July 4, 2009
The pastor’s name was almost immediately removed from the marquee at Shiloh Baptist Church after the firing of the Rev. F. Willis Johnson. Many of you either applauded church leaders for taking charge, or wondered what place ministry might have in a...
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July 2, 2009
SATURDAY Guitar and bass guitar lessons, 9 and 10 a.m., Crosswalk Cafe, Church of God of Prophecy, 13811 N.C. 87, Eden. For beginners and intermediates. Must have your own guitar. Free. 623-4042. SUNDAY Encounter Ministry, 8:30 a.m. Sundays, Mayodan Unite...
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June 30, 2009
SATURDAY Fourth of July Jubilee celebration, noon, Calvary Chapel of the Triad, 365 West Bodenhamer St., Kernersville. www.reachthetriad.com or 996-6880. FRIDAY
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The towering cross on the lawn has been taken down and “Asbury United Methodist Church” stripped from the brick sign in front of the Pinecroft Road sanctuary that couldn’t afford to pay the pastor or its utility bills.
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June 29, 2009
GREENSBORO — Shiloh Baptist Church is again without a pastor. The congregation voted 114-66 after the Sunday sermon to terminate the Rev. F. Willis Johnson, its fourth pastor in just over a decade. “I’m totally disappointed and, obviousl...
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June 28, 2009
The pastor became the principal and the people in the pews who could read taught the others at St. James Presbyterian Church in the early 1900s. In this story lies Greensboro’s quintessential tale of the role of the black church in helping educate t...
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June 27, 2009
Local houses of worship may just offer the best entertainment for the budget this upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend: lots of free, as in free food and free rides for the children. Calvary Chapel of the Triad also promises the “absolute best an...
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June 25, 2009
SATURDAY Joseph’s House yard sale, 7 a.m., Joseph’s House, 2703 E. Bessemer Ave., Greensboro. Joseph’s Gear sidewalk sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Jopseh’s Gear, 709 E. Market St., Suite 106, Greensboro. Free donuts and coffee. Men’s...
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June 23, 2009
CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina judge is allowing some claims in a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte to move forward.
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June 20, 2009
The Rev. F. Willis Johnson may have preached his last sermon at the divided Shiloh Baptist Church. The church’s governing council met Thursday night and has called for a vote June 28 to decide whether to fire the embattled Johnson, who was hired i...
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Last summer, young people from across the community shared how they live out their faith in a weekly feature called Youth on a Mission. (Go to news-record.com and search for “Youth on a Mission” for a review.)Coverage kicked off in May with th...
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June 19, 2009
Last summer, young people from across the community shared how they live out their faith in a weekly feature called Youth on a Mission. (Go here to find last summer's “Youth on a Mission” entries.)
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June 18, 2009
SATURDAY Youth choir yard sale and men’s fish fry, 8 a.m., Collins Grove Methodist Church, 5210 Collins Grove Baptist Church Road, Greensboro. 668-0529. Enneagram workshop, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 607 N. Greene St., Greensboro...
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June 15, 2009
HIGH POINT — Just about everything fits in a single suitcase, out of necessity. “We’ve got it down to a science,” says Karl Hengeveld, who travels overseas with recording equipment to dub voices for translations of a film depicting...
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June 14, 2009
The sand-colored stones imported from Israel for a wall at Temple Emanuel speak in deference to the congregation’s Jewish roots. When the Quakers built columns on their meeting house on Asheboro Street in 1910, the predecessor to First Friends was o...
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GREENSBORO — The secular troubles tearing at the heart of Shiloh Baptist Church are merely the latest upheaval at the historic church in the past 13 years. As far back as 1997, consultants brought in to study the church’s dynamics spoke of con...
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June 13, 2009
Job loss and how to help are issues that have increasingly dominated the conversation in some faith communities. The state of the economy and its effect on those in the pews are overwhelming some faith congregations as large numbers of brethren out of wor...
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June 11, 2009
SATURDAY BBQ and no-ordinary yard sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., St. John’s Anglican Church, 9720 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro. 253-1825. Community shred day, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Starmount Presbyterian Church, 3501 West Market St., Greensboro. A document shredding...
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June 6, 2009
The nickel taped to each of the bulletins handed out at College Park Baptist Church at the end of May represents potential schools, stock farms and wells for Third World countries. The congregation’s goal is to get at least 100 people to give three...
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June 5, 2009
When Superior Court Judge Catherine Eagles upheld the suspension of the pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church for 90 days, she followed a 2007 state Supreme Court ruling that’s become precedent case law for fighting in churches. Eagles cited Harris v. Ma...
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June 4, 2009
SATURDAY Blood drive, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Union Cross Baptist Church, 4350 High Point Road, Kernersville. To schedule an appointment, call Beverly at 769-9541 or 971-0966. www.unioncrossbaptist.org or 769-2862. Community yard sale, Glenwood Friends Meeting...
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June 2, 2009
GREENSBORO -- The pastor at Greensboro’s historic Shiloh Baptist cannot return to the church’s pulpit until at least August after a judge ruled Friday the church’s governing council had the right to suspend the Rev. F. Willis...
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May 31, 2009
David Longobardo, the pastor and chief executive of the Christ Covenant Church and its Day School, called principal Vicky Beale into his office and asked her personal opinion of Adrian Starks. Beale, also an elder at the church, was well aware of the pend...
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