Brethren News

The annual Community Thanksgiving service, sponsored by the Buena Vista Ministerial Alliance, will be held Sunday, November 22 at 6:00 p.m. The location will be at the Buena Vista Stone Church of the Brethren, 2162 Forest Avenue.

IA visited the Alumni Garden this weekend with a few of my friends and we looked at some of the quotes along the wall.

The Methodist denominations in America are among the most widespread and historically influential group of Christians in this country.

It's been more than 37 years since Lt. James Edward Hunsicker lost his life in Vietnam.

WILLIAMSPORT, Md. -- C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters," an audio production from Peabody-award-winning Focus on the Family Radio Theatre, will air next week on WCRH FM 90.5, beginning at 9 p.m. Monday.

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Church leaders will learn the latest about Christian education with speakers, workshops, displays and music at the 147th annual Pennsylvania State Sunday School Convention on Oct.

PLANS to build a Christian gospel hall on a field at the city boundary have again been thrown out.

BY JANICE RAINEY JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM In conjunction with the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, a blessing of animals will be held at 10 a.m. today at the grotto outside of St.

Some Jewish families were here in Martinsburg before 1880. In the beginning, they met in homes.

Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service, News Director Cheryl Brumbau gh-Cayford, 800-323-8039 ext.

BY JANICE RAINEY JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM Light House Morning Star Ministries will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today to benefit a boys home in Mexico.

Nokesville residents and musicians Emiko and Ahmad Nadimi and Bristow's Benedictine sisters took part in Sunday's "International Day of Prayer for Peace." The program was organized by Unity in the Community and held at Congregation Ner Shalom in Dale City.

Amanda Akers of St. Thomas recently undertook a Brethren Volunteer Service assignment with Maine Area Home School Project in Lewiston, Maine.

Photo by Shane GibsonAs students watch, Selkirk-Interlake MP James Bezan, raises the Canadian flag in front of the newly constructed Northern Shield Academy at the school's grand opening on Sept.

PLANS to build a large Christian gospel hall on fields on the edge of Worcester were thrown out by planners last night.

J im Croegaert, a Lincoln University alumnus and a celebrate composer of Christian music will lead worship at The First Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, September 16 at 6:00 p.m A native of Peoria, Croegaert toured with Phillips Records' band, Wylde Heard before forming the band known as Hope.

Messiah College's waste coordinator Wes Bower, 55, of West Pennsboro Township, hangs a banner at the entrance to the Eisenhower Campus Center in preparation for Messiah College's centennial celebration.

It has been revealed that funding to schools run by the Exclusive Brethren has increased by 50 per cent in the last two years.

August is when the staff at Wood Colony Brethren School in northwest Modesto usually begins gearing up for a new school season.