Advent services will be held on Sundays and Wednesdays from Nov. 30 through Dec. 24 at the First Lutheran Church, 1701 19th St., Parkersburg. Sunday services are scheduled at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. and ...

This last day of November ends another calendar month and moves us closer to December 21, the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year, when we will be plunged into deeper darkness. Meanwhile, ...

"And what I say to you I say to all: Watch" (Mark 13:37). This verse is from the Gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic Gospels. The Gospel of Mark is attributed to St. Mark the Evangelist and is ...

A woman lights a candle on the first Sunday of Advent at Our Mother of Sorrows Church in Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 3, 2023, the start of the Advent season. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) “People will die of ...

The Sunday worship service starts at 10 a.m. The Rev. Amy Beth Durward de Macias will present the sermon titled “Sacred Space.” Both virtual and in-person Bible study is available. Coffee follows the ...

Ask almost anyone, anywhere, and they’ll tell you that 2025 has been a hard year. We’ve witnessed global wars, school shootings and an alarming rise in political violence. We’ve endured a ...

Sunday, Dec. 3, is the First Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Isaiah 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7; Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37. Today’s first reading, from Isaiah, rather ...

Senior Pastor Ian B. Reid of First Lutheran Church in Parkersburg lights the Advent candles prior to a Wednesday evening Compline service. These services will be held at 7 p.m. each Wednesday in ...

I made my first Communion when I was 8. I had waited long for it, was dressed up in a dress, veil and shoes, all of them white. I was ready for the big moment. Then, Msgr. Higgins gave the homily. He ...