Church Class Provides Religious Education For Adults With Mental Retardation
Rev. Gordon Lundberg, assistant pastor at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, runs a weekly Thursday class for seven mentally retarded adults aged 16 to 35. The program, separate from youth groups, includes devotions, crafts, snacks, and social time, with mothers praising the personal spiritual benefits and improved reading through Bible stories.
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Gordon Lundberg
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
St. Mark’s
Lundberg
Parish class bonds deepening via student led devotions
Teachers discuss whether students truly grasp messages in a parish class. Students lead singing during 15 minute services as candles are lit and devotions given. The group visits an elderly person, bringing mutual satisfaction and a sense of purpose within the church community.
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Judi Ziehr
Lundberg
Churches top in confidence trumping Congress and TV
A Gallup poll for 29 denominations finds 80 percent of churchgoers have great or high confidence in organized religion, higher than any other major institution. Among the unchurched, confidence in religion is lower but still notable, with banks, schools, military, and the Supreme Court rated above religion by many.
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New York
U.S. Congress
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Gallup
National Council of Churches
Peggy L. Shriver
NCC
George Gallup Jr
Why pray film and church events around town
A schedule of religious events across multiple churches this Sunday and nearby days. The Power of Prayer film screens at Trinity Church and Free Methodist Church. The Living Apostles perform in Springfield and Troy Mills. talks by Rev Wayne Allen and other ministers, plus puppetry seminar at Open Bible.
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Trinity Church of the Nazarene
St. SW
Free Methodist Church
G Ave
Israel
Josh McDowell
W.A. Criswell
The
Living Apostles
Springfield, Mo
Daniel's Park Church
Larry Johnson
Open Door Fellowship
Mount Vernon Road
Central Park Presbyterian Church
B Ave
Jesus
First
Church of the Open Bible
E Ave. NW
Puppet Productions Inc
San Diego
Calif
David Polk
First Christian Church
Charity Confraternity of Mercy celebrates 734 years in Florence
The Venerable Confraternity of Mercy of Florence founded in 1244 by Peter the Martyr marks 734 years of aiding the sick and poor. The Black Hooded order, with 72 watchmen and 500 lay members, operates from Cathedral Square, campaigns for free care, transport, and burials, and now runs 16 ambulances with modern radio-equipped vehicles.
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Florence
Italy
UPI
Confraternity of Mercy of
Peter the Martyr
Ku Klux Klan
Christ
Order
Caritas
Confraternity
Ferdinand Medici
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Mrs. Ziehr
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Spencer W. Kimball
Mormon Church
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Ill
Women's Relief Society of the
U.S
George W. Cornell
Wayne Allen
Anamosa Reformatory
Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International
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Sheraton Inn
Marion Christian Church
McGowan Blvd
Conrad Krieger
Federated Church
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Kevin
Kelly
Luis
Kristina
Russell A. Pavy
Don L. Andersen
Calvary Baptist Church
Third Ave
Pavy
Andersen
Fellowship Hall
Neal Gail
Eldridge Cleaver
Christian Life Center
Decorah
Cleaver
America
Classified Today
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Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
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