Court declines appeal over teacher’s Jesus research topic
Brittney Kaye Settle of Dickson Tenn sued after a ninth grade teacher Dana Ramsey disallowed a research Paper on the life of Jesus. The appeals court said teachers have broad discretion to grade and conduct class discussions.
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Aegelers Fae Cie & Wes Hunter
Alrésearch
Jesus
Brittney Kaye Settle
Dickson, Tenn
Dana Ramsey
Settle
Anan Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Nans protest Vatican ban on ordination of women
The Leadership Conference of Women Religions representing many nuns calls for a day of prayer and fasting on December 15 in response to the Vatican ban on ordaining women as priests. Leaders say the issue harms church credibility and women’s involvement in decision making.
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Nans
Vatican
Leadership Conference of Women Religions
John Pawl
Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Lutheran Humor Writers Share Church Basement Memories
Martin and Nelson recall growing up Norwegian Lutheran in Grand Forks North Dakota. They discuss taboo dancing, shuffleboard in church, and watching Lawrence Welk while claiming laughter is a gift from God. They tour churches sharing anecdotes and promoting their books Glorified Rice and Thealogy for Lunch.
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Martin
Surann Nelson
Martins Frend
Nelson
Lawrence Welk
Anyward Cheaut
Mary
Lutheran Church
Grand Forks
N.D
Grand Forks Herald
Kentucky Baptists urge fight against casino gambling
The Kentucky Baptist Convention passed a resolution urging members to oppose casino gambling and off track betting. It calls casino gambling evil and immoral, urges collaboration with the Temperance League of Kentucky and the Kentucky Council of Churches, and previews educational materials for church use if the General Assembly debates next year. Churchill Downs and other tracks favor freer gambling to combat riverboat casinos starting in Indiana.
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Kentucky Baptist Convention
Temperance League of Kentucky
Kentucky Council of Churches
Kentucky
Indiana
General Assembly
Churchill Downs
Unity rally at Madison Square Garden sparks Jewish divisions
Plans for a December rally to show American Jewish unity over the Middle East peace process have stirred intra religious conflict. Orthodox leaders oppose framing the event around the peace process, preferring a general pursuit of peace. Organizers aim to draw 20,000 Jews to Madison Square Garden with Shimon Peres and Leah Rabin expected to attend.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Orridge
Middle East
Israel Teader Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Yasser Arafat
West Bank
Israel
Arimoaux
United States
Jasn
Shimon Peres
Leah Rabin
Bull Clnton
Church to become civil rights museum in Albany
The Mount Zion Baptist Church in Albany, vacant 23 years, will join the National Register and become a civil rights museum. Artifacts include the jail cell key from Martin Luther King Jr, reflecting the Albany movement of 1961 62. The project, funded mainly by a sales tax, aims to finish by late 1996.
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Albany
Mary Luther King Jr
Old Mount Zion Baptist Church
King
Georgia
McCree Harns
Brmingham
Montgomery
Ala
Lee Formwalt
Albany State College
Harris
Mount Zen
Mount Zion
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
Walt Sad
Grant
Christmas Mall Hypnosis and Grinless Shoppers
Frederica Mathewes-Green surveys a crowded mall packed with holiday décor where shoppers look dazed and bored. The fountain is dry and consumer space feels private yet public, a silent theater of selling. Eyeblink studies and marketing theories frame Christmas shopping as an immobilizing but ubiquitous ritual.
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Uni
Town Square
Vance Packard
James Vicary
Vicary
Joseph and
Mary
Lord Jesus
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Christianity Today
Catholic youth meet attracts 150 CNY teens
About ten thousand Catholic youths attended the National Catholic Youth Conference in Minneapolis with 150 from the Syracuse Diocese. The four day event featured Voices of Peace and Voices of God, centered on standing against violence. Delegates heard from Rosslyn Spencer of Oklahoma City about violence and loss, and concerts by Gary Chapman Kathy Troccoli and Michael W. Smith.
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Syracuse
Ib Evra Gualdu
National Catholic Youth Initiative
Siofence
Rosslyn Spencer
Oklahoma City
Bulding
Spencer
Gary Chapman
Amy Grant
Kathy Troccol
Michael W. Smut
Advent and Christmas music events in Syracuse area churches
The Church of the Savior at 437 James St hosts an Advent service titled Gift of Hope and Expectation at 4 p.m. Sunday with readings and choral music, featuring Bishop David B Joslin. Westminster Presbyterian at 1601 Park St presents Welcome Thou King of Glory at 4 p.m. with organ solos and a string quartet. St Pauls Episcopal Cathedral announces organist James L. Potts leading music at the 10:40 a.m. liturgy. The Spiritual Renewal Center offers a Dance in the Darkness workshop at 7:30 p.m. Thursday with Sister Matise May, including music, prayer, and refreshments.
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Church of the Savior
Syracuse
Lacenns
Carle
James St
England
David B Joslin
Central New York
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Park St
St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral
James L. Potts
Potts
Syracuse University
Switzerland
American Guild of Organists
Arthur Poister
Snintual Renewal Center
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Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations
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Mensey
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Civil Rights Museum
Elliott Minor
The
Associated Press
Laurie Pritchett
Formwalt
Pritchett
C.W. Grant
Albany, Ga
Frederica Mathewes
Green Religion News
Catholic Youth Meet
Kate Mahar
Safc
Faith Notebook
Holts Advent Service
Presbyterian Church
Episcopal Church
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