Word: congregationers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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In a drug-and-alcohol rehab, the wounded sit grimly on folding chairs, acknowledging the folly of their old life--their misadventures with alcohol, cocaine or other poisons. Then comes the afternoon that is set aside for atonement on the subject of marijuana. Now the chastened air gives way to...
Although most of these workers have medical training, few provide clinical services. Most assist ailing neighbors in practical ways: by arranging rides to doctors, advising caregivers with dependent family members, or helping elderly or illiterate persons wade through complex paperwork to receive Medicare or Social Security benefits. Some may warn...
But Yom Kippur is not meant to simply scare us out of our wits. The day carries an inspired message of personal redemption. After reciting the above passage about this fateful day, the congregation exclaims, "But repentance, prayer and charity cancel the evil decree." We can control destinies if we...
Billy Payne's first great burst of inspiration arrived on the morning of Feb. 8, 1987. He was addressing his church congregation during the dedication of a sanctuary whose fund-raising committee he had chaired, and as he gazed out at the smiling faces of his friends, he experienced a...
For months, black leaders who remember the vicious church burnings by white racists in the '60s have been saying the recent 18-month acceleration in fires at small black churches like Kossuth's represents a re-emergence of something big and evil: as National Urban League president Hugh Price puts...