July 19, 2008
As we enter the classroom, 25 students jump to their feet and shout “Buenas tardes, Señor Director!” Mr. Victor Cadena, director of Emmanuel Quaker School in El Alto, Bolivia, asks the students to sit down and they do with a resounding, “Muchas Gra...
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Today Beach Party: Surfin’ Through the Scriptures, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Mount Hermon United Methodist Church, 8011 N.C. 704 Highway at the Stokes-Rockingham County line, Madison. Information: 427-3469. Breakfast and fun family day, 8 a.m., First Evangelical M...
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July 15, 2008
While sleeping on the floor of a church, the dawn-to-dusk mantra for these young Christians: To serve as the hands, feet, voice and heart of Jesus Christ in Costa Rica. June 28: Costa Rica “Restore us, O God; make your face shine upon us, that we may be...
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July 12, 2008
Today Habitat for Humanity of Greater Greensboro house dedication ceremony, 2 p.m., 1319 Meadow St., Greensboro. Information: 275-4663. Today-Thursday Vacation Bible School, 2 p.m. today, 6:15 p.m. (light meal at 5:15 p.m.) Sunday-Thursday, Fairview Unite...
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Today * Benefit Yard Sale, Hot Dog Supper and Gospel Sing, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Dan Valley Baptist Church, 6710 N.C. 135, Stone-ville. Yard sale 8 a.m. Hot dog supper and gospel sing 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit Johnny Sutherland family. Donations appreciated.
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A primary goal of the African Children’s Choir is to raise awareness of the need of destitute and orphaned children in Africa — with a splash of color. The members of the choir are among the 800,000 children in Uganda who lost one or both parents to...
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I read something recently that really shocked me. A poll was taken of those that called themselves Christians. The result was this: Six out of 10 — 60 percent — said that they were not born again. Before reading any further, what is your reaction? I g...
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July 8, 2008
The News & Record is spotlighting young people in our area reaching out through missions trips to help others. Here's how one group made a difference. The first week of summer for these young missionaries included feeding street children and helping u...
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GREENSBORO — To Eric Sturdivant, it’s more than just a scraggly patch of grass off Franklin Boulevard. Sure, in the bank of trees beside his tiny church, Sturdivant has discovered empty beer bottles and used condoms. Meanwhile, he’s heard stories ab...
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July 7, 2008
GREENSBORO - On a recent Sunday, Andrew Chamberlin stood in front of the membership at First Lutheran Church and told the congregation that $500,000 of the church's money was frozen in the latest financial market crisis. First Lutheran had planned to brea...
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July 5, 2008
Sunday, July 6 ■ One service, 10 a.m., Mount Zion Baptist Chuch, 1301 Alamance Church Road, Greensboro, will start having one Sunday morning worship service. Information: 273-7930. July 13-17
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North Carolina has one of the largest concentrations of Quakers in the country - if not the world. Nearly 400 representatives from churches in the United States as well as such places as Kenya, Cuba and Belize will meet in High Point from Wednesday to Jul...
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July 2, 2008
In the past, Brandt Oaks Baptist Church has held Fourth of July cookouts for its church family - but this year, it decided to do things differently. Brandt Oaks will have the communitywide "Fun and Faith on the Fourth, Your Neighborhood Celebration" from...
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July 1, 2008
The annual journey by eighth-graders from B'nai Shalom Day School to Israel and other ancient sites important to the Jewish faith is designed to help these young Jews never forget - and deepen the appreciation of - their heritage. The young people's prese...
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June 28, 2008
A year or two after his son Aaron died of progeria, a rare disease characterized by premature aging, Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote a book about suffering. "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," first published in 1981, remains a best-seller which speaks no...
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Today ■ Musical, 6 p.m., Williams Memorial CME Church, 3400 Triangle Lake Road, High Point. Information: 883-7330. ■ Wings of Grace gospel music event, 6 p.m., Main Street Baptist Church, 126 N. Main St., Kernersville. Information: http://www.triadgos...
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June 24, 2008
A Montagnard community, worshipping in the Bunong language, met to praise God for the first time in a new setting May 18. The Sedgefield Presbyterian Church invited the congregation to worship in their facilities on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. This new...
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June 23, 2008
Sunday, June 22• Fairwell celebration and concert for Carl L. Manuel Jr., 11 a.m., New Goshen United Methodist Church, 3300 Randleman Road, Greensboro. Information: 274-6751. • Family and Friends Day, 6 p.m., St. James United Methodist Church, 6301 Bu...
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April 28, 2008
It is amazing that something as small as a discarded book can find a way to better another person’s life. But that’s exactly what has happened for 50 years as a result of St. Francis Episcopal Church’s annual book sales. From the very first sale, wh...
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