Keeping the faith while pandemic keeps folks out of worship buildings
Even as the pandemic keeps churches and other enclosed places of worship empty, the faithful are finding safe ways to gather and share their religion.
Connected through prayer: Neighboring health care facilities create prayer, positivity chain amid pandemic
Two neighboring health care facilities recently came together to spread positivity through the creation of a prayer chain. More than 100 signs with prayers and positive messages were made and strung together by residents and staff members of Valley View Rehab & Nursing Center and The Meadows to create a prayer chain connecting the two buildings. Staff members say it took about a week to create and that they’re happy to share the finished project. Signs from the chain were placed inside for residents and staff to enjoy the uplifting messages. Participants pictured include Christine ...
Jesus meets us wherever we are
There’s a story that we usually tell during the Easter season about how Jesus appeared to two disciples after his resurrection. You can read it in the Bible yourself (Luke 24:13-35), but here’s a summary. The two disciples in question were traveling to a village called Emmaus, just a few days after his death. Some of their friends had spread the rumor that Jesus was alive, but they didn’t seem to know what to do with that information. While they were talking, Jesus appeared to them, but they didn’t recognize him. When he asked them what they were talking about, they began to ...
Christ Episcopal talks progress as it nears 180 years
The original congregation may have first come together way back in 1841, but those worshipping at Christ Episcopal Church today, at the corner of Mulberry and East Fourth streets, are definitely moving forward into the 21st century. “I think the one thing that the whole church universally ...
Man finds God, sobriety, American Rescue Workers
There was a gun down Chad Ling’s throat. Another was pointed to his side. In front of him stood a pre-teen boy with an assault rifle of some kind pointed directly at him. Ling’s life of drugs had brought him to this point, being held at gunpoint in a shady apartment in Phoenix, Arizona, ...
American Rescue Workers official: ‘The ground is level at the foot of the cross’
Walking into the American Rescue Workers building for the first time, Chad Ling had nothing but a bleach stained T-shirt, a pair of beat-up black jeans and a smelly pair of shoes. He had just been released from jail in Centre County and was looking for a fresh start. Nobody judged him as he ...