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Mayor Rosas presents Salvation Army with $7,000 grant

City of Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas presents Major Christina Ramirez of the Salvation Army a $7000 grant award to support the Salvation Army Emergency Food Pantry program. These federal grant funds are provided through the City of Dunkirk’s Community Development Block Grant program with the ...

Religion briefs

Church of the Living Spirit This week’s speaker is LucindaWilson. The Registered Medium is Alice Spring. Church services are held every Sunday in the Assembly Hall on Cleveland Avenue in Lily Dale. Service time is 10:30 a.m. to noon and consists of a spiritual talk, a hands-on healing, a message demonstration, music, meditation and prayer. The public is invited to attend and there is no gate fee through June. Visit the website at www.livingspiritlilydale.org and/or the Facebook page for more information concerning church services. Services at Universal Unity of Spirit ...

Group news

Blessed Mary Angela Holy Name Society The Blessed Mary Angela Holy Name Society will have its first “Friend Raiser” of the year on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The first event will be a chicken, mashed potato and biscuit dinner served at the Parish Social Center at 324 Townsend St., Dunkirk. Dinner will be served starting at 4:30 p.m. and will be served until 6 p.m. There will be a drive through take-out service available, or join us and eat in the newly-refreshed Social Center with new tables, chairs, floor and a fresh coat of paint! The donation for this dinner is only $10. Tickets are ...

First ever ‘Church Tours of Forestville’ during Fall Festival

FORESTVILLE — Churches have long been the pillars in communities throughout history, and their presence is still an unmistakable landmark, usually the tallest structure with a steeple towering to the Heavens directing our attention to the greatness from above. Imagine Forestville is excited to announce, the first ever in Forestville, “Church Tours of Forestville” on Saturday, Oct. 5 from noon to 5 p.m. during the Forestville Fall Festival weekend. Three churches will have their doors open to invite and welcome visitors to come and learn the history of the early settlers who ...

A brief look at angels

Sunday, September 29, is celebrated in the Church Year as St. Michael and All Angels Day. This day in the life of the Church is focused on the divinely ordained work of the angels and archangels. Although there are countless angels at work in the service of God, few are known to us by name. The archangel Michael is one of two who are specifically named in both the Old and the New Testaments. Michael’s name means “who is like God.” Michael is given the greatest of assignments in striving on behalf of God’s people and commanding the legion of heavenly beings. The Old Testament ...

Jackson Center participating in international peacemaker event

First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo is initiating opportunities the first week of October to meet a leading voice for peace, and to gather as a community with the common goal of promoting harmony and good will. Rev. Thang Van Lian, a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar, will visit ...