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Religion

Gains and losses

March 13, 2010

Catholics, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Assemblies of God are churches that reported gains in members. The report is highlighted in The National Council of Churches’ 2010 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The 78th annual edition of the yearbook also reports a continuing decline in membership of virtually all mainline denominations. The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s second largest denomination and long a reliable generator of church growth, reported a decline in membership for the second year in a row, down 0.24 percent to 16,266,920. The Catholic Church, the nation’s largest at more than 68 million members, also reported a slight membership loss in 2009, but rebounded this year with a robust growth of 1.49 percent. The Latter-day Saints grew 1.71 percent to 5,873,408 members and the Assemblies of God grew 1.27 percent to 2,863,265 members, according to figures reported in the 2010 yearbook.

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Area church briefs

March 13, 2010

Heshbon Park church

sets chicken, biscuits

Heshbon Park United Methodist Church, 2898 Heshbon Road, will host a chicken and biscuit supper from 4 to 6 p.m. today.

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Institutional services

March 13, 2010

The following institutional services for Sunday are reported by United Churches of Lycoming County, or the institution:



County Prison, 1:45 and 3:15 p.m., the Rev. John Butler, Wings of Love Community Churc.

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This is a story of reconciliation

March 13, 2010

Right in the middle of Lent, our Scripture Lesson invites us into a story of reconciliation. It’s in Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32, and it’s often called The Parable of the Prodigal Son.

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From a vacant warehouse to a house of prayer

March 6, 2010

Holy Church of God in Christ may be a shell of a building now but where two or more are gathered ... so is the Lord with thee.

That’s the philosophy of the Rev.

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Area church briefs

March 6, 2010

DuBoistown church

serving baked steak



DuBoistown United Methodist Church, 133 Summer St., DuBoistown, will hold a baked steak supper from 4 to 6:30 p.m. today.

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