* World News Quick Take Oct 30, 2009
The Catholic Church announced plans to raise US$3. 5 million for a major upgrade of Christ the Redeemer, the iconic statue of Jesus with outstretched arms that overlooks Rio de Janeiro. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Samoan Tsunami Survivors Mourn Victims Oct 5, 2009
LALOMANU, Samoa Hundreds of survivors of the Samoas tsunami gathered at a church on high ground to mourn lost relatives, while pledging to rebuild their obliterated communities after a disaster that killed 177 people. The Congregational Christian Church of Lalomanu was packed with about 1,000 people, including relatives from Australia and New Zealand and rescue workers for a belated funeral service Sunday for 52 friends and loved ones ... Outside the church in Lalomanu, the bereaved hugged and... (Fox News)
Samoan relief effort continues as death toll hits 169 Oct 3, 2009
The family dead were buried without coffins, their bodies covered with a woven mat, during a service that blended traditional Samoan culture with a Christian church ceremony ... The family dead were buried without coffins, their bodies covered with a woven mat, during a service that blended traditional Samoan culture with a Christian church ceremony. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Picking up the pieces Oct 3, 2009
The new Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did not escape ... Rehousing the many thousands of Samoans left homeless - and sheltering in churches, schools, businesses and with friends and relatives - will take a little longer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Samoa Tsunami Survivors Get Aid, Bury Dead Oct 3, 2009
The family dead were buried without coffins, their bodies covered with a woven mat, during a service that blended traditional Samoan culture with a Christian church ceremony. They were buried next to the fresh graves of the family patriarch and a 7-year-old relative - other victims of the tsunami who were buried Tuesday. (CBS News)
Bruised and cut, Australian survivors limp home Oct 2, 2009
The small, Samoan congregation of Pastor Jonathan Paulo, of Sydney's House of Praise church in Greenacre, was relatively fortunate ... Our church is taking a relief team over there We are taking some funds over to get some food packages together and clean water,'' Mr Paulo said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Four Australians dead in tsunami Oct 1, 2009
"We have a disaster relief management arrangement with New Zealand and also with the United Nations. Given the scale of the disaster, these things are now falling into their proper coordinated role,'' he said. Rescue attempts yesterday were hampered by power cuts and communication problems, with the mobile phone network collapsing. Boulders loosened by the earthquake had fallen on to coastal plains. Makeshift camps were established on higher ground, with up to 40 people to a camp and what... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Tsunami 'fury' brings death to the Samoas Oct 1, 2009
She said the local hospital and morgue were overwhelmed and her church in Leone was being used to shelter the homeless ... "When I heard that, that just killed me. I can't imagine the devastation. Knowing where Alao is, right there on the water, my sense is telling me it's not good. A large portion of the islands' residents are Mormons, and early reports said at least eight church members were among the dead, said Kim Farah, a spokeswoman for the Church of of Latter-day Saints in . The southern... (USA Today)
When two plates collide: rupture set off wave Oct 1, 2009
Faumuina Maria Mau'u was at a church service on the western side of ... CHRISTCHURCH: After learning that 30 family members are dead or missing in Samoa, Faletolu Senara Tiatia is facing the ''worst nightmare'' of his life. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Eyewitness: Pacific tsunamis Sep 30, 2009
"Our fire services gave out a warning about 10 minutes after the initial earthquake. The emergency services kicked in, all the church bells started ringing in the village, and the good thing is that we've had tsunami drills in the past so we basically knew exactly where to go and the designated areas where we had to go to in the hills. So everyone was told to leave, stop what they're doing and out and up to the hills.". Olga Keil was speaking to the BBC World Service. (BBC News -- Americas)
Key antics hit deja vu high Sep 25, 2009
Peter Costello caused quite a stir when he addressed the Hillsong Church conference on leadership in 2004 while he was federal Treasurer. Now he has taken up an invitation from the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, to speak at one of a series of one-hour panel discussions at the Westin Sydney on Tuesday, the Herald's Malcolm Brown reports. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Saying Good-Bye To The Queen Mum Sep 19, 2009
While kings, queens and foreign leaders sat in the splendor of the great abbey church for her funeral, hundreds of thousands of ordinary Britons stood outside and joined in prayer and hymns for the 101-year-old royal matriarch who died March 30 ... When the coffin entered the church, the abbey choir of men and boys began to sing and the silent congregation of 2,200 stood for the beginning of the service, broadcast outdoors for the crowd. (CBS News -- Early Show)
wonderful food timeline Aug 22, 2009
