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Dave and Patty Lage of Ankeny will be guest speakers at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Victory Fellowship Church in Brighton.The Lages will minister and have a healing service.

Several Fairfield and rural churches are planning special Holy Week and Easter events. Rural churchesPrairie View United Methodist Church, near the intersection of Highway 78 and Packwood Road, will have Palm Sunday worship, with Communion, followed by fellowship at 9 a.m. Sunday.Faith United Methodist Church in Libertyville will have a Parade of Palms at 11 a.m. Sunday. The church also will have a Tenebrae ...

Meeting an unknown person at the airport can produce a bit of anxiety. It evokes even more concern when arriving in a foreign country.A man and a woman met at a terminal water fountain.The woman commented, ?I am waiting for a renowned instructor to arrive. When he gets here, he is going to tell us about life with God.?The man smiled and said ?I am that instructor.?In her excitement, the woman left the ...

The Knights of Columbus final Friday Lenten fish fry is from 5:30-7 p.m. today at St. Mary Catholic Church parish hall.Dinner features a whole catfish for $9, or a grilled cheese at $5, and a baked potato, side dish, dessert and drink. Extra catfish is $5.

St Gabriel and All Angels Church welcomes The Right Rev. William Downey, regionary bishop for the province of the U.S., to preside over Easter Sunday services. Easter Sunday services will include the ordination of Jaimini Boender as a sub-deacon at the 9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist service.Holy Saturday service at 11 a.m. will include the ordination of Benjamin Boender in the minor order of acolyte, and baptisms and ...

Ollie Baptist Church is hosting the Bontrager Family Singers at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.The community is invited, a free will offering will be accepted.Ollie Baptist Church will hold its regular worship service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday.

Orchids have long been a symbol of love. Since selling so many of them in the floral department during Valentine?s Day, I thought that people who received them would like more information on how to care for them. I have to admit I didn?t know much about how to care for my own orchid.The golden rule for orchid success is to duplicate the plant?s natural conditions as closely as possible.In nature most orchids are ...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through April 7.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of April 8-14 printed in The Ledger April 5 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Wednesday. ABINGDON CHURCH OF CHRISTBrookville Road, AbingdonSunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m., service, 11 a.m. Wednesday: Bible study, 7 p.m. ANTIOCH ...

The family of Margaret Eshelman will be hosting an open house in honor of her 75th birthday from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the New Sweden Methodist Church near Lockridge.Mrs. Eshelman was a long-time employee of the Jefferson County Hospital.No gifts are requested.

Pete and Kathy Tollenaere of Fairfield will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary Sunday.Peter Tollenaere and Kathleen Taylor were married April 1, 1972, at the United Methodist Church in Manly.Pete Tollenaere was born and raised in Oak Park, Ill. He graduated from Oak Park/River Forest High School and earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Iowa State University in Ames. He worked ...

Cheyenne Anderson, A?lia Martin and Savannah Kelley all traveled to St. Louis with their Fairfield Art of Dance teacher Elizabeth Kelley to take their Cecchetti Grade 1 exam and passed with the highest marks possible. The Cecchetti Method offers a completely balanced and analyzed system of theory and execution for the planned development of the student from the first lesson to professional, solo status. Physicians...

This special 8-page section included with today?s edition of The Fairfield Ledger features classes and activities at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, as well as information about the Jefferson County Health Center?s cafe.Also, learn about the programs Cambridge Investment Research Inc. offers to promote employee health and how doctors hope to predict heart attacks.Click below to read the Health Beat ...