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McClatchy-Tribune News Service The Rev. Corey Brooks sits on the roof of the abandoned motel on Dec. 21. He is camping out, across the street from his New Beginnings Church in Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, for 21 days as part of his effort to raise $450,000 to buy the motel, tear it down and turn it into a community center.
Sleeping atop shuttered motel, pastor rails against violence
CHICAGO — From his perch on the corner of East 66th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the Rev. Corey Brooks has been able to witness the challenges his neighborhood faces from an entirely ne...
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Photo contributed Gary Chapman, popular Christian speaker and author, will host a marriage seminar in March in Paducah.
Marriage seminar to be held in Paducah
St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm is always looking for ways to support family life. The next support event will come in the form of sponsoring Gary Chapman, popular speaker, author and past...
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Foreign-born priests step up
DETROIT — The U.S. Catholic Church is increasingly turning to foreign-born priests to staff its parishes as it struggles with the decline in the number of American men studying to wear the Roman co...
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Memory of ugly metal Christmas tree grows fonder
I remember our horrified looks and rolling eyes. We didn’t disguise our stifled moans very well. It was the Christmas season but it was no picture from Currier and Ives, that’s for sure. The gau...
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Courtesy: Kentucky Baptist Convention Kentucky Baptists and other Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers began constructing shelves for donations of medical supplies at an emergency clinic, Immediately following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti,. Recently volunteers have been constructing new houses for some of the thousands of Haitians displaced by the disaster. Kentucky Baptists have given more than $640,000 toward the rebuilding effort.
Kentucky Baptists providing relief
Almost two years after a devastating earthquake in Haiti, Kentucky Baptists continue their pledge to aid displaced residents. Baptists in the state recently donated an additional $15,371 to Rebu...
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CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS Calvary Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 98 Calvary Church Road, Mayfield, 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, ninth annual Christmas drama, “Cricket County Visits a City Church.” 705-...
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Deacon training organized
The Kentucky Baptist Convention will sponsor the class Strength in Numbers: Building Deacon-led Ministry Teams for deacons and pastors Feb. 9 at Lone Oak First Baptist Church in Paducah. Roy Sai...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service These students at a school in Haiti will receive nutrition education from Great Harvest Bread Company owners Rick and Debbie Sands. The Sands are building a bakery in Haiti and training workers and offering nutrition education as part of their personal ministry.
Bakers using bread to share the gospel
STOW, Ohio — Rick Sands has always had a heart for feeding the hungry. It’s something that has been with him since his childhood days, when he visited his grandmother in Ironton, Ohio, which sit...
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FELLOWSHIP Maple Spring United Methodist Church, 9643 U.S. 68 E., Fairdealing, 6:30-9 a.m. Saturday, country ham breakfast. Menu: country ham, sausage, eggs, pancakes, biscuits, gravy and bevera...
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JOHN WRIGHT | The Sun Jennifer Edmonds, portraying Mary, is shown with Baby Jesus as the Angel of the Lord appears in the background during a scene from "The Gift" at Southland Baptist Temple in Paducah.
Christmas production becoming a tradition
Each year, Letitia Harris sings a hymn after the crucifixion scene, and each year, she struggles to fight back tears. Harris has been a choir member in Southland Baptist Temple’s Christmas produ...
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