Tag archive for ‘Thanksgiving’
Gathering of faiths join in Thanksgiving (0)
11/23/10 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Five grains of corn on an empty plate. That was how the first Thanksgiving feasts in the colonies began, symbolizing the famine of the first year, when the pilgrims were rationed five kernels of corn each per day. On Sunday, churches from Susquehanna County joined in an ecumenical service of Thanksgiving, held [...]
DeMann honored at Interfaith’s Thanksgiving (0)
11/23/10 •
BY STACI WILSON The annual Interfaith Thanksgiving dinner, held Nov. 18 at the Montrose Bible Conference, director Rachel Pratt paid homage to the woman who had planned the program in years past. Earlier this year, Shirley DeMann who worked at Interfaith, past away, Pratt said to the nearly 100 people gathered for dinner. Pratt said [...]