tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726361749306967541.post8908457793843063074..comments2023-04-28T00:40:49.086-04:00Comments on A Blog of Nanticoke: Church closings in NanticokeD.B. Echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726361749306967541.post-81234789597820663562012-10-09T07:49:42.669-04:002012-10-09T07:49:42.669-04:00Hi. Eddie B. from Wilkes-Barre... Just visited Nan...Hi. Eddie B. from Wilkes-Barre... Just visited Nanticoke yesterday after being away for over thirteen years. Love the feel of this city, quite cozy and friendly atmosphere & also a sense of burgeoning potential ready to be rediscovered. Curious to know if St. George's Episcopal IS closed. Saw their sign outside mentioned Thursday noon prayer, hopefully that is true & there's a possibility of Sunday MP or even a Mass.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726361749306967541.post-47180647041601440422010-10-04T20:13:59.490-04:002010-10-04T20:13:59.490-04:00Hello,
My name is jonathan, from first presbyteri...Hello,<br /><br />My name is jonathan, from first presbyterian church in nanticoke... actually we're doing very well! We've just added some new contemporary christian music to our service and are a growing church. visit us on facebook for more info, or join us on Sunday Morning at 10:30 and see what we're all about!Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976974726769454183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726361749306967541.post-80353148028345053352010-08-16T15:48:58.615-04:002010-08-16T15:48:58.615-04:00We are Alive! Well! and WELCOMING! - Saint John...We are Alive! Well! and WELCOMING! - Saint John's Lutheran Church at 231 State St in Nanticoke is a growing community of faith embracing many people from other faith traditions. We celebrate Holy Communion on Sundays at 8AM and 9:30AM with our Youth Ministry at 10:30AM. Free Breakfast is served after each Liturgy and provides time for catching up on the lastest news. Our parishioners are friendly and welcoming and you will find our worship booklets easy to use. Email us at stjohnnanticoke@aol.com if we can be of assistance or if you have further questions. Faith is alive and well in NANTICOKE,PA!St John's (State Street) Parish Officehttp://www.saintjohnslutheranchurch.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726361749306967541.post-53669838829362688582010-06-15T11:42:36.449-04:002010-06-15T11:42:36.449-04:00Yeah, it is rather sad to see these churches close...Yeah, it is rather sad to see these churches close ... and I say that as an Atheist. I remember when I found out that St. Nicholas' Ukrainian Catholic Church (at the corner of Green and Hanover Streets) had closed; it still causes me some deep, undefinable melancholy. After all, this was the church that my mother's parents belonged to. I remember the occasions when my grandpa would take me to church with him when I was a small child, and traditionally all the men sat on the right, and all the women sat on the left, as the choir sang "Hospodi Pomiloi" up in the loft in back. The lingering smell of incense, the statues of Mary and Joseph with their green neon haloes, the big metal racks of red votive candles, and the old women in babushkas whipping up thousands of pierogies in the church basement.<br /><br />Today, a vanishing few elderly relatives on my mother's side of the family still can carry on conversation in Ukrainian, but that too will disappear with time. When was the last time you heard ANYONE in Nanticoke speaking Polish or Ukrainian in conversation?<br /><br />So yeah, I feel sad about it. But this is the way of the world. Buildings, organizations, cultures, diversions ... none last forever. And one thing that will ALWAYS be a constant is increasingly older people (like me) who get wistful about what used to be. This will never change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com