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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Three weeks after the Franklin County YMCA submitted its permit to demolish the Zion Korean Church, the Historical Commission voted unanimously to declare the 182-year-old church historically significant and hold a public hearing before a...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

For one night and one night only, the First Congregational Church of Ashfield will be hosting a performance of “To Serve A Hive,” a queer political thriller and a climate crisis drama set in a beehive.Changing climates, dwindling resources, and an...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — All Souls Church is participating in the statewide Spirit of Reparations Film Series, hosting a screening of “The Cost of Inheritance” on Sunday.Residents are invited to the church at 399 Main St. from 5 to 9 p.m. Doors open at 4:45 p.m...

By AMALIA WOMPA

LEYDEN — Due to a lack of participation, the Leyden United Methodist Church has decided to sell its booth at the Franklin County Fairgrounds.The Leyden United Methodist Church booth has been a fixture at the Franklin County Fair, held each September,...

By VIRGINIA RAY

Benjiman Durfee, the newest pastor at Trinity Church in Shelburne Falls, “tried to ignore the call” to ministry for years, but his college job as director of music ministry at the First United Methodist Church in Westfield changed that.A native of...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Since 1824, the First Church of Deerfield has operated out of its brick building at 71 Old Main St., welcoming Deerfield residents inside with an offer of peace and community.Now, the church is inviting the public to celebrate the 200th...

By CHRIS LARABEE

To mark the end of the fall leg of the Brick Church Music Series’ 2024-25 season, folks are invited to two days of classical music with the traditional Sunday afternoon concert, as well as a follow-up masterclass with the performers the next day.The...

By THE REV. DAVID JONES

I’ve been re-reading “The Prophetic Imagination,” a classic by biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann. In it he talks about the prophetic ministry of churches as being the result of two essential ingredients.The first ingredient is that a church must...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — The demolition permit application for the former Zion Korean Church was rejected by the city’s building commissioner this week due to the application’s incomplete status.In an Oct. 3 letter sent to Western Mass Demolition Corporation,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

The Brick Church Music Series returns to Old Deerfield this weekend, as the annual concert series welcomes folks for an organ concert on Sunday.The series begins its 2024-25 season on Sunday, Sept. 22, as it presents award-winning organist Aaron Tan...

GREENFIELD — The new music ministry team at the Second Congregational Church of Greenfield — made up of Michael Pfitzer, minister of music, and Dorothy Claire Glover, organist/pianist — is ramping up the fall music program and welcomes participation...

By THE REV. JIMMY PICKETT

I have on my right arm a tattoo that reminds me every day why I serve as a priest in the Episcopal Church.I grew up in Leicester and spent nearly every weekend at my Great Grandmother’s house, an old red farmhouse with a big barn and a large field...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD – The Franklin County YMCA signed a contract with Western Mass Demolition Corporation this week to tear down a 182-year-old church, prompting the Historical Commission to consider a delay on the project, according to city officials. An...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The Rev. Edward “Ted” Boren plans to preach his final service at North Congregational Church on Sept. 1 — exactly 54 years to the month that he started there.The 82-year-old will deliver five more sermons before he retires and each worship...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — While Franklin County’s YMCA continues to mull the future of the vacant Zion Korean Church, the Historical Commission Thursday signaled it is likely to invoke the city’s demolition delay bylaw if the Y chooses to demolish the structure.No...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Catholic priesthood is not a career, but rather a vocation, and one does not simply retire from it and live off savings and Social Security. Still, the Rev. Shaun O’Connor is stepping away from administrative duties and leaving St. Mary’s...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As Franklin County’s YMCA discusses potential future uses for the long-vacant Zion Korean Church, Historical Commission Chair John Passiglia said the commission may consider invoking a demolition delay on the 1842 structure.An anonymous...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE CENTER — Inspired to further its community outreach, the First Congregational Church of Montague started a summer concert series eight years ago.“It’s a nice, no-cost event in town and you don’t have to be a member of the church to join it,”...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

CHARLEMONT — Organizers of Mohawk Trail Concerts, a series now in its 54th season that continues through July 20, aim to make chamber music accessible for all.“We just want to enjoy music and share it with as many people as possible,” said Mark...

By THE REV. MICK COMSTOCK

I came to Heath in the summer of 1970, just out of seminary, as pastor of the Heath Union Evangelical Church and the Rowe Community Church. It didn’t take me long to learn that the pastorate was no longer a bully pulpit but was still a bully...

By SAM FERLAND

ORANGE — After receiving a letter in March advising them of a complaint alleging special treatment of Mission Covenant Church, Selectboard members, in collaboration with the assessors, have decided to bill the church $13,723.54 for taxes.Americans...