Priest and blackjack dealer defy sacred stereotype
Jesuit Father Thomas Higgins 42, Loyola Marymount University assistant chaplain and professor, spends summers as a blackjack dealer in Las Vegas. He says mixing roles broadens empathy and keeps faith grounded, telling patients and patrons blunt guidance can cohere with spiritual counsel.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Higgins
Higgins
Loyola. Marymount University
Westchester
Las Vegas
Royal Inn
Sunday church services and speakers across Trenton area
Multiple churches list Sunday worship speakers and themes at 8:15 to 10:45 a.m. sermons include Dr. C Walter Weber Richard Bright Wayne Dunn Robert Lodwick Robert Clark Lewis Thompson Irvin Emmons Paul Bergdall Robert Scully and W Curtis Lee. Church schools begin earlier. The piece ends with a note on honey in history.
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Faith United Methodist
Lewis Thompson
Bethlehem —_ Lutheran
Paul Bergdall
Catholics seek new relationship with Judaism worldwide
The Vatican issues guidelines via its Christian unity secretariat calling for a renewed mutual understanding between Catholics and Jews. It urges dialogue, respect for religious liberty, and a positive view of Judaism, noting Jesus and early followers were Jews and that Christians should carefully witness their faith.
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George Cornell
New York
Vatican
Christian Unity Secretariat
Jesus
Youth to give sermon at Second Baptist Church
Richard Dixon son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Dixon of 924 Delaware Ave will preach his first sermon at 6 15 p m tomorrow at Second Baptist Church He is a senior at Middletown High School and has served as a junior deacon on the Deacon Board at Second Baptist His father and grandfather also served on the Deacon Board
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Richard Dixon
Daniel Dixon
Delaware Ave
Second Baptist Church
Middletown High School
Second Baptist
Pastors face personal problems with the other woman
Protestant pastors, often married, face a persistent risk of affairs with church members. Experts cite ministry duties, loneliness among congregants, and emotional needs as factors. Seminary courses address boundaries, but critics say ministers still seek emotional fulfillment beyond spiritual aims.
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George Cornell
NEW York
Andrew Bustanoby
Bowie
Healing Sunday to Bring Spiritual Services to Middletown
Middletown prepares for a third church healing service as Rev. Robert Clark speaks on "Three Keys to Healing" at 7:30 p.m. at St Luke United Presbyterian. First Presbyterian hosts healing services on the second and fourth Sundays, and Zion Lutheran holds healing on the third Sunday each month.
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St. Luke
St. Luke United Presbyterian Church
Middletown
Robert Clark
Areirst Presbyterian
Zion Lutheran
Nazarene Leader to Speak at First Church Service
Dr Eugene Stowe general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene will address the 10 30 a m worship service Sunday at the First Church of the Nazarene in this city He is the youngest of six in the churchs top leadership and previously led Nazarene Theological Seminary and the Nazarene Young Peoples Society in Kansas City Mo
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Logan Avenue
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Church OF the Nazarene
Eugene Stowe
Kansas City
Stowe
The
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Nazarene Young People’s Society
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C. Walter Weber
Trenton Apostolic Mennonite
Richard Bright
Trenton
Mt. Olivet
First Presbyterian
Irvin Emmons
St. Paul’s
First United Methodist
Robert Scully
First Christian
Louann Shetter
Kent Dixon
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National Geographic Society
MHS
Church News
Bustanoby
Christianity Today
Life OF
Christ
Howard Sears
Ron Secrest
Riverdale
Maryland
Jolie Ili Gtr Af Oe
Grace Baptist Church
Callas
Union Road
Middletown Christian Schools
Enver
Colorado
DR. Stowe
First Church OF the Nazarene
Sutphin Street
Wesley K. Poole
Nazarene
Serenity
Cecil Wells Jr
Larry Dennis
Brown Family Singers
Ridgecrest Church of God
Hamilton-Middletown Rt
South
Ohio
Curtis Haislip
S.S
Robert Young
Youth & Christ Ee
Roger Spicer
First Church of God Rawford
Logan Sts
WPFB
Willard Wilcox
David Grubbs
James Burchett
Arlo Newell
J. Herschel Caudill
Bill Arthur
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