Advent wreath candle lighting at two services
Area religious notes list Advent wreath lighting at First United Methodist for 9 and 10 30 a m services tomorrow. Sacred Heart Catholic will host Rev Ed Kordas Newman Chaplain Baldwin Wallace College at 9 15 a m tomorrow on Models for Doing Church. Chapel of Prayer holds a gospel sing today.
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Amish converts establish Hartland settlement after three years
Roland Church and family join David Byler and others to form a small Amish community near Hartland Maine on land loaned by Lewis Elliot. The group toiled on fields and built a log cabin while Church recalls a past as a poacher and bootlegger before embracing the Bible.
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Lees
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Evangelist Bob Watters to Visit Local Churches
Missionary evangelist Bob Watters will present The Wonderful Sound of Gospel Music at area churches this week. He appears at Christian Assembly of God Lorain tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. and Monday to Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. daily, then hosts 7 30 p.m. services Thursday through Sunday at First Assembly of God Wellington with a Sunday 10 30 a.m. service. Watters has led 135 preaching missions in 70 western European cities and coined divine dynamics to describe Jesus Christ’s saving power.
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Lorain
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Wellington
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Advent begins tomorrow lighting wreath candle
Fred Wade age 12 lights the first Advent candle as his parents Mr. and Mrs. James Wade of 342 Kenyon Ave observe the start of the season. Each Sunday will see one candle lit until Christmas with some churches adding a fifth candle for Christmas Day symbolizing the coming of Christ the light of the world.
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James Wade
Kenyon Ave
Christ
Jeff Bishop
First Chanukah Candle Lighted by Jews Today
Today marks the first night of Chanukah, an eight day festival of rededication. The holiday began at sundown yesterday and centers on the miracle of oil lasting eight days as the Maccabees reclaimed Jerusalem. The tradition includes gifts tied to the season and symbolic foods, with families like the Geller family of Temple B nai Abraham sharing blessings as candles are lit nightly.
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Clare Geller
Gordon Geller
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Jeff Bishop
Clerical Fashion Shifts From Somber to Colorful Robes
A Chicago Art Institute exhibition highlights a trend toward elaborate clerical garb in Protestant worship while Roman Catholics and Anglicans show a cyclical move from ornate to simpler attire. Clergy increasingly favor colored robes over black and white with ethnic prints and washable fabrics shaping the new look.
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Art Institute of Chicago
Christa Mayer-Thurman
Nathan Scott
University of Chicago Divinity
Isabell Weitzer
Chicago
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