September 4, 2009
SATURDAY Yard sale and fish fry, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 5, Spray United Methodist Church, 803 Morgan Road, Eden. Yard sale items including plus-size clothing, fish fry, hot dogs and sausage biscuits. 623-6122. Guitar and bass guitar lessons, 9 and 10 a.m. Sa...
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Our group from Centenary United Methodist Church was struck by a stomach bug during our mission trip to Barahona, Dominican Republic, which posed an obstacle midweek, but spirits never dropped. Everyone worked as hard as they could when they could. For th...
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September 3, 2009
SATURDAY Clothing giveaway, 8 a.m., DaySpring Church, 1941 Vanstory St., Greensboro. Games and food. 292-9390. Health fair, 9 a.m., True Vine Pentecostal Church, 1415 Ivy Heights, Greensboro. Free hot dogs, drinks and clothes giveaway. Fish dinners will b...
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September 2, 2009
Surprising an experienced pastor can be tough, but members of the St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in High Point pulled it off this summer in their community garden project. The Rev. Ken Kroohs helped plan the garden, but he didn’t know the...
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August 29, 2009
GREENSBORO — Norman Smith sat in his kitchen with a pot of coffee, the sun hours from rising. At the other end of the telephone line, a Sotheby’s representative in London waited at the auction house for bidding to begin on “Adoration of...
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Thousands of people visit Greensboro every year — stopping by Stephanie’s or Stamey’s, a nationally recognized children’s museum, one of the busiest coliseums on the East Coast, and a rejuvenated downtown that includes the waterfal...
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August 28, 2009
SATURDAY Hands of Hope, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Carolina Memorial Baptist Church, 422 Liberty Dr., Thomasville. Six churches from Thomasville come together to meet the needs of individuals and families during tough economic times. Idol installation ceremony, 8 a.m...
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August 27, 2009
When most people think of missions trips, they think of traveling to another country or building houses for underprivileged families. The youth at Greensboro Christian Church participated in a different type of service project this summer. Nine students a...
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GREENSBORO — Places of worship across the city will hand out ribbons the next few days as a show of support for diversity and opposition to a planned meeting Saturday of a neo-Nazi group. The decision to display the ribbons rather than engage in a m...
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REIDSVILLE — When leaders at First Baptist Church began organizing a day to help the county’s unemployed, many ideas came to mind. They thought that providing information about returning to school and applying for financial aid would be helpfu...
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August 26, 2009
GREENSBORO — When the sick and shut-ins at Elm Towers couldn’t attend Sunday services at church, the church came to them. They worshipped and read the Bible in a community room where they play Bingo. Robert Jackson liked the convenience.
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August 22, 2009
Yasmeen Zamamiri will spend the first few days of the month-long Ramadan religious observance, which begins at sunrise today, alongside family in Greensboro — fasting and praying together, and then gathering for a special meal after sundown. When th...
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The book bags were going, quickly. “You heard, 'We didn’t know how we were going to get our children school supplies,’ a lot,” said Micka Stephens , director of missions and outreach for Bethany Fellowship about the large crowds la...
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August 21, 2009
The book bags were going, quickly. “You heard, 'We didn’t know how we were going to get our children school supplies,’ a lot,” said Micka Stephens , director of missions and outreach for Bethany Fellowship about the large cro...
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People near and far are weighing in on whether the High Point Housing Authority got it right when officials began denying the use of a common space in a subsidized housing community for religious services. Most question whether the policy at Elm Tower is...
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Even though we were worried at the beginning of the week about how much we could get done on our mission trip to the Golden Isles in Georgia, our young people had rewarding experiences with the projects they worked on — and ended the week with a sen...
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August 20, 2009
SATURDAY Back to school block party, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Proximity United Methodist Church, 1200 Vine St., Greensboro. beckyr1@triad.rr.com or 292-7036. Family and Friends Day, 10 a.m. until, sponsored by New Jerusalem Tabernacle, Bryan Park Shelter No. 4, 62...
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August 19, 2009
The death of a 16-year-old in broad daylight in Greensboro recently, the struggles of the homeless children among the ranks of those preparing to go back to school, and the low self-esteem that often lead children to make bad decisions are prompting today...
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August 15, 2009
REIDSVILLE — Herman Platt is late getting into his white collar, but the ripened okra still needs pulling. “When my son found this, (my wife) was like, 'Oh, no,’ ” the 55-year-old Greensboro pastor said about moving the family onto...
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August 14, 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. Fun in the Son Day, 4-7 p.m., First Wesleyan Chur...
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“Mystery” Father, You are the mystery The mind so longs to solve, Yet With each discovery, Is it the heart that does evolve. — Alaina Odessa Alaina Odessa recalls arguing with God about what she wanted to keep out of her book of...
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Sunday mornings aren’t the same around the Elm Towers now that the largely elderly and disabled residents can’t gather for preaching and singing in a common space on the first floor of the subsidized building. “The ones traveling to chur...
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August 13, 2009
SATURDAY Community yard sale, 7 a.m.-1 p.m., Triad Christian Center, 4321 Barrow Road, High Point. Nishaka Proctor, 451-1603. Knowing Your Purpose as a Man, 8 a.m. breakfast lecture on male health issues, also 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday, Wells Memorial Ch...
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