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Enjoy a spectacle of the season at Christian Life Assembly. Their holiday show is back for the Christmas Season. Christmas Wonderland – A Reason to Sing opens December 3rd. We got all the details from Pastor Dan Baker and two very special friends.

See your favorite Christmas stories come to life at Christmas Wonderland 2021: Imagine Christmas a show at Christian Life Assembly. It’s a wonderful life for Amy who met her favorite animal who also stars in the show Mercy the alpaca. Learn how you can get tickets to a family friendly show everyone will love.

Christian Life Assembly of Camp Hill’s Christmas Wonderland Show will not play out as originally scheduled. Due to the current pandemic, Christian Life Assemble has instead produced a two-act illustrated sermon that you can witness in person or online. Lead pastor Shane Wilson recently joined us to share what Christmas at Christian Life Assembly will […]

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — The May 17 primaries are just around the corner and Cumberland County residents will see permanent polling changes in seven different precincts. The changes include: Carlisle 2 First Lutheran Church21 South Bedford Street, CarlislePrevious: Carlisle Band Hall Carlisle 4-1 Carlisle Alliance Church237 E. North Street, CarlislePrevious: One West Penn Apartments […]

CAMP HILL, Pa. (WHTM) – Christian Life Assembly will be holding services online only this Easter weekend. It will hold a Good Friday online Communion service on April 10 at noon. On Easter Sunday, it will be live streaming services at its usual service times of 9 a.m and 11 a.m. “Nothing changes the truth […]

TANNERSVILLE, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — In November of 2021, a plane crashed in Luzerne County. The father and daughter on board were found injured, but alive thanks to an iPad. Eyewitness News spoke exclusively with the family as they see the first responders who saved them for the first time since the crash. Angela white […]

For countless years, Christmas Wonderland has been one of Christian Life Assembly’s largest outreach events. This year’s event features “A Christmas Legacy,” a dramatic musical celebrating the true meaning of Christmas. We got a preview on Monday’s Good Day PA.

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — Every year on the first Tuesday in August, communities come together to celebrate the “National Night Out.” This event works to build community-police relationships in Pennsylvania. This year, “National Night Out” will take place on Tuesday, August 2. If you are interested in attending, there are many locations throughout Pennsylvania that are […]

CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — Cumberland County residents who vote in nine precincts will have to vote at alternate locations for the Primary Election, on June 2.  “Some of the locations had to be moved because they were in senior living centers, apartments or moved because of scheduled construction,” said Bethany Salzarulo, director Bureau of Elections. […]

BERLIN (AP) — A meeting between Germany’s Catholic bishops and lay representatives agreed Friday to call for the church to approve blessings of same-sex unions. The three-day gathering, which is part of the “Synodal Path” launched in 2019 in response to the sex abuse crisis that has rocked the church in Germany and many other […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — This year’s U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders came on the heels of another event that reverberated internationally — the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, followed by both an outpouring of tributes and sometimes bitter reflection on the colonialist empire that came to an end during her seven decades […]

CARMICHAELS, Pa. (AP) — In one of the most closely watched races in one of the most contested of battleground states, both gubernatorial candidates bring up religion. But in starkly different ways. Republican Doug Mastriano’s campaign has several hallmarks of Christian nationalism, which fuses Christian and political imagery, words and rituals and promotes a belief […]

BERLIN (AP) — The city of Berlin on Sunday is holding a court-ordered rerun of a chaotic 2021 state election that was marred by severe glitches at many polling stations that led to hours-long lines as some polling places ran out of ballot papers or received ones for the wrong district. Berliners have long been […]

SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey borough councilwoman was found shot to death in an SUV outside of her home in a quiet townhouse complex, where police Thursday searched the area without making an arrest. Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, 30, was found around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Middlesex County prosecutor’s office. She […]

The remains of a fallen marine killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan returned to the Midstate.  Staff Sergeant Benjamini Hines was killed earlier this month by a roadside bomb along with two other marines.  His remains were escorted to a funeral home in Penbrook by the Patriot Guard Riders on Saturday afternoon. Firefighters […]

LONDON (AP) — The Church of England said Wednesday it will allow blessings for same-sex, civil marriages for the first time but same-sex couples still will not be allowed to marry in its churches. The decision followed five years of debate and consultation on the church’s position on sexuality. It is expected to be outlined […]

CAMP HILL, Pa. (WHTM) – Family and friends will begin final farewells to a Marine from York who died while serving his country.

CAMP HILL, Pa. (WHTM) – Family and friends will begin final farewells to a Marine from York who died while serving his country.

As significant numbers of Americans seek religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates, many faith leaders are saying: Not with our endorsement.

CAMP HILL, Pa. (WHTM) – A memorial service was held Wednesday for a Marine from York who died while serving his country in Afghanistan.

Churches across the U.S. are tackling the big question of how to address homelessness in their communities with a small solution: tiny homes. On vacant plots near their parking lots and steepled sanctuaries, congregations are building everything from fixed and fully contained micro homes to petite, moveable cabins, and several other styles of small-footprint dwellings […]

The Rev. Megan Rohrer, who was elected as the first openly transgender bishop of one of the largest Christian denominations in the country in May 2021, has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was forced out from his post after enduring several months of discrimination and harassment. The denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, […]

BERLIN (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI leaves his homeland with a complicated legacy: pride in a German pontiff but a church deeply divided over the need for reforms in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal in which his own actions of decades ago were faulted. Benedict has long drawn mixed reviews in Germany, a […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — When officials unfurled a 25-foot rainbow flag in front of Colorado Springs City Hall this week, people gathered to mourn the victims of a mass shooting at a popular gay club couldn’t help but reflect on how such a display of support would have been unthinkable just days earlier. With […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody have killed at least nine people since the violence erupted over the weekend, according to a tally Thursday by The Associated Press. The scope of Iran’s ongoing unrest, the worst in […]

About two years ago, when coronavirus cases began to peak in her impoverished San Antonio neighborhood, the Rev. Norma Fuentes-Quintero found herself taking on an additional duty – helping congregants deal with anxiety. The pastor, who leads El Templo Cristiano Assembly of God, which is largely Latino, has spent hours with one congregant in particular […]

Some of the 21st century’s most famous films are celebrating a big birthday in 2022.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis had hoped his trip to Kazakhstan this week would offer a chance to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church — who has justified the war in Ukraine — and plead for peace. Patriarch Kirill bowed out a few weeks ago, but Francis is going ahead with […]

New York is poised to strengthen its oversight of private and religious schools following years of complaints that thousands of children are graduating from ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools lacking basic academic skills, including the ability to read English. A Board of Regents committee unanimously approved guidelines Monday to make sure instruction at the state’s private and […]

ATLANTA (AP) — America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday. The Rev. Bernice King, who leads The King Center in Atlanta, said leaders — especially politicians […]