Avon Lake group lives first century Christianity
A Avon Lake based group, the Christian Community House at 32260 Lake Rd, practices communal living with pooled income and a weekly personal allowance. Led by Ken Urbansky and Dave Farr, 41 members, including 10 children, work, study and evangelize with a two elder leadership, planning incorporation, newsletters, youth outreach, and a coffeehouse for teens. Public and private tensions arise but members strive to mimic the early church.
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Avon Lake
Jesus
Christian Community House
Lake Rd
Ken Urbansky
Dave Farr
Lake Road
Farr
Urbansky
Crossroads Family Bookstore
St. Joseph Parish Hall
California
God's Army Seminary of the Bible
Fresno
Calif
Christian Community
C-T
John Fazio
Vatican lays out positive view of sex within marriage
The Vatican issued a declaration on sexual ethics praising sexuality as vital to individual development and social life. It rejects modern laxity, condemns premarital sex, homosexuality, and masturbation while emphasizing that true moral goodness comes from sex within marriage and mutual self giving.
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New York
Vatican
Vatican Office
Area church events preview musical and prayer services
Religious notices list musical programs and services across churches. Mount Vernon Nazarene College ensemble performs at 10 45 a m at Church of the Nazarene while other churches host programs, dinners, prayer sessions and annual meetings tomorrow through April 1.
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Church OF the Nazarene
Living Proof
Mount Vernon
O.) Nazarene College
TA for Moms and Dads course offered at Westminster church
Amherst parents can join a four week course led by Rev. Warren Wiggins at Westminster United Presbyterian Church. The sessions run Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. reading Transactional Analysis for Moms and Dads by Muriel James.
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Amherst Church
Amherst
Warren Wiggins
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
Wiggins
Muriel James
Midwest Institute For Human Understanding
Medina
International Transactional Analysis
Right to Life rally in Cleveland marks third anniversary
A Respec t for Life rally hosted by the Greater Cleveland Right to Life Society will assemble at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Cleveland Music Hall to mark the third anniversary of the Supreme Court abortion ruling and urge defense of life for the ill, disabled, and aged. Dr. Carolyn Gerster of Arizona will headline as chair of the National Right to Life board, with Cleveland Mayor Ralph Perk and several faith and civic leaders among speakers.
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Cleveland
Supreme Court
Greater Cleveland
Right To Life Society
Cleveland Music Hall
Carolyn Gerster
Arizonia
National
Right To Life Committee
Ecumenical Week of Prayer Opens with Downtown Service
Tomorrow at 3 p.m. an ecumenical service and processions will start at First Congregational, drawing more than a dozen churches downtown. Clergy will wear vestments and members carry banners under the theme Christ Unites Us, with leaders from First United Methodist, St Mary Catholic, St Andrew Episcopal, and St Mary Roman Catholic among speakers. The focus is unity amid ecumenical debate, with weather postponement to Jan. 25 if needed.
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First Congregatonal Church
Charles Hamilton
First United Methodist Church
First Methodist
Patrick O'Shaughnessy
St. Mary Catholic Church
St. Andrew Episcopal
Ronald Marmaduke
St. Mary Roman Catholic Church
Roderic Pierce
St. Andrew
Gouthra
Missouri Synod
Gouthro
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis University
Anie Sendrock
Emmanee
Will Christian churches ever unite in one church
Chicago based interview with Church historian Dr Martin E Marty in US Catholic questions whether Christian denominations will unite into one church. Marty says unity is a secular bureaucratic aim and biblical Christianity shows deep divisions. ecumenism should focus on agreement in sacraments while avoiding a monolithic model. He notes progress in Protestant Catholic consensus yet cautions against forcing full merger.
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Chicago
Usc
Martin E. Marty
U.S
Marty
Missouri Synod
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Cleveland Catholic Diocese
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National Council of Churches
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