Dec. 2—Using thousands of white and gold beads and 82 patterns, 14 women spent hundreds of hours creating more than 240 Chrismon ornaments. The beaded Chrismons, which appear in the shape of crowns, ...

Melanie Rufty Beaver conducted a two-day Chrismon workshop March 13 and 14 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Salisbury. Beaver and her parents, Harold and Barbara Rufty, have played a part in the ...

MARION - The Christmas season is always filled with celebrations, with different churches observing the birth of Jesus Christ in a variety of ways. At First Presbyterian Church in Marion, the ...

SALISBURY — Barbara Rufty never met a project she didn’t like. Whether it was coming up with new Christian symbol designs at Rufty’s Chrismon Shop or baking 70 pound cakes for the East Rowan Marching ...

CONCORD – The third annual Chrismon ceremony in the non-denominational chapel at the Maris Grove campus emphasized again the true meaning of Christmas. Chrismons – the name is a combination of Christ ...

Making Chrismons became my therapy,” Swaney said. To prepare for the Advent season, which begins on Sunday and culminates with Christmas, Swaney and her Chrismon-making crew spent an hour-and-a-half ...