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Posted: August 22, 2009 3:28 a.m.MUSIC, ART AND ENTERTAINMENT Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, U.S. 65 South, Noble Lake, will have a gospel festival 2-8 p.m. today at Lake Saracen Pavilion in Pine Bluff. Adult tickets are $3. (870) 267-0800.
Communities of faith
Posted: August 15, 2009 7:15 a.m.Professor conducts marriage seminar BELLA VISTA - Bella Vista Community Church will host a marriage seminar Friday and Aug. 22. The program will be led by Dick Mohline from John Brown University in Siloam Springs.
Hot rods to heaven
Christian Rodders and Racers Association camp leaders teach how to build cars and also share their life lessons.
Posted: August 15, 2009 4:50 a.m.Six teens, six days of hard work, dozens and dozens of automobile parts.
NEWS BRIEFS
Posted: August 15, 2009 4:22 a.m.Post adds rabbi after Jewish soldier hurt SAVANNAH, Ga. - The beating of a Jewish soldier in Army basic training last fall has prompted Fort Benning to make changes aimed at improving conditions for Jewish troops, from adding a rabbi chaplain to offering kosher meals at dining halls.
New dean named at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Posted: August 15, 2009 4:21 a.m.As a spiritually hungry college student, the Rev. Jonathon Jensen visited many houses of worship - "Roman Catholic, Unitarian, everything in between," he says. But he didn't find a home until he stepped inside Christ Church Cathedral, an Episcopal congregation in Lexington, Ky.
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Posted: August 15, 2009 4:15 a.m.MUSIC, ART AND ENTERTAINMENT Monnie Springs Assembly of God, 18807 Ross Hallow Road, Roland, will have a gospel sing at 6 p.m. today. (501) 868-5291.
Religious freedoms panel places India on watch list
Posted: August 15, 2009 4:14 a.m.A U.S. panel on religious freedoms has placed India on its watch list of countries where such freedoms are at risk, noting that there has been a "disturbing increase" in violence against minorities in the South Asian country.
Focus on the Family will drop 'Love Won Out' events
Posted: August 15, 2009 4:14 a.m.A "serious budget shortfall" at Focus on the Family has prompted the conservative Christian group to issue a special fundraising plea, and contributed to a decision to cede control of its "Love Won Out" conferences about homosexuality to another religious organization, a spokesman said Tuesday.
God's sideshow
Couple give up their day jobs to concentrate on unorthodox missionary work
Posted: August 1, 2009 4:19 a.m.Veronica Benton's jump day was July 16, 2006. That was the day she answered God's call to give up everything in her comfortable life to serve Him.