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Indiana Wesleyan University Chorale in Concert BEECH CREEK — The Indiana Wesleyan University Chorale ensemble will be performing at the Beech Creek Wesleyan Church, 217 Main St. Beech Creek, PA, on Sunday, March 5 with the concert beginning at 6 p.m. The ensemble has appeared as musical guests for Dr. Robert Schuller’s “Hour of Power” at the Crystal Cathedral and have performed in Europe with concerts at Christ Church College Chapel, Oxford, England; St Paul’s Cathedral, London, England; and Sacre Coeur, Paris, France. Revival LOCK HAVEN — Lock Haven First Church ...

Lent begins

This week, the Season of Lent began. In the prayers for the first Monday in Lent, which the church has prayed since ancient times, we find the words: “may we who are justly punished for our sins be freed through your mercy and for the glory of your name.” The Second Vatican Council ...

Local church briefs

Holy Spirit Parish LOCK HAVEN — Holy Spirit Parish has announced its Lenten schedule. The parish will hold its Ash Wednesday Services on Feb. 22. A Mass and distribution of ashes will take place at 8:30 a.m. at Saint Agnes Church. At Immaculate Conception Church, a liturgy of words and ash distribution will take place at 12 p.m. At 7 p.m., State of the cross and another distribution will take place at 7 p.m. at Saint Agnes Church. Ash Wednesday McELHATTAN — McElhattan United Methodist Church will be holding its Ash Wednesday on Feb. 22 from 6 to 8 a.m. The ...

Minnesota Buddhist temple opens up sacred dance troupe

HAMPTON, Minn. (AP) — The Buddhist community anchored by an ornate temple complex here in the Minnesota farmland is trying a new way to ensure its faith and ancestral culture stay vibrant for future generations — an open call for the sacred dance troupe. Founded by refugees fleeing the ...

The Bible is a great gift

2 Timothy 3:16-17 NASB says, “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work.” The Bible contains 66 books, written by 40 authors, ...

God does not want us to worry

I think we could all say that we are a little concerned with the status of things in the world today. We worry about the state of the economy. We worry about our children and grandchildren. We are concerned about the rising cost of groceries, and on and on it goes. We can be overwhelmed ...