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Religion Calendar, Sept. 4 - Sept. 10 and more
The religion calendar, published each Saturday, lists community events of a religious nature. Items for consideration should be e-mailed by 5 p.m. Monday to religion@standard.net , or mailed to Religion Editor, Standard-Examiner, P.O. Box 12790, Ogden, UT 84412-2790. read more

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:14:32 -0700

Religion Event
-- Saturday, 11 a.m.: The 17th annual Middle Eastern Food Festival, a free two-day event featuring food, music and dancing, will be held at Holy Transfiguration Melkite Greek-Catholic Church, 8501 Lewinsville Rd., McLean. 703-734-9566 or http://www.holytransfiguration.org . Religion - Religion and Spirituality - Religious Studies - New Religious Movements - Social ...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:00:00 -0700

Religion reporting matters
The state of religion reporting is in peril. The newspaper industry is struggling on 46 percent less revenue than just four years ago, according to USA Today . As newspaper revenues drop it is not the business or sports sections which are being significantly scaled back.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:43:23 -0700

Religion is more than text
Here is a noticeable trend in interreligious discourse in our world, which has even found its way into the pages of this newspaper. One person, pointing a finger at another of a different religion, says, “how can you claim to be in support of (positive value such as peace, righteousness, etc.) when your sacred text (insert name of text here) says (inflammatory quote from text taken out of ...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:44:31 -0700

Religion notes for Sept. 4
MUSICMike Davison, trumpet, 11 a.m. tomorrow, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1627 Monument Ave. Details: (804) 359-2463. SPECIALWomen's Day, 11 a.m. tomorrow, New Vine Baptist Church, 5100 John Tyler Memorial Highway, Charles City. Details: (804) 829-2151. Rosh Hashana services, 7 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. Thursday, Tikvat Israel Messianic Jewish Congregation, ...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:20:30 -0700