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Rosebower Baptist honors retiring pastor
The Rev. Kenneth Puckett is looking to a new chapter after guiding Rosebower Baptist Church in Reidland for almost four decades. On Sept. 30, Puckett will retire as the church’s full-time pastor...

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Amish found guilty of Ohio religious hate crimes
CLEVELAND — Sixteen Amish men and women were convicted Thursday of hate crimes for a series of hair- and beard- cutting attacks on fellow sect members in a religious dispute that offered a rare a...

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Church calendar
Special services The congregation of Washington Street Baptist Church is celebrating the 20th pastoral anniversary of Raynarldo M. Henderson during September. This Sunday’s morning service will ...

Sep 14, 2012 | 0

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Teen’s suicide prompts frank family discussions
Within hours of my daughter’s death, the first mother carrying a secret fear appeared on my doorstep. She was crying, emotionally shredded, having heard the news of Jocelyn’s suicide just minutes b...

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Associated Press
Sisters Aliya (left) and Dana de Grazia, from Long Grove, Ill., visit Elk Grove Village, Ill., where they were talking about their mission work in Africa. The sisters now live on the outskirts of Nairobi as students at the United States International University in Kenya.

Sisters take different routes to same destination
LONG GROVE, Ill. — Recognizing his two strong-willed and adventurous daughters weren’t eager to take a traditional — or even paved — path through life, Dan de Grazia offered some advice. “I said...

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Associated Press
Pope Benedict XVI was presented with his first electric car on Wednesday, a customized white Renault Kangoo for jaunts around the gardens of the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. Benedict has been dubbed the "green pope" for his environmental concerns, which have been a hallmark of his papacy.

Pope goes green with electric car
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is now a bit greener. The 85-year-old pontiff was presented with his first electric car Wednesday, a customized white Renault Kangoo for jaunts around the garden...

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Church Calendar
Special services Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, 2025 Clark Line Road, will host Kathi Gutierrez and Brenda Madison at 6 p.m. Sept. 15 to talk about their recent mission trip to Liberia as part o...

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Hope Unlimited annual fundraiser scheduled
Hope Unlimited will host its annual fundraising banqet Thursday at the Paducah First Baptist Church Great Room. The buffet will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the program will start at 6:30 p.m. This year ...

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
University of Central Florida psychology professor Charles Negy reads from a letter complaining about his teaching on Aug. 23. Negy sees the religious polarization in American society reflected in his cross-cultural pyschology class in Orlando, Florida.

Florida professor challenges America’s religious bigotry
ORLANDO, Fla. — In his first class of the fall semester, University of Central Florida professor Charles Negy suggested to his cross-cultural psychology students that they might want to read his em...

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Church calendar
Special services Fountain Avenue United Methodist Church, 300 Fountain Avenue, Paducah, 10:45 a.m. Sunday service to feature special music by Children’s Department. Bell’s Chapel CME Church, ...

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