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Published Saturday, November 14, 2009
VATICAN CITY -- E.T. phone Rome.Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its im ...
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Published Saturday, November 14, 2009
Sister Catherine Bitzer slowly opened a file box and carefully removed a brittle page, scarred by years of neglectful storage, mold and insects. At 415 years old, the marriage record written by a Roman Catholic priest is still readable and is one of ...
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Published Saturday, November 07, 2009
Sunday* St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1101 Rock Prairie Road in College Station, welcomes Bishop Dena Harrison to the 10:30 a.m. worship service, where she will confirm and receive persons who are renewing their commitment to Christ. Following the se ...
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Published Saturday, November 07, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump-start.Most of his worshippers, though devoted, were in their 60s, attendance had bottome ...
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Published Saturday, October 31, 2009
Saturday* St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 217 W. 26th St. in Bryan, will hold St. Andrew's Ville from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the youth hall. Cost of admission is a can of food to benefit the church food pantry. Enter through outside metal stairs on the par ...
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Published Saturday, October 31, 2009
I remember stepping through the front "door" of his home. Door? Well, it was an opening; there was no door, no closing the outside from the inside, just a hole in the wall shaped like a door. Elijah, who must have weighed 100 pounds dripping wet, was ...
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Published Saturday, October 24, 2009
Polygamous group challenges ruling SALT LAKE CITY -- A polygamous sect is asking the Utah Supreme Court to overturn a state court decision that stripped the religious purposes from its communal land trust.Attorneys for the Fundamentalist Church of Je ...
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Published Saturday, October 24, 2009
Saturday * Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, 804 N. Logan Ave. in Bryan, will have its Junior Mission Prayer Breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon. The guest speaker will be Sister Raquel Hurst of Living Branch Christian Center in Calvert.Sunday* First Unit ...
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Published Saturday, October 24, 2009
Attention, red light camera supporters and haters alike: Will you help me come to terms with a related problem, please? It'll be fun: We'll get out on the highway, looking for adventure and whatever comes our way -- because my issue is about driving. ...
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Published Saturday, October 17, 2009
FALL CREEK, Wis. -- On the first Sunday morning of October, pastor Steve Scott looked far beyond the surroundings of his western Wisconsin congregation to find worthy subjects for their prayers: recent natural disaster victims in Indonesia and the Ph ...
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Published Saturday, October 10, 2009
Sunday* First Christian Church, 900 S. Ennis St. in Bryan, will hold worship at 10:45 a.m. with the Rev. Jesse Myers preaching on "First Things First," based on Mark 10:17-31 and Genesis 4:1-2, 8:13-22. Sunday school classes for all ages begin at 9:3 ...
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Published Saturday, October 10, 2009
CULVER CITY, Calif. -- The scene is seared into the American psyche: the residents of New Orleans engulfed by floodwaters, perched on rooftops and desperate for help as corpses float past and helicopters whirl overhead.The depiction of Hurricane Katr ...
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Published Saturday, October 10, 2009
In July, Ruth and I had the good fortune to be in Toronto when a great exhibit on the Dead Sea Scrolls was featured at the Royal Ontario Museum. The exhibit was extremely well-done, with videos of the area where the scrolls were found, the ensuing ar ...
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Published Saturday, October 03, 2009
Saturday* St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1101 Rock Prairie Road in College Station, will host its annual Blessing of the Animals and St. Francis Festival on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the church grounds. All are invited to bring caged or leash ...
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Published Saturday, October 03, 2009
As I write, I'm listening to Southwest Airlines jets land at Bob Hope Airport in North Hollywood while drinking coffee in my son's den. Wow, what a different place to live.This is a place of stark contrast. A sleek yellow Lamborghini sidles up next t ...
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Published Saturday, September 26, 2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A slug from a .357-caliber Magnum ended Ken Cooper's 13-year career as a bank robber and started him on the path toward redemption and a network of five prison ministries.Cooper describes the moment when he encountered a sheriff ...
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Published Saturday, September 26, 2009
Sunday* First Christian Church, 900 S. Ennis St. in Bryan, will celebrate Reconciliation Sunday at the 10:45 a.m. worship service. The Rev. Jesse Myers will preach on "Questioning Our Certainty," based on Luke 10:29-37, the story of the good Samarita ...
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Published Saturday, September 26, 2009
"Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up."-- James 5:14Hug me. Hold m ...
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Published Saturday, September 19, 2009
Saturday* Friends Congregational Church, 2200 Southwood Drive in College Station, will hold its annual barbecue benefit for the Brazos Church Pantry from noon to 3 p.m. Brisket, sausage and all the trimmings will be available. Tickets are $7 for adul ...
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Published Saturday, September 19, 2009
Like Muslims worldwide, Ben Ries has refrained from food and drink from sunrise to sundown in an act of self-restraint during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which ends this weekend.Each evening, the 31-year-old Ries joins Muslim families in a roo ...
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Published Saturday, September 12, 2009
NEW YORK -- There is the dread of leaving the house that morning. People might stare, or worse, yell insults.Prayers are more intense, visits with family longer. Mosques become a refuge.Eight years after 9/11, many U.S. Muslims still struggle through ...
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Published Saturday, September 05, 2009
Sunday* Faith United Church UCC worships at the Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive in Bryan. The 9:15 a.m. Sunday study includes Max Lucado's book 3:16. Fellowship is at 10 a.m. Pastor Karl Tewold will give a message on "Indiscriminate Love" at 10: ...
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Published Saturday, August 29, 2009
The Matt Maher concert that was set for Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in College Station has been canceled because of an injury to the lead performer. The concert will be rescheduled. Those with tickets can use them at the rescheduled event o ...
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