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Bible Study Series FLEMINGTON — Flemington First Church of Christ will be holding its new Bible Study Series, beginning Sunday night Jan 21 from 6:30-7:30 p.m., it will be an eight week study titled: Your Kingdom Come. Participants will be looking at the Sermon on the Mount. Prayer Shawl Ministry MILL HALL — Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church’s Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet at the church at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 7, for lunch and to view the creative items that are brought in each month. Needleworkers (those who crochet, knit or sew) are a critical part of the Prayer ...

What’s love got to do with it?

I am sure you have heard this song by Tina Turner. It places doubt in your mind concerning love and the writers of the song display that they have no idea what love is all about. Sadly to say, this false information has formed a solid misconception of love and has promoted a large crack in many relationships. The truth is GOD is LOVE, and He instructs us to share His characteristics. 1 John 4:7-8 gives a better foundation for the meaning of Love. It reads, “Beloved, let us Love one another; for Love is God and everyone that loves is born of God and knows God. He that loves not, ...

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Christians with Rhythm Cantatas LAMAR — A Christmas Cantata will be presented at the Lamar United Methodist Church on Jan. 13 at 3 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome! Winter coat/clothing give-a-way HOWARD — Curtin United Methodist Church’s Winter Coat/Clothing Give-A-Way will be on Jan. 12-13, Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., 305 Curtin Village Road, Howard. Curtin Church is located 3 miles north of Milesburg near the historic Curtin Village. For more information or donation drop-offs, please contact Larry at 814-355-9588. Lasagna ...

Africa’s Catholic hierarchy refuses same-sex blessings, says such unions are contrary to God’s will

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar issued a unified statement Thursday refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples and asserting that such unions are “contrary to the will of God.” The statement, signed by Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo on behalf of the symposium of African national bishops conferences, marked the closest thing to a continent-wide dissent from the declaration Francis approved Dec. 18 allowing priests to offer such blessings. That ...

Finding Faith: Believing is seeing

Every once in a while, you encounter a piece of information that forces you to rethink your predisposed stance on an issue, whether important or trivial. For example, do you have to see something to truly believe it? Let’s consider the scientifically accepted theories and understanding of dark matter and dark energy. I understand that talk of these issues probably doesn’t exactly fire up the excite-o-meter of many reading this column, so I’ll keep it as brief and simple as possible. According to NASA, dark matter defined in its simplest terms is this: A matter that is composed ...