St. Thomas Episcopal Church on North Jefferson Avenue in Canonsburg will hold an “Ashes on the Go” service for Ash Wednesday from 1 to 2 p.m. Feb. 17.The service will be held at the front entrance of the church.Participants are expected to wear face masks and clergy will use cotton swabs to ...
Parishes in the Pittsburgh Diocese will be allowed to increase attendance at Masses to 50% maximum capacity at each Mass, effective this weekend.All health and safety protocols, including mask-wearing, social distancing of at least six feet, and cleaning and sanitizing procedures must still be ...
When the Rev. Jason Freyer described branching out from youth ministry to becoming pastor of his own congregation, he described the process as “kind of like match.com.”“It was something I wasn’t looking for and it totally found me,” he said. “Laboratory Presbyterian gave me call. ...
Days after Mapletown United Methodist Church and an adjacent house were gutted by a devastating fire, the church’s pastor said what he will remember most about the fire will not be the destruction of structures and the material losses.Indeed, what the Rev. Lanfer Simpson will remember is the ...
For the first time since March, First Christian Church in West Alexander will be opening its doors to congregants this Sunday. But the churchgoing experience will inevitably be different than it was before the coronavirus became a household word and a constant concern.When members of the ...
MONONGAHELA – On an unusually balmy winter day for Southwestern Pennsylvania, a small group of Orthodox clergy, deacons and faithful gathered at the Monongahela Aquatorium for a special service to bless the Monongahela River.The Rev. John Parker, pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in ...
