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Seniors thriving through Chestnut Hill Church’s “Center on the Hill”
“If you build it for all of those people outside the doors, you’re giving life. The place where you see that day after day after day is the Center.”
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Don Dawson helped reshape mission focus in western PA
“It was a sweet spot (for my career) because it allowed me to contribute even more to the whole of the larger church.”
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Egyptian partnership changing way mission work looks in Shenango
“I think mission is so often more sitting down, having conversations, breaking bread together and worshiping together.”
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PMM director recalls assistance with Ben Weir hostage release in 1985
Ben Weir, who passed away Oct. 14, was held hostage in Beirut for 16 months from 1984-85.
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Synod Assembly Meeting for October 2016
The Synod of the Trinity’s Fall Assembly Meeting will be held Oct. 24-25 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College.
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Alyson Wilson finds her calling as a YAV in Chinook, Montana
“It (YAV program) made me realize things that I hadn’t considered about myself before. It definitely drew attention to things that I really didn’t think I would consider.”
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Reading’s Washington Church getting helping hand from long-time friends
“This is a really big win-win for us and for Washington to get their ramp and for Reading to be able to continue that connection with them.”
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Good Shepherd Church regrouping after fire
“If we recognize that all things work together for good to them that love God who are called according to his purpose, it’s up to us to see what God’s call is in this.”
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First Lancaster congregation growing through SENT Festival
“The benefit is, I think, people are becoming engaged. For people who have been involved in church all of their lives, they’re saying, ‘Wow, there’s more. I didn’t realize there was more.’”
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Pittsburgh Presbytery finds diamond in rough in Rachel Shussett
“I am the literal definition of a ‘cradle Presbyterian,’ having grown up with my dad being a pastor.”