Download or read book The United Church of Christ in the Shenandoah Valley written by H. B. Cavalcanti and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-08-20 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While congregational studies have expanded our understanding of American religion, little is known about the local practices of a single denomination at its smallest jurisdiction. This book explores how national denominational commitments are affecting the practices of local United Church of Christ congregations inside a single association in the Shenandoah Valley. Nationally, the UCC defines itself as a united and uniting church in its ecumenical work; as multiracial and multicultural in its diversity; as accessible to all in welcoming those with disabilities; as open and affirming for its LGBT members; and as a just peace church in its support of social justice. So, how fully have local congregations embraced these commitments? Might congregations be more attached to their older identities, particularly in areas where the church's predecessors were strongly rooted? Or are the national church's commitments being lived out at the grassroots level? The book measures congregational life in one of the UCC's oldest and smallest associations. Books on congregational studies either focus on a case study of a particular congregation, or large-scale surveys of U.S. congregations that explore aggregate data to explain their work. This book looks instead at a group of local congregations inside a small judicatory (the Shenandoah Association) of the United Church of Christ to explain religious life at the grassroots level.
Download or read book Deliciously Yours written by Mumtaz A. Currim & Mumtaz A. Rahimtoola and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mumtaz Currim and Mumtaz Rahimtoola have created a new tradition in recipebook writing. They have managed to strike a happy balance between the exortic and the practical. They bring to the cooking enthusiast a range of vegetarian and nonvegetarian dishes, salads and desserts, accompanied by precise and methodical instructions. In Deliciously Yours the authors have presented a variety of mouth watering recipes along with helpful hints to make cooking more creative and satisfying. MUMTAZ RAHIMTOOLA took a diploma in household cookery from the Good Housekeeping Institute, London and has conducted private cookery classes for 30 years. Mumtaz Currim mastered the art in a large joint family after her marriage. They have collaborated to produce several popular cookery books.
Download or read book The United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands written by Ronald G. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Albany written by Gregg Seidl and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-07-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the railroads extended their steel ribbons westward, people and cargo traveling to Americas frontier went by flatboat, canoe, or paddle-wheeled steamer. The falls of the Ohio River at Louisville presented a considerable obstacle to this floating traffic, and vessels traveling on this major waterway were forced to portage their cargo around the turbulent waters. In 1812, three enterprising brothers from New York, Abner, Joel, and Nathaniel Scribner, bought land at the western end of the rapids and named their new settlement New Albany in honor of the capital of their native state. Their village became the head of downriver navigation on the Ohio and evolved from a backwoods settlement into Indianas largest city, a lively river town where steamboats, textiles, sheet music, automobiles, and pastries have all been manufactured. Natural disasters have periodically changed the face of the city, but New Albany has always recovered due to the determination of its citizens. This collection of vintage images portrays the triumphs and tragedies of these residents.
Download or read book Amazing Peace written by Maya Angelou and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dazzling Christmas poem by Maya Angelou is powerful and inspiring for people of all faiths. In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, Maya Angelou inspires us to embrace the peace and promise of Christmas, so that hope and love can once again light up our holidays and the world. “Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward,” she writes, “and speak the word aloud. Peace.” Read by the poet at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House on December 1, 2005, Maya Angelou’ s celebration of the “Glad Season” is a radiant affirmation of the goodness of life.
Download or read book The Singing Bowl written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malcolm Guites eagerly awaited second poetry collection 'The Singing Bowl' takes is name from the breathtakingly beautiful opening poem, