Skateboarders hone their flips in Methodist chapel
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Â· Minister turns to sporting youth to pack pews  Â· Plywood ramp replaces pulpit as focal point
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By Nancy Gier  Batavia United Methodist Church is doing outreach in a literal fashion.
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The United Methodist Church defrocked a lesbian minister this week for the first time in 17 years. In a sermon to her congregation, the Rev.
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More than ever, it is survival of the fittest at Rioâs renowned Carnival celebration â a full-tilt sport in high heels.
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Reflecting a change in both, hip-hop music and churches seem to be inching closer together.
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For a growing number of churches, the boundary between sacred space and marketplace is coming down.
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By SUE DOYLE\\ Staff Writer  Hundreds of worshippers poured into the Brookins Community African Methodist Episcopal Church for a Sunday service of toe- tapping music and lively prayers, kicking off a series of celebrations to mark Black History Month.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The pastor of a Gastonia, N.C., church dealing with a controversy over a recent blackface performance reassured his congregation Sunday that their difficulties will make them stronger.  The Rev. Thomas Holbrooks Jr.
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JONESBORO, Ark. - A skateboard park that was built by volunteers was destroyed in about five minutes, allegedly by a nearby business owner who was frustrated with the conduct of some of the park's patrons...
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By Karen Heinselman, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa  Sep. 18--Editor's Note: This is the second of two parts examing how churches balance tradition and new ideas.   CEDAR FALLS -- In churches across America, ushers distribute bulletins and smiles.
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WESTWOOD -- Inside the New England Sports Academy, a group of girls gracefully leaped and tumbled across mats. They were dressed in colorful, sparkly leotards, their hair tightly wound in buns. Their practice last week was more than routine. It was the equivalent of a dress rehearsal before the young gymnasts make their national debut.
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By Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Feb. 21--Rochester churches are accepting donations of wheelchairs,  walkers and other rehabilitation equipment for Wheels for the World.
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By Jared Turner jared.turner@roanoke.com 381-1643  A fresh sound will soon fill the sanctuary at Grove United Methodist Church.
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They've bumped and grinded and sung their way
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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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WATERLOO, Iowa  - With less than two weeks until Iowa kicks off the presidential nomination battles, several contenders took their campaigns to church on Sunday and a leading Republican tried to allay concerns about his health.
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By Destin Log, Fla.  Feb. 3--One of the ways to measure the health of a community and the vitality of its residents is to look at its churches.  Churches that are new and modern and comfortable and have venues for lots of activities are good signs.