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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 ...

Gideon Bible an ‘amazingly American object’

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,” ...

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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 ...

Holy Name to host bodybuilding priest

A bodybuilding priest is coming to Holy Name Catholic Church at 7 p.m. on Sept. 21 to speak about caring for the mind, body and spirit. Father Rafael Capo of Miami, Florida, trains six days a week and bench presses 315 pounds, combining exercise with prayer. With more than 120,000 Instagram ...

India’s last Cochin Jews keep history alive

KOCHI, India — As the sun set over Kochi’s historic Jew Town neighborhood, Keith Hallegua donned a gray kippah and began a solitary walk to the synagogue at the end of his cobbled street. It was Shavuot, the Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the ...

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Free lunch offered Second Avenue Global Methodist Church, 130 Second Ave., Altoona, will hold a free luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug.15. All are welcome. Dine in or take out available. Campfire Church Campfire Church will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, in the Christ Community UMC parking lot, 5715 Roselawn Ave., Altoona. Those attending should bring a camp chair. Snacks will be provided. Healing Mass scheduled Holy Spirit Ministry will hold a Healing Mass on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at St. Michael Church, Hollidaysburg. Praise and worship begins at 6:45 p.m. ...