Section: Worship
VHS Band Performs At Newark Cathedral
If you need inspiration today, this just might be it. On Wednesday, April 11, the Verona High School concert band performed at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. The concert was part of the cathedral’s professional concert series, “Wednesdays at Noon”. The Verona concert band was the first non-professional group to be [...]
Easter 2012
Calvary Lutheran Church will welcome Easter with a contemporary service at 8:30 a.m., Easter Breakfast at 9:30 and a traditional service at 10:45. The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit has Easter Sunday services at 9:30 a.m. Before the service, the children of the congregation dig up a banner with the word “Alleluia”, which they [...]
Ecumenical Outlook: Fundamentalism And The ‘Can-Do’ Spirit
Fundamentalists know too much. They can tell you exactly what God has told them. They know the “truth” at least as they perceive the truth through their faith. For the rest of us, moments that we are with God allow us to understand how little we know about God. God experiences make the world bigger [...]
Holy Week At First Presbyterian
Palm Sunday services at First Presbyterian Church will be Sunday, April 1 at 10:15 a.m. and will include waving of palms, hosannas and praises by the Praise and Senior Choirs under the direction of Charlotte Cunningham. Becky Vega will present a flute prelude and accompany the choirs. As a tradition, the congregation will join the [...]
Holy Week For Kids At Holy Spirit
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit has over 15 services planned for Holy Week, including two just for children. On Good Friday, April 6, the church will hold its annual Stations of the Cross for children at 10 a.m. With their parents, children can carry the cross, touch the nails, feel the crown of [...]
Presbyterian Church Fish & Chips Dinner
The First Presbyterian Church of Verona, located at 10 Fairview Avenue, is hosting its annual Fish and Chips dinner on Friday, April 13. The cost of this popular event is $15. for a full portion or $10 for a half portion dinner with a choice entrée of fish or chicken. The food is once again [...]
First Presbyterian Offers Thanks For Homeless Outreach
To the Editor, First Presbyterian Church, Verona, recently provided housing at our church for three families that were temporarily without a place to live because of financial hardship. These three families comprised 13 people and nine children.We would like to thank the Church of the Holy Spirit and Congregation Beth Ahm, as well as Eight [...]
Lenten Pancake Supper At Holy Spirit
Kick off Lent the old-fashioned way next Tuesday evening, February 21, with a traditional pancake supper at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit. The church, which is located across the street from the HBW field on Gould Street, will have pancakes and sausages with Mardi Gras trimmings, fellowship and fun for all ages. Dinner [...]
First Presbyterian Sends Shoes To Mozambique
Shoes collected this fall for SolesFor Jesus at the First Presbyterian Church recently arrived in Mozambique. People stood on line for two days to get one of the over 500 pairs of sturdy shoes donated by the Verona community. The shoes filled 27 boxes and weighed over 600 pounds. The new footwear not only protects [...]
OLL To Screen Movie On Drilling Danger To Water Supply
In Verona, we are lucky to have an abundant source of clean, safe drinking water. But the quality of water in many states to our west has suffered since a natural gas drilling process was exempted from the Safe Water Drinking Act. Now some companies want to use that drilling process–known as “fracking”–in the Delaware [...]