In addition to Christian churches and clergy, North Carolina Jewish clergy have endorsed the Moral Monday rallies and have issued a statement calling for change at the N.C. General Assembly.
Published: Jun. 18, 2013 12:04 AM | Full story
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The countdown is on for the consecration of a new Episcopal bishop Saturday. As in the past, the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina has opted to hold this colorful and significant event in the nearest thing to a Gothic cathedral North Carolina has to offer: the chapel at Duke University.
Published: Jun. 11, 2013 3:00 PM | Full story
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Author and illustrator Ashley Bryan along with the 100 Men in Black Chorus and Dean Luke Powery of Duke Chapel will lead a celebration of spirituals at 7 p.m. today (June 5) at Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St.
Published: Jun. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Church World Service, an international relief and development agency, is responding to the devastating tornadoes to hit the United States within the past week.
Published: May. 29, 2013 8:52 AM | Full story
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The Rev. Stephanie Yancy, a “second-career” priest, became the interim rector at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Hillandale Road May 1. She is from Annapolis, Md., but knows Durham from family living here.
Published: May. 21, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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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
On Faith: 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
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
On Faith: 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
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
On Faith: 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
On Faith: 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
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
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
On Faith: 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
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
On Faith: 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
On Faith: 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
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
On Faith: 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
On Faith: 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
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
On Faith: 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
On Faith: 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
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
On Faith: 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
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
On Faith: 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
On Faith: “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
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
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