Faith & Values

“Greatness is determined by service!” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Telling the story about the birth of Christ through the Live Journey to the Nativity has become a tradition for the Mechanic Grove Church of the Brethren.

The Lititz Moravian Church will present its traditional putz this holiday season.

Hanukkah 2023 starts after sundown tonight with a bittersweet taste for many local Jews.

This post has been updated to reflect a new time for the menorah lighting on Friday, Dec. 8. 

Lititz’s Moravian Church’s Candlelight Christmas services are popular. They’re so popular that the church hosts six of them – and requires tickets due to demand.

This article has been updated to correct the day of the week of Dec. 10. It is a Sunday.

About 100 faithful from across three major religions — Islam, Judaism and Christianity — gathered in East Hempfield Township on Thursday night to talk and listen following an unprecedented rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia in the United States since the October Hamas attack on Israel.

This Scribbler column was originally published on Nov. 24, 1992

This week’s Thanksgiving holiday gives us time to give thanks for good things in our lives, including safety, health, family, friends and community. Thanksgiving is a celebration of the things that bring us together, and I am thankful for everything that volunteers do in our community that b…