(2009/07/06) MINNEAPOLIS — Naysayers told Jonny Nelson he was being too ambitious when he suggested starting a skateboard-park ministry. After all, he was only 16.
(2009/07/06) Worship time change: Traditional worship services at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 420 West Ave. S., will change to 8:30 a.m. effective Sunday. All Christian education programs, including Sunday school, will begin at 10:15 a.m., and the Spirit Alive worship service will begin at 11 a.m.
(2009/07/06) WASHINGTON -- U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have revised a document on Catholic-Jewish relations to affirm that the church must share its belief that salvation is through Christ.
(2009/07/03) Shortly after the Bernard Madoff story broke, “Religion & Ethics Newsweekly” broadcast a program called “Jewish Reaction to Madoff Scandal.”
(2009/07/03) Outdoor worship: First Congregational United Church of Christ of La Crosse invites the community to an outdoor worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Myrick Park’s main shelter, featuring the La Crosse Coulee Chordsmen. A picnic lunch will follow the service. Worshippers are asked to bring a lawn chair.
(2009/06/26) As mystical experiences go, Barbara Bradley Hagerty’s transcendent moment was not the kind that launches a new world religion. Still, it changed her forever.
(2009/06/26) 50-Year ordination celebration: The Rev. Charles W. Hulsether of Viroqua will mark 50 years of ordained ministry with a celebration Sunday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 504 S. Main St., Viroqua. He will be honored at both 8:30 and 10 a.m. worship services, and during a 9:30 a.m. coffee/cake reception. Now retired, his last call was as chaplain for Bethel Home and Services, Viroqua, where he was executive director of its foundation. A graduate of Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., Hulsether served several parishes in Iowa, as well as the Mount Sterling and Utica Lutheran churches in Mount Sterling, Wis.
(2009/06/19) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Plant a vegetable garden.
(2009/06/19) Outdoor service, with theme “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Halfway Creek Lutheran Church, Hwy. W, Holmen. services will move indoors if inclement weather.
(2009/06/12) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Shrinking mainline Protestant denominations are turning to marketing to help stem decades of membership losses and stay afloat.
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