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RELIGION IN BRIEF | Mission conference today at Mount Sinai
BY JANICE RAINEY
JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM
The Rev. Julius C. Porcher Jr. will lead the annual mission conference from 10 a.m. to noon today at Mount Sinai Baptist Church, 111 Cambria Ave., Johnstown.
A prayer luncheon will be served at noon.
The topic of the conference is “The Present Future Touching Lives With Transforming Love.” I John 3:16-18.
The Rev. Ronnie C. Morris Sr. will deliver the message at 4 p.m. Sunday at the church.
Three to speak at Maple Spring church
The Rev. Linda Stoner, the Rev. John Stoner and Connie Martin will deliver messages during the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service at Maple Spring Church of the Brethren, 106 Spring Road, Hollsopple.
The sermon will be “The Old Is Gone, the New Has Come! All Is From God,” with Scripture from II Corinthians 5:16-21.
Tim McDonald will lead the children’s story. Music will be provided by Carol Leverknight and Carole Horner.
Film to be shown in Northern Cambria
“The Cross and the Switchblade” will be shown at 2 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday at North End Assembly, 2305 Philadelphia St., Northern Cambria.
The film is about David Wilkerson, who grew up in northern Cambria County and is the founder of Teen Challenge, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.
Teen Challenge celebrated its 50th year in ministry in 2008.
Information: 247-8978 or 948-8021.
Music fest on Sunday at church grove
Christ Casebeer Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold its fifth annual Bluegrass & Gospel Music Festival at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church’s memorial grove, Route 985, Somerset Pike, Somerset.
Entertainers are Rob Griffith and Linda Biery. The featured group will be Meat & Potatoes.
Teen Challenge Choir in concert Sunday
Teen Challenge Choir will present a program of gospel music and testimony at 5 p.m. Sunday at First Assembly of God, 12th Street and Somerset Avenue, Windber.
Abundant Life Ministry schedules services
Abundant Life Ministry will hold a prepastoral service at 4 p.m. Sunday at 1067 Menoher Blvd., Johnstown.
The Revs. Richard and Donna Williams and the congregation of Heavenly Sent Ministries will be guests.
A second pastoral anniversary will be held at 4 p.m. Sept. 6. Pastor Sabrina Hardison of Works of Deliverance Fellowship will speak.
Information: 535-5617.
St. James planning special service Sunday
St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 400 Pine St., Johns-town, will hold its 50th pre-anniversary service at 4 p.m. Sunday.
The Ebenezer Baptist Church of Pittsburgh and its male chorus and congregation and the Rev. J. Van Winsett, pastor and president of Pennsylvania Baptist State Convention, will be guests.
First Mennonite to hold annual picnic
First Mennonite Church, 705 Somerset St., Johnstown, will hold its annual picnic at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Somerset Street playground.
A worship service and welcoming of the New Service Adventure Group will be held.
Groups will perform at Westmont church
White Noise and Song Works will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Westmont Presbyterian Church fellowship hall, 601 Luzerne St.
The fundraising event will benefit Westmont Family Counseling Ministries.
Admission: $5.
Information: 536-0796 or 536-0798.
Moxham Ministerium planning services
Moxham Ministerium will begin monthly ecumenical services at 11 a.m. Thursday at Grove Avenue United Methodist Church, 501 Grove Ave.; Oct. 1 at Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 700 Park Ave.; Nov. 5 at Moxham Lutheran Church, 500 Park Ave.; and Dec. 3 at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, 609 Park Ave.
A community prayer walk will begin at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at Moxham Lutheran Church.
Information: 539-1816.
Youth conference opens Friday
Works of Deliverance Fellowship I.M. Youth Conference will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Heritage Discovery Center, 201 Sixth Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.
Conference speakers are Joy Cox and Michael Taylor on Friday and Timotheus Pope and Sabrina Hardison on Sept. 5.
Registration fee – for those 13 and older – is $30 per person.
Information: 659-9197.
Diocese to offer music workshops
The Altoona-Johnstown Diocesan Liturgy Committee will offer music workshops on “Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship” from 8:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 12 at St. John the Evangelist Lakemont, Altoona; Sept. 19 at St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church, 1621 Ferndale Ave., Johnstown; and Sept. 26 at Our Lady of Victory in State College.
Registration is $15.
Information: 693-9870 or e-mail jnoonan@dioceseaj.org to register by Friday.
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Cambria City Ethnic Festival will be held from 4 to 10 p.m. today, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday along Chestnut Street in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.
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Soul music | Annual gospel festival to feature continuous praise
Good news will be proclaimed continuously when the 25th annual Fall Harvest Gospel Music Festival is held Friday through Monday at Camp Harmony, 1414 Plank Road, Hooversville. Singing will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday through Monday.
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Something for everyone | More than 100 vendors will offer crafts during Log House Arts Festival
The Log House Arts Festival will be at full capacity as 110 vendors set up shop for the 40th edition at Community Arts Center of Cambria County. The festival has a reputation of offering matchless crafts, bountiful food, live entertainment and children’s activities.
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Crafts, fireworks, games highlight annual jubilee
For the 22nd year, an area festival will bring family fun. The 2010 Forest Hills Labor Day Weekend Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 6. at Berwind Wayside Festival Park grounds on Locust Street in St. Michael.
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Cars in the city | Mopar club schedules annual show Sept. 4
Cruisin’ the Flood City has become an event that stands on its own. The third annual car show sponsored by Laurel Highlands Mopar Club will be held at noon Sept. 4 along Main and Locust streets in downtown Johnstown.
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Events | True-life drama
“Tuesdays With Morrie” will be onstage Thursday through Sept. 11 at Cresson Lake Playhouse, 279 Shapiro Road, near Loretto. Curtain times are 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with a matinee at 2 on Sept. 5. The drama is the true story of journalist Mitch Albom and his former college professor, Morrie Schwartz, a terminally ill man facing his own mortality.
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Shepherding a cycle rally | Organizers of Dog Gone Run expecting up to 5,000 enthusiasts in Windber
Good times are about to be unleashed as the initial Dog Gone Run motorcycle rally rolls into action Sept. 10-11 in Windber. A preregistration party featuring a street dance and refreshments will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Windber Community Building, 1605 Graham Ave.
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Kernville readies for block party, street fair
It has been said that it takes a village to raise a child, and this village is taking care of its own. Village Day, a block party and back-to-school street fair, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 11 on Somerset Street in the Kernville section of Johnstown, centering around Christ Centered Community Church.
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Touching drama | Cresson Lake to stage 'Tuesdays With Morrie'
“Tuesdays With Morrie,” a compelling true story of a terminally ill man facing his own mortality, opens Sept. 2 at Cresson Lake Playhouse near Loretto.
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Urban designer's exhibit follows history of city
Thaddeus Pawlowski, son of Rosemary Pawlowski, Bottle Works executive director, and Edwin Pawlowski, a partner at Pawlowski-Haman Architects, is looking into the past with an eye on the future in his exhibit for the opening of Art Works.
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