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‘Questions of Life and
Death’—based in part on
God's covenant with
Abraham will be the
theme of the services for
the Second Sunday of Lent
on the Lehman United
Methodist Charge.
The Union Lenten
Service will be at
Loyalville at 7:30 p.m.
with the Rev. William W.
Reid Jr., Wilkes-Barre
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district superintendent.
At 3:30 p.m., Rev. Reid
will meet with the con-
firmation classes of Back
Mountain United
Methodist Churches at the
Dallas United Methodist
Church.
T he Lehman
Administrative Board will
meet on Monday, March
3, atii7:30: ‘p.m. The
Idetown . Administrative
Board will meet Thur-
sday, March 6, at 7:30
p.m. preceded by a
meeting of the Sunday
School staff.
The attention of Church
School teachers is called
to the workshop spon-
sored by the District
Council on Ministires
which will be held at West
Pittston on Saturday,
March 1.
On Friday, Feb. 29, the
Confirmation class will
B’rith at 8 p.m.
Jackson United
Methodist Church will
sponsor a spaghetti
supper on Saturday,
March 8, from 4:30 p.m. to
7 p.m.
On Sunday, March 9,
the Very Rev. W. Basil
Stroyan will be the
speaker at the Union
Lenten Service held at 4
p.m. at Lehman.
St. Andrew’s Orthodox
Church of Dallas, PA,
celebrated the Sunday of
Orthodoxy on Feb. 24.
The pastor, V. Rev. W.
Basil Stroyen Ph.D. was
one of the celebrants at
the Great Vespers held in
Holy Resurrection
Cathedral in Wilkes-
Barre.
He also.took part in the
Procession of Ikons
carrying a mid-49th
century ikon o fSt.
Alexander Nevsky. This
The Community Church
of Dallas will hold the
annual Missionary
Conference, Feb. 27 to
March 2. The theme of
this year’s conference is
“Redeeming the Times”
Eph. 5:16.
Services will be held
nightly, Wednesday
through Sunday at 7 p.m.,
with the Sunday morning
service at 11 a.m. The
missionaries will also
take part in the Sunday
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special technique, zivo
pes, rendering unusual
depth to the skin tones.
The figure ' of St.
Alexander is almost
completely covered with
an etched metal gold and
silver cover. Many of the
This Fri., Feb. 29 at 6
p.m. an Acafist to Our
Blessed Saviour will be
held. The special plea:
“0 Jesus, Son of God,
School classes at 9:45
a.m., Sunday. Wed-
nesday evening Charles
Hill with the Fellowship of
Baptist for Home
Missions will present his
work among North
American Indians.
On Thursday evening
the missionaries will
conduct small group
meetings in homes to
enable people to get to
know the missionaries
better as well as ask
have mercy on me.” will
be chanted by: the
congregation. A
discussion on the events in
the last days of Christ on
earth will follow.
On Sunday, March 2, at
the 9:30 a.m. Divine
Liturgy, Stephen
Kozemchak will give the
homily. He will take his
theme from the scripture
reading from Mark 2:1-12.
Kozemchak will be ob-
serving the fifth an-
niversary since he
questions.
Bryon Shupp with
Worldwide European
Fellowship will present
his work of church
planting ministry in Great
Britian on Friday
evening.
A fellowship supper at
Camp Orchard Hill
facilities will begin
Saturday evenings ac-
tivities. After the meal
Don Hay of New Tribes
Mission will present his
The Holy Cross Fathers
of King’s College will be
conducting Lenten ser-
vices again this year for
the residents at the State
Correctional Institution at
Chase.
According to the
Catholic chaplain, Father
Clement Podskoch, CSC,
this is the 19th year that
the priests have come
from King’s to minister to
the inmates. Seven priests
will be available for
various services
throughout the six-week
period.
Lenten services began
on Ash Wednesday with a
special Mass and homily
by Father Podskoch, who
conducts the regular
Sunday services. His
fellow priests from King’s
will celebrate Mass and
preach on Fridays;
during Holy Week the
special seasonal rites will
be ‘held, culminating in
the Easter Vigil service
on Holy Saturday night.
On Tuesdays, Stations of
the Cross are held for
residents.
“It is our privilege to
benefit from the services
of my brother-priests,’”’
said Father Podskoch.
“They look forward with
great pleasure to join with
us in our annual Lenten
celebration.”
The priests, familiar to
Back Mountain residents
from their visits to area
churches, are Fathers
Lozinski, Desharnais,
Roche, D’Alonzo, Carten,
Kazlauskas and Doyle.
Among them, they
represent well over a
century of service to
King’s and the parishes of
the Back Mountain.
Royce and Anne Short,
“Missionaries to Mormon
Land,” will present their
work and ministry at the
Independent Bible Church
at Noxen on Sunday at:the
morning worship service
at 11 and again at the 7:30
p.m. evening service.
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Anyone interested in this
unusual out-reach to the
Mormons is cordially
invited to attend these
services.
Mr. and Mrs. Short are
currently = missionary
interns for United
Missionary Fellowship,
Sacramento, Cal., and
work with the Traveling
Bible Institute in Utah
and Idaho.
Royce was born in
Northwest Ohio in 1952
and was saved and
baptized at the age of 12.
He received his B.A.
degree in Bible from Bob
Jones University in 1974
and his M.A. in Bible from
St. Paul’s
At the annual
congregational meeting
recently held at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church,
Shavertown, four council
members were elected to
three year terms.
