JERSEY SHORE — Hundreds of families in Jersey Shore had a merrier Christmas thanks to the efforts of Jersey Shore’s New Love Center on Broad Street. Volunteers from the New Love Center recently distributed bags of groceries, food and other items to about 500 families in the area. ...
More than two years ago, a Montoursville-based food pantry, Harvest of Hope, was a dream in the hearts of three people who sat at a small round table and “began the vision.” Today, it is a reality. It boasts more than 150 volunteers from different churches and community members who ...
For Duane and Mary Shenk, starting Cottage Ministries was a natural culmination of the way they have lived during their almost 27 years of marriage. “We have only had two years that we did not have either a young adult, college student and foster children living with us,” Mary Shenk said. ...
An organization dedicated to ending hunger in Zimbabwe recently hosted its annual dinner at the Lycoming Valley Baptist Church. Christie Heimbach, co-founder of 2 Seconds or Less (2SOL), said the banquet raised over $10,000 and brought in about 130 people. Heimbach, a graduate of ...
When Joseph W. Smith III set out to do a Sunday School class on transparency, he was surprised at the lack of materials available to pull from. “I looked high and low and couldn’t find one on the subject,” he said, except for one he found that was written 40 years ago and is now out of ...
Pastors Lon and Dawn Williams from Liberty Church recently led a five-day missions trip of 20 locals to the Myrtle Beach area to help Hurricane Florence victims. There were 6,000 flooded homes in the area. Many lost everything and are trying to figure out how and where to rebuild their ...
Lycoming County residents committed to their faith turned out recently to walk against hunger at the 40th annual CROP Hunger Walk. Participants began their journey at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, on Market Street, at 1:30 p.m. and strolled around the Susquehanna River Walk for three-, six- ...
JERSEY SHORE — With the thermometer finally dropping to its appropriate October temperatures, nearly 3,000 people gathered recently at the Crossroads Church in Jersey Shore to celebrate its seventh annual Fall Festival. Booths of tents and tarps were set up along with bounce houses, games ...
TROUT RUN — The third annual harvest festival and fourth annual trail run at Camp Susque offered an outlet to raise awareness for an organization hidden in the hills above Trout Run. “People consider us Lycoming County’s best kept secret,” said Peter Swift, camp director, adding that ...
LEWISBURG — “How did it get so late so soon?” Dr. Seuss said. And in today’s busy, smartphone, fast food, selfie world, sometimes people forget to take a moment and look around — to wave to the couple on their front porch swing, hold the door for the person behind them or offer a ride ...
LOCK HAVEN — Listening to the hum of the river, and enjoying the green of summer seen on a dragonfly’s buzzing wings and above in the dancing leaves and below in the lush grass God’s beauty surrounds a group of women walking at Riverview Park in Lock Haven. “For where two or three are ...
No roof overhead, little food to eat and a blanket for a bed in the woods can drive the humanity out of most people. For Lane Ellis, it took years of dedicated love and service from a local ministry to bring him in out of the cold to find a home. Every person who comes through the doors of ...
Since its foundation in 1934, the American Rescue Workers Community Church has sought to fill the needs of the “poor and forgotten” throughout Lycoming County. “Our mission statement says we are a faith-based, charitable organization that gives material and spiritual aid to those in ...
LAIRDSVILLE — With temperatures hitting the 90s, a local church recently held an event to say thank-you the Lairdsville Volunteer Fire Department for its dedication, service and sacrifice on the front lawn of the Renn Elementary School. With children playing in inflatable bounce houses, ...
LEWISBURG — After 23 years of service, the Rev. Peter Geschwindner will retire as the chaplain of RiverWoods, an Albright Care Services Retirement Living Community at 15 Ridgecrest Circle. The Rev. Kathryn Morse will be the new chaplain as of Monday. She previously was employed as the staff ...
TROY — An area church’s regional car show shed light on good husbands and fathers through a celebration of classic automobiles. The fifth annual Father’s Day Car Show was held at Victory Church off of Main Street on June 17. The event featured over 300 cars, vans, trucks and motorcycles ...
The Secret Keeper Girl Masterpiece World Tour, an interactive traveling performance for young girls to celebrate their faith in God, made a stop at Community Baptist Church in Montoursville recently. The performance is aimed at bringing preteen girls and their mothers out for a night of fun, ...
BASTRESS - Legend has it that a Jesuit missionary traveling from near Philadelphia was on a wooded trail in the Nippenose Valley when his horse stumbled — or perhaps the horse stopped to pray — and the rider, the Rev. Father Nicholas Steinbacher, looked about at the valleys, which reminded ...
Sojourner Truth Ministries recently named the Rev. Angelique Labadie-Cihanowyz as its new director and will welcome her to the community with an upcoming open house. The meet-and-greet will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. June 7 at 501 High St. “It will be a time to introduce Angelique to ...
In recent years, the public has seen an increase in shootings in the workplace, shopping centers, schools and now churches. To prevent churchgoers from becoming victims, Jersey Shore’s Crossroads Church hosted the House of Worship Workshop recently. The workshop was led by personnel from ...