Ellwood City Ledger
ELLWOOD CITY It s true, the borough s Arts, Crafts, Food and Entertainment Festival will not happen this year, but an important summer ritual still will.
Ellwood City s annual firework display, typically part of the the festival line up, will go on, despite the committee s decision last Tuesday to cancel the main event due to concerns over COVID-19. An exact date, time and location for the fireworks has yet to be decided, but they re tentatively planned for 10 p.m. on July 2,3 or 4. We are still ironing out the exact details, said Eric Rayner, the chairman of the fireworks subcommittee, noting that final decisions should be made in the next couple of weeks. It s just about working with the borough and Zambelli (Fireworks).
Lawton churches, motel partner to shelter homeless from snow
Motel, churches shelter homeless from winter storms By Cheyenne Cole | February 15, 2021 at 6:39 PM CST - Updated February 15 at 6:39 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - Two Lawton churches and a motel teamed up to make sure 18 homeless people had safe, warm shelter from the freezing temperatures Sunday and Monday night.
Word Alive Church and Lovesick Ministries partnered with the Castle Inn and Suites for the project.
Sheridan Garcia from Word Alive posted on Facebook to ask if anyone knew people who needed shelter.
Mary Solenberg from Lovesick Ministries said their organization provides hot meals and clothes for the homeless on a weekly basis, so they knew plenty of people.
Tulsa church donates $250,000 to Lawton church to pay off debts
Tulsa church donates to Lawton church By Cheyenne Cole | January 10, 2021 at 5:50 PM CST - Updated January 10 at 5:50 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - In December, Transformation Church in Tulsa donated $250,000 to Word Alive Church in Lawton to use to pay off debt and to help community members.
Last summer, Pastors Elijah and Sheridan Garcia set a goal for World Alive Church and its congregates: become debt-free by the end of 2020.
The husband and wife duo said they didn’t know how they would do it. Then one night in December, Sheridan woke up with a feeling she couldn’t shake. She knew she needed to submit a Crazy Faith Card to Transformation Church in Tulsa.