HOMER — Memories won’t heat a church.

That’s about all that needs to be said about the soon-to-be closed Homer United Methodist Church. » Full Story

ALGONA — Chad Trunkhill, son of Charles and Vickie Trunkhill of Algona, will be ordained into the office of holy ministry at Trinity Lutheran Church, 520 N. Garfield St., at 4 p.m. June 8. » Full Story

POCAHONTAS — To celebrate 125 years of Catholicism in Pocahontas, Saints Peter and Paul Historic Site will celebrate its quasquicentennial on June 22 with a polka Mass featuring the Peter and Paul We » Full Story

Nancy James will return to the area for her annual “power-packed miracle meetings,” marking her 17th year of ministry in Iowa, “where countless testimonies of healing, financial miracles, restoration, » Full Story

CALLENDER — Prayer power. That’s what Rebecca Wallace hopes to harness for 4-year-old Coleman Larson. » Full Story

Someone had to prepare The Last Supper. » Full Story

F.O.O.D. — Fields of Opportunity and Dreams — and the Food Resource Bank of Kalamazoo, Mich., completed another successful year in 2007 in Webster County. » Full Story

In observance of Clergy Appreciation Week, area clergy have been invited to a breakfast in their honor by the Fort Dodge Civitan Club.

The breakfast will be at 7 a.m. » Full Story

DAYTON — Country churches from throughout the area have been captured in a quilt hanging in the United Methodist Church in Dayton. » Full Story

LANYON — Divine intervention. That’s what Wayne Bloomquist credits for his newfound urge to create Christian art. » Full Story