Howard Reiter gave the Communion Meditation at Sunday’s Colony Christian Church service. Many times we are ungrateful for what God has given us and want more, he noted. We feel that God owes us. He…

Larry Wittmer gave the Communion Meditation, “Traveling with Gratitude.” When we travel, many children and even adults start bickering, get crabby and are impatient. An attitude of gratitude doesn’t come easy. The Israelites grumbled all…

“Bad Guys of the Last Days” was the title of Pastor Steve Traw’s Sunday message, taken from Revelation Chapter 13. This chapter introduces the Antichrist symbolized by a wild beast, rising out of the sea.…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Pastor Steve Traw’s message Sunday, “Heaven and Earth at War,” was taken from Revelation Chapter 12.    The woman in Revelation 12:1 is an apocalyptic symbol which symbolizes Israel, the nation that…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church The Rev. Tom Bevard, founder and director of Iola-based Freedom Ministries, was guest speaker Sunday. He used Luke 5:1-11 Sunday as Scripture reference for his message, “The Greatest is Love.” In our…

COLONY — Darren McGhee gave the Communion meditation Sunday at Colony Christian Church. He compared Jesus’s life and death to that of farming. Jesus knew the scriptures (preparing the soil); He prepared His disciples (planting…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Rita Sanders opened a special music program Oct. 26 by introduced the Christian Strings, a nine-member group comprised of ladies from three churches and four communities. The group performed a number of…

COLONY — Bruce Symes gave the Communion meditation at Sunday’s Colony Christian Church service, a story from Richmond, Va., in 1866. The priest wasn’t allowed to serve Communion to only one person at a time.…

Howard Reiter gave the Communion meditation at Colony Christian Church Sunday, “In His Hands.” How big is the cosmos? How many stars are there? We may never know, Reiter said, but God knows each of…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Pastor Steve Traw’s message Sunday was “Worthy is the Lamb,” taken from Revelation, Chapter 5. The chapter details why we bring our praise to God, Creator and Redeemer of humankind. Myrna Wildschuetz…