SILVER CREEK — The fragrance of freshly harvested grapes greeted those in attendance for the Blessing of the Grapes at Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Silver Creek on Thursday morning, Sept. 13. The Rev. Dan Fiebelkorn led a prayer of gratitude for the local grape harvest over crates of ...

The Fifth Annual “Blessing of the Animals” in recognition of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment will be held in Lily Dale on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 2 p.m. at the Wolf Clan Stump Circle on Cleveland Avenue. This outdoor service is sponsored by the Church ...

We have all heard of news stories about comfort dogs brought in to calm people after tragedies, times of great stress, or to offer a calming influence to an otherwise difficult time. Launched in 2008, Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) in Northbrook, Illinois, began K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry ...

Christ Community Church (CCC), 219 Berry Road, Fredonia, recently welcomed Pastor Al Detter as their new interim pastor. Pastor Al graduated from the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, IL; Dallas Seminary, Dallas, TX; and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL. Married to Marie ...

The First Presbyterian Church, 49 S. Portage St., Westfield, has announced the schedule of Harvest Dinners for this coming autumn. The dinners will be held on Fridays from Sept. 28 through Oct. 26 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. All adult dinners are $11 and children ages 10 and under are $5. All meals ...

By REV. TRAVIS S. GRUBBS We talk a lot about faith. Faith means basically to trust. In relation to God we are called to have faith / to trust Him in two ways. First is “saving faith.” That is, we trust that God has accomplished all that is needed for the forgiveness of all our sins and ...