Breaking News

Religion

Closet to cafe

LEWISTOWN — Calvary Bible Church is on a mission to create the opportunity for fellowship while supporting ministries locally around the world. During its Sunday service, a vision put in place by church leaders will come to life with the opening of Mission Cafe — a former walk-in closet that has been remodeled and will now serve as a place where congregants and community members can enjoy a cup of coffee and conversation. The cafe will be run by volunteers and will operate by donations, which will benefit various ministries. The grand opening will be held during church ...

The spirit of Christ lives in me

Hello everybody! May God bless you as you read this and allow Him to reveal His truths to you. Holy Spirit is our teacher and when we ask Him to “revelate” us He will open things up in a fresh, new way. I want to talk today about pursuing the enemy until we overtake him. We must tear down any stronghold in our lives that would stop us from fulfilling God’s mandate for our lives. The enemy will use anything against us, even to what we would consider to be of the smallest detail. We must rise up in the power of Holy Spirit and overtake the enemy. That smallest thing that we would ...

Translated ‘King of righteousness’

In the last article, we mentioned some of the problems that arise if we try to make Jerusalem the city of peace where Melchizedek was king. It was a Canaanite stronghold up until the time David and his army conquered it and made it “the city of David.” Hebrews 7:2 also refers to Melchizedek as “king of righteousness.” Does that mean he was also king of another city? If Melchizedek was the king at Jerusalem, and reigned over that area, this creates another problem. Abram should have been acquainted with him long before this time. But such is not the case, Genesis 14:18 is the ...

Camp Mount Luther elects new board

MIFFLINBURG — The Camp Mount Luther Corporation Board of Directors recently elected leadership for the coming year at its quarterly board meeting. Elected to his third one-year term as president was the Rev. William Henderson of Selinsgrove. Elected to her third term as vice president was Nancy Wood of Williamsport. The Rev. Gary Schaeffer of Selinsgrove was elected secretary of the board while Terry Gardner of Muncy was re-elected as treasurer. The board met in retreat at this meeting and did some work on basic board education and how to move forward after the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

God gives ministers the boldness to carry on through adversity

The apostle Paul has always been my ministry hero. He was a man who suffered more than any other person in the New Testament except our Lord himself. But it was out of that suffering that he became powerful because God’s power is perfected in weakness. In I Thessalonians 2:1-6, Paul talks about himself and his ministry. Notice in ch.2:1 he says, “You yourselves know.” In the middle of v.2 he says, “As you know.” In v.5 he says, “As you know.” In v.9 he says, “For you recall.” In v.10 he says, “You are witnesses.” In v.11, “Just as you know.” He repeats it ...

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. ¯¯¯ Ministry to support single moms BELLEVILLE — The Mifflin County Single Moms Care and Support ...