Miss. town gets aid from church groups
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The sweat and donations from religious groups are bringing hope and new homes to many residents in this tiny community, still struggling two years after Hurricane Katrina left much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in ruins.
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By Matt Sabo, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 21--YORK -- Since 1973, Rev. Dorothy Moore and members of her congregation have planted flowers and trees and mowed the grounds of a historic tract of land home to the crumbled foundational remains of Old Charles Parish Church.
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Belleview First Baptist Church passed out voter guides from the Christian Coalition and ivotevalues.com to the congregation of 1,300 in rural Marion County, Fla.
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Churches, schools, and families in Warroad, Minn., go to unusual lengths to help smooth the transition from military to civilian life.
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By Hurst Laviana, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--About 300 people rallied outside the Episcopal Social Services building Saturday as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas offered his support for the imperiled charity.
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By Leigh Coleman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 20--ESCATAWPA -- The first money of the $30 million Mississippi Hurricane Funds has built an Escatawpa family a new home and bought them some peace of mind.
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As the world mobilizes to provide aid for nations devastated by an earthquake, Mississippi charities and religious organizations are working to help the disaster victims.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 14--The Coast's embattled urban trees are about to receive two types of help on Friday.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 15--Staff members of the Carl Small Town Center and David Perkes of the Gulf Coast Design Studio are organizing the event. The center and design studio are outreach arms of Mississippi State University's College of Architecture, Art and Design.
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Baptist groups are meeting to try to mend old fractures  and present a more diverse and moderate image.
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By Valerie Lovett, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Mar.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 22--GULFPORT -- An eye in the sky and boots on the ground. Looters across Harrison County might be caught unawares in just that way if another hurricane or other natural disaster strikes.
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By Sharon Kiley Mack, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec.
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Communities Secretary Hazel Blears says local authorities will be given financial aid to help deal with flood damage.
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Father Bill Terry of St. Anna's Episcopal Church in New Orleans wants everyone to know what's happening in his city: too many murders and too few people held accountable. He keeps track of the deaths on a "murder board," a plastic board hanging outside his church.
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BARTOW, Fla. - When a church group put a nativity scene on public property, officials warned it might open the door to other religious - and not-so-religious - displays. They were right.
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By Stephanie Koons, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Jun. 16--Does spending only $25 on a full load of groceries sound too good to be true? A local church will soon make that idea a reality for community members.