The youth group from North Lima Calvary United Methodist Church (Mahoning Valley District) recently led the vespers/worship service at Copeland Oaks Retirement Community. “The worship service was a positive interconnectional and intergenerational opportunity for all involved,” said Jeff Pellin, youth coordinator for the district and a member of Calvary UMC. “The youth, along with those [...]
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By Rick Wolcott* An estimated 80,000 people marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 8 in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Last year’s motion picture Selma was based on the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches that led to the creation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In [...]
Movie: McFarland USA is a great two hours of comfort food.
"As many youth leaders know, one of the best ways to get teens to look at the world with the eyes of Christ is to take the group on a mission trip to work with folks of a different culture," says movie reviewer, Rev.Bruce Batchelor-Glader. "You go out to serve others and return home realizing that [...]
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