Elected were Fredric
Anderson, Joseph Har-
disky, Howard Swain and
George Voorhees,
treasurer.
Other council members
presently serving are
Pastor Lynn Rothrock,
president; Harry
Davenport, vice
president; Mrs. Nancy
Hitchings, secretary;
Robert Voelker, financial
secretary; Robert
Coleman, Mrs. Bernice
Hill, Walter Gosart,
William Dierolf and
Bob Jones University in
1976. He is presently
working on his Ph. D. at
BJU.
- He has worked at BJU
as a graduate teaching
“assistant, and has written
text books for BJU Press.
His wife, the former
Rebekah Anne Wesson,
whom he married in 1974,
was born in West Ten-
nessee in 1953. She
received her B.A. in
English from BJU in 1974
and was a copy editor for
the textbook division,
BJU Press from 1974-79.
Mr. and Mrs. Short
have one daughter, Katie
Elizabeth, who was born
on December 8, 1979.
Martin Everhart.
The 1980 budget of
$59,000 and renovations to
the church chancel area
were approved. With the
excess income of 1979 it
was decided to donate
preached his first sermon.
Kozemchak = is a
graduate of St. Tikhon’s
Theological Seminary.
The choir will be under
the direction of Theodore
Veremeychik. Hosts for
the hospitality hour will
be Edward Fedrow and
sons, Edward and
William. .
A clam chowder and
potato pancake sale is
being planned for March
21 at the J.R. Davis
Firehouse in Idetown.
work of evangelistic
outreach to the unreached
primitive tribes of the
world.
Paul Lundgren, Nor-
theast representative of
The Evangelical Alliance
Mission (commonly
referred to as T.E.A.M.)
will speak Sunday mor-
ning and evening. Several
of the missionary
presentations will include
slides of their work.
Everyone is invited to
come hear what God is
doing in the World. For
more information call the
Community Church of
Callas at 675-3723.
Serving will be from noon
to 7 p.m. Takeout orders
will also be available.
Besides the chowder and
panckaes, perogi, cab-
bage with halushki, and
borsch will be sold. For
tickets or advance orders
639-5004. 4
Arrangements have
been made to sponsor a
concert at Wilkes College
on May 3 featuring the
Liturgical Singers. Folk
songs will be sung in
addition to liturgical
music. For tickets or
more information contact
Michael Prokopchak at
675-1439.
Pancake
supper
at E. Dallas
The East Dallas United
Methodist Church will
hold its annual pancake
and sausage supper on
Saturday, March 1, in the
church basement. Ser-
ving from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Tickets for adults are
$3.50, children $2.50.
Patrons are promised ‘all
you can eat.’
Persons living in the
Back Mountain area who
have children and are not
presently attending
Sunday School, are in-
vited by Huntsville
Christian Church to
participate in its Sunday
School program, Sundays
at 10:45 a.m.
Richard Yanalunas,
Sunday School superin-
tendent, with his
assistants Debbie Marr,
Yvonne Marshall and
Scott Rave, is pleased to
announce that the church
is beginning a new and
exciting church school
program on Sunday,
March 2. ;
The new material is
published by the David
Cook Publishing Co. It
brings life-shaping
lessons of the Bible into
today’s world. There are
crafts, puzzles, games,
posters, tapes and film
strips, all geared to
reinforce each lesson.
Every Sunday each
class will study a lesson
based on the same theme
but adapted for each
student’s age level. The
theme will change each
week and the children’s
closing exercises will
correspond with that
week’s theme.
Huntsville Christian
Church presently has
nursery up to and in
cluding three adult
classes. Persons are most
welcome to come and
participate in a class of
their choosing.
The Religious Con-
sultation Center of the
Sisters of Mercy in Dallas
will have a Lenten
Weekend Retreat March 7
through 9. The Retreat
will be held at Mercy
Center. It will begin on
Friday evening at 7:30
p.m. and end on Sunday at
noon.
$500 to the Cambodia
Relief Fund and $600 to
help sponsor a Lutheran
missionary.
Monthly meetings at St.
Paul’s are Church Council
first Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ;
Brotherhood, second
The directors of the
retreat will be Sisters
Constance Kozel, Cor
Mariae Mulhern, Jo Ann
Jones and Maureen
McCann. There is a fee of
$45 which includes room
and board. For more
information call Sister
Lucy at 675-2131.
Sunday at 7:30 p.m.;
Tuesday at
Committee Nite last
Tuesday at7:30 p.m. The
chapel and senior choirs
rehearse each Thursday
at 7 and 8 p.m.
The church school
classes of ‘the Prince of
Peace Episcopal Church
held their annual ‘seed
planting day’ on Sunday.
As in previous years, the
seeds should be flowers
for Easter Sunday and the
children will present each
person attending church
on Eastern with a flower
to take home. Chris
Sutton and Pat Wenrick
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are Church School
Superintendants.
Mid-week worship at
the Church during Lent
will be 10 a.m. Wednesday
mornings and 7:15 p.m.
Thursday evenings, both
celebrants of the
Eucharist. The Rev. John
S. Prater, rector, will
offer a series of talks on
the Lord’s Prayer after
these services.
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The regular meeting of
the Vestry will be held
Sunday, March 2 at 11:20
a.m. in the parish house
following morning wor-
ship service,
The Men’s Club will
meet on Sunday morning,
March 9, at 8:30 a.m. for a
breakfast meeting. The
Altar Guild will serve
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