February 11, 2012
SATURDAY Integral Transformative Practice: A Spiritual Practice Realizing the Potential of Our Body, Heart, Mind and Soul, with Ruth D. Anderson, 10 a.m.-noon, 607 N. Greene St., Broome Hall, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, www.servantleadergreensboro.com...
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February 9, 2012
BURLINGTON (AP) — Some residents in Burlington are complaining to the city about what they say is a church making some not-so-joyful noise.
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February 4, 2012
SATURDAY Men’s Day 2012: The End Zone, 8:30 a.m.; also 9 a.m. Sunday, Maranatha Fellowship, 1756 Lamb Ave., High Point. Today features a men’s breakfast and breakout sessions. On Sunday, wear your favorite football team’s jersey. Gue...
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February 3, 2012
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Charlotte Roman Catholics, led by Bishop Peter Jugis, are protesting the production of a play they say is insulting to the Virgin Mary.
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The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.The regulation, finalized a week ago......
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February 2, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union wants the General Assembly to refrain from opening its sessions with prayers that favor one religion over others.In a letter sent today to Attorney General Roy Cooper, t...
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January 29, 2012
HENDERSONVILLE (AP) — The Rev. John Gatlin of Life Center Church of God in Christ wanted a steeple. Gatlin thought it would identify the small brick building at 656 Cherry St. as a place of worship and might inspire others to come through its doors.
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January 28, 2012
SUNDAY Contemporary Praise and Worship Service, 9 a.m., Fellowship Hall of Irving Park United Methodist Church, 1510 W. Cone Blvd., Greensboro. Ken and Karen Johnson will lead the worship music. New pastor, Rev. John P. Hartman, 10 a.m., Fellowship Presby...
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BOSTON — Lawyers for Children’s Hospital Boston have asked a Massachusetts judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 11 former patients of a renowned pediatrician who they said sexually abused them in North Carolina.
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January 27, 2012
HIGH POINT — Spring Hill United Methodist Church has been rolling in the dough since the small congregation got serious about making chicken pies in 2000.
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January 25, 2012
SEATTLE (AP) -- Alaska Airlines is ending decades of giving passengers prayer cards with their meals, saying Wednesday the decision was made out of respect for all passengers.
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January 23, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — Supporters of a constitutional amendment on May's ballot to ban gay marriage in North Carolina began their campaign in earnest today, saying the measure would protect marriage from those who want to expand what's lawful in the state.
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January 21, 2012
SATURDAY Special Visit, Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, 3:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 108 W. Farriss Ave., High Point. 886-4756 or www.stmarysepisc.org SUNDAY Gospel Ship Quartet, 11 a.m., Groometown Baptist Church, 4202 Groometow...
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January 20, 2012
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police have closed down dozens of toy shop for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of Western culture in Iran, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday.
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January 19, 2012
RALEIGH — Both sides of the proposed state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage have begun ramping up their campaigns in what is expected to be an expensive and bitter fight from now until the May 8 referendum.
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January 17, 2012
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined today to hear an appeal of a lower court's decision banning sectarian prayer at meetings of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners, ending a nearly five-year legal saga.
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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Backers of a lawsuit over Christian prayers before Forsyth County commission meetings are praising a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear an appeal of a judge's order prohibiting the practice.
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January 15, 2012
The fighting, legendary. Shiloh Baptist Church sought a restraining order against its then-pastor in 2000, claiming his presence “could cause physical confrontation.” The governing council stripped the pastor of his keys to the building in 200...
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January 14, 2012
SATURDAY Moriah UMC Hot Dog Sale, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 3611 Liberty Road, Greensboro. The Young Family and Kathy Huber Concert, 6 p.m., Good Shepherd Church, 4830 Koger Blvd., Greensboro. Kathy Huber, 656-4860 or 908-0064. SUNDAY
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January 7, 2012
SUNDAY Baptism of the Lord, 11 a.m., St. Timothy’s United Methodist Church, 5228 Hilltop Road, Jamestown. 632-4581 or www.stumc.org. MONDAY Luncheon with speaker John Sullivan, noon, First Presbyterian Church, 617 N. Elm St., Greensboro. Lunch reser...
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January 6, 2012
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A soldier accused of trying to bring powerful explosives on a flight from Texas to North Carolina has been freed on bond.
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January 5, 2012
WEAVERVILLE (AP) — A mother says her son's school is refusing books supportive of her pagan beliefs after last month offering Bibles.Buncombe County school officials are not accepting donations that could be viewed as advocating a religion while att...
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January 4, 2012
A few months ago, my wife told me about this Bible app for my iPhone. I installed it, I love it, and now use it all the time. I can look up any Bible verse, in any version or in any translation, quicker than you can say Deuteronomy.
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CHARLOTTE — A representative from the Islamic Center of Charlotte met with officials from Mooresville-based Lowe's Inc. on Tuesday to discuss the company's decision to pull ads from the TV show "All-American Muslim."
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December 29, 2011
SATURDAY New Year’s Eve Service, 9 p.m., Sanctuary Deliverance, 3631 Summit Ave., Greensboro. New Year’s Day Service begins at noon. New Year’s Eve Watch Night Service, 10 p.m., True Vines Pentecostal Church, 1415 Ivy Heights, Greensboro...
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