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A delicious way to end February

Hello from the kitchen and Happy end of February! Since it’s getting closer to spring, I thought I’d end the month with a big comfort meal. I roasted a chicken. Made mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans and filling. Oh, and fried apples. Growing up, we ate a lot of comfort food type ...

1975 marks Grand opening of new MCL

In last week’s article, there were high hopes to have the Mifflin County Library moved into the new building at 123 North Wayne Street, Lewistown by August 1974. Well, with one thing and another, the new building didn’t open until March 9, 1975. Or I should say, the Grand Opening ceremony ...

Borrow a mobile hotspot from the library

Did you know that you can borrow a mobile hotspot from the library? If you hadn’t heard, we lend out these small devices that when turned on give you Wi-Fi for any of your devices (as long as there is cell phone service where you use it.) Because they are so popular and widely used, we ...

Just a clay pot on the outside, but a priceless treasure inside

It is true what they say, “You can’t always tell the value of something by the package it comes in.” That is true of preachers and it is certainly true of the rest of us who are witnesses to the gospel of Jesus Christ. It reminds me of the parable that Jesus told of the treasure of ...

Salvation and hope can be found in Jesus

My thoughts are still gravitating to Florida this morning, and our recent trip there. There’s a vision in my head that won’t go away, so, here I am, gotta get this one off my chest today. My husband and I were sitting around a table in an outside restaurant, waiting on our food, and taking ...

How should pastors be examples to the flock?

But Thomas, called Didymus, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. — John 20:24 As we consider the subject of Sunday morning worship and church growth, we must get rid of our modern-day ideas, and put ourselves in the time period of the early church. I have tried to focus on ...