Article Archive
September 6, 2008
Religion Calendar
Today Gospel singer, Ivan Parker, 7 p.m., Peoples Memorial Christian Church, 247 N.C. 87, Gibsonville. Information: 584-3257...... Continue
'To do justice,’ Elon professor gathers faithful
Christian ethicist Rebecca Todd Peters has to chuckle before responding. “It’s like with my students,” the Elon University... Continue
The SecondHalf
In 1993 I retired from active parish ministry after 37 years, with the last 18 at First Lutheran Church. As I looked back on tho... Continue
September 2, 2008
Jones students connect with Guatemalan orphans
Three students and a teacher from the Spanish Immersion program at Jones Elementary traveled to Guatemala on a “family team...... Continue
September 1, 2008
'Real children, real stories': Exhibit highlights HIV
GREENSBORO - The child Jane Collins is able to follow in virtual reality to a clinic gets the dreaded diagnosis that already too... Continue
August 31, 2008
Plan helps churches grow
The Rev. Vernon Brady of Gibsonville is on a mission to help stop the decline in baptisms and membership in Southern Baptist Con... Continue
10 Plus with Marc Putnam
Marc Putnam was hanging out with his son's cross-country team at Western Guilford High School nine years ago, about the time the... Continue
Trip inspires dream of mission work
Like most teenagers, 15-year-old Alex Morene was excited about starting his second year of high school, but he was a bit more an... Continue
A perfect record of faithful
Rocky Wright of High Point has been going to Sunday School somewhere, someplace without missing a Sunday for the past 57 years...... Continue
August 30, 2008
Helping families say goodbye to loved ones
When a loved one dies, grieving family members and friends often are confronted with dozens of decisions about the funeral — a... Continue
Church hopes dental bus heals, lifts patients toward God
GREENSBORO — As long as the broken tooth wasn’t causing him pain, Kevin Myers of Greensboro didn’t want to think about the... Continue
Guilford County religion calendar
Sunday, Aug. 31 “Born Again” gospel concert, 6 p.m., True Vine Community Church, 1901 Lendew St., Greensboro. No admission...... Continue
Rockingham County religious calendar
Saturday, Aug. 30 CrossWalk Cafe, 7 p.m., Church of God of Prophecy, 13811 Highway 87, Eden. Concert will feature Cindy Johnson...... Continue
Replacing the emotion of hate with love
Jim Adkisson decided he didn’t like someone’s religious views, so he planned to get even by harming as many people who disag... Continue
August 26, 2008
'Youth on a mission:' Service that comes from the heart
Sarah Slazyk traveled to Greensburg, Pa., with other teens and chaperones from St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church to the oppor... Continue
August 24, 2008
1,500 Mission Greensboro volunteers take to the streets
Helping hands spread across Guilford County, serving schools and nonprofit agencies during Agents of Grace’s Mission Greensbor... Continue
August 23, 2008
Prayer walk for schools set for today
Today Back to School Prayer Walk, 9:30 a.m., Rockingham County public schools. All Christians in Rockingham County are invited... Continue
Religion calendar
Today Back to School festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., True Worship Missionary Baptist Church, 3518 Summit Ave., Greensboro. School supp... Continue
We are models who send out our message for good or for ill
“Do not let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you teach, in the way you l... Continue
August 22, 2008
On the receiving end of a ministry
It was as if someone cared that the rice didn't stick. That the chicken was savory. Hot Dish and Hope on Greene Street is a new...... Continue
Muslim, Jewish educators swap ideas in Greensboro
GREENSBORO — Seated around a teardrop-shaped table, the little group talked about Judaism and Islam, science and math, microsc... Continue
August 19, 2008
Boston provides encounters with greatness
The imprint these young missionaries from First Baptist Church left on the city of Boston began not long after they arrived, as...... Continue
August 17, 2008
Feeding Kenya's Children
HIGH POINT - Nothing seemed to get past the bespectacled eyes of 85-year-old Irma Price."This is a big deal, and it's going to f... Continue
August 16, 2008
What Obama might have seen in Ramallah
Recently, Barack Obama spent several days in the Middle East on a fact-finding trip, including a little more than a day in Israe... Continue
