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Thousands stretch skills at church camps
Every summer, thousands of children and young people from throughout the region gather in the outdoors to pray, play and immerse themselves in faith, fun and fellowship. Summer camp is like a year’s worth of Sunday school, said Bob Baker, executive director of Lutherhaven Ministries: “It takes them away from TV, computer games, the Internet, cell phone and other distractions, and puts them in a faith community where they grow in relationship with other campers.”...... read more |
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Mission visitors experience hope in Africa
Karlene Arguinchona experienced God’s presence in Africa as she relished a clear starlit evening and a celebration of dancing and song that conveyed hope despite the day-to-day struggles of people, especially those widowed and orphaned by HIV/AIDS and the 2003 genocide of Anuak community and church leaders in Gambella, Ethiopia..... read more |
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National church staff person serves congregation in Green Bluff
A national United Methodist staff member lives below the mountains among the orchards and small farms in Green Bluff. From there the Rev. John Southwick telecommutes most days, commutes a week a month to New York City and travels throughout the United States to attend meetings and share resources.... read more
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Communication intern updates media literach resources
In her summer internship with the Northwest Alliance for Responsible Media (NW-ARM), Caitlin Chaffee, a communication major at Gonzaga University, will update presentations on how media influence culture and train speakers to give them. The alliance, which monitors media influence on society, has six presentations to educate people in schools, churches and other community organizations.... read more |
Center discerns if bricks and mortar help it serve its neighbors
With bricks and mortar shaping programs and capacity at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Family Outreach Center, the new Spokane director, Joe O’Neil, is helping the center review its neighborhood, needs, programs and building..... read more |
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Farm workers in Pasco live in 'green' housing units
Before Catholic Charities Spokane built the 45-unit Tepeyac Haven last fall, the poorest of the poor in Pasco had nowhere decent to live. Not only is Tepeyac providing much needed housing, but also it is built to specifications of green building..... read more
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Cyclists from Iran pedal path of peace
When neighbors around Polly Judd Park in Spokane met neighbors from Iran on May 10 for a pancake breakfast and to plant a peace tree, several said they would reciprocate the visit of two eco-tourists and adventure cyclists, Nasim Yousefi, 29, and Jafar Edrisi, 30, of Tehran..... read more |
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