Religion

Vacation Bible Schools to begin

Editor’s note: Below is a list of Vacation Bible School nights that have been submitted. To have your church’s Vacation Bible School event listed on the Religion page, email ethompson@lewistownsentinel.com ••• Ridge View Mennonite Church Ridge View Mennonite Church, 5142 US-522, McClure, is hosting VBS at 7 p.m. Aug. 1 to 5. Classes for Kindergarten- 8th grade, as well as a class for adults ages 15+. No registration needed. Parkview Church of the Brethren Parkview Church of the Brethren, Parcheytown Road, Lewistown, will partner with Child Evangelism Fellowship for ...

Fun in the summer sun

The local church, a fortress for truth

In a day where “fake news” is a reality, fabrications and outright lies are told to the public and established authorities can no longer be trusted, where do we turn to find the truth? Without truth, our society crumbles. How do we determine fact from fiction? Must we sift through volumes of data and material to determine what is the truth? Shall we trust the news media and “science” to tell us the truth? Information changes, knowledge increases and school textbooks require countless updates year by year. There is a book, however, that has stood the test of time and is ...

Judge people by their life, not their words

From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old — Numbers 4:3 In the last article, we considered the fact that the Levites were relieved of their heavy lifting and hard labor at age fifty. Numbers 8:26 says, “They may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting, to attend to needs, but they themselves shall do no work.” We are going to focus on the younger side of this. Why were the Levites required to be thirty years old to serve and minister on their own in the tabernacle of meeting? Numbers 8:24 says that Levites must be twenty-five years old and above ...

VBS being offered across the Valley

Editor’s note: Below is a list of Vacation Bible School nights that have been submitted. To have your church’s Vacation Bible School event listed on the Religion page, email ethompson@lewistownsentinel.com ••• Strodes Mills Baptist Church Strodes Mills Baptist Church, 8151 U.S. Hwy 522 N., McVeytown, will hold VBS from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 25 to 29 for children 3 years to 6th grade. The theme is Kookaburra Coast: Awesome Adventures in God’s Glory, focusing on the Exodus of God’s people from Egypt. There will be singing and a lesson, craft, snack and game every ...

Religion briefs

Editor’s note: To submit a nonprofit announcement to The Sentinel’s Religion section, contact Erin Thompson at (717) 248-6741 or by email at ethompson@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 ...