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The Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will present a one-hour version of the play “Dead Man Walking” at 7:30 p.m. Friday as part of its anti-death penalty campaign. Published: May. 14, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Habitat house honors cancer patient caregivers

Habitat for Humanity of Durham kicked off its Pink Ribbon Build last week in a special project intended to allow breast-cancer survivors, families and friends to honor health care professionals who provided compassion, kindness and warmth. Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Durham Buddhist center teaches learning to let go

In the Durham Shambhala Center, a dozen men and women were sitting in silence, with arms and legs balanced and in comfortable positions. Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Harvard to preach for last time as pastor

First Presbyterian Church at 395 E. Main St. bids farewell Sunday to the Rev. Joe Harvard who will preach at 11 a.m. for the last time as pastor. He is retiring after 33 years at the church. Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Cantata made of stories from North Carolina Jews

Archeology of the Holyland Tour, Duke University: Professors Eri A cantata based on the oral histories of Jewish North Carolinians has its debut performance today at Duke Divinity School. Published: Apr. 27, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Hometown author Edgerton to read from latest book

Clyde Edgerton, who grew up in the Bethesda community, will read from his new book “Papadaddy’s Book for New Fathers: Advice to Dads of All Ages” at 4 p.m. May 9 at Duke Memorial United Methodist Church, 504 W. Chapel Hill St. Published: Apr. 23, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Seminary president to kick off fundraiser

A dinner meeting at which the Rev. Dr. Brian Blount, president of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Va., will speak may be of interest to Presbyterians and others in the Triangle area. The event is set for 5 p.m. April 27 at the Durham Convention Center downtown. Published: Apr. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Muslim documentary screening Thursday

The public is invited to attend a free screening of the documentary “Faith, Fear and Freedom,” followed by a panel discussion on North Carolina’s growing Muslim population, Thursday in Durham. Published: Apr. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Durham churches aid new Diaper Bank

The Diaper Bank of North Carolina was begun in January thanks to start-up funding from Kidcycle, a Durham group that buys and sells recycled clothing and furnishings for children, and Durham’s Watts Street Baptist Church. Published: Apr. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Mama bird brings church Easter message

It started back in early March when a bird, following its God-given instincts, built a nest under the edge of the roof in front of glass doors at Epworth United Methodist Church on Hope Valley Road. Published: Apr. 2, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Clergy, lawyer challenge panhandling rules

John Gear, who panhandles near the railroad tracks at the corner of Anderson and Main streets, is from Baltimore where up until three years ago he says he ran a small construction business that made about $80,000 a year. Published: Mar. 29, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Episcopal men’s group creates meditation trail

During the past year and a half, the men’s group at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 82 Kimberly Drive, and other volunteers from the church have been clearing debris and creating a meditation trail and an attached Stations of the Cross trail. Published: Mar. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Groups to examine Durham panhandling rules

A public meeting about Durham’s panhandling rules is set for 7 p.m. Thursday at Duke Memorial United Methodist, 504 W. Chapel Hill St. Published: Mar. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

NCCU Muslims get place to pray

Nawsheen Khan and Rukayat Usman pray five times a day. Other Muslim students at N.C. Central University do too. Until recently they prayed in stairwells, empty classrooms, bustling hallways, and sometimes, campus restrooms. Published: Mar. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Play with Holocaust theme has relevance today

New York actress Susan Stein will perform her one-woman play “Etty” at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Levin Jewish Community Center, 1937 W. Cornwallis Road. Published: Mar. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Chefs compete for the cause at Empty Bowls fundraiser

With 16 soups to sample, participants in Thursday’s Empty Bowls fundraiser could easily fill up while deciding which chef cooked the best dish. Published: Mar. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Durham rabbi examines ‘Trial of the Talmud’

Rabbi John Friedman of Durham’s Judea Reform Congregation has co-authored “The Trial of the Talmud: Paris, 1240,” published by the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies. Published: Mar. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Tickets for UMD’s Empty Bowls benefit selling fast

For the seventh year, Urban Ministries of Durham’s Empty Bowls benefit will offer steaming gourmet soup created by chefs at 16 local restaurants and served up in beautiful one-of-a-kind bowls made by local craftspeople. Published: Feb. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Former Duke Chapel dean always surprising

Bishop Will Willimon, former dean of Duke Chapel who was bishop in the North Alabama Conference, will preach twice on Sunday at Epworth United Methodist Church, 3002 Hope Valley Road. Published: Feb. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Judge denies request to turn down Durham church music

A judge has denied a temporary restraining order to force Newhope Church in Durham to turn down its amplified music. However, a lawsuit against the church, brought by nine nearby homeowners, remains on its way to a trial by jury. Published: Feb. 18, 2013 5:20 PM | Full story

Pastor, civic leader Harvard to retire

After 33 years as pastor of First Presbyterian Church on Main Street downtown, the Rev. Joe Harvard has announced his retirement May 5. Published: Feb. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Judge defers decision on Durham church’s loud music

Nine south-Durham homeowners are suing a Fayetteville Road church over its amplified music. The music, they contend, causes their homes to vibrate and has some residents sleeping with earplugs. Published: Feb. 1, 2013 6:19 PM | Full story

Durham clergywoman elected Bishop Suffragen

A Durham woman who has been a community organizer in Boston and in rural Kentucky, a woman who ran shelters for battered women in both Wake and Orange counties, a woman who was the Episcopal chaplain to Duke University for 13 years and who most recently has been rector at St. Luke’s Episcopal was elected Bishop Suffragan during the annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina on Friday. Published: Jan. 29, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

New church series focuses on Alzheimer’s

“Forgetting But Not Forgotten: a Lecture Series on Congregational Responses to Alzheimer’s and Dementia will begin at Pilgrim United Church of Christ, 3011 Academy Road, on Sunday and continue on Feb. 3 and 10. Published: Jan. 22, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Summit to tackle growing poverty

Shameful. Appalling. Staggering. That’s how some local activists describe the estimated 28.3 percent child poverty rate in the city of Durham – a percentage higher than state and national levels. Published: Jan. 22, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Faith summit to address child poverty

The astounding statistic that more than 14,000 children live in poverty in Durham has prompted a Faith Summit on Child Poverty aimed at eliminating childhood poverty in the city. Published: Jan. 15, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

CROP walk sponsor names new regional director

Mary Catherine Hinds has been named regional director of the Church World Service Resource Development Program for Southeast USA. Published: Jan. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Choosing a new pastor

I recently was given the opportunity to serve with six other people on New Hope Presbyterian Church’s committee to choose our next minister. There was far more to the process than I had expected. Published: Jan. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Duke Chapel dean to speak at annual DCIA dinner

The Rev. Dr. Luke Powery, new dean of Duke Chapel, will speak at the annual dinner meeting of Durham Congregations in Action at 6 p.m. Jan. 22 at Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian, 1902 Perry St. Published: Jan. 1, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

St. Luke’s rector a candidate for bishop post

Hodges-Copple has been the rector at St. Luke’s since 2005. During these years, she says her emphasis has been in helping the church adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing environment, with an emphasis on thinking creatively. Published: Dec. 18, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story


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