One of the best loved Christmas movies of all time is “It’s a Wonderful Life,” starring James Stewart and Donna Reed. Miss Reed was born on a farm near Denison, Iowa, and graduated from Denison High School. We lived in Iowa for about ten years and visited Denison on several occasions. At the…
DURAND — There won’t be a shortage of activities Saturday at Grace Lighthouse Pentecostal Church of God Saturday.
OWOSSO — Owosso First Church of the Nazarene, 1865 M-52, is sponsoring a Parent Coaching Retreat.
LAINGSBURG — The First Baptist Church is welcoming a new pastor this week, and he wants the community to come and check out a service.
OAKLEY — The Oakley Community Church, 327 S. Main St., is hosting its annual Summerfest and picnic in the church parking lot at 2 p.m. Sunday.
OWOSSO — The Owosso Free Methodist Church is hosting a jamboree from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2.
OWOSSO — Coram Deo Academics, a Christian homeschool co-op for the Owosso and Perry areas, is now open for registration for the 2022-23 school year.
OWOSSO — First Baptist Church of Owosso welcomed a new lead pastor this month who hopes to increase community outreach.
OWOSSO — A group for those experiencing grief for a loved one will begin Sept. 7 at Owosso First Church of the Nazarene, 1865 S. M-52 in Owosso.
PERRY — Graham Church, 7320 W. Beard Road, will be hosting its 2022 Free Special Needs Harvest Festival from 3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 18.
OWOSSO — Five local churches are teaming up to hold a vacation bible school for children at The Armory.
OWOSSO — The second concert of the SUMMERPraise! series will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Mitchell Amphitheater. The group Three Bridges will return to Owosso for the third time.
A case manager came into my wife’s hospital room while she was still in ICU, and not even close to being discharged, to talk with us about discharge procedure. It seems her release from the hospital was being planned almost from the time of her admission.
OWOSSO — The gospel music concert series SUMMERPraise will open at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Mitchell Amphitheater, 225 N. Water St. in Owosso.
OWOSSO — The jamboree scheduled for tonight at Owosso Free Methodist Church, 1429 N. Chipman St., has been canceled due to the holiday weekend.
OWOSSO — The Owosso First United Methodist Church, 1500 N. Washington St., will hold its Vacation Bible School from June 27-30.
OWOSSO — The Owosso Free Methodist Church is hosting a jamboree Friday and the public is welcome to attend to enjoy music and fellowship.
OWOSSO — The St. John’s United Church of Christ Food Pantry and the Shiawassee Hunger Network will be distributing food from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday.
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OWOSSO —Owosso First Congregation Church (United Church of Christ), 237 N. Washington St., is holding a community prayer event at noon May 5 at Fayette Square for National Prayer Day.
OWOSSO — Community Christian Singles is hosting an “evening of musical entertainment and fellowship” Saturday, according to a press release.
CORUNNA — The Corunna Church of the Nazarene, 230 N. Woodworth St., is inviting gospel lovers to a Stronghold Quartet concert at 5 p.m. May 1.
OVID — A Chili Cook-off will take place at 4 p.m. Saturday at the United Church of Ovid.
OWOSSO — Owosso Musicale is inviting the community to attend its monthly program Sunday at First Congregational Church (UCC), 327 N Washington St. The performance stars at 3 p.m., with a membership meeting at 2:30 p.m.
LAINGSBURG — Laingsburg United Methodist Church is getting “messy” in its efforts to bring people back to church now that life is returning to normal.
Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, spent a great deal of time with the Bible. He undoubtedly read it carefully and, like so many others before him and after him, decided which parts he would accept and which parts he would reject.
OWOSSO — After starting with a dozen members meeting in living rooms a little more than a year ago, Convergent Church will launch to the public on Easter Sunday.
OWOSSO TWP. — A new “disaster relief warehouse” has been completed at Redeemer Lutheran Church.
OWOSSO — First Church of Christ, 585 E. North Street, will host “Christ in the Passover: A Presentation” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Have you noticed that some people are prone to criticism? They’re like the church board member who could not make it to the quarterly meeting. He informed the pastor of his impending absence and then explained: “But, just know this, Pastor. Whatever comes before the board, I’m against it!”
OWOSSO — The Owosso Free Methodist Church is holding a jamboree April 29 and the public is welcome to attend.
DURAND — The next St. Mary Outreach Food Pantry distribution will take place April 9 at 700 Columbia Drive in Durand
St. Patrick was not originally Irish. At least, not by birth.
CALEDONIA TWP. — Community Christian Singles is holding multiple events in Owosso this month.
Shots rang out as President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton on March 31, 1981. John Hinckley, standing behind a rope line on the sidewalk fifteen feet from the president, had raised a .22 caliber blue steel revolver and fired six times in 1.7 seconds. All six shots missed the…
OWOSSO — Redeemer Lutheran Church will be showing the movie “Sabina: Tortured for Christ, the Nazi Years” at 1 p.m. Saturday.
When Thomas Jefferson was president, he and a group of companions were traveling across the country on horseback. They came to a river that was swollen because of recent rains. Each of the riders had no choice but to ford the river on horseback.
BANCROFT — Bancroft United Methodist Church is inviting the community for doughnuts, coffee and conversation on Fat Tuesday.
President’s Day is just around the corner, always the third Monday in February, by decree of Congress.
OWOSSO — St. John’s United Church of Christ and the Shiawassee Hunger Network Food Pantry will be distributing food on from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday.
DURAND — The next St. Mary Outreach Food Pantry distribution will take place Feb. 26.
The oldest known valentine still in existence today can be found in the British Museum in London. Charles, Duke of Orleans, wrote a poem to his wife in 1415 while imprisoned in the tower of London.
OWOSSO — The community is invited to attend a musical performance at 3 p.m. Sunday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2510 N. M-52 in Owosso.
At the edge of town as one enters Markle, a small community in northeast Indiana, is a sign that boasts: “Welcome to Markle: Home of 1,102 Happy People and Four ‘Grouches.’”
Everybody needs a friend. We all do better if we don’t have to slog through our difficulties all alone.
OWOSSO — The demolition of the old St. Paul School and convent buildings has begun.
In July 1973, our family moved to Dover, Delaware, where I assumed a pastorate. Joe Biden had been elected U.S. senator from that state the previous fall. Sometime in our first year, then-Senator Biden returned to the state to make a speech. As I recall, the event was held at a high school f…
The late author and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar said, “You cannot make the situations in life, but you can tailor make the attitudes to fit those situations before they arise.”
OWOSSO — The public is invited to enjoy fellowship and good music Friday at the Owosso Free Methodist Church.
I read recently about Good Riddance Day, an event sponsored by an organization in New York City. It is patterned after a Latin American custom in which “New Year’s revelers stuffed dolls with objects representing bad memories before setting them on fire.”
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