Church

New pastor is 'out' and about Appreciates the activist history of congregation By Diane Smith Record-Courier staff writer Since its humble beginnings when abolitionist John Brown lectured the congregation for not being fervent enough in its opposition...  Read Story. (1 comment)

'Oh the Places You'll Go' spiritually with Dr. Seuss By Joseph White Associated Press When "Horton Hears a Who," is there a sermon to be heard? What about "The Cat in the Hat" and "The Lorax"? Are those characters metaphors for Christ? And "Oh, the...  Read Story.

Christ Episcopal Church, 118 S. Mantua St. in Kent, recently observed the tradition of Rogation Sunday, the old English church festival when Christians would solemnly walk the boundaries around their churches, praying for the church's ministries and...  Read Story.

Diocese to honor married couples The Office of Pro-Life, Marriage and Family ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown will sponsor two wedding anniversary celebrations to honor couples who are observing their 25th, 40th, 50th or over anniversaries...  Read Story.

Church honors Moms, Pentecost The United Methodist Church of Kent, 1435 E. Main St., Kent, will celebrate the "Festival of the Christian Home" in honor of Mother's Day and Pentecost Sunday. The chldren's choir will sing, and youth will give Mother's Day...  Read Story.

Boys choir to sing the Earth green The Ohio Boys Choir will hold a concert, "Sing the Earth Green" at First United Methodist Church, 263 Mill St., Akron at 7 p.m. Saturday. The music will explore stewardship over God's earth and is free. For...  Read Story.

Revival this week in Brady Lake BRADY LAKE -- Brady Lake Baptist Church, 6296 Cox Ave., will host a revival featuring the Rev. Robert Webb. Services will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. All are invited to hear from the special guests...  Read Story.

Revival services set in Ravenna Old-fashioned revival services will be held at Ravenna Freewill Baptist Church, 1000 Park Ave., Ravenna from Monday through May 16. Services will be held at 7 p.m. nightly with Evangelist Junior Angle of Rittman speaking...  Read Story.

Gospel meetings set in Streetsboro The Streetsboro Church of Christ is hosting a gospel meeting from Sunday through Thursday. The speaker will be Dan Kessinger from the Dewey Avenue Church of Christ in St. Marys, W.Va. Sunday services will include...  Read Story.

Psychic fair Saturday in Kent The First Spiritualist Church of Kent, 146 E. Oak St., Kent, will host a psychic fair from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. The event will include a Reiki master healer, a 50/50 raffle and food. Readings are $15 for 15...  Read Story.

New church aims to unite 'Biblecostal' congregation moves to a new building By Diane Smith Record-Courier religion editor ROOTSTOWN -- A new "Biblecostal" church has been established in town, and its pastor hopes to reach out to the community. "We want...  Read Story.

Grant and Sally to sing Sunday Grant and Sally Ministries, a full-time Christian music duo based in Loudonville, will present two programs of musical praise Sunday. The first will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Freedom United Methodist Church on S.R. 700,...  Read Story.

Scholars compete in Bible Bowl The Streetsboro Church of Christ participated in a Bible Bowl competition on the Old Testament books of Ruth and Esther and the New Testament books of I and II Timothy recently. The competition was hosted by the Alkire...  Read Story.

Trinity choirs to present concert The choirs at Trinity Lutheran Church, 600 S. Water St., Kent, will present a concert at 4 p.m. Sunday. The concert will feature anthems for all seasons of the year by composers John Ness Beck and John...  Read Story.

Signs, wonders conference topic WINDHAM -- Shepherd's Joy Ministries, 9445 1/2 Annette Drive, will host a "Signs, Wonders and Miracles" conference at 7 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The event will feature the evangelistic team of Mariann Wolf and...  Read Story.

Church to 'leave the building' ROOTSTOWN -- Passion Community Church is observing "The Church Has Left the Building Sunday" this week. Members will meet at 11 a.m. at the Boys and Girls Club in Ravenna to paint some rooms for the group. The church has...  Read Story.

Missionaries to visit Atwater Nativdad and Cora Delarca will be at the First Baptist Church in Atwater, 6498 Waterloo Road at 10 a.m. Sunday. The Delarcas have been missionaries to Honduras for the last 30 years and have established 19 churches in...  Read Story.

Kent children to present play The two youth choirs of the Kent United Church of Christ, 1400 E. Main St., Kent, will present their spring musical, "God with a Capital G" during the 10:30 a.m. service Sunday. The topic of the musical is taken from 1...  Read Story.

Prayer breakfast set on Saturday The Ravenna Kiwanis Prayer Breakfast will be held at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the First Church of God, 237 New Milford Road,...  Read Story.

Gospel singing is set on Sunday Kent Freewill Baptist Church, 7013 Diagonal Road, will host Southern gospel singing at its 11 a.m. service Sunday. The "Tennessee Melody Boys" will be the featured...  Read Story.