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New Love Center provides food to hundreds in region

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. ...

Food pantry fills a need for the hungry in Montoursville

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 ...

Mentoring couple take on ministry to build relationships at home, abroad

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 ...

Local group’s Zimbabwe mission sees year of success

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 ...

Local author seeks increased transparency in the modern church

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 ...

Church helps hurricane victims in Myrtle Beach

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 ...