Crossing Paths plans spring banquet

HERMITAGE, PA.

Crossing Paths, Don Reed Ministries, is planning its spring banquet at 6:30 p.m. May 9 at the Brentford House with Jack Murphy, “Murf the Surf,” as guest speaker.

Murphy, a Christian motivational speaker, gained notoriety in 1964 for the “jewel robbery of the century” when he and a partner stole the J.P. Morgan Gem collection and the Star of India, the largest star sapphire in the world, from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He spent 21 years in New York and Florida prisons and was released in 1986.

The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required for the buffet dinner by Thursday. Call 724-981-7777, 724-342-9632 or 724-813-6846.