September 27, 2009
The contemporary service at Guilford Park Presbyterian Church might have been slow to start about 10 years ago, but now the YES (Year-round Early Service) Praise Ensemble has really taken off — not only with the early service, but also by presenting...
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September 26, 2009
The blue two-story house looked as if it had been swept from its foundation — fully intact — at the will of another power. And at the end of the journey, it was left to collapse sideways in an empty field.
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September 25, 2009
SATURDAY Habitat for Humanity yard sale, 7 a.m.-1 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1630 Westbrook Ave., Elon. Free popcorn and lemonade, games for children, silent auction. 584-5263.
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Tens of thousands of people are in houses of worship in Guilford County on any given weekend — and the government hopes to harness that in combatting H1N1.
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This year marked the 14th anniversary for St. Pius X high school students traveling with Catholic Heart Workcamp . We drove to Rocky Mount, Va., and stayed at Ferrum College with other Catholic young people from across the country. Each day, the youth tra...
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September 23, 2009
As customers entered Lowes Foods on Saturday, the Mission Possible Kids of West Market Street United Methodist Church handed them a note explaining that they had kidnapped their pastor. The Rev. Dave Melton, who was sitting there wrapped in a rope, even p...
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September 22, 2009
The big, sprawling church in the shadow of Four Seasons Town Centre hasn’t stayed on the market long. A buyer has made an offer for Asbury United Methodist Church. One of the real estate agents handling the sale says the buyer has declined to be ide...
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September 20, 2009
It’s been about nine months since baby Matheson Barber of Greensboro was diagnosed with leukemia. Although he’s finished with chemotherapy, 14-month-old Matheson’s parents are still praying for a full recovery. The first six months are...
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September 19, 2009
Got plans for today? Festival on the Mount, featuring bluegrass and crafts, is scheduled from noon to 8 p.m. today — rain or shine — at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church. Proceeds will benefit Greensboro Urban Ministry’s Partnership...
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September 18, 2009
SATURDAY Guitar and bass guitar lessons, 9 and 10 a.m. Saturdays, 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, May...
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HIGH POINT — With the demeanor of a game show host, the imam asks those in the crowded restaurant — closed to the public for this Muslim gathering Wednesday — how many chapters of the Quran were revealed in Mecca. Badi Ali asks first in...
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Did you ever think that you would go on a missions trip and have your hands bound like a prisoner? The Adams Farm Community Church Pre-Teen Missions Team experienced this in Manassas, Va., at GROUP Workcamps. The 10-member team had their hands tied to lea...
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September 17, 2009
SATURDAYFacing times of transition, 8:30 a.m.-noon, First Lutheran Church, 3600 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro. $10 donation is requested. 202-6848. Community Day 2009, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Washington Terrace Park, 108 Gordon St., High Point. Free food, music, h...
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Women are given three special assignments in sacred Jewish texts — and Marianna Mintz is nearly elbow deep in eggs, water, yeast and more than a dozen cups of flour to fulfill one of them. “I usually make challah out of frozen rolls,” s...
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September 15, 2009
A woman who recently walked through the doors of the Sacred Garden Bookstore was visibly frazzled as she glanced over books about faith. She eventually asked manager Kristen Southworth for a recommendation. Southworth pointed her to “Angry Conversat...
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September 12, 2009
The “For Sale” sign in front of B’nai Israel Synagogue tells only part of the story these days for the Triad’s oldest Jewish community. Barbara Collins, a lay leader and immediate past president of the congregation, has heard that...
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September 11, 2009
The “For Sale” sign in front of B’nai Israel Synagogue tells only part of the story these days for the Triad’s oldest Jewish community. Barbara Collins, a lay leader and immediate past president of the congregation, has heard that...
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SATURDAY Yard and bake sale, 9 a.m., King Memorial Baptist Church, 811 West Ave., Eden. Sale will include hot dogs, hamburgers and soft drinks. Proceeds to benefit the church. 627-4531.
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As the Sept. 11, 2001, anniversary approaches, Shirley and D.C. Thompson of Greensboro will once again remember the opportunity they had to help with the disaster relief at the Pentagon after that never-to-be-forgotten day in our nation’s history.
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September 10, 2009
As an adult who participated in the Appalachia Service Project mission trip as part of a consortium of United Methodist churches, Susan Magas had the privilege of seeing all 11 projects in process as a runner in the supply truck. “Eighty persons cam...
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SATURDAY Community rummage sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Our Lady of Mercy School, 1730 Link Road, Winston-Salem. Bake sale, 50/50 raffle. Centennial celebration, 9 a.m.-noon, Hunter Hills Evangelical Friends Church, 1201 Merritt Dr., Greensboro. www.hunterhills.f...
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September 6, 2009
It’s rare to see a large church property come on the market, a fact local real estate agents are hoping will attract interest in the 22,000-square-foot former Asbury United Methodist Church. The church on Pinecroft Road just went on the market for......
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September 5, 2009
Area churches are sponsoring an interdenominational adult choir for anyone interested in sharing a love of music with the community. The choir will sing a variety of sacred and secular music, including hymn favorites, Broadway selections, classical and pa...
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With her grandparents seated on the front row, Katherine Bernstein led the assisted-living congregation in blessing the bread and grape juice symbolizing wine while another teen played the piano and a half-dozen other young people chanted Hebrew prayers f...
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