July 17, 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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SATURDAY 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 pastors’s son, Caleb, who has been diagnosed with Lyme’s Disease. Donations accep...
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July 16, 2009
SATURDAY “The Church,” a gospel play, 6 p.m., New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, 1237 Randolph Ave., Greensboro; also 4 p.m. Sunday, Calvary Christian Center East, 816 Post St., Greensboro. Brenda Harris or Charlene Duncan, 965-6446. S...
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Young missionaries from Jamestown United Methodist Church held daily vacation Bible school on the sidewalks of an inner-city neighborhood in Philadelphia. “Every day we’d drive off in our two church vans into some of the most downtrodden and p...
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July 14, 2009
Rabbi Fred Guttman and the Rev. Mark Sills — longtime community servants and advocates for cross-cultural understanding — are this year’s recipients of the 2009 Brotherhood/Sisterhood Citation Award. “They give true meaning to this...
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July 11, 2009
Founded in 1870, Wadsworth Congregational Church in Sedalia has a storied history. A slave runs away from Guilford County, earns a college degree with help from a famous poet, returns to the county after the Civil War, buys land from the family of his for...
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July 10, 2009
SATURDAY Vacation Bible School, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., East Side Baptist Church, 1859 Barnes St., Reidsville. All aboard the Boomerang Express. Class time, craft time, music time and refreshments. 342-1517. Vacation Bible School, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Happy Home Cong...
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July 9, 2009
SUNDAY Ben Tankard concert, 10 a.m., Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel, Bennett College, 900 E. Washington St., Greensboro. Sponsored by Shalom Community Christian Church. 272-4463 or www.shalomword.org Pastoral anniversary, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Piney Grove Bap...
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July 5, 2009
The hospital chaplain, a member at Congregational United Church of Christ, told her pastor about a young cancer patient from Sudan who needed a bone marrow transplant. Her only donor was her brother, still in Sudan. She had no money. And the diplomatic re...
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Sue Falcone’s book “The Lighthouse of Hope: A Day-by-Day Journey to Fear Free Living” has been described as “a touching and honest account of inspiring daily devotionals on how God helped one brave soul face and overcome her mounta...
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When Adam and Betsy Greer participated in a mission trip to South America 18 years ago, the couple said that one day they would like to serve children overseas on a more permanent basis. As the years went by, they became busy raising their own childre...
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July 4, 2009
The pastor’s name was almost immediately removed from the marquee at Shiloh Baptist Church after the firing of the Rev. F. Willis Johnson. Many of you either applauded church leaders for taking charge, or wondered what place ministry might have in a...
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July 2, 2009
SATURDAY 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. SUNDAY Encounter Ministry, 8:30 a.m. Sundays, Mayodan Unite...
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June 30, 2009
SATURDAY Fourth of July Jubilee celebration, noon, Calvary Chapel of the Triad, 365 West Bodenhamer St., Kernersville. www.reachthetriad.com or 996-6880. FRIDAY
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The towering cross on the lawn has been taken down and “Asbury United Methodist Church” stripped from the brick sign in front of the Pinecroft Road sanctuary that couldn’t afford to pay the pastor or its utility bills.
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June 29, 2009
Twelve Guilford County churches, three churches in Lexington and one each in Archdale, Kernersville and Reidsville joined forces recently to collect more than 5,500 pairs of shoes for victims of natural disasters and those living in extreme poverty. Th...
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GREENSBORO — Shiloh Baptist Church is again without a pastor. The congregation voted 114-66 after the Sunday sermon to terminate the Rev. F. Willis Johnson, its fourth pastor in just over a decade. “I’m totally disappointed and, obviousl...
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June 28, 2009
The pastor became the principal and the people in the pews who could read taught the others at St. James Presbyterian Church in the early 1900s. In this story lies Greensboro’s quintessential tale of the role of the black church in helping educate t...
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June 27, 2009
Local houses of worship may just offer the best entertainment for the budget this upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend: lots of free, as in free food and free rides for the children. Calvary Chapel of the Triad also promises the “absolute best an...
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June 25, 2009
SATURDAY Joseph’s House yard sale, 7 a.m., Joseph’s House, 2703 E. Bessemer Ave., Greensboro. Joseph’s Gear sidewalk sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Jopseh’s Gear, 709 E. Market St., Suite 106, Greensboro. Free donuts and coffee. Men’s...
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June 23, 2009
CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina judge is allowing some claims in a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte to move forward.
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June 21, 2009
Seven teenage boys from Daystar Christian Fellowship have found a way to blend their hobby and passion for God to help raise money for a New York mission trip. “Board for the Lord” will take place from June 28 through July 3, when Cody Bisho...
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June 20, 2009
The Rev. F. Willis Johnson may have preached his last sermon at the divided Shiloh Baptist Church. The church’s governing council met Thursday night and has called for a vote June 28 to decide whether to fire the embattled Johnson, who was hired i...
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Last summer, young people from across the community shared how they live out their faith in a weekly feature called Youth on a Mission. (Go to news-record.com and search for “Youth on a Mission” for a review.)Coverage kicked off in May with th...
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