

MILL HALL — The Prayer Shawl Ministry needleworkers met on June 3 at the Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church, 111 Main St., Mill Hall. We were happy to have with us Sherry Wilson, the mission leader at Covenant United Methodist Church in Lock Haven. The PSM donated 18 large afghans to ...

Local church briefs

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. We’re up to the book of Romans now, and will be learning about the meaning of the New Covenant. Please feel free to join our Bible Studies. Church services are also held on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. All are welcome. Pastor Dean Williams can be reached at 570-748-3700. Summer Concerts LAMAR — Lamar Lighthouse Camp will be having their Summer Concert Series each Sunday evening through ...

We are God’s people…

The third verse of Psalm 100 is… “We are God’s people and the sheep of God’s pasture.”… How often do we approach our daily lives, or look at the world around us, and think… “We are God’s people and the sheep of God’s pasture.”?... We’re quickly approaching the 250th anniversary of our country. As we do, this is a time to remember that the formation that happened 250 years ago was made under God. Our country… and God… have always been intertwined, and that tightness has not changed, regardless of the feelings that are expressed today. On July 4, 1776, ...