The Gap Male Chorus — a choral tradition here for 85 years — will celebrate anniversary with special concert next weekend.
Published May 10, 2008, 1:03 AM EST
by JOAN KERN, Correspondent
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Singing lifts Richard Nuss' spirits.
"We all go through times when we feel a little low," Nuss says. "When I'm low, I start humming a song."
And for Nuss, a Berks County farmer, singing praises to God as part of the 62-member Gap Male Chorus feels good. The mess......
He gets help from local businesses and individuals, as well as YWAM teammates from Haiti.
Published May 10, 2008, 1:01 AM EST
by DAVID O’CONNOR, Staff
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Sitting on the back of a truck in downtown Lititz this week, John Hess Jr. was reflecting on how his eyes have been opened "to God's heart for the whole world."
"It shows you how the world is bigger than just this area," Hess, who's 26 and a 2000 Manheim Central High......
Published May 10, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
by JOAN KERN, Correspondent
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Table Community Church was founded close to four years ago.
In about four more years, the coffeehouse-style church hopes to have a home of its own.
"People say, 'I'll come to your church when you have a real church,' " said founding pastor the Rev. Dan Houck.
The congregation will kic......
Hundreds gather at Long’s Park to sing, worship
Published May 2, 2008, 1:46 AM EST
by LORI VAN INGEN, Staff
LANCASTER, Pa. -
Kyle Davidson, a "back-end man" for the Lancaster city fire department, had a group from Lincoln Middle School's after-school Bible club singing Thursday afternoon during the National Day of Prayer children's event at Long's Park."The back-end man gets the ho......
City church revisits old-style Catholicism
Published May 1, 2008, 1:06 AM EST
by LORI VAN INGEN, Staff
LANCASTER, Pa. -
For the first time in almost 40 years, a traditional Latin Mass will be celebrated regularly at a Roman Catholic church in Lancaster.St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, 501 E. Orange St., will hold the Latin Mass, also known as the Tridentine Mass, on a weekly basis beginning Saturday, M......
Rhoades speaks at Shoah service
Published May 1, 2008, 12:25 AM EST
by LORI VAN INGEN, Staff
LANCASTER, Pa. -
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades said he was overwhelmed trying to imagine the suffering of more than 1.1 million victims of Auschwitz concentration camp when he visited it in September."After two hours of walking through the grounds, viewing countless photos of innocent men, women, children a......
Published April 26, 2008, 2:01 AM EST
by KATI TAFELSKI, 15, Freestyle Staff Writer
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
On April 17, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his first Mass in Washington, D.C. I was one of the lucky people who was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness this historic event.Watching people of all ages come to worship together reminded me how truly important religion can be in o......
Published April 26, 2008, 1:06 AM EST
by JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
For the Rev. Alexander Goussetis, pastor of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Lancaster, the No. 1 question he gets from outsiders when it comes to his church's Easter celebration is simple.
Why do Eastern Orthodox faithful celebrate the holiday on a different day?
"What amazes outs......
Two churches team up to sponsor Community Clean Sweep, an opportunity ‘to care for all of creation
Published April 26, 2008, 1:02 AM EST
by CAROLE DECK, Correspondent
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Saving the environment is something two county churches are taking seriously.
Trinity Lutheran Church and St. Stephen's United Church of Christ in New Holland have joined together to sponsor Community Clean Sweep next weekend.
Anyone with unwanted and unused sneakers, latex paint, e......
"By not seeing them, Christians can miss out on so much," says Richard Blackaby, who will speak at
Published April 26, 2008, 1:01 AM EST
by DAVID O’CONNOR, Staff
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Many people know the joke about praying for patience, and praying for it NOW ... RIGHT NOW!
And a lot of us pray for things like wisdom and kindness, but then despair when it means facing things God brings into our lives to make us wise and kind — often, struggles of some kind.
Bu......
