If your church is holding activities, whether on line or the radio, please let the OBSERVER know and we will run them. Please email editorial@observertoday.com with the information. Church of the Living Spirit The Church of the Living Spirit Services are on Facebook Live each Sunday at ...
The writer of the Book of Hebrews in the New Testament admonishes early Christians against “neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some,” emphasizing the importance of communal worship. It’s a charge that contemporary Christians are adapting to meet in the midst of the COVID-19 ...
If your church is holding activities, whether on line or the radio, please email editorial@observertoday.com with the information. Church of the Living Spirit The Church of the Living Spirit Services are on Facebook Live each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Various speakers will be announced at the ...
First Baptist Church is continuing to have Sunday morning services each week at 10 a.m. online. We are able to meet every Wednesday evening for prayer online using Zoom. Find us at www.Facebook.com/DunkirkBaptist or search “Dunkirk baptist” on YouTube.com. You can also watch or listen to ...
BUFFALO — With just more than two months left of Appeal 2020, Catholic Charities announced today that its annual campaign has tipped over the halfway mark. To date, the Appeal has raised $5,201,665.90, which is 52% of the $10 million goal. Over the past month, the Appeal has recorded an ...
It is well over a month, although it does seem longer, that our lives have been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are like me you’re getting tired of hearing so much about it, yet it is still a major influence in how we live each day. In such struggle we have a gracious God ...
With parishioners no longer gathering at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Jamestown, N.Y., during the COVID-19 pandemic and some dealing with lost jobs or reduced work hours, the Rev. Luke Fodor knows his parish will feel the financial effects of the crisis as much as anything else. “There ...
If your church is holding activities, whether on line or the radio, please let the OBSERVER know and we will run them. Please email editorial@observertoday.com with the information. Family Church Fredonia Cruise-in Church, Sundays 10 a.m. Fredonia Barker Common. For more information visit ...
Without truckers, UPS and Fed Ex, what would keep food on the shelves and other vital products delivered? They keep the lifelines of society from breaking down. You have to include the farmers on that one for sure. This is just the short list. It is helpful to thank them and especially the ...
Fredonia First United Methodist Church Fredonia First United Methodist Church will be holding our Easter Sunday service on our Facebook page this week, streaming live at 10 a.m. The web address is www.facebook.com/FredoniaFirstUnitedMethodistChurch, and it is not necessary to be a Facebook ...
We focus, rightfully so at this time, on Easter, the Resurrection, Jesus’ victory over sin, death and the devil, the joy that we are assured Jesus rose from the dead so that we may have eternal life in Him. Nothing brings us more peace than this truth of Christian faith, with everything we ...
JAMESTOWN — With chaos currently surrounding the daily lives of everyone in the country, the staff at the Hultquist Place Assisted Living Program in Jamestown have been making sure to provide a sense of normalcy for their residents whenever they can! While still maintaining social distance ...
In an effort to provide a way for congregation members and visitors to experience a worship service in a way that maintained safe boundaries for COVID-19 exposure, last week Family Church joined hundreds of churches across the nation in offering a drive in service. An FM transmitter ...
Appeal Sunday, a decades-long Palm Sunday tradition, would have played out in parishes across the Diocese of Buffalo this weekend. Volunteers would greet Mass attendees at the church vestibule or ensure they were encouraged by their Pastor to put their envelopes in the basket as it was passed. ...
GOWANDA — Hospice would like to thank Trinity United Church of Christ of Gowanda and the Degenfelder family for their generous donation of $2,727 in honor of Zack Degenfelder. Zack was a very strong and courageous boy, and a part of Hospice’s Essential Care for Children program. This ...
Catholic Charities of Buffalo is here to help as always, and the human service organization that serves the eight counties of Western New York is continuing to help those most in need with the most essential services, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some ways we are ...
Ways to worship The OBSERVER is not running its weekly church page during the current COVID-19 pandemic. If your church is holding activities, whether on line, the radio, or some other way, please let the OBSERVER know and we will run them Saturdays moving forward. Please email ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will celebrate Holy Week ceremonies in the confines of Vatican City, including a Good Friday Way of the Cross service on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica instead of at Rome’s Colosseum as customary. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vatican on ...
Only God knows how long we will continue in our presence situation. We already have faced cancelled plans, interrupted routines and the curtailing of much social interaction. At the worst we are hearing we may be dealing with the virus threat for months. Even in that time our situation is going ...
Editor’s note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the OBSERVER is not running its weekly church listing. Churches may send announcements about their services or events to editorial@observertoday.com. Holy Trinity Church radio Mass this weekend The Reverend Dan Walsh, pastor of Holy Trinity ...