Interfaith leaders organize community Thanksgiving service
Courtesy photo / Front, from left to right, the Rev. Doctor Lenore Hosier, Christ Community UMC; the Rev. Lillian Smith, superintendent, Freedom Trail District, Susquehanna Conference of UMC; April Neal, Baha’i faith community; Angi Peachtree, Native American community; the Rev. Traci Mariott, pastor, Saint Matthew Lutheran Church, Martinsburg; Bill Robeson, Native American community; Sue Patterson, director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at PSU Altoona; and the Rev. Judith Simonson, pastor, Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Breezewood. Back, left to right, Denice Rodaniche, Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Blair County; Rabbi Dr. Audrey Korotkin, Temple Beth Israel; Michael Allison, Buddhist community; the Very Rev. Lubomir J. Strecok, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Altoona; the Rev. Calvin Miller, Tipton and Greenwood UMC; Cynthia Baney, community leader; and Monsignor Michael Becker, Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Parish, Lakemont.
The Rev. Lillian Smith, superintendent, Freedom Trail District, Susquehanna Conference of UMC, spoked at the Altoona Interfaith Thanksgiving service.
Courtesy photo / Front, from left to right, the Rev. Doctor Lenore Hosier, Christ Community UMC; the Rev. Lillian Smith, superintendent, Freedom Trail District, Susquehanna Conference of UMC; April Neal, Baha’i faith community; Angi Peachtree, Native American community; the Rev. Traci Mariott, pastor, Saint Matthew Lutheran Church, Martinsburg; Bill Robeson, Native American community; Sue Patterson, director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at PSU Altoona; and the Rev. Judith Simonson, pastor, Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Breezewood. Back, left to right, Denice Rodaniche, Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Blair County; Rabbi Dr. Audrey Korotkin, Temple Beth Israel; Michael Allison, Buddhist community; the Very Rev. Lubomir J. Strecok, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Altoona; the Rev. Calvin Miller, Tipton and Greenwood UMC; Cynthia Baney, community leader; and Monsignor Michael Becker, Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Parish, Lakemont.
The Rev. Lillian Smith, superintendent, Freedom Trail District, Susquehanna Conference of UMC, spoked at the Altoona Interfaith Thanksgiving service.
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Dozens of people filled the pews at Christ Community United Methodist Church on Nov. 20 for the 94th annual Greater Altoona Interfaith Thanksgiving service. Participants shared reflections from their own faith traditions, guest speaker the Rev. Dr. Lillian Smith spoke of hope at this harvest season and the blessing of caring for others, and donations were collected for the IvySide Eats Food Bank at Penn State Altoona, which provides meals to food insecure students.