The Rev. Brian D. Vasey, pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in the city, recently marked the 35th anniversary of his ordination to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament. Members of his congregation celebrated with worship on June 13. Presiding and preaching the service was the Rev. Barbara ...
Re-Creation, an entertainment group created in 1976 by Hugh Brooks, a former instructor at Penn State, will give a free concert at 7 p.m. July 18 at New Covenant United Church of Christ, 202 E. Third St., in the city. A good-will offering will be accepted. This year’s program, “Joyful,” offers a “dynamic vocal blend with a lively, yet sensitive state-of-the-art sound...fun elements and congregational participation,” according to a newsletter. Brooks formed Re-Creation out of concern for institutions with limited opportunities to benefit from the therapeutic value of live, ...
Sometimes God allows us to experience adversity, to keep us from being too elated! I am not a pastor who believes that when you become a Christian your life will be so wonderful that you will not be able to contain yourself. In fact, my experience has been the opposite. I have found that if ...
The Southern Baptist Convention has trouble with a capital T — and that stands for trust. The lack of trust was palpable during the SBC’s recent annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, where local church messengers often overruled Baptist leaders from the meeting floor. “As far as ...
Nathan Finn, a Baptist historian who serves as provost of North Greenville University in South Carolina, said the recent annual meeting was an example of the SBC’s long history of insider versus outsider battles. And for the most part the insiders lost in Nashville, he said. Messengers ...
After one reads the daily newspaper or watches the evening news, there often arises a temptation to lose hope. We are flooded with bad news. Natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods seem neverending. Along with natural disasters, we have countless problems created by the ...
