FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Two of every five northeast Indiana residents are members of a religious group, temple, parish or congregation, but that number was down 9 percent in a decade, continuing a trend of declining membership, a study says. The 2010 U.S. Congregational Membership Report shows membership in faith groups — from mainline Protestant […]
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Muslims mark month of Ramadan
Differing start dates for the Muslim holy month depend on calculating the sighting of the new moon.
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Today “Flamingoes and Fleas,” 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., to benefit the East Otisfield Free Baptist Church Scholarship Fund, held at Community Hall in East Otisfield. Ship’s Cargo Fair, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., lunch available. Church on The Cape Langsford Road, Cape Porpoise, 967-5787 Yard and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with […]
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Today Annual flea market and auction board, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., rain date is July 21. Casco Village Church, Village Green, 940 Meadow Road, Casco. Crafts and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., North Sebago Methodist Church. Sunday Rejoicing Spirits, 4 p.m., special worship service for persons with cognitive or developmental disabilities, […]
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Indonesian Shiite cleric sentenced for blasphemy
SAMPANG, Indonesia – An Indonesian court sentenced a Shiite cleric to two years in jail for blasphemy Thursday in a case rights activists have called a setback to religious freedom in the world’s third-largest democracy. The three-judge panel found Tajul Muluk guilty of insulting Islam with his religious teachings. Citing testimonies from witnesses, the panel […]
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Reflections: Emotional housekeeping: What happens is not all up to me
I must do it today. I must baby-proof my whole condo for the visit next month of my 2-year-old twin grandsons. Some people who love me very much accuse me of unnecessary busy-ness. Others laugh at my insistence on getting that rusty bobby pin out of the middle drawer. I nod, “ya, ya,” and forge […]
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Drive-in worshipers find lot to their liking
Lutheran churchgoers attend early Sunday services without having to leave the comfort of their air-conditioned vehicles.
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Twitter helps churches, leaders spread the word
An examination of the most popular tweets finds spiritual messages trumping the mundane.
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Parish nurses a growing movement
They focus more on promoting health and preventing illness rather than giving hands-on care.
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Reflections: Let us applaud and cherish family life
On one of those trips I quaintly call an ancestral pilgrimage — often entailing a drive up dusty roads where there are only abandoned barns and foundations where perhaps a house once stood. With mother as tour guide — her finger points to a timbered parcel of ground off in the middle of some field, […]