Two local colleges are celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with an art exhibit and a concert: Carthage College’s H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art is hosting “The Saint John’s Bible” through Dec. 15. Scheduled in coordination with the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the exhibit includes 25 prints on loan from the Hill Museum Continue Reading…
As a way to honor the recent Reformation 500-year celebration, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church has started work on a labyrinthian prayer garden in a green space behind the church. “We had a small garden there and we wanted to make a labyrinth for our prayer garden,” the Reverend Dinah Dutta said. “We are working on Continue Reading…
Catholics and Lutherans prayed side by side in a series of recent gatherings five centuries after a German monk sparked the Protestant Reformation. On Wednesday, Oct. 25, at St. Andrew Church, Roswell, close to 150 members of the parish and members of Cross of Life Lutheran Church, Roswell, came together for prayer and song. Those Continue Reading…
It has been 95 years and counting for one house of worship in Throggs Neck. Although a 95th anniversary is an odd milestone to celebrate, the First Lutheran Church of Throggs Neck has so much to praise, it couldn’t wait to commemorate its longevity. “I am thrilled that we are celebrating our 95th anniversary,” said Continue Reading…
Our Saviour’s Church in Chippewa Falls is holding study and discussion sessions of the reformation to commemorate it’s 499th year. The Vatican Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity and the Lutheran World Federation issued a Common Prayer Service that contained a 90-page study document. The document titled “From Conflict to Communion” reviews Catholic Continue Reading…
ONNELLSVILLE, Pa. — Having lived for years in the Dutch Bottom area of Connellsville, Glenn and Shelly Siple were used to looking downstream on Mountz Creek for any signs of flooding during heavy rains. That’s because the usual pattern was for water to back up the creek from a swollen Youghiogheny River. But one night last Continue Reading…
The Rev. Don Rothweiler, who paid a visit to both Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Newton, and St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in rural Sully, in October last year will return Sunday at both services. Rothweiler previously spoke on the topic of “Christian Suffering and the Cross.” In May he will reflect on Martin Luther’s thoughts Continue Reading…
A Lutheran bishop knocked on the massive bronze doors of a Catholic cathedral as the sun dipped low Monday evening. A Catholic archbishop waited inside to open the door and welcome him. The ritual moment in Omaha symbolized unity between the two faiths and was the start of an ecumenical prayer service commemorating the 500th Continue Reading…