Food Timeline: food history ric recipes. Ever wonder what foods the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world. (Harper's Magazine)
City Beat (2) Jul 26, 2009
At 6 at United Methodist Church, Chautauqua Institution director of religion Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell discusses What makes us moral. An Abrahamic perspective, while at Federated Church, Kent/Blossom music students perform chamber music ... At 8 at Federated Church, Rev. V. Gene Robinson, bishop of New Hampshire, discusses What makes us moral. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Fiji police hold church leaders Jul 22, 2009
Fiji's former prime minister, deposed in a coup, is among many church-goers. The Methodist Church in Fiji has said that seven of its senior members are being held by police for questioning ... All those being held have been involved in discussions about the church's planned annual conference. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
H1N1 Deaths Double in Three Weeks Jul 22, 2009
In New Zealand, the Roman Catholic Church banned priests from placing Communion wafers on the tongues of worshippers, while Chilean authorities suspended a northern religious celebration, prompting protests from the faithful. "The key question is whether citizens will accept the measures governments impose," said Christian Drosten, head of the Institute for Virology at the University of Bonn, Germany. (CBS News)
New 00004000Zealand Jul 22, 2009
A New Zealand church has cancelled a meeting with controversial euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke because it is "inconsistent with Christ's teachings". The Wallabies suffered "stage fright" and blew their best chance for some time to end their Eden Park hoodoo against the All Blacks, Australian media said on Sunday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
• Events calendar Jul 17, 2009
Author and speaker Nora Gallagher presents a lecture on "Leaving 'Christianity' to follow Jesus" at 8 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 201 Sun Valley Road ... The band tours at churches, stadiums, music festivals, blues clubs and concert halls around the world ... Author and speaker Nora Gallagher leads small group discussions on "Maps of Faith: A way of life rather than a system of beliefs," 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 201 Sun Valley Road. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Obituaries for Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Jun 3, 2009
On May 21, 1941, she married Otis Melvin Rude at Bad Axe Lutheran Church ... Verna was very active in church work at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church teaching Sunday school, serving as Sunday school superintendent and directing the junior choir ... She was a member of Bethesda Lutheran Bretheran Church and later transferred to her childhood church home of Bad Axe Lutheran Church. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Pope to celebrate Nazareth mass May 14, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is later due to visit the Church of the Annunciation, said to mark the spot where the Angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary she would give birth to Jesus ... He condemned anti-semitism, but did not directly address the issue of the Catholic Church's silence during the Holocaust, or his own - albeit unwilling - membership of Hitler Youth. (BBC News)
Focus on 'great payback scramble' May 14, 2009
The paper says the description has angered politicians, church leaders and disability campaigners. The and the report illegal immigrants are paying up to 10,000 to be smuggled into Britain. (BBC News -- UK)
"Sugar": Best baseball movie ever Apr 3, 2009
When Miguel is assigned to the Knights' class-A franchise in Bridgetown, Iowa, he lives on a farm outside of town with an older couple whose principal passions in life are the Presbyterian Church and the Bridgetown Swing, Sugar's new team. He pines for the Higginses' wholesome Christian-teen granddaughter, who likes him back just fine, but the distance between them is more than a matter of race or language or religion. (Salon)
Valley hiking clubs for every interest. Mar 5, 2009
The club meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at Community Church of Hope, 4121 N. Seventh Ave., Phoenix. Details: Annual fee: $25. (AZCentral -- Travel)
A forgotten hero: Darwin's co-discoverer Feb 14, 2009
After sidestepping careers in medicine and the Church, Darwin turned his private passion for nature into a full-time pursuit by joining the Beagle voyage to South America in the early 1830s, during which he made extensive notes on geology, fossils and finches. Wallace, a surveyor, pursued his scientific dreams by travelling to Brazil in 1848 and netting everything in sight for four years. (Times Online)
Uncertainty of Obama's, Democrats' approach on guns driving up sales Feb 8, 2009
TO Seriously ACLU Supporter wrote on Feb 3, 2009 2:05 PM:" A quick trip to the ACLU website show how they advocate Reproductive Rights and the celebration of abortion; it tells me how wrong Capital Punishment is; about how a 22-year-old Canadian should be released from Gitmo because he killed a soldier in a terrorist attack; that illegal immigrants are simply undocumented; the amount of money they spend trying to write separation of Church and State into the Constitution. I... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
