PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter already had drawn months of media scrutiny as a devout Southern Baptist running for president. Then the 1976 Democratic nominee brought up sex and sin as he explained his religious faith to Playboy magazine. Carter was not misquoted. But he was certainly ...
MUSIC * Kevin Spencer VIENNA — Gospel singer Kevin Spencer will perform at two local churches on Sunday, Dec. 29. Spencer will be at Cornerstone Gospel Church, 3100 17th Ave., Vienna, during the 10 a.m. worship service. That evening, he will perform at 6 p.m. at Tri-County Worship Center, ...
HOMS, Syria (AP) — Syria's new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country's fragile peace could break down. A tense calm prevailed ...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927. But as Bethlehem prepares to mark its second Christmas under the shadow of the war in Gaza, there are ...
PARKERSBURG — Trinity Episcopal Church will celebrate Christmas Eve with two services. The late service — a traditional Anglican service with choir, organ and additional instruments and — begins at 10:30 p.m. with a musical prelude, followed by the Festival Midnight Mass at 11 p.m. The ...
PARKERSBURG — First Lutheran Church, at 1701 19th St. in Parkersburg, will celebrate the season with its traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve services on Tuesday, Dec. 24. These services offer a wonderful and meaningful way to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, Jesus, organizers ...