Conference Marks Milestone With Look Ahead: Members of the Reading Berks Conference of Churches Celebrate 60 Years of Ministry and Service. Its Most Recent Accomplishment is the Creation of a Chaplain's Program Within the City Police Department.
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By Reading Eagle, Pa.  Feb. 3--As the Reading Berks Conference of Churches observes its 60th anniversary this year, the organization's executive director, the Rev. Calvin Kurtz, has a vision in which those who benefit from the organization's ministries minister to others in turn.
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By Jared Turner jared.turner@roanoke.com 381-1643  In keeping with a long-standing Lenten tradition, four Radford congregations will join together for a series of presentations commemorating the 40 days leading up to Easter.
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The annual meeting of Christian Scientists, held this week in Boston, emphasized the import of Christ Jesus' Sermon on the Mount as a building block for healing.
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By Nick G. Maheras, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 18--HIGH POINT -- An Asheville ministry couple will soon do the annual United Methodist shuffle -- over to a couple of High Point churches.   The Rev.
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Â·  Survey calls for churches to work with policeÂ·   Clergy can be 'honest brokers' for young people
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Please read in the first and 18th paragraph ... 1647 ... instead of ... 1674 ... (fixes typo in date). A corrected story follows: By Andrew Cawthorne.
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By Heather Rutz, The Lima News, Ohio  Mar. 3--LIMA -- The congregation of one of the oldest churches in town is considering merging with another.  Grace United Methodist Church voted last week to explore a merger with Trinity United Methodist Church, Grace pastor Rev. Dr. Dan Curtis said.
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By Mike Wilder, Times-News, Burlington, N.C.  Jun. 17--"There's a new church in town," a release promoting Pine Ridge Church reads.
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By Michael Duck, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Jun. 9--The United States' biggest Lutheran church should change its policy on gay pastors, but not anytime soon, agreed Lutherans from across northeastern Pennsylvania while meeting Friday in Bethlehem.
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A SCHOOL is celebrating its silver jubilee with all sorts of activities.  Pupils, staff and parents at Isobel Mair School in Clarkston have organised parties, a concert and a church service for the 61-pupil school's 25th birthday.
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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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Cautious optimism greets church report that offers road to reconciliation after US wing approved a gay bishop. By Jane Lampman | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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BURGESS HILL, England -- Every morning on his walk to work, high school teacher Graham Wright recited a favorite Anglican prayer and asked God for strength in the day ahead. Then two years ago, he just stopped.
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By Nick G. Maheras, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 12--HIGH POINT -- The city's biggest church, as well as its largest Baptist assembly, has called a new senior pastor.   The Rev. Dr. Darryl L.
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The report released Monday by an Anglican church commission reinforces what spiritual leaders of Episcopal Church USA members in downstate Illinois have been saying for more than a year, they said.
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"Bark Mitzvahs," pet chaplains, and kitty funerals are all part of a growing recognition by churches and synagogues of the bonds people have with their animals.
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Georgia is poised to introduce two literature classes on the Bible in public schools next year, a move analysts say would make the state the first to take an explicit stance endorsing &#151; and funding &#151; biblical teachings. The Bible already is incorporated into some classes in Georgia and other states, but some critics say the board's move, which makes the Bible the classes' main text, treads into dangerous turf.