NORWAY — The James “Harvey” Moore Memorial Volleyball Tournament to benefit Holy Spirit Catholic School will start at noon June 2 at The Thirsty Whale, 825 U.S. 2 in Norway. Those who knew “Harvey” were aware of his love for children, giving back to the community and sports. He had ...

NORWAY — Grace United Methodist Church of Norway will host a free community meal from 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the church hall. The menu will be ravioli in red sauce, meatballs, vegetable, dessert and beverages. There is no cost for dinner, but a donation basket is available for those who want ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Iron Mountain will again host the monthly special needs worship service at 4 p.m. on Sunday. All children and adults are invited for a time of songs, worship with Holy Communion, skits and fellowship. The church is at 1210 S. Kimberly ...

The Riverside United Methodist Women of Niagara, Wis., have been busy preparing for their rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, 1957 River St. in Niagara. Items for sale include good used clothing, housewares, furniture, sporting goods and artworks. A lunch of brats, ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The next area Car Care Clinic to help those in the region who need basic vehicle maintenance, especially single parents with limited money or resources, is scheduled for May 18. The effort is organized and supported by First United Methodist Church, Quinnesec United ...

Joyce Clement, left, and Debbie Poulson display some of the items that will be available at the First United Methodist Church’s annual sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, 106 Fourth St. in Iron Mountain. They also will have a bake sale. Free coffee will be provided. This ...

CRIVITZ, Wis. — Northwood’s Apostolic Church will observe the National Day of Prayer at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the John Schaffer Pavilion in Crivitz, Wis. This year’s National Day of Prayer theme is “Love One Another.” The Continental Congress had the first National Day of Prayer ...

A little boy, Johnny, and his sister, Sally, were visiting their grandparent’s farm. The boy took along his first slingshot he received as a gift. When he arrived, he went into the woods but found he was always missing his target. As he came back to grandma’s back yard, he spied her pet ...

About 50 years ago, I was helping out with the COR Weekend retreats for high school seniors. At the end of each retreat, we gave them a prayer card with a kitchen match on it. On the card, we had the following prayer: “Lord, see this match... it scares me. It scares me because of all the ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Iron Mountain will offer two free education programs for the public Wednesday, given by the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Michigan Chapter. “Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia” will be 10 to 11 a.m. and “Effective ...

We are told in Matthews Gospel that “Jesus moved to Capernaum.” Some might wonder why he would leave Nazareth and go to Capernaum in Galilee to begin his ministry. Besides fulfilling what the prophet Isaiah had said, there are some other good reasons for the move. Nazareth was an ...

Jesus returned to Cana, where he had made the water into wine. While he was there a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum came all the way to Cana to ask Jesus to come and heal his son. He begged Jesus to come back to Capernaum before his son died. Jesus told him to go back without ...

The Rev. Joseph O. Gouin Pastor American Martyrs Church Kingsford I recently read an article about lucky people taken from a national magazine. It began by pointing out that some people seem to get all the breaks in life. Then it mentioned that some people never seem to have such ...

Paul tells us in Corinthians: “Now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation!” “Now” is a very good word. Someone figured out that it occurs 1,355 times in the Bible. Now is a holy word, because it is where we meet God. When God appeared to Moses from a burning ...

Oliver Cromwell was a famous 17th-century British general and statesman. The story is told that once he had a full-length portrait painting made of himself. When the painting was finally finished, Cromwell saw that the artist had omitted some of the warts. The general told the artist to ...

We are told in Luke’s gospel that Jesus took Peter, James and John up a high mountain to pray. While there, they experience a special vision of a glorified Jesus meeting Moses and Elijah. It was such a great experience that Peter wanted to build three tents for them and said how good it was ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Iron Mountain extends an invitation to a special worship service at 4 p.m. Sunday. The new puppet stage will be utilized in an Easter program. Master puppeteers are Clara Anderson, Sophie Anderson and Anja Bradley. All are welcome to ...

I would like to share a true story that took place more than 40 years ago. I was making my weekly visits at the Menominee County Jail when I met an inmate who was a junior in high school. He asked if I could visit him again the following week. He had release time to go to school, so I made my ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church will again present its Good Friday service, “The Service of Tenebrae,” which means “darkness or shadows,” at 8 p.m. April 19. Tenebrae is a dramatic meditation on Christ's suffering through the eyes and ears of his disciples. ...

The motor of a woman’s car died just as the traffic light turned green. She desperately tried to restart it but couldn’t. A very impatient man behind her began honking his horn. Again and again, she tried to start her but no luck. Now the man was getting angry and was honking more ...