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Fall festival is Saturday The Ashville Community Fall Festival, benefitting the Ashville Volunteer Fire Company and St. Thomas Aquinas Church, will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Living Treasures Zoo to You will be on hand for photos with a variety of animals. In addition, there will be food and craft vendors, children’s games and activities, a rummage sale and basket raffle. Heritage Fair is Sept. 19 The Middle PA District Church of the Brethren will host its annual Heritage Fair on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Camp Blue Diamond in Petersburg. There will be ...

Greenwood United Methodist Church celebrates 100 years

Greenwood United Methodist Church will celebrate 100 years in the building at 1505 E. Walton Ave., Altoona, with a service of praise and worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept 20. Lunch will follow the service. Those attending are asked to RSVP to 814-934-1866. The celebration will begin with a worship service featuring special music, remarks by members, rededication of the building and recognition of long-term members. Pastor Calvin Miller will speak on a faithful response, “Remembering the Journey.” The Greenwood congregation is the successor of the Old Sandy Run Church and dates ...

Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown awarding 13 with Gallitzin Cross

Bishop Mark Bartchak will recognize 13 individuals with one of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown’s most prestigious honors, the Prince Gallitzin Cross Award. The Gallitzin Cross is given to clergy, religious and lay parishioners who exhibit the “evangelizing spirit” of the Prince-Priest ...

Regenerative agriculture spiritual for Midwest farmers

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The towering maple trees and native hazelnut bushes on Salvatierra Farms break up the surrounding corn and soybean fields that sprawl across southern Minnesota. Small compared with its neighbors, the 63 acres of land was once a conventional row crop farm. Transformed by ...

Spiritual notes

Clothing giveaway Grace’s Closet at Grace Lutheran Church, 1114 N. Cambria St., Bellwood, will host a clothing giveaway from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 12. Fall clothing is now available. Masks are optional. For more information, call the church at 814-742-7501 or 814-742-7416. Mount Zion celebrates Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 2121 Fifth Ave., Altoona, will be celebrating the church’s 153rd anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 13. Worship begins at 10:45 a.m. with the Rev. Keith R. Moore. A celebratory luncheon will be served after the service. Family conference sign-ups ...

US Jews feel ‘precarious’ as High Holy Days approach

NEW YORK — As the High Holy Days approach, rabbis in the United States say their congregations are deeply unsettled by antisemitic threats and aware of sharp divisions in their own communities. But many are also determined to embrace the coming days of celebration and reflection. “Jews ...