Fairview United Methodist, located at 3200 Chapel Hill Road, will show the movie “Facing the Giants” Saturday, April 18, 2009 in the church’s front-yard. The movie is centered around football Coach Grant Taylor who has had six consecutive losing seasons and his job is in jeopardy. Compounded with marital woes, Taylor is on the brink of losing [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Facing the Giants
Posted in Christianity, Religion and Popular Culture on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kosher tequila
Posted in Judaism, Religious Holidays on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Martin Silver, a New York businessman, is launching a kosher tequila in time for passover which begins at sundown on April 8th. The 99-proof kosher tequila is being produced in Mexico using methods that have been certified by a rabbi.
The official premiere of the tequila will be on Cinco de Mayo and will debut with [...]
Chicago cardinal calls for immigration reform
Posted in Christianity, Religion and Politics, Religious Leaders on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Francis George on Saturday called for an end to deportation raids that separate families and called on the current administration to fix ‘inadequate’ immigration laws. George also pledged his support for immigration reform before the 2,000 people that had crowded into Our Lady of Mercy Church in Albany Park for an event [...]
Crossing Church held marriage conference
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Crossing Church hosted author and speaker Paul Tripp as part of a weekend marriage conference titled “Redeeming Qualities of Marriage.” The conference, held March 13th and 14th, was promoted as helping people realize the reality of marriage. Jim Beaty, the operations director at the Crossing Church, said that marriage is a critical part of [...]
Lunch meets Lent at Missouri United Methodist Church
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Missouri United Methodist Church has an upcoming Lenten Bible study; the details:
Lenten Bible Study
Pastor Jim Bryan will lead a Lenten Bible Study on Wednesday, March 25th at 12:00 Noon in the church Parlor and at 6:30pm in Room CLC 107/109. Meals will be available for each session for a small cost.
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55 Plus will meet [...]
Missed service in past weeks? Here’s a good way to catch up..
Posted in Christianity, Uncategorized on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Technology is amazing. Karis Community Church, Woodcrest Chapel, Community United Methodist Church and Memorial Baptist Church among others have audio libraries available of past sermons. Some of these audio clips are available in iTunes and mp3 format, but Windows Media Player is available for download if you don’t already have it. Among these include sermons by [...]
Condoms, the Catholic Church and uncommon sense
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pope Benedict XVI on his tour of Africa addressed the issue of HIV/Aids, which infects an estimated 22 million men, women and children on the continent. The Pope’s remarks had a familiar Catholic resonance that condemned condoms and said that, according to the BBC, handing out condoms has increased the problem of HIV/Aids in Africa. [...]
Pascifists to hold protest march
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Mid-Missouri Fellowship for Reconciliation is set to hold a peace march on Saturday March 21 at 1:30 at Courthouse Square. The march titled “Yes We Can! End the Wars!” is in response to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Obama administration’s continuation on these fronts. The group cited statistics such as this [...]
Obama turns to five pastors for spiritual guidance
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times article “Without a Pastor of His Own, Obama Turns to Five” it is said that after speaking against Reverand Jeremiah Wright during the election, President Obama has turned to five pastors. The five pastors are Reverend Otis Moss, Jr., a civil rights leader, Bishop T.D. Jakes, CEO of The Potter’s House, [...]
This past week in Religion Headlines
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the week following the murder of a pastor in the St. Louis area, a lot has happened. For a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article covering the funeral, click here. A fund has been set up to help Terry Bullard, the most seriously injured of the two men in the attack. For that article, click here. [...]
