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Editor’s note: To submit a nonprofit announcement to The Sentinel’s Religion section, contact Tom Laub at (717) 248-6741 or by email at living@lewistownsentinel.com. Items also may be faxed to (717) 248-3481 or sent to The Sentinel, 352 Sixth St., Lewistown, PA 17044. Items must be received by Tuesday for publication in the Saturday edition. Submissions will be published as space allows. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions. ••• First Bakers UMC to host Bible study LEWISTOWN — First Bakers United Methodist Church will host a Bible study every Wednesday ...

Charles Stanley, influential Baptist preacher, dies at 90

ATLANTA (AP) — Charles Stanley, a prominent televangelist who once led the Southern Baptist Convention, died April 18 at his home in Atlanta at age 90, In Touch Ministries announced. No cause of death was announced. Born in rural Dry Fork, Virginia, Stanley was senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta for 50 years. The church grew rapidly after he became its leader in 1971, moving from central Atlanta to a suburban campus in 1997 to accommodate a growing flock in the sprawling urban area. “We are forever grateful for his enduring legacy of faithful leadership and ...

6 ways Christians can champion sanctity of life

In the last 50 years, over 63 million babies have been aborted in the United States. While not unique to this country, it is a crisis of epic proportions. As Christians, we know that from Genesis to Revelation, the Bible affirms the sanctity of life. Life is a precious gift of God, and we must do all that we can to protect and celebrate human life, from the womb to the tomb. If you were caught killing a bald eagle, you would be fined thousands of dollars and possibly even serve prison time. Remarkably, there are more protections in place for an eagle than there are for unborn ...

To learn more from God’s word

Church Growth – III For the Word of God is living and powerful – Hebrews 4:11 In our last article we mentioned the importance of having the Bible, or Word of God, as the foundation of the local church. We also mentioned two Bibles that were very popular at one time, the Geneva Bible, and the King James Version. Some people believe both of these translations had their roots in the Waldensians, (Christians living in the Vaudois valley in northern Italy). I am not sure how accurate that information is. The Geneva Bible was translated under complete freedom with no interference ...

Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches

CORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) — Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago in what was the isolated frontier of the Spanish empire, tiny mountain communities like Cordova relied on their own resources to keep the faith going. Thousands of miles from religious and lay seats of power, everything from priests to sculptors to paint pigments was hard to come by. Villagers instituted lay church caretakers called “mayordomos,” and filled chapels with elaborate altarpieces made of local wood and varnished with pine sap. Today, threatened by depopulation, ...

LUMINA Center offers county light

By Kim Eckley Kish Valley Grace Brethren Church Our society today is filled with acronyms, initialisms, and text slang. Who doesn’t know what LOL means? The intention of this article is for our whole community to know what LUMINA represents and how fellow Christians can help this great center. LUMINA stands for Lewistown United Ministries In Neighborhood Action. LUMINA is a community center which offers the “light” of faith, hope, and love “to,” “for,” and “with” the children, youth, and families of Mifflin county in the name of Christ! The LUMINA Center is a ...