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Christmas Eve service
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will host a Christmas Eve Parking Lot Service at 6 p.m., Dec. 24. The service will include a meditation from the Rev. Seth Stout, singing, and the lighting of battery-operated candles. All are welcome. Park in the lot at 1127 Beatty Ave., and please plan to remain in your vehicles for the duration of the service.
Lakeland Parish
Lakeland Parish (Freeport, Mount Carmel & West Chester) United Methodist Church is hosting a Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m., Dec. 24, in the parking lot of the Freeport Press - by the town square.
Margaret Been Hull passed away on Dec. 14, 2020, in Greenville South Carolina.
She was born May 27, 1925, to Nellie Emily Daetwyler Been and Oath Washington Been in Pickens.
“I lived to teach. My family was my life.” Margaret gave a love that was selfless and valued her family above all else. She valued education, hard work, lifelong learning and left an imprint on family, friends and students. Margaret graduated from Pickens High School, received her B.S. degree in elementary education from West Virginia Wesleyan, and her Master of Science degree in early childhood education from the University of Delaware. From the age of 6, Margaret knew she wanted to teach and was able to live out her dream. In 1944, she taught in a one-room schoolhouse in Silica. In 1963, she moved her family to Delaware to teach first grade. For 8 years during her teaching career, she supervised student teachers for the University of Delaware. In 1999, she moved to Greenville, South Carolina to be closer
In October, the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) Board of Commissioners voted 5-4 against the agency commencing negotiations with their preferred co-developer for Greenleaf Gardens. By that following month, however, the Board voted 5-4 in favor, enabling the agency to move forward with the Exclusive Right to Negotiate (ERN) with that co-developer. What made the difference?
Largely, the agency’s efforts in the interim to reengage the community and its stakeholders on the status of the project and the roadmap ahead, which represented a welcome pivot from how engagement has gone up to this point. Here’s how the redevelopment process went from conceptual to doable.
by Erin Dunigan for the Presbyterian Foundation | Special to Presbyterian News Service
The Rev. Kyle Nolan was ordained Nov. 1 as a ministry relations officer serving the Presbyterian Foundation. (Contributed photo)
JEFFERSONVILLE, Indiana â The Rev. Kyle Nolan is the Presbyterian Foundation’s newest ministry relations officer, serving the Upper Midwest Region, which includes North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
He was ordained to the position by the Presbytery of Lake Michigan on November 1.
The Foundation’s team of ministry relations officers help congregations and ministries create a culture of generosity, offering seminars and workshops, developing gifts and fundraising plans for ministries, and providing coaching to finance, stewardship and endowment committees.
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