Abused infants and families seek guidance and justice
Letters raise questions about why child abuse persists and how to respond. A reader cites a 3 week old with multiple breaks and asks where protection failed, urging action to protect victims and prosecute perpetrators. The second letter discusses an abusive breakup and urges healing, faith, and social support, ending with contact for The God Squad.
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What Would Jesus Buy documentary skewers Black Friday excess
The film follows Rev. Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping on a 2005 U S tour opposing consumerism. Morgan Spurlock produced the satire using humor to stress spending less and valuing time with loved ones during holidays while citing a five hour per week shopping average for Americans and limited parent child conversation time.
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Calif
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What Would Jesus Buy Filmmaker Spurlock Discusses Stop Shopping
Conversation with Bill Talen known as the Rev Billy and Sarita Durkee about the Church of Stop Shopping and Buy Nothing Day. They describe tactics storming malls in red robes, “exorcisms” on cash registers, and protests near Starbucks.
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Religious events schedule for Cedar Rapids and Marion churches
Submit information by noon Wednesday for this religion round up. Highlights include Casavant organ dedication at Congregational United Church of Christ in Iowa City at 10 15 a m Sunday and multiple talks and services across Cedar Rapids Marion and Hiawatha featuring topics from Jesus teachings ethics of war and holistic health plus a Hospice of Mercy event and a parish mission at St. Ludmila Church through Tuesday.
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New Casavant
Congregational United Church of Christ
N. Clinton St
Iowa City
Bernard Scott
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth St
Cedar Rapids
Ken Baker
Howard Rhodes
University of Iowa
Verrimont
Gall Geisenhainer
Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist
Third Ave
Sue Vincent
Hospice of Mercy
Dennis and
Donna Oldorf
18Th Ave
Hiawatha
St. Ludmila Church
21St Ave
Ed Koharchik
University of Texas
12Th St
Marion
Mary Ellen Dunford
Prairiewoods Franciscan Retreat Center
Church Women United Annual Meeting
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
C Ave. NE
Churches build outreach to unite community across Cedar Rapids
Fern describes The Spot as a bridge ministry linking Parkview members with at risk youth via open gym nights and events to keep them coming back. Rev. Sylvia Boyer of Gospel Explosion Ministry aims to expand outreach beyond church walls to help underprivileged students and shelter residents. Living Waters Ministry founder Dawson notes noon Sunday services to reach late risers and those up all night, as locals relocate and seek genuine community.
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Fern
Parkview
Sylvia Boyer
Gospel Explosion Ministry
Second St
Coralville
Boyer
Trence Giles
Cedar Rapids
Living Waters
Giles
Peoria
Ill
Dawson
Georgia districts shun state Bible classes in public schools
Georgia public school systems increasingly avoid state approved Bible electives due to funding staffing and concerns about teaching without injecting faith. Han cock County cited low student interest and districts nationwide weigh similar bills while some Texas Alabama Missouri and Tennessee consider mandatory Bible study proposals.
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Georgia
State
L’angra Webster
Hancock County
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Missouri
Tennessee
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