WASHINGTON — American churches have less than two weeks to change their wireless microphone equipment or face more than $100,000 in fines. In January, the Federal Communications Commission mandated that anyone using wireless microphones on the 700 MHz band must stop by June 12 in order to make room for use by police, fire and emergency services.
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Churches scramble to meet FCC rules on wireless mics
WASHINGTON — Facing a reduced budget and a third round of layoffs, officials at Washington National Cathedral are considering disposing of priceless treasures — including a trove of rare books — that are no longer considered part of its central mission.
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Cash-strapped National Cathedral may sell its treasures
Fans of the Newsboys will get to hear the first full-length album with new singer Michael Tait on July 13, when Born Again is officially released as the band’s 15th studio project. Its first single is available for download on iTunes and has been a chart-topper two weeks in a row
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Music: Newsboys putting up walls — in a good way
PR Log (Press Release) – Jun 03, 2010 – Amongst the selected speakers for the second Hinduism Summit in Chicago there is renowned human rights activist and president of Forcefield, Dr. Richard Benkin, noted Hindu scholar of Seven Stars foundation …
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Larry Sanger* co-founded Wikipedia with heady ideals in tow: Wikipedia.com was launched on January 15, 2001; its first article was on the letter U. Sanger soon realized there was nothing silly about the idea; he began to promote it with near-missionary zeal.
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Crowd-Sourced Encyclopedia Shows Signs of Crowd Authorship
Mark 12: 35-37 2 Tm 3: 10-17 / Ps 119: 157, 160-161, 165-166, 168 David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, proclaimed, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand, till I put your enemies under your feet.’ (Mark 12:36) In my devotion, never tire To love Your precepts and decrees, Lord, this is but my sole desire, So
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The Power of Scriptures
People rightly despise economists because they say things like this : Professor Lerman, the American University economist, said some high school graduates would be better served by being taught how to behave and communicate in the workplace . Such skills are ranked among the most desired — even ahead of educational attainment — in many surveys of employers. In one 2008 survey of more than 2,000 businesses in Washington State, employers said entry-level workers appeared to be most deficient in being able to “solve problems and make decisions,” “resolve conflict and negotiate,” “cooperate with others” and “listen actively.” [emphases mine] How to behave and communicate in which “the workplace”?
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Birth School Work Death
Wednesday June 2nd was amazingly informative about the state of affairs in the Anglican Communion. The Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, Bishop Katharine, wrote a pastoral letter that was graceful, theologically sound and clear in its implications for the life of The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. The Archbishop of Canterbury wrote Pentecost Letter, in which he either suggests or by right as appointing officer orders that members of The Episcopal Church serving on ecumenical dialogue groups for the Anglican Communion withdraw from full membership.
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Bishop Katharine writes a pastoral letter. Anglican Communion office opens twitter shop
Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said Wednesday that he will launch a new church from his Colorado Springs home, 3 1/2 years after he resigned from his ministry amid an embarrassing and devastating sex scandal. Haggard said he doesn’t know how many people will attend his new church, but he said the ordeal he and his wife, Gayle, went through has prepared them to help others.
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Ted Haggard to start new church in Colo. Springs
Ofttimes in the world of law enforcement, the bad guys get away. Then, with some due diligence, the bad guys gets caught and are thrown in the pokey
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Baptist girl raped by church member, forced to apologize then relocated