Perhaps with the exception of procrastinators, preparations for Christmas are in full speed for those who observe the holiday. Commercials are a constant reminder of the priority we need to have with shopping. Black Friday, often seen as the start of the shopping season, has come and gone. ...
Arlene Brown will tell you she is not a missionary. She is a woman with a mission. That mission has taken her from Williamsport to Africa, specifically Rwanda, where she now lives, working to bring educational opportunities and better living conditions to the children there, offering them a ...
This article is based on Luke 21:25-36. In the church, when we come to the First Sunday of Advent, we are in a preparation mode, preparing for the coming of Christmas. According to Luke 21:26, there will come a time when “‘People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming ...
Camp Susque has more than doubled its acreage in a merger deal that seeks to help further its goal of Christian evangelism in Lewis Township. The rustic Christian summer camp has recently completed a quasi-merge with Mount Zion Retreat Center, growing its properties by 110 acres and adding ...
To most summer camp administrators, COVID-19 brought months of worst nightmares as enrollments dropped and summer sessions were canceled. Whereas other camps might throw in their towels, however, Camp Susque turned the lack of campers into an opportunity to help others. “We had to cancel ...
On Oct. 30, I was blessed by celebrating the idea of church reformation in Wittenberg, Germany. There, on Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther distributed the Ninety-Five Theses or truth-claims that required attention if the church was to be better. Can we agree that the church can always be better? I think so. It was the Eve of All Saints Day, and Luther knew a lot of people would be attending All Saints’ Church, also called Castle Church. It is said that he nailed his document to the Castle Church doors, which served as a bulletin board, but what is important is that he wanted people to ...
