Church

LOS ANGELES " When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start. So Eggebeen came up with a hair-raising idea: He would turn God's house into a...  Read Story.

Church Women United held World Community Day at Lake Brady United Methodist Church in Brady Lake at 1 p.m....  Read Story.

Maureen Dowd of the New York Times has long enjoyed flaunting her Catholic schoolgirl pedigree like a badge of honor. Still, the Pulitzer Prize winner took her game to another level in a recent column attacking Rome for its investigation of religious orders which shelter sisters who oppose many of the church's teachings. Wait, is "investigation" the right...  Read Story.

The Record-Courier has new contacts for its religion news. Church news items may now be submitted to the Lifetimes...  Read Story.

The Portage County Deanery's Dinner and Doctrine series will be hosted at the Rusty Nail, 7291 S.R. 43 in Twin...  Read Story.

BRADY LAKE " Brady Lake Baptist...  Read Story.

BRADY LAKE " Lake Brady United Methodist Church, 1995 Brady Lake Road, will celebrate a "Homecoming" service on...  Read Story.

WINDHAM " Revival services will be held Sunday through...  Read Story.

WATERTOWN, Mass. " It's hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches,...  Read Story.

ROOTSTOWN " "Catechesis and the Proclamation of the Word" is the theme for the Evangelization and Catechesis Conference, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Nov. 14 at the NEOUCOM Conference Center in Rootstown. The Conference is sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of...  Read Story.

On the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Deacons Mike Stabilla and Tim DeFrange of St. Patrick Church in Kent blessed the...  Read Story.

MARLBORO " The Chapel in Marlboro, 8700 S.R. 619, will host an ADVANCE Saturday Seminar from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at its Marlboro Source...  Read Story.

Maplewood Christian Church, 7300 S.R. 88, Ravenna, will host a benefit sing and bake sale for underprivledged children in the Warren area at Christmas. The event will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the...  Read Story.

CHARLESTOWN " Charlestown United Methodist will be celebrating its 150th anniversary on Sunday. The church was dedicated on Oct....  Read Story.

Trinity Lutheran Church in Kent is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. A group of Lutherans built and dedicated a structure for worship in 1909 on South Water Street. The present congregation worships on that spot to this day, although there have been numerous physical...  Read Story.

First Christian Church of Kent(Disciples of Christ) will be celebrating Music Sunday on Nov. 8 at the 10:45 a.m. worship service. There will be no 8:30 a.m. service that Sunday so that all cantake partin the worship...  Read Story.

The Episcopal Church issued a statement saying it will "continue to explore the full implications of this in our ecumenical relations." No one expects a sudden mass exodus out of the Anglican Communion because of the Vatican...  Read Story.

The United Methodist Church of Kent recently re-dedicated its peace...  Read Story.

RANDOLPH " The second annual "Walk for Food" sponsored by The Southwest Portage County Ministerial Society was held recently in...  Read Story.

Judge Sheila G. Farmer, president of the Ohio Judicial Conference and presiding judge on the Fifth District Court of Appeals, was the recipient of the sixth "Lex Christi" Award on Thursday. The award was established in 1998 to recognize an exemplary man or woman in the legal profession for commitment to the high ideals of that profession and the needs of the local community. The title, Lex Christi, refers to the law of Christ, which reveals God's standard of truth and justice for the well-being of the human...  Read Story.