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Women are finding new ways to influence male-led faiths

(THE CONVERSATION) In some religions, women are barred from serving as clergy or excluded from top leadership roles. Nonetheless, women have broken into influential roles in these male-led faiths. How are these women forging new pathways in these traditionally patriarchal religions? The panel featured Ingrid Mattson, chair of Islamic Studies at Huron University College at Western University; Emilie M. Townes, dean and distinguished professor of Womanist Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt Divinity School; Carolyn Woo, distinguished president’s fellow for global development at Purdue ...

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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 Street, Lewistown, PA 17044. Items should arrive to The Sentinel by Wednesday afternoon for publication in the Saturday edition. Submissions will be published as space allows. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions. ¯¯¯ Ellen Chapel to host coffee house LEWISTOWN — Ellen Chapel Church will host a Coffee House ...

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 Street, Lewistown, PA 17044. Items should arrive to The Sentinel by Wednesday afternoon for publication in the Saturday edition. Submissions will be published as space allows. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions. ¯¯¯ Church to host special speakers REEDSVILLE — Schrader United Methodist Church will host the ...

Pastor seeks tattoo shop to bring church as people get inked

ALLENTOWN (AP) — Instead of waiting and hoping for more parishioners to show up in an era of declining church attendance, an Allentown pastor plans to bring prayer and Bible study to the community — through local tattoo shops. “People aren’t coming into churches,” Rev. Kathryn Dinkelacker-Swan of Emmanuel United Methodist Church said during a recent phone interview. “There’s church trauma — people don’t feel comfortable with all the churches and the liturgies and prayers. “I feel like church isn’t confined in the walls of a building, and I can bring church ...

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 Street, Lewistown, PA 17044. Items should arrive to The Sentinel by Wednesday afternoon for publication in the Saturday edition. Submissions will be published as space allows. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions. ¯¯¯ Church to host special speakers REEDSVILLE — Schrader United Methodist Church will host the ...

Christmas services

Editor’s note: The following local churches have submitted their Christmas services to the Lewistown Sentinel. To list Christmas services for your church, email ethompson@lewistownsentinel.com or call (717) 248-6741, ext. 117. ¯¯¯ Pine Glen Alliance Church A Christmas program will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19. There will be Christmas carols, a children’s drama, instrumental special selection, ladies choir, scripture, an great inspirational story, a candlelight service, and a time of fellowship and cookies. The church is located along Rt. 103 South, 10 miles from ...