August 12, 2009
REIDSVILLE — Parents, you might want to rethink that trip to the mall for back-to-school shopping. You could find everything you need this weekend at West End Baptist Church — free of charge. For two hours Saturday, the church’s youth...
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August 9, 2009
Children at the Oakdale United Methodist Church in Jamestown learn about Bible lessons to help the poor by doing real missionary work for local people in need. The Oakdale Little Angels, the youth group at the church, gathers on Sunday mornings on a regul...
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August 8, 2009
THE CALLING Ken Carder was a student pastor, just 20, giving his first eulogy. “Fortunately, I shared the leadership of the service with a veteran pastor who sensed my nervousness,” said Carder, a professor of the practice of Christian mi...
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August 7, 2009
Mary Magdalene, too, had a gospel for the New Testament. She was one of the last to linger as Jesus lay dying on the cross — and the first witness to the empty tomb after the crucifixion, according to Christian teaching. “She was potentially h...
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Today 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. Bring your guitar. Free. 623-4042. Sunday Encounter Ministry, 8:30 a.m. Sunda...
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They won’t replace going to the doctor, but wellness centers to be housed in six southeast Greensboro churches will have an impact on people especially within walking distance, public health officials say. “It’s an avenue to get to this...
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Eleven high school graduates from Rich Fork Baptist Church in Thomasville spent part of their summer serving in Kenya — after having raised the money to get there. This team of students dedicated much of their senior year to planning and preparing f...
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August 6, 2009
SATURDAY Yard, hot dog and bake sale, 6:30 a.m.-noon, Pleasant Garden Methodist Church, 4834 Pleasant Garden Road, Pleasant Garden. 674-5711. Yard sale and free breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Hunter Hills Evangelical Friends Church, 1201 Merritt Dr., Greensboro. w...
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August 5, 2009
During their weeklong mission trip in Jamaica, the members of First Baptist Church of Whitsett didn’t run into many other Americans. They spent most of the time in areas away from the safety and comfort of resorts. Every day, people offered the miss...
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August 4, 2009
GREENSBORO — Jim Dollar keeps them piled in his closet, just a mass of red, green, orange and blue. And purple, too. Every day, he’ll pull out a pair. He uses black for Sunday. He is a minister and all. But he chooses any other color — e...
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July 31, 2009
“Prophetess (Christina) Glenn’s life — past, present, and future — isn’t anyone’s business unless she makes it their business.” Angelia Burkes e-mailed this response to a column two weeks ago about the engagement...
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Today l 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. l Benefit barbecue/bake sale, 5-7:30 p.m., Smyrna Presbyteri...
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In Ken Wilson’s guitar class, strings get names — the “d” is doughnut and the “c” is referred to as carrot. Wilson also places a blueberry dot on the third finger of each student’s left hand.So 7-year-old Jake Bar...
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One young missionary from Christ United Methodist Church overcame her fear of heights while working on a roof as part of this summer’s Appalachia Service Project in Breathitt County, Ky. — because she was determined to help. “Every year......
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July 30, 2009
SATURDAY Prophecies of the Bible, 7 p.m., Adventist Church, 1320 Fleming Road, Greensboro. SUNDAY Outdoor worship, 9 a.m., First Baptist Church, 1000 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro. Bible study at 10:15 a.m. 274-3286 or www.fbcgso.org Gospel Ship Quartet, 1...
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July 26, 2009
“Building, in truth, was at the core of Art Nichols,” the Rev. Susan Norman Vickers said at his funeral in 2008. “He loved it and was a master at it. Christ United Methodist Church has benefited from the passion and skill of Art’s...
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July 24, 2009
SATURDAY Giant Yard Sale, 7 a.m. Speedwell Presbyterian Church, 862 Iron Works Road, Reidsville. Hundreds of new items from “Going Out of Business” sale. Other gently used items. Support our Mexico mission trip. Information and directions: Nor...
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July 23, 2009
SATURDAY Men’s golf tournament, St. James Presbyterian Church men are sponsoring the tournament at Forest Oaks Golf Course. www.stjamespresby.org SUNDAY “America’s Idols? What or whom do we worship and revere?” 9:30-10:20 a.m...
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Each night, high school youth from Westover Church hit the streets with members of City Limits Church in Allentown, Pa., to hand out groceries and cold water, to talk to people and to pray with them. This year was Westover Church’s 23rd annual Proje...
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On the last night of summer Bible school, the church bus fleet of Cornerstone Baptist Church doesn't really spring to life as much as it is prayed into action. It's a ragtag fleet of school bus has-beens, carrying children to study lessons from the good b...
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July 22, 2009
GIBSONVILLE — One Saturday a month, Roger Wilson picks up boxes of groceries from Christian Bible Fellowship — but not from the church’s food pantry. The Whitsett man pays for the groceries in advance through the Angel Food Ministry. He...
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July 20, 2009
Greensboro attorney Kathy Manning was one seat away from President Barack Obama at the White House last week — with only Rahm Emanuel, his chief of staff, between them. The president had invited 16 leaders of the American Jewish community to the Wes...
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July 19, 2009
Just like the song, “I Left my Heart in San Francisco,” many High Pointers who went to Kenya last year on a mission trip left their heart in Kibera, a large slum area in Kenya. “The first time I saw the slum area, I knew I would be back......
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July 18, 2009
When the ex-husband of a nationally known evangelist, also on probation for beating her, announced last year that he’d find his next wife in a reality show, the Christian blogosphere was alive with commentary. Not much of it was good. “The Hol...
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Today * Yard sale, 7 a.m.-1 p.m., Smyrna Presbyterian Church, 3350 N.C. 65, Reidsville. Biscuits and coffee available. Proceeds benefit medical expenses for the pastor’s son, Caleb, who has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. Donations accepted. 342-3...
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