Founders Day and Church Events Across Local Communities
A schedule of Founders Day at Oriental-Holt's Chapel Community Center and multiple church activities including fundraisers, speaker engagements, growth seminars, usher workshops, gospel concerts, sermon deliveries, and yard sales across Riverside, Vanceboro, James City, Newport, and nearby communities. Events feature Faye Clark, J C Hash Sr, Leo Williams, Aaron Sanders, Shirley Atkinson, Rev Lillian Rainey, Rev Curtis Brown, Bonita Burney-Simmons, and others with times from morning to evening on various August Sundays and Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God’s Holy Assembly
James City
Curtis Brown
Bonita Burney-Simmons
Geralding Allen- Jarmon
Judy Crowell
God’s Army
Miracal
Willie Grant Sr
City of Refuge
Newport
Strength in small numbers boosts SBC church growth
Membership in the average Southern Baptist church has more than tripled since 1920. Recent studies indicate that smaller congregations show more overall support in relation to the growth and changes of the denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern _ Baptist church
Riots in Philadelphia 1844 over prayer in schools
In 1844 Philadelphians clashed as Irish Catholic immigrants and native Protestant artisans fought over Bible readings in schools. Arson, gunfire, and street battles left 18 dead in phase one and 12 more in phase two, with St Michael’s and St Augustine’s churches burned and widespread property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
St. Michael’s
St. Augustine’s
Kensington
Southwark
Lou Baldwin
Catholic Standard and Times
Walter J. Quinn
Francis Patrick Kenrick
John
Frantz
Penn State University
Haverford University
Roger Lane
American Republican Party
Michael Feldberg
George Schiffler
John M. Scott
John Cadwalader
Philadelphia County
Robert Patterson
Pennsylvania
St. Philip’s Church
South Philadelphia
Church News Submissions Deadline And Format Rules
The notice outlines weekly church news submission rules with a Friday publication. It requires complete items including full names times dates places and church name. Submissions must be 100 words or fewer and include a contact person with a telephone number. Incomplete or illegible news will not be run. The deadline is noon Wednesday for consideration.
Episcopal bishops urge moratorium on gay ordinations
The Episcopal Church seeks a policy balancing caution on ordaining gays with affirming God presence in same sex relationships. Final draft proposes that ordinations follow church teaching while welcoming homosexuals and permitting nontraditional interpretations of Scripture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Episcopal
Associated Press
United Church of Christ
Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
Indianapolis
House of Deputies
Frederick Borsch
Los Angeles
Todd Weitzel
Episcopalians United
Ment
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Oriental
Holt
Riverside United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Faye Clark
Pleasant Hill Ame Zion
Pleasant Hill
St. James Ame Zion Church of the
Rocky Run
Missionary Department
J.C. Hash Sr
Hash
St. Peter’s World Outreach Center
Winston- Salem
St. John Baptist Church
New Bern
Bryant Chapel Inspirational Gospel Choir
New Birth Church of Christ Ministries
Spring Garden Road
Aaron Sanders
New Birth
Vanceboro
Burning Bush
Lillian Rainey
Mount Airy
Rio Grande Missionary Baptist Church
Heritage Pentecostal Holiness Church
Oaks Road
Rue Chapel Ame
Oak St
Riverside
Willie Bell Clark
House of God
St. Mark Church of Christ
Disciples of Christ
Steward Board of
Piney Grove
AME Zion Church
Order of St. Luke the
Centenary United Methodist Church
New and
Middle Streets
Southern Baptist Handbook
Southern Baptist Convention
First City
Broad & Fleet Streets
Chamber of Commerce
Sun Journal
Chamber Magazine
Call Jane Turner
Careers Conference
Pamlico Community College
PCC
ECU
Must
Environmental Science Technology
Ramona
P.O. Box
Grantsboro
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