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Jun 21 2024
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In summer book club, diverse Baltimore churches discuss ‘The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone And How We Can Prosper Together.’
By Rev. Kevin Slayton Sr. Special to the AFRO There’s an old saying that says you can judge a society based on its treatment of its children and seniors. Annie E. Casey Foundation’s recent Kids Count Data Book, which shows a stark racial distinction facing children in the state of Maryland, reveals that the progress we’ve sought as a city and a community to address equity is more than lacking
AfroMar 19 2024
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Fire breaks out in basement of Boston church, creates heavy smoke
Boston firefighters were able to stop a fire from spreading throughout a church in the city's Jamaica Plain neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, according to officials.The Boston Fire Department said that at about 3 p.m., crews responded to 207 Amory St., which is the address for the Boylston Congregational Church. The church on the corner of Amory and Boylston streets is in Jamaica Plain but is
WCVBMay 12 2024
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Louisiana parishioners confront teen who entered church with a gun during children’s mass, police say
A mass celebrating a group of children’s first communion at a church in southern Louisiana was interrupted Saturday when a 16-year-old boy armed with a gun walked in, the church and police said. The incident happened in Abbeville at the St. Mary Magdalen Church when a “suspicious person” opened the back door of the church while mass was underway, the church said in a statement. Parishioners
CNN DigitalMay 22 2024
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Deaf Missions releases first-ever film about Jesus' life entirely in ASL: 'Shake awake the Church'
In an unprecedented move, the deaf community will see the life, ministry and sacrifice of Jesus like never before on the silver screen in "JESUS: A Deaf Missions Film," the first-ever feature film presented entirely in American Sign Language (ASL). Debuting in theaters on June 20, the film, directed by Joseph D. Josselyn and starring Gideon Firl, both of whom are deaf, is a project of Deaf
The Christian PostMar 20 2024
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Catholic orphanage inquiry concludes with steps toward healing — but no church help
When former residents of Burlington’s long-shuttered St. Joseph’s Orphanage saw how a 2018 BuzzFeed News story about past “unrelenting physical and psychological abuse” finally sparked a state investigation, they hoped for what they saw as decades-overdue justice. “I don’t think people realize how long that stays with people,” one unidentified survivor said in a statement 50 years after
VT DiggerMay 29 2024
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Navy veteran sues Chula Vista church claiming retired police dog housed on the property attacked, mauled him
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) — Erwin Montoya, a U.S. Navy legacy, had served 22 years and was deployed four times. He was looking for a new career after spending most of his time in the service training bomb-sniffing dogs. Montoya told ABC 10 he thought he found the right match and was going into business with a person who had a security company. It used retired police dogs to sniff for firearms
ABC 10News San DiegoMay 21 2024
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Docs show church of Mica Miller’s husband owns $430K plane, millions in assets as family mulls lawsuit
As the family of Mica Miller, the wife of Pastor John-Paul Miller of Solid Rock at Market Common in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, mull a wrongful death lawsuit aimed at her husband after her suicide, a new report shows the church owns millions in assets, including a private aircraft estimated to worth around $430,000. Even though only about 30 people showed up for worship service at the
The Christian PostMar 20 2024
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Meet the Falls Church woman who is a cherry blossom super fan
Jenny Blakemore has lived in the D.C. area since she was 10 years old, but really fell in love with the cherry blossoms while working in Georgetown in her 20s. “I would make a tradition to go every year to the Tidal Basin. And I would go to the Cathedral. I would go to all the parks in the city that I could to see the different cherry blossoms,” she told WTOP. She got engaged under the cherry
WTOPJan 28 2024
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Woman escapes unharmed as church collapses in Connecticut town
A 19th century church in New London, Connecticut, experienced a partial collapse on Thursday afternoon. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident. The collapse occurred at 66 Union Street, causing significant damage to the Engaging Heaven First Church. The New London Fire Rescue team found a woman inside the church, but she was unharmed. As of Thursday, the area around the church remains
Alaska CommonsJan 28 2024
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Pope Expresses Support For Catholic Church Attacked In Istanbul
The pope expressed his support for a Catholic church in Istanbul where one person was killed in an armed attack during mass on Sunday.
"I express my closeness to the community of the Santa Maria Draperis Church in Istanbul," the Argentine pope said at the end of his weekly Angelus prayer in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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