Area Churches mark anniversaries and revival events in Thurmont region
Apple’s United Church of Christ celebrates its 225th anniversary with a 2 p.m. service on November 12 at 7908 Apple’s Church Road, tracing roots to 1770 German settlers and a long history of local congregations. Harmony Church marks 125 years with a 9:30 a.m. service and 2 p.m. singing. Other events include Apostolic Lighthouse revival services beginning November 11, Life and Liberty Baptist revival services November 12 to 15, Beth Sholom Oneg on November 17, Lisbon Bible Church revival November 12–17, Wingert Family Singers at St. John’s Creagerstown November 12, Kelley concert at Victory Tabernacle November 19, and Thurmont Evangelical Lutheran Church’s six-week capital stewardship campaign Evangelical 2000.
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Apple’s United Church of Christ
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Peter Apfel
Apple’s Church Road
Apple’s
St. John’s
Mechanicstown
Church St
Thurmont
Main Street
Trinity United Church of Christ
Apple's
United Church of Christ
Reformed Church
Evangelical Church
Congregational/Christian Church
Lisbon Bible Church
Mount Airy
Harold Vaughn
Vaughn
Wingert
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Creagerstown
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pittsburgh
First Lutheran Church
Faith
Love
Hope
John Harmon
David Gleason
Grant Street
Harmon
Assassin's claim of divine guidance shocks faith leaders
The confessed Rabin assassin says God ordered the murder prompting strong religious rebuke. Leaders across faiths condemn violence in God's name and urge rethinking of teachings that fuel extremism, while noting hope in interfaith efforts to curb radical recruitment.
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New York
Yitzhak Rabin
Bosnia
Northern Ireland
India
Middle East
Rabin
God
City University of New York
Samuel Heilman
Arthur Schneier
Interfaith Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Moshe Sherer
Agudath Israel of America
R. Scott Appleby
Notre Dame Unversity
Appleby
Heilman
Hebron
Herbert Schaalman
Chicago
Schaalman
Israel
Ministers' Administrative Burden Reduces Clergy Duty Time
A study of five conservative Protestant pastors over five days shows administrative tasks absorb about 30 to 40 percent of their workweek, rising to nearly half if Sundays are excluded. Meetings desk work and sermon prep dominate, prompting calls for lay involvement and possible staffing changes.
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Gary William Kuhne
Pennsylvania State University
Kuhne
Joe F. Donaldson
University of Missouri At Columbia
Review of Religious Research
Bethel Theological Seminary
Kahne
Donaldson
Edward A. Buchanan
Christian Education
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Bethel
Erie
Buchanan
Guide My Feet Prayers and Meditations on Children
Marian Wright Edelman founder of the Children’s Defense Fund offers spiritual reflections for caregivers and children. She notes a moral disintegration in society and says only prayer can move mountains. Edelman criticizes cuts to social spending for kids while taxing the wealthy.
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Marian Wright Edelman
Children's Defense Fund
Beacon Press
Edelman
BYU appoints Merrill Bateman as 11th president
Merrill J. Bateman becomes the first high Mormon Church official named president of Brigham Young University. He will succeed Rex E. Lee on Jan. 2 and join the First Quorum of the Seventy, signaling the church’s strong emphasis on BYU’s religious and secular mission. Bateman also leaves the presiding bishop role to assume BYU presidency.
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Salt Lake City
Merrill J. Bateman
Brigham Young University
BYU
Gary Bergera
Bngham Young University
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Harmony Church of the Brethren
Ron Perry
THE
Apostolic Lighthouse
Robert Tisdale
Dallas
Texas
Life and Liberty Baptist Church
Duane Rutherford
Call
Beth Sholom
Second St
Nori
Barbie Kelley
Gadsden
Ala
Victory Tabernacle
Kelleys
Mr. Kelley
Bill Beck
Catoctin Furnace
Kellys Store
Orerdel Rosier
Eglise de Dieu
Port-au- Prince
Haiti
By David Briggs
Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Conference of Churches
Tommy G. Thompson
Wisconsin
Thompson
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