Pine Grove Mills Church to Honor 175-Year History
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By Rich Kerstetter, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Sep. 11--About 1830, according to historian John Blair Linn, some members of the Spring Creek and Spruce Creek Presbyterian churches formed a new congregation in Pine Grove Mills.
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Hundreds gathered Sunday for a church service to mark the anniversary of Hurricane Rita, a year that Gov. Kathleen Blanco called "the longest year of our lives."
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By Carrie A. Moore Deseret Morning News  Active Latter-day Saints want their church to provide a "frank and honest" presentation of church history, unvarnished by attempts to sugar-coat the past in order to make it more palatable.
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A SCHOOL is celebrating its silver jubilee with all sorts of activities.  Pupils, staff and parents at Isobel Mair School in Clarkston have organised parties, a concert and a church service for the 61-pupil school's 25th birthday.
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By Clint Cooper, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Mar. 5--First-Centenary United Methodist Church began work last week on a $6.6 million building and renovation project that may be the largest ever for a downtown Chattanooga church.
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By Reading Eagle, Pa. Feb. 3--As the Reading Berks Conference of Churches observes its 60th anniversary this year, the organization's executive director, the Rev. Calvin Kurtz, has a vision in which those who benefit from the organization's ministries minister to others in turn.
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By Jeffrey Pieters, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 2--The 23-year-old ash tree overlooking downtown Rochester from near Mayo Field is as fine a specimen of its kind as any of its thousands of brethren around the city.
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By Chris Guy, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 3--VIENNA -- For Mayor Russell Brinsfield and Chief Sewell Fitzhugh, the event yesterday was more than a celebration of the history of this little village along the Nanticoke River.
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Members of New England's Sri Lankan community came together in a Brighton church last night to remember their nation's enormous loss in this week's tsunami disaster, which claimed an estimated 30,000 lives in that country alone.
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By Steve Maynard, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 2--From its pioneer beginnings, Sumner Presbyterian Church has sought to educate and reach out to the community.
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By Karen Heinselman, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa  Sep. 18--Editor's Note: This is the second of two parts examing how churches balance tradition and new ideas.   CEDAR FALLS -- In churches across America, ushers distribute bulletins and smiles.
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More than 2,000 people crowded Ebenezer Baptist Church on Monday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s commitment to peace and equality and note the importance of his legacy in this election year.
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By Sam Hodges, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 16--The dedication of a gleaming new church building is no big deal in suburban Dallas. Downtown, though, it's almost as rare as real wine in a Baptist communion.
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By Karen Heinselman, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa  Sep. 17--Editor's note: This is the first of two stories examining how churches balance tradition and new ideas.   CEDAR FALLS -- They come in fine suits and neatly pressed blouses.
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Since before vice presidential candidate John Edwards brought attention to the South's vanished textile mills, ex-mill workers and historians have been working to save the mills' legacy.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 17--Dedication ceremonies for public buildings do not usually produce headlines. After all, by the time the ribbon is cut, the building itself is usually old news, having been under consideration and construction for years.
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By James Dowd dowd@commercialappealcom  A deep-seated faith expressed in a commitment to social justice marked the life and career of Dr. Ray Maxwell Allen, a man remembered by family and friends as a progressive thinker with a compassionate heart.