Church's homeless feeling

Church's homeless feeling

Source: The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Lehigh Valley, PA, USA

Author: JOHN A. ZUKOWSKI

Date: 21 August, 2008

The Rev. Paul Cronin says he and his congregation feel somewhat like Moses and the Israelites wandering in the wilderness looking for the Promised Land.

"We're a homeless church," he says inside the Memorial United Church of Christ in Wilson Borough. "We're a church without walls."

The 150 active members of Faith Unity United Church of Christ have been sharing the Memorial United Church building …

Developer Plans to Turn Church into Restaurant in Bethlehem

Developer Plans to Turn Church into Restaurant in Bethlehem
Source: WFMZ-TV Online - Allentown, PA, USA
Author: 20 August, 2008

Date: 20 August, 2008

A developer wants to rip down the rectory next to the First United Church of Christ on West Fourth Street and build an upscale restaurant. ...

Church plans sale to benefit refugees

Church plans sale to benefit refugees

Source: The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Lehigh Valley, PA, USA
Author: Staff

Date: 15 August, 2008

Dryland United Church of Christ is working with Catholic Charities to bring a refugee family of six from Myanmar to the Bethlehem area.

Dryland will hold a charity garage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. Financial contributions will also be accepted for this refugee resettlement project.

Kything

Kything

Source: Fountain of Reflections - http://johngrebe.wordpress.com

Author: John Grebe

Date:14 August, 2008

Wanda Craner the Minister of Spiritual Nurture of the Pennsylvania Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ. In some ways kything is simply a form of intercessory prayer, but it is also something more as it intercessory ...

Strasburg Township man fed up with local church bells

Strasburg Township man fed up with local church bells

Source: Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster, PA, USA

Author: AMES BUESCHER, Correspondent

Date: 13 August, 2008

James R. Haun of Zion United Church of Christ of New Providence said he had no comment on Book's allegations. "We've been in contact with him," Haun said. ...

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Source: Standard Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

Author:

Date: 1 August, 2008

Rebecca Broyan, daughter of Gene and Janice Broyan of Dorrance Township, was awarded a Master of Divinity degree on May 17 at the 183th commencement ceremony of Lancaster Theological Seminary… Her home church is Emmanuel United Christ of Christ in Dorrance… Broyan was featured in “Christian Century Magazine” and in a Lancaster County billboard promotion for Lancaster Theological Seminary.

York County's own Civil War - Part IV

York County's own Civil War - Part IV
York Town Square: 02-19-2007


"This postcard shows the steeples, right, of what today is Trinity United Church of Christ and, far right, the mother church that became Zion United Church of Christ. The congregations had to address immense issues during the mid-19th century."

Pastor, Wife Accused of Stealing Bibles Sent to Trial

Pastor, Wife Accused of Stealing Bibles Sent to Trial

WFMZ-TV: 02-01-2007

"A pastor and his wife accused of stealing vintage bibles from his church are going to trial. Police say Reverend William Shrout and his wife Carla stole the bibles when he was working at the First United Church of Christ in Royersford, Montgomery County. He's currently the pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Northampton County."