Christian groups press for action in Packwood ethics case
Conservative Christian coalitions warned Senate Republicans to allow full, merits based consideration of sexual misconduct, tampering and influence peddling charges against Sen. Bob Packwood. They urge public hearings or expulsion if proven, stressing accountability and disclosure to the American people.
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Senate
Bob Packwood
Bob Dole
Packwood
Finance Committee
Mike Russell
Christian Coalition
Canadians mull diverting taxes from military spending
A Canadian official told Mennonite and Quaker groups the government is open to a plan that lets taxpayers divert part of their income away from military spending within the current tax system. Church groups want a separate Peace Tax Fund, but officials say no new tax body. instead the aim is to accommodate conscientious objectors while preserving government control of redirected funds.
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Finance Ministry
Chris Derksen Hiebert
Mennonite Central Committee
Ottawa
Central New York Death Education Chapter Forming
Faith Notebook reports Paul Metzler and Therese Schoeneck organize a local chapter of the national death education group. The first meeting is at noon June 15 at Hope for the Bereaved, 4500 Onondaga Blvd. The association links counselors educators nurses doctors religious professionals funeral directors and hospice workers. Solid Rock Church marks fifth anniversary June 9 11 at 713 W Fayette St with speaker Tom Holohan. St Patrick’s Church Syracuse celebrates 125th anniversary with mass June 4 and dinner at Empire Room tickets $20. McNally to be ordained priest June 3 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Akafist chorus performs June 9 Carrier Theater at Onondaga County Civic Center with tickets $10-$12. Syracuse Alliance Church to dedicate new organ June 12. Rabbi Evan Shore elected Syracuse Rabbinical Council president for two years. Marian Center hosts unity evening Feast of the Visitation at St Daniel’s Lyncourt. Open to ministry workers.
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Paul Metzler
Center For Living With
Hospice
Central New York
Therese Schoeneck
Hope For the
Association For Death Education and Counseling
Hope For the Bereaved
Onondaga Blvd
Solid Rock Family Christian Church
W. Fayette St
Tom Holohan
Lave Christian Assembly
Manlius
Edward Francis McNally
Syracuse
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
McNally
Richard
Mary Jean McNally
Fayetteville-Manlius High School
le Moyne College
Wadhams Hall
Ogdensburg
St. Mary’s Seminary and University
Baltimore
Akafist
Carrier Theater
Onondaga County Civic Center
Pam
Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
Central
AIDS ministry director wins national health award
Peter Lee of Columbia, director of the AIDS Ministry of South Carolina Christian Action Council, received the $100,000 Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program Award for expanding community services. His ministry runs care teams in 40 churches with 500 volunteers across nine denominations offering nonmedical support such as food shopping transportation and companionship.
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South Carolina
Peter Lee
Columbia
S.C
Aids Ministry of
South Carolina Christian Action Council
Robert Wood Johnson
Lee
Catherine M Dunham
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Center For Health Promotion
West Virginia minister urges gambling bill opposition
The Rev. Allen Fisher of Elm Grove says casino gambling legislation likely won’t advance in the 1996 West Virginia session, noting it stalled in 1994 and 1995. Fisher, a WV Council of Churches member, calls gambling destructive to the economy and social patterns. Bill Perry signals a quieter, lower-profile push without a Riverboat Gaming Commission.
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West Virginia
Allen Fisher
Stone Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove
W.va
House
Fisher
Bill Perry
Charleston
Riverboat Gaming Commission
Clergy seek help coping with bombing tragedy
Clergy including Rev Joseph Meinhart and Rev Joe Williams faced long crisis duties at the Oklahoma City bombing site. Psychologists note caregivers need support as denominations plan counseling, while attendance at sessions remains uneven amid ongoing trauma.
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Oklahoma City
Joseph Meinhart
Joe Williams
United Methodist Church
Southern Baptists
Williams
Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
Toward Love the Bible and Buddhist Parable Guide
A Buddhist tale of a traveler seeking a good town contrasts with an older man’s wisdom about perception. The piece urges honest self reflection, openness, and living with love in the heart, citing 1 Corinthians 13 as core scripture. It argues love comes from God yet must be practiced in daily life.
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Southern Theological Seminary
Lexington
Midland
Rabbinical Council
Evan Shore
Young Israel Shaarei Torah
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Sheldon Enzring
Temple Society of Concord
Madison Street
CNY Marian Center
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Shield of David
Moses
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