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Farm Fest on tap BLOOMINGDALE — The County Road 39 Farm Fest has scheduled its 2026 Summer Bash & Cruise-In for Sunday, June 14 at Pinkerton Gross Farm, 775 County Road 39/Unionport Road, Bloomingdale. There will be a pancake breakfast and vendors on site from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the cruise-in slated for noon to 3 p.m. All-American Burger Co. and Vandy’s Sugar Shack also will be on site. Entertainment will include DJ Cool Bobby C and other guests. Weirton cleanup set WEIRTON — The City of Weirton’s annual spring cleanup, available to current city sanitation customers, ...

Church sermon topics

• Bell Chapel UMC: "It Doesn't Matter" • Cadiz Presbyterian Church: "He Set Me Free!" • Cove Presbyterian Church: "Mary at the Tomb" • Finley Church: "Take Another Look," 10:45 a.m.; there will be no 6 p.m. service • First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Weirton: “He Is Risen!" • Harmony Church of Mingo Junction: "From Faith to Certainty" • Memorial Baptist Church: "What's the Big Deal?" • St. Paul's Church: Easter Sunday service, 9:30 a.m. • St. Stephens Episcopal Church: "Alleluia, Christ is Risen!"; Great Vigil of Easter Saturday, 5:30 p.m. ...

Hope still lives in our hearts

Most authorities agree that a missionary, Mr. Roberts, first introduced the lovely Bermuda Easter lily, which so many of us enjoy today. Many of the Easter lilies which symbolize the Resurrection in churches everywhere are Bermuda lilies. Thousands and thousands of lily bulbs and stems are exported from Bermuda each year. They were first introduced to Bermuda about 1850 when Mr. Roberts, whose ministry coincides with that date, was returning home from Japan. The lily is a native of Japan — the Ryukyu Islands to be exact, a chain of islands stretching from the south of Japan to Formosa. ...

God’s word is forever

As a preacher, pastor and evangelist, I have endeavored to do what the Apostle Paul told his “son in the Gospel,” Timothy to do, which was simply to “preach the Word.” I am referring to II Timothy 4:2-3: “Preach the Word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;” However, today I am not only going to “preach the Word,” I am going to speak, or should I say write, ...

Community briefs

Steubenville Library announces Bookmobile stops The Steubenville Library's Bookmobile will be at the following location at the following times this week: Monday, March 30 9:30-10:30 Stanton Elementary Tuesday, March 31 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Prime Time, Richmond Wednesday, April 1 8:00 a.m. Home Deliveries, drop-off 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Mingo Senior Center Thursday, April 2 10:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m. Our Place 50+ 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Nazarene Church, Longvue Street in Wintersville 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Murphy Park, Plum Street in Steubenville Friday, April 3 12:00 ...

Church sermon topics

• Bell Chapel United Methodist Church: "You Are" • Cadiz Presbyterian Church: "A Path is Chosen" • Cove Presbyterian Church: "Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord" • Finley Church: 10:45 a.m.: "A Heart That Burns;" 6 p.m.: People's Praise Night • First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Weirton: "The Surprising Kingdom" • Harmony Church of Mingo Junction: "Mission Possible" • Memorial Baptist Church: "Hosanna" • St. Paul's Church, Steubenville: Palm Sunday service, 9:30 a.m.; Maundy Thursday service, 10 a.m.; Good Friday service, 10 a.m.; ...