christianity

MOUNT JEWETT — The Hazel Hurst Global Methodist Church will celebrate its 130th anniversary at 11 a.m. Sunday with a worship service followed by light...

SMETHPORT — St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church will host its 19th annual St. Elizabeth Feast Day Community Dinner from noon to 2 p.m. Sund...

SMETHPORT — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will hold a Blessing of the Animals at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Light refreshments will be served after the blessi...

HARRISBURG — As campaigns battle for votes in swing states like Pennsylvania, the focus is on faith-based voters, whose cultural and religious values ...

HARRISBURG — Faith leaders from across Pennsylvania met at the Capitol to encourage politicians, and the people supporting them, to approach their dif...

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP — The Western Pennsylvania Conference of The United Methodist Church announced the arrival of Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball as its new...

A commemorative celebration of 100 years of Methodist ministry will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the B-Free Church, 18 Boylston St., Bradford. Back in ...

The Singing Dutchmen Men’s Chorus will hold their first rehearsal for the upcoming year Sept. 8. The group invites men from high school age and older ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Robert’s Western World is known as Nashville’s most authentic honky tonk and synonymous with country music. But for an hour on Sund...

AUSTIN — The sounds of Southern gospel will ring out during the free Great Gospel Music Night at 7 p.m. Friday at God’s Country Global Methodist Churc...

SUPERSTITION: Do you avoid walking under ladders? Do you knock on wood? Say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes? Where do these superstitions come from? ...

ROOSTER: Why are roosters on weathervanes? Did someone at some point in time have an affinity for roosters and it stuck? We turned to the Farmers Alma...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The Rev. Dan Riley, founder and animator of Mt. Irenaeus and one of the most beloved friars in the history of St. Bonaventure ...

The Rev. James Gutting will retire Monday from lengthy service as a priest at St. Bernard Church in Bradford. With 49 years of service, Gutting will b...

Sean Rowe, a 49-year-old bishop from western Pennsylvania, on Wednesday became the youngest person ever elected as leader of the Episcopal Church. Row...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University celebrated the achievement of 22 graduates of the Padua Program, the Fr...

SMETHPORT — The Smethport Ministerium will hold a “Hometown Nazareth” — when Jesus was a kid — Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m. to noon June 24 to 28...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A newly deciphered manuscript, dating back to the 4th or 5th century – that’s about 1,600 years – has been determined by researcher...

Ignite Church Lewis Run will launch a Sunday morning experience, starting July 7. This 10 a.m. gathering replaces the evening service that began in Oc...

Vacation Bible school at Hilltop Baptist Church will begin Sunday and run through June 6. Join the Musical Merrill’s Evangelistic Team each evening fr...