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Religion

Methodist churches increase yearly donation

The Greater Purpose Team Ministries is a charge of six United Methodist churches located in Jefferson, Rices Landing, Fredericktown, Denbo, Howe and Roscoe. The ministry has been supporting the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child since 2010, when they filled 62 boxes. Every year, they ...

Emma Bates is 10 years old, yet already has a worldly view and a commitment to helping others.The Carmichaels native self-published a book of devotions and is giving all the proceeds to Houses for Haiti, a nonprofit dedicated to building homes for families in the impoverished country. Emma said ...

Bing Nicholson struggled with his emotions Oct. 29 as he walked into the South Hills Jewish Community Center in Scott Township just two days after a mass shooting killed 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue.Nicholson, who is a teacher in the center’s child development department, didn’t ...

Salvation Army welcomes new leaders

The Western Pennsylvania Division of the Salvation Army recently welcomed Major Raphael Jackson and Major Sandra Jackson as new divisional leaders.The Jacksons came to Pittsburgh from their appointment as the divisional leaders of the Northern New England Division, which encompasses Maine, New ...

Several sites in the area will be among 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week, Nov. 12-19.Families, churches and groups in Washington and Greene counties are busy transforming empty shoeboxes ...