Dec 19, 2020
LIVE NATIVITY: Pleasant Valley Church, 2055 Pleasant Valley Church Road, Liberty, will host a Christmas drive-thru nativity 5 to 8 p.m. today.
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE: Corner House Christian Church, 6954 Chestnut Ridge Road, Hubbard, will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service 7 p.m. Thursday with a live nativity scene and Christmas caroling. There will be service in the sanctuary and for cars in the parking lot. Following the service, the traditional candle lighting will be held in the parking lot. Due to COVID-19 social distancing, the inside service will be by reservation. Call the church office at 330-534-4665.
DRIVE-IN SERVICE: Niles Christian Assembly, 672 North Road, will host a drive-in Christmas Eve service 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The service also will be online on the church’s Facebook page.
Dec 19, 2020
LIVE NATIVITY: Pleasant Valley Church, 2055 Pleasant Valley Church Road, Liberty, will host a Christmas light drive-thru nativity 5 to 8 p.m. today. The free event celebrates the birth of Jesus.
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE: Corner House Christian Church, 6954 Chestnut Ridge Road, Hubbard, will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service 7 p.m. Thursday with a live Nativity scene and Christmas caroling. There will be a service in the sanctuary and in the parking lot. Following the service, the traditional candle lighting will be held in the parking lot. Due to the COVID-19 social distancing, the inside service will be by reservation. Call the church office at 330-534-4665.
by Nancy Derringer
Rev. W.J. Rideout at an outdoor sermon in Roseville (File photo) With the expected approval this week of a second highly effective vaccine for Covid-19, a once-dim light at the end of a dark tunnel has grown significantly brighter. An end to the worldwide pandemic could be – fingers crossed – in sight. But that end will depend on how widely the vaccines are embraced by the public. And no subset of the public has more skin in the game than African Americans, particularly in Detroit. The Black community has suffered disproportionate numbers of cases and deaths. But they also have many reasons to be suspicious of a brand-new vaccine, sped through the approval process by a president they don’t trust. And such lethal medical malpractice as the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment is common knowledge.