http://www.tribune-democrat.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:02:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_275140211.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_275140211.html In conjunction with the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, a blessing of animals will be held at 10 a.m. today at the grotto outside of St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, 536 Decker Ave., Johnstown. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_268133701.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_268133701.html A positive outlook on marriage will be a side dish during Cornerstone Leadership Foundation’s sixth annual prayer breakfast.“Developing a Godly Marriage” is the theme for the gathering to be held at 7 a.m. Oct. 7 at the Living/Learning Center at Pitt-Johnstown in Richland Township. Cornerstone Leadership Foundation (CLF), a local faith-based nonprofit, invites pastors, ministry leaders, counselors, youth leaders and volunteers to attend the 90-minute event. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_268133308.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_268133308.html Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:28:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_261133037.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_261133037.html Parishioners at St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, 211 Powell Ave., Cresson, have been celebrating the church’s 100th anniversary for the past year. A Mass of Thanksgiving to be celebrated at 3 p.m. Sunday will close the centennial festivities. The Most Rev. Joseph V. Adamec, bishop of the Altoona-Johnstown Roman Catholic Diocese, will be the celebrant. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:26:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_261132440.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_261132440.html Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_261131903.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_261131903.html The sixth annual Harvest in the Park, a free, interdenominational event, will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at Windber Recreation Park, Route 160. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:59:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_254135947.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_254135947.html Followers of the Jewish faith across the region are called to contemplate their lives before God and their fellow man during the High Holy Days, which will begin at sundown Friday with Rosh Hashana. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_254135635.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_254135635.html These girls are bad, but God sees them as good.A seminar on “Bad Girls of the Bible” will be presented from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at Heavenly Sent Ministries, 429 Second St., Conemaugh. A group of 11 local women from different churches and denominations will give their own interpretations of women in Scripture. “ ‘Bad Girls of the Bible’ will dramatize the bad deeds of these women and how God offered forgiveness and utilized them to spread the good news and glorify him,” said the Rev. Richard S. Williams, pastor of Heavenly Sent Ministries. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:52:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_254135252.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_254135252.html Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:50:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_254134913.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_254134913.html Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_240133611.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_240133611.html The Rev. Hyung Suk Joe began his career as an electrical engineer in Seoul, South Korea, and is now shining the light of Christ in the United States as a United Methodist minister. Joe became pastor of Calvary United Methodist Church, 1800 Stockholm Ave., Windber, in July. His faith journey from engineer to pastor began while Joe was attending college in Korea. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:43:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_226134458.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_226134458.html Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:41:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_226134131.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_226134131.html The tradition of camp meetings will be kept alive with a series of services at the original site of where they were held in the early 1900s. A Camp Meeting Echo Service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Arbutus Park Retirement Community, 207 Ottawa St., Johnstown. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:25:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_226133031.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_226133031.html St. Thomas Lutheran Church picnic and festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today at 1341 Ridge Road, Hooversville. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_205120037.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/religion/local_story_205120037.html Jim Hinton has been appointed spiritual leader of Somerset Church of Christ.