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Anniversary celebration Altoona Bible Church, 3017 Union Ave., Altoona, will hold a special Thanksgiving/75th anniversary banquet Saturday, Nov. 7, to celebrate the church’s longevity. The church’s Nov. 18 anniversary will be recognized during services on Sunday, Nov. 15. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m., followed by worship at 10:45 a.m. For more information, contact the church at 814-942-2131. Veterans Sunday services Fairview United Methodist Church (9:15 a.m.) and Jaggard First United Methodist Church (10:45 a.m.) will hold special Veterans Sunday observances during ...

One of few remaining Shakers dies

Sister June Carpenter, one of the last members of the only remaining community of the Shaker religious movement, died Tuesday. Carpenter had been struggling with health problems and limited mobility, according to an announcement from the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in Maine. She was 88. Carpenter was one of two longtime members of the Sabbathday Lake community of Shakers in New Gloucester, Maine, along with Brother Arnold Hadd. A third member joined the community last year, Sister April Baxter. A novice, Mac Imes, joined earlier this year, according to Sabbathday ...

Catholic priest sentenced for opposition to war

TALLINN, Estonia — A Roman Catholic priest, who has opposed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and helped Ukrainian refugees, has been sentenced to three years in prison in Belarus, the latest move in the authorities’ crackdown on critical voices, a rights group said Thursday. A court in Belarus convicted Anatoly Parakhnevich, 66, on charges of “insulting the authorities” and “extremism” during a closed-door trial last month, said the Viasna Human Rights Center, which designated him as a political prisoner. It said Parakhnevich rejected the charges and would appeal the ...

Pope Leo off on three-nation tour

VATICAN CITY — Three weeks after lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV is embarking on the longest and farthest trip of his pontificate: a 12-day, three-nation tour of Latin America that carries more personal and historic weight than any of his voyages to date. The U.S.-born Leo is returning ...

Beauty found in interfaith cooperation

BALTIMORE — At a table with other University of Maryland students and campus leaders, Keven Guruswamy, a senior psychology major and Seventh-day Adventist, held up a photograph of his collection of Bibles arranged on a shelf. Some of the Bibles were in Tamil, others in English. Some he ...

Spiritual notes

Night of worship Holy Spirit Ministry will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at St. Michael Church. Father Jim Davidson will present a short teaching on the “5 Stones of Medjegorie.” Davidson is a Ukrainian Rite Catholic priest, a physician and a Bishop Guilfoyle grad graduate. Prayer ministry will be held at 8 p.m. Food bank open The food bank will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at Faith Baptist Church, 315 40th St., Altoona. The date has been changed due to election day. Food pantry available The Food Pantry at Second Avenue Global Methodist Church will ...