Christian Dating: Students given comics calling Halloween satanic But teacher says that book and other religious items were not distributed during class time
A Hillsdale Middle School teacher has distributed Bibles, a Christian dating guide and an evangelistic comic book that denounces Halloween as a satanic holiday. Winifred Bell, who teaches sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders with learning disabilities, acknowledged passing out the religious material. But she denied doing it during class time, as a co-worker has claimed.Distributing literature of a religious nature in a public school classroom violates the U.S. Constitution and federal law...
Christian Dating: Christ written off
BC not viewed as PC
INNER-WEST Years 7 and 8 public high school students who sat a compulsory exam last week discovered the Christian dating reference BC* was no longer PC.** However, in a dramatic about-face this week, Education Minister Carmel Tebbutt admitted the new terminology was a mistake and would not be used again.When the students sat for the English Language and Literacy Assessment (ELLA) last Tuesday, along with 150,000 other students throughout NSW, they were given an exam referring to the year...
Christian Dating: SOULMATES
Churchgoing not only nourishes the soul. It could also be the key to finding your soul mate. So say a number of area couples, who have discovered that romantic love and faith in God can go hand in hand.For Nila Canfield Bill of Cambridge Springs, the opportunity to meet a born-again Christian was an "underlying assumption" when she joined a Christian dating service at the urging of a friend. Six months after she joined the service, she...
Christian Dating: Dating conference
"When Adam Goes Looking for Eve," a Christian dating conference, will be held Saturday, Oct. 27, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the Canyon Road Assembly of God, 1390 Canyon Road (one block east of Harrison Blvd.) in Ogden. Registration is $5 by Oct. 15 and $10 after Oct. 15, and includes continental breakfast, lunch and snacks.Pastor Robin Holland from Living Hope Baptist Church in Colorado will speak in the main sanctuary to adults and college-age students while his...
Christian Dating: Shrinking church finds a quick fix in speed dating
IT faces declining congregations and an ageing membership, but the Church of England seems to have found an answer - speed dating.Matchmaking sessions are organised by a Christian dating agency which says it has achieved at least 100 marriages, including those of several clerics, and has a bishop among its subscribers.The advantages are clear. If infatuation leads to holy wedlock, the children are likely to have C of E brand loyalty. The downside is the short chatting-up session: just...