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06-06-2025
- Entertainment
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Carlisle Juneteenth celebration expanded this year
CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM)– Carlisle residents are celebrating Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, in a big way this year. Rogette Harris and Tavares Tyler from Hope Station, a nonprofit based in Carlisle that helps the African American community with economic and social mobility, announced they are expanding their Juneteenth celebration to a weeklong event. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Harris said that most people see the holiday as a day off work, and they want people to understand the history of Juneteenth. So this year, they are adding an educational aspect to their celebration. The celebration will kick off on June 14 with the 'One Mile for Justice' run/walk, a health fair with free screenings for the community, and a fair, according to Harris. June 15 will feature a fashion show brunch with clothing from black and brown designers, Harris said. Harris said June 16 will be the most educational day of the week. The group will travel to York County to tour the William Goodridge Underground Railroad museum. According to Harris, June 17 will be about building generational wealth, June 18 will feature a community event at the Lincoln Cemetery, and the 'Unshackled & Unfiltered' comedy show will take place on June 21. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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29-04-2025
- General
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Palestine National Day of Prayer event moving to new venue
Palestine's National Day of Prayer event is moving to a new location this year. The community prayer hosted by Hope Station and led by local church and civic leaders is being held at noon Thursday at the Palestine Senior Activity Center, 200 N. Church St. In the past, the event has been held outdoors under the pavilions at Reagan Park. After a couple of years of crowds hindered by heavy spring showers and stormy weather, prayer event planners decided to move the event indoors. Rain is in the forecast for Thursday. Pablo Contre, with Hope Station, said a group of pastoral leaders in Palestine are joining together to lead the hour-long prayer service this year. 'We will do a time of worship and then we'll have people come up and pray over the seven specific areas of influence that the National Day of Prayer committee asks for, but everyone does it a little differently,' he said. Contre said Subs and Dogs is providing sandwiches for lunch on a first-come, first-served basis. The event is open to the public. In Grapeland, the First Christian Memorial, known as the Little White Church, is hosting its annual gathering for National Day of Prayer, also beginning at noon. All are invited to join them in praying for peace, for the nation, churches, education and more. A sandwich lunch will be served afterward in the church's fellowship room. If you don't have time to stay for lunch you can take it with you in a brown bag. People of all faiths across the nation will join together and pray Thursday in observance of the 74th National Day of Prayer. The annual observance is put together by a National Day of Prayer Task Force that chooses a themed verse. The 2025 theme is 'Pour Out to the God of Hope and Be Filled,' based on Romans 15:13. The verse is 'Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.' On the National Day of Prayer, the task force encourages everyone to pray for centers of national influence that include the three branches of government, the military, the media, business, education, the church and families. The first national call for prayer was made in 1775 when the Continental Congress asked the colonies to pray for wisdom in forming a nation. President Harry Truman signed a bill declaring the observance for the National Day of Prayer in 1952. Every president since then has signed a national Day of Prayer proclamation. Observances will be held in Washington, D.C., at state capitols, county courthouses, city halls, and in schools, businesses, churches and homes.
