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Manka Family Ministries to perform at Minot Baptist Church

The Dan Manka Family will be at the Minot Baptist Church from Wednesday to Monday, July 9-14. All services will begin at 7 p.m. except the Sunday evening service will be at 6 p.m. The Manka Family Ministries is a conservative, evangelistic ministry. They have ministered in 42 states, Mexico, seven Native American reservations, on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, and in seven provinces of Canada. All five team members are currently or have been Christian school teachers, with about 85 years of experience combined. They offer preaching, puppetry, Christian drama, object ...

Reflections: Are we independent or dependent?

The plants that beautify our world depend on bees and butterflies to carry pollen from one flower to another. They also depend on sunshine, clean air, rich soil, water and weed removal so that they can grow tall and develop into the flowers, vegetables, grains, leaves, needles or fruit and nuts that they were created to do. After I had been out of town for a few days visiting my grandchildren, I checked the progress of my garden. I noticed that, even though I had put a trellis among the peas, they started reaching over to the carrot row for support. However, the carrot tops cannot ...

Area churches to celebrate legacy of former pastor

From the plains of North Dakota to pioneer leadership in urban ministry, Rev. Robert Polk’s journey is one of faith, resilience and transformative leadership. Polk, 97, a former Minot YMCA youth director in the 1950s, will be returning this month to revist former congregations and take ...

Church rummage sale on June 7

Minot’s Congregational Church at 430 N. Broadway, will hold its annual church rummage sale on Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Almost everything will be free-will offering, with proceeds going to church missions.

Reflections: Walking in darkness leads to falls

I came home from a meeting one evening in the middle of March, hung up my coat and headed across the dark living room when suddenly I faceplanted. As I got off the floor and headed to get some ice, I felt something trickle down my cheek. I touched my face and found blood. I grabbed some paper towel to clean my face and to wrap around an ice cube that I applied to my eye. Then I headed to the bathroom to survey the apparent damage. I saw that the bleeding came out of a split in the skin. Immediate swelling of the eyelid indicated that a black eye was a sure thing. Even my glasses were so ...

Students witness papal announcement

ROME – Two Minot students at the University of Mary participated in one of the most significant events of the Catholic Church on Thursday as they joined the thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Rome to witness the announcement of the election of a new pope. Jordn Wolsky, ...