A rabbi wearing a fox costume as he read from a scroll was all part of celebrating the most festive of Jewish holidays.For Purim, on the 14th of Adar – that’s March 1 on the Gregorian calendar – revelers gathered at the JCC of Greater Pittsburgh in Scott Township, many of them dressed up ...
The Diocese of Pittsburgh is initiating the nomination and application process for admitting a new class of interested and qualified Catholic men into the Deacon Formation Program, according to a recent announcement by Bishop David A. Zubik.The bishop reiterated his intent to call a class into ...
CALIFORNIA – Betty Copenhaver and her husband, Cliff, were vacationing in Deep Creek, Md., in the mid-1980s when they came across a store in the county seat that they hadn’t yet explored. The couple liked to walk Oakland’s charming main street and were familiar with the shops. This one, ...
<strong>At First Lutheran Church</strong>, 92 West Walnut St., Washington, Lenten worship will be held today. At 11:55 a.m. there will be suffrages with a luncheon following. An evening service will be held at 7 p.m. For information, call 724-225-4040.
At 10:30 a.m. Sunday, the bell atop the rambling church at Broad Street and McCarrell Avenue in Washington will once again ring.Exactly one year after forming, the Rev. Tim Lindsay’s congregation, Arise Christian Fellowship, has found a permanent home in the former Broad Street Baptist ...
CLAYSVILLE – About three years ago, the Rev. Meade Lacock of Claysville Christian Church issued a challenge to his small congregation.Take the church out of these four walls, he said.As a first outreach effort, Amber Falosk, who has sat in those church pews since childhood, and other members ...
