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Sunday, October 12, 2008
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Religion Bulletins for Oct. 11, 2008
After running her Christian Bookstore for 42 years, Lucille Montgomery has been ready to retire for awhile now. The 83-year-old businesswoman, known as “Missgomery” to her friends and customers of the Florida Boulevard store, opened in 1966, listed her business for sale last spring on the Internet. Jamee Brennan photographed her son at sunset and framed the snapshot with an overlay of flourishes — and a psalm. Her own words couldn’t explain the way the Prairieville mother felt about the Florida beach scene — not like Psalm 19:1 could. Youthful exuberance and hard work helped catapult Donald Batiste to a leadership role in his church. And at the age of 17, Batiste said, he takes his role as pastor of God First Ministry of Baton Rouge seriously and expects that of all leaders, particularly in the church. Want to save animals, offer flood relief or build something? Doing so in the name of Noah, the Biblical ark builder and great flood survivor, makes an en vogue choice for religious organizations and other nonprofits but not without some potential for confusion. Two decades ago, the Rev. Charles Wallace was not only a minister without a pulpit — he was a Christian without a pew. A job with Holsum Bakery kept him at the factory on Sundays and out of church. A dynamic Presbyterian evangelical minister who accepted Christ at 15 through the Jesus Movement will give the keynote address during the Presbytery of South Louisiana conference next weekend. On Oct. 5, members of the Church of the Nazarene will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the denomination. About 18,000 churches around the world, representing 1.6 million members, will celebrate with the same service in 24 time zones. WASHINGTON — The preacher sounded like a film appreciation professor as he rode back to the hotel with journalists following a screening last week of his latest movie. PRAIRIEVILLE — A Presbyterian church in one of the area’s fastest growing communities is reaching out to children with innovative programming that also gets parents involved. Kim Little-Brooks found her purpose in a place where she may have least expected it. GREATER NEW GUIDE BAPTIST CHURCH: Women and Girls Loving God Conference continues. With weeks left in hurricane season, the prospects remain for prolonged power outages, home destruction, flooding and death. While Islam, Judaism and Christianity are all linked through the name “children of Abraham,” their parentage goes back much further: to Adam and Eve and the creation story. ST. JOSEPH SPIRITUALITY CENTER: “Finding Christ on Death Row,” a lecture by Helen Prejean. “Providing Help, Creating Hope” — that’s the motto of Catholic Charities, which has been busy doing just that in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. The bell was the lone survivor, discovered among the shredded copper and plywood. Catholic churches consecrate, naming each, the idea being that bells are joyous voices calling out to the people. God is good — even in the midst of the storms of life, such as Hurricane Gustav. The Rev. Henry J. Brown, pastor of the First Emmanuel and Star of Bethlehem Baptist churches, so reminded his members last week that God’s goodness is still evident. |
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