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Prayer Shawl Ministry MILL HALL — Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church, 111 Main St., will hold its Prayer Shawl ministry on Wednesday, April 5 at noon. All needle workers, crocheters and knitters are invited, all denominations and all skill levels are welcome also. The ministry always meets the first Wednesday of every month. The church is handicap accessible and supplies all of the yarn needed to make the prayer shawl projects along with the needles and patterns. People can work at their own speed and at home during the month. The ministry will no longer serve hot ...

Davis hired as music director at Great Island

LOCK HAVEN — Dr. Ellen Davis, of Cogan Station, has been hired as director of music at Great Island Presbyterian Church in Lock Haven. Along with her duties as director, Dr. Davis also directs the adult choir and the handbell choir. Dr. Davis was schooled at Wheaton College and The ...

Blanchard Church of Christ to perform ‘King of Kings’ Easter drama

BLANCHARD — The Blanchard Church of Christ invites you to join its members for its 27th Annual Theatrical Production, and be one of the tens of thousands who have encountered the Gospel through the King of Kings Easter Drama. It is a 2-Act musical performance by a cast of over 100 BCC members on a completely transformed and multi-level stage. Come and experience the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ through drama, narrations, creative portrayal of biblical prophecies, song and dance, a live animal or two and more. Those interested can choose from six nights to ...

Local church briefs

Eggstravaganza BEECH CREEK — Beech Creek Wesleyan Church, 217 Main St., Beech Creek, will hold its annual Easter Eggstravaganza on Sunday, April 2 at 1 p.m. Fisherman’s Breakfast AVIS — Avisu United Methodist Church, 215 Prospect Ave., Avis, will hold its free Fisherman’s Breakfast on Saturday, April 1 from 6:30 to 10 a.m. All are welcome to enjoy the meal. For more information, call the church office between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at 570-753-8137. Easter Egg Hunt AVIS — Avis United Methodist Church will hold its Easter Egg Hunt and Easter story on Saturday, April 8 at 10 ...

Retired prison chaplain recounts life as guide to condemned

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Accompanying 28 men to their deaths is not something that ever leaves you. A “haunting effect” is how the Rev. Russ Ford describes it. For 13 years in the 1980s and 1990s, Ford was head chaplain on Virginia’s death row, ministering to those who had been sentenced to die for their crimes. His area was, as he put it, “the art of dying. Assisting them on their spiritual journey. That’s what I was commissioned to do. My job was to befriend the condemned and walk with them through that.” Ford, 71 and long retired, has co-written a new book about his ...

Freedom Life Church to hold glow-in-the-dark Easter egg hunt March 25

BELLEFONTE — Freedom of Life Church is tossing out 20,000 eggs for the biggest night-time hunt in central PA! Kids ages 5th grade and younger are invited to bring a basket and a flashlight in the search for candy and golden eggs at the football field at Bald Eagle Area High School will be full of life on Saturday, March 25, from 6:30-8 p.m. Freedom Life Church will be organizing a variety of free activities for the community, including inflatables, a petting zoo, face painting, free food and more! “It’s going to be a blast,” exclaims Pastor Josh Simonetti. “Parents are ...