From 2023-25, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown lacked seminarians in formation for the diocesan priesthood. To combat this change, the diocese recruited new priests by developing a “culture of vocations” within the community and a “Called By Name” program, encouraging ...
Free community lunch offered Free lunch will be served from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Fourth Street Church of God, 21st Avenue and Fourth Street, Altoona. The menu includes fried chicken, mac & cheese, green beans, dinner roll, dessert and beverage. Sermon series begins Sunday The Rev. Fred E. Hickok, pastor of Fairview and Jaggard First United Methodist churches, will present a sermon series of first-person dramatic portrayals this month. Sermons as part of the “Shadow Believers: Standing Big When the Spotlight Is Small” series will be delivered entirely ...
ILION, Greece — For the careless and despairing alike, there’s a special day on the Orthodox Christian calendar to provide relief — with the help of some orange-flavored cake. Thousands of pilgrims gathered late Wednesday and Thursday at the Church of St. Fanourios, 6 miles northwest ...
Food pantry available The food pantry at Twenty-eighth Street Church of the Brethren, 28th Street and Union Avenue, is available for those in need. Distribution will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, by appointment only. Call Deb by Thursday at 814-207-8293. The Septembetr dates are Sept. 11 and Sept. 25. Night of worship set Holy Spirit Ministry will host a night of worship from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at St. Michael Church, Hollidaysburg. Father Jeremy Mohler will speak on “From Simon to Peter.” The worship team will present the praise and worship ...
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — “Rocky Raccoon checked into his room, only to find Gideon’s Bible.” Paul McCartney explained those famous lines in the song by The Beatles, saying these Bibles “were in every hotel in America.” He’d never seen something like that in England. For more than a century, countless have found it in the bedside drawers of American hotel and motel rooms. It has become a symbol of America’s roadside culture and Protestant tradition. It’s mentioned in lyrics, films, Broadway shows. “The Gideon Bible is a peculiarly and amazingly American object,” ...
Gospel study starts Sept. 9 The gospel according to Mark will be the focus of an 8-week study that begins Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Christ Community UMC, 5715 Roselawn Ave., Altoona. To register, contact Pastor Rich Hanlon at RHANLON@SUSUMC.ORG. Participants will have the opportunity to consider how God is at work in their life while exploring the shortest, most action-packed gospel account in the Bible. Bring a Bible and a pencil or pen. Widow Warriors group to start A new group is forming to encourage and support widows as they move from grief toward renewed purpose, confidence in ...
