Community calendar highlights in Carbondale area events
Listings include youth group at Victory Dream Center 6 30 to 8 45 p m Wednesdays for grades 6 through 10 and a 1 p m Sunday Black history fundraiser at Olivet Free Will Baptist Church with soul food dinner. Also faith and church events across Marion De Soto and Carbondale with food pantries and charity drives.
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Carbondale
Victory Dream Center
E. College St
D.C
Good Samaritan Food Pantry
Jackson County
University Baptist Church
S. Oakland Ave
Good Samaritan Ministries
Carbondale Interfaith Council
Victory Food Pantry
Christian Authors Forum on Tolkien at St Andrew's Church
A spring Christian Authors Forum focusing on J R R Tolkien will begin at noon Tuesday at St Andrew's Episcopal Church 402 W Mill St across from the SIU Clock Tower. The event draws on Mark Horne's biography in the Christian Encounters series with Tolkien praised as a father of modern fantasy literature. For more information, call the church.
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Carbondale
Olivet Free Will Baptist Church
N. Marion St
Faith Temple Church of God In Christ
Christian Authors Forum
J. R. R. Tolkien
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
W. Mill St
SIU
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Jrr Tolkien
Tolkien
Jerusalem Bible Project
Mark Horne
St. Andrew's Church
Faith and voting converge as pastor Ryan Burge studies religion in politics
Pastor Ryan Burge of First Baptist Mount Vernon and SIU fellow completed a PhD on how faith shapes voting and vice versa. He outlines the three B's belonging belief behavior and notes evangelical voters are under 8 percent, challenging media narratives on the religious right.
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Hoever
Ryan Burge
First Baptist Church
Mount Vernon
Burge
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
Southern Illinois University
Simon Institute
Religious Right Not Representing All Christians
A speaker argues that hard core religious groups are a tiny segment of Americans and media portrayal skews perceptions. He notes many moderate Christians exist and that the notion of a monolithic religious right is inaccurate and misleading.
Be Kind to Unkind People and other life tips
A reader shares a long list of practical, faith grounded life rules from an article sent by a friend. Jim Davidson notes the value of kindness, organization, balance, rest, budgeting, and personal growth with 36 concrete steps including prayer, punctuality, limiting clutter, and helping others.
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George Pickett
George
Jesus
Reverend Ryan Bure Named Mount Vernon Pastor and Fellow
The Rev. Ryan Bure serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Mount Vernon and holds a post doctoral fellowship at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
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Alan Rogers
the Southern
Ryan Burge
First Baptist Church
Mount Vernon
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
SIU
Ryan Bure
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