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Digging deep: Family roots are easy to find at the FamilySearch Center
MOSES LAKE — Figuring out family roots and heritage can be a daunting task, but there is help out there for those …
Jehovah’s Witnesses to gather in Tri-Cities
KENNEWICK — The 2024 convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses will be held at Toyota Center in Kennewick the weekends of Aug. 23-25 and Aug. 30-Sept. 1, according to an announcement from Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Prayer space: Moses Lake’s first mosque moves into renovated church building
MOSES LAKE — The former church building at Third Avenue and Elm Street is once again a house of worship, as the Moses Lake Islamic Center. “In central Washi…
‘78 years of prayers’
EPHRATA – After more than 70 years, Ephrata’s Memorial Christian Church will soon shut down after decades of service to the community, Pastor Don Dunn and chur…
Clergy members could become mandatory reporters of child abuse
OLYMPIA – When Sen. Noel Frame, D-Seattle, learned how Jehovah’s Witness elders in Spokane had covered up child sexual abuse for years, she looked to the law for answers.
Moses Lake Presbyterian marks 115 years Sunday
MOSES LAKE — The roots of Moses Lake Presbyterian Church run deep, a fact that the church will celebrate Sunday with a special service on its 115th birthday.
Immanuel Lutheran Church bell to be rededicated
MOSES LAKE — Immanuel Lutheran Church’s bell will ring out again Sunday. The bell has been out of commission for several years, said Pastor Walter Klockers.…
New Fatima Center opens
MOSES LAKE — Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for its new Fatima Center on Sunday at 210 N. Dale Road in Moses …
Moses Lake clergy, community leaders gather for Mayor's Prayer Breakfast
MOSES LAKE — It’s been three years since the city’s clergy and its public officials have been able to gather for the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. This year tho…
State income tax rejected by workgroup
OLYMPIA — Washington residents will not be paying state income taxes any time soon if the state legislature listens to the recommendation of a group created to…
Rev. Klockers: If a person has just one job to do, can they get it right?
In the sport of American football, there is an on-field position called the long snapper.
Rev. Klockers: Has Christ called us to become more intelligent?
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (Matthew 5:9)
Sometimes you need ‘risk management,’ tree well
A Geo Metro is really an egg with a stick shift and little toy wheels, not fit for the mountains.
I once met a unicorn
In 1 Corinthians 12: 4-7, Paul says: “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there …
Blessing the waters
Father Paul Moses Jaroslaw, the priest overseeing the Moses Lake Orthodox Fellowship, prepares to hurl a cross into the frigid waters of Moses Lake on Saturday…
A surprising lesson learned through the habits of cats
Mark 1: 16-17 says, “As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. And Jesu…