PALERMO – Faith Lutheran Church in Palermo is seeking donations for restoration of a basement/fellowship hall that was devastated by spring flooding. Faith Lutheran Church lost its basement to two spring flooding events. A culmination of large downpouring rains and equipment failure ...
In Lithuania, during the 50 years they were part of the Soviet Bloc, belief in God was seriously discouraged across the board so that Christianity began to fade from society. At the end of the occupation, an accredited Christian university, called LCC, was started by Lithuanians who had fled Lithuania at the beginning of the occupation. Many had settled in places like California, Chicago and Winnipeg. The school became well known because its program produced excellent employees and leaders. The general course requirements included Bible classes in an attempt to bring Christianity ...
A special concert event will be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Minot to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the kidnapping and murder of Matthew Shepard. The concert is a collaboration between Dakota Pro Musica, a professional choir based in Bismarck, and the Minot Chamber Chorale in Minot. The concert features “Considering Matthew Shepard,” a three-part fusion oratorio composed by Craig Hella Johnson, the renowned American composer and conductor based in Austin, Texas. The concerts will feature narrators and soloists Brittany Bearsheart and New York ...
Through the years I’ve had a growing interest in gardening. However, as I have gotten older, I’ve found it more difficult to crawl around on the ground doing that work. Thus, some years ago, my husband built a garden box so that I could stand to care for my plants. It’s not large, but it is wonderful! I love to add fresh soil each spring, prepare the rows and add the seeds, covering them gently and then giving them a good drink. I water faithfully and eventually little plants appear. I’m fascinated by God’s creation when I see how different each plant looks. There are ...
MADDOCK – On Sunday, Aug. 6, the JT Rice North Dakota Chapter of Pilots for Christ will be holding its 11th Annual Golf Ball Drop and Celebration Fly-in. Free golf ball drop tickets will be distributed on the day of the event. The event also will have an all-faith service, featured speakers, music and complementary lunch. Following the golf ball drop, there will be airplane rides and helicopter rides. The service starts at 10 a.m., with lunch and the ball drop to follow. The organization is anticipating an attendance of 250-300 for the celebration. The 3,000-foot concrete ...
FARGO -- A two-week visit through North Dakota holds profound significance to a student rabbi who is retracing the footsteps of his ancestor. Meyer Orenstein, of Brooklyn, New York, and Levi Shusterman, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, both student rabbis studying in Brooklyn, arrived in North ...
