Religion

Religion Briefs

February 18, 2023

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. ••• UMC to host Bible study LEWISTOWN — First Bakers United Methodist Church will host a Bible study every Wednesday at 7 p.m. ...

A brief history of Black church’s diversity

February 18, 2023

By Jason Oliver Evans University of Virginia THE CONVERSATION With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in today’s United States. For instance, on April 20, 2010, an African American Studies professor at Princeton, Eddie S. Glaude, sparked an online debate by provocatively declaring that, despite the existence of many African American churches, “the Black Church, as we’ve known it or imagined it, is dead.” As he argued, the image of the Black ...

Outdoor ministries to be celebrated at annual ‘Mount Luther Sunday’

February 18, 2023

MIFFLINBURG — Members of the congregations of the Upper Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will celebrate outdoor ministries later this month. Congregations will join to celebrate the annual “Mount Luther Sunday” on Feb. 19, 2023, Transfiguration Sunday. The Upper Susquehanna Synod Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America designated that day to be “Mount Luther Sunday” to help promote outdoor ministries in the synod. Congregations will uplift the ministries of the camp during their worship services that day. Camp Mount Luther is an ...

After long wait, Israel trip a reality

February 11, 2023

ISRAEL — Most people celebrating the New Year are typically with family and friends. But not Fr. Peter Rettig of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church and St. Jude Thaddeus Church. Fr. Rettig was able to enjoy a special experience. He took a trip to Israel, something many believers would love to do in their lifetime. “It was a humbling experience,” Fr. Rettig said. “And profound for my prayer life because everything in the Gospels came alive.” It was a long time coming. The trip, sponsored by Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary, was postponed for two years due to the COVID-19 ...

Religion Briefs

February 11, 2023

Revelations shows us a picture of God restoring heaven, Earth

February 11, 2023

“What is the most exciting experience in your life? “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.” Imagine a new heaven, a new earth, and no sea, nothing to keep people apart. Imagine Satan gone forever. In Revelation 21 we don’t have to imagine, we are permitted with the help of the apostle John to see all this and more. John gazes into eternity as God’s plan of salvation finally runs its course. The King of kings has reigned over the world for one thousand years and everyone has ...