Galilee

BRAGGING RIGHTS for Pasadena's best peach pie or jam recipe are up for grabs tomorrow at Galilee Lutheran Church's annual peach festival, to be held on the church grounds at 4652 Mountain Road. Festival hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Entries in the pie or jam contest must be at the church by noon. Judges will announce the winners in each category at 1 p.m. First-place winners will be awarded a Longaberger market basket filled with goodies. There also will be a country store filled with homemade crafts, fresh vegetables, peaches and jam, and a bake table filled with homemade peach desserts.

JERUSALEM -- The Sea of Galilee, on whose banks loaves and fishes multiplied and disciples were recruited, is gaining a legend of considerably lesser import.Some people say a crocodile lives there.The first report came a few weeks ago from a woman visiting her sister on a kibbutz. Since then, several more people said they saw a reptile in the sea.The accounts have prompted daily searches by rangers and volunteers and have provided grist for picnic-table talk for the thousands of vacationers who flock to the Galilee in the summer.

KORAZIM, Israel -- High above the Sea of Galilee, Pope John Paul II invoked one of the Gospel's most powerful passages before 80,000 mostly young faithful yesterday, telling them to reject the idea that only war, deviousness and persecution yield success. The world's apparent "losers," he promised, will win in the end. "Blessed are you," his voice rang out to applause as some in the crowd wept. The pope quoted the Beatitudes, the essence of Jesus' teaching, near the traditional scene of the Sermon on the Mount at a morning Mass that drew modern Israel's biggest-ever Christian gathering, a highlight of his seven-day Holy Land pilgrimage.

The domed walls curve upward, as if pulling the light high over the new sanctuary of the Galilee Lutheran Church.Outside the Pasadenachurch, the Rev. R. L. Simmons stands watching as a crane hoists into place the sides of a new sanctuary, topped with a geodesic dome."

EIN GEV, Israel -- Rising imposingly to Israel's north and east, the Golan Heights claims center stage in a drawn-out, frustrating search to end a half-century of conflict between the Jewish state and Syria.This is the terrain that comes to mind when envoys in the Middle East peace process try to persuade the Syrians to make a deal with the Israelis, as Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright did yesterday in her visit to Damascus.But an important, seldom-spotlighted part of the struggle is a narrow strip of land near this kibbutz along the Sea of Galilee.

DEIR HANNA, Israel -- The sons and daughters of Ahmad and Amina Khateeb return to the olive groves of the Galilee about this time every year. They gather under the trees, the fruit heavy and clean from the first rains. Together, they harvest the crop from the fields of their forefathers.Saleh, at 37 the youngest of the 13 Khateeb children, pokes an oak staff into the leafy, green boughs and shakes it. Olives fall like hail on the plastic tarps spread beneath the trees.The women sift through the fallen fruit for fat green olives.

On November 28, 2008, RONALD YOUNG. On today, friends may call Galilee Baptist Church, 2440 North Point Road, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 8 P.M. On Wednesday, services will be held at Galilee Baptist Church, 2440 North Point Road, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 433-7500.

Concert The Chancel Choir of Galilee Lutheran Church will be joined by the 12-piece Galilee Festival Orchestra to present the cantata, "Who Is This King?" as part of the 10:45 a.m. worship services on Sunday, May 1, at 4652 Mountain Road in Pasadena. Music director Joel Borrelli-Boudreau will conduct the ensemble in the works of Lloyd Larson and Joseph M. Martin. The composition begins with the first chapter of St. John's Gospel, then tells the story of Jesus, focusing on the events of Holy Week.

On May 7, 2006, ANTHONY A. JR "Ted"; beloved husband of Jean E. Sill (nee Owen); devoted father of Deborah A. Pevner and Kathleen M. Sill. Also survived by four grandchildren. Family and friends will gather at the Galilee Lutheran Church on Friday from 10:30 to 11 A.M. at which time a memorial service will be held. Interment private. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Galilee Lutheran Church, 4652 Mountain Road, Pasadena, MD, 21222. Arrangements by MCCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME (Pasadena)

On July 11, 2006, KATHLEENFriends may call at the MARCHFUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Tuesday after 8:00 A.M. The family will receive friends at Galilee Baptist Church, 2440 N. Point Rd. on Wednesday at 10:30 A.M. Funeral Services will follow at 11:00 A.M.