Keys to Living radio show offers Christ centered counseling
A Cedar Rapids Christian station KTOF debuts Keys to Living a call in talk show for troubled people. Stephen Allen host and director of Keys to Living shares theology and counseling expertise answering callers questions. Topics range from dating Christians to parenting and grief with Friday comment lines.
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Sandra VanAmburg
Jazette
Keys To Living
KTOF
Cedar Rapids
Jim Young
Abby
Stephen Allen
Allen
University of Iowa
Fort Worth
Texas
Young
Christ
Churches face higher need with tighter funding in Iowa
In Des Moines, the DMARC and area churches struggle to meet rising demand as federal and state cuts ripple through social services. Clergy report more requests for aid, higher utility bills, and limited funds, while diocesan appeals push ahead though costs rise.
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Des Moines
Harold Varce
Varce
Catholic Mirror
Mike Walsh
Larry Breheny
Catholic Social Services
DMARC
Compassion In
Daniel le LaCheur
First Church of the Open Bible
le LaCheur
Iowa
Homer Larsen
Nazareth Lutheran Church
Cedar Falls
Walsh
Knobby Drawings Spark New Art Form for David Martin
Artist David Martin created knobby India ink figures for a Stations of the Cross display at Holden Village Washington during Easter 1980. Prints attracted Mary Schramm and led to 18 sketches for her Gifts of Grace book, published by Augsburg. Martin, a musician, seeks purposeful art for worship and larger projects while exploring monastic life and travel by hitchhiking.
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Elgin
India
David Martin
Martin
Holden Village
Washington
Dan Erlander
Mary Schramm
Grace
Augsburg Publishing House
Minneapolis
New Melleray Abbey
Dubuque
West Coast
Americares for Lebanon launches $2 million aid drive
In New York a Roman Catholic Protestant Jewish coalition named Americares for Lebanon began a drive to raise two million dollars in medicines and vaccines for civilians in the Lebanon conflict.
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New York
Americares For
Lebanon
Community music and church events fill weekend schedule
The Message Center National Marriage Encounter hosts a July 18 to 20 session at Mercy Spiritual Center. Harmony Hawks perform at Antioch Church of Christ and First Covenant Church hosts Dan Bergen sacred concert. Youth Choir of First Baptist Richardson presents a concert at Immanuel Baptist. Voices of Deliverance Choir offers annual musical at New Testament Deliverance Church. KCCK discusses Black Theology on Intersections with Cornell College’s David Weddle and guests, funded by the Iowa Humanities Board.
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National Marriage Encounter
Mercy Spiritual Center
Prairie Drive
Richardson
Texas
Immanuel Baptist Church
F Ave
New Testament Deliverance Church
10Th Ave. SE
Voices of Deliverance Choir
Kcck-Fm
Kirkwood Community College Public Radio
David Weddle
Department of Religion
Cornell College
Anthony Evans
Robert Irwin
Lawrence Williams
Iowa Humanities Board
The
National Endowment For the Humanities
Interfaith coalition keeps push for women’s equality
Washington AP reports a new group, Religious Network for Equality for Women, formed to carry on equal rights effort after ERA failure. Leaders from Protestant, Catholic and Jewish groups promise renewed energy and new strategies to end sex discrimination.
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Washington
Reagan
Religious Network For Equality For Women
RENEW
Committee For Era
Louis Bowman
Church of the Brethren
Coalition
James Whistler Born in 1834 Painter Noted
The record notes the birth of American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler on this date in 1834. He would become a prominent 19th century artist known for his tonal paintings and portraits.
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James Whistler
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By Bertha Schuchmann
Erlander
Lutheran Church of America
Elgin Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Chrch
Volga
Americares
Harmony Hawks
Antioch Church of Christ
West 29Th Avenue
Alburnett Road
Marion
Dan Bergen
First Covenant Church
25Th St
Bergen
Lewellen Drive
First Baptist Church
Chicago
Marjorie Tuite
National Assembly of Women Religious
Church
Women United
Claire Randall
National Council of Churches
God
Carma Lou’s House OF Music
Center Point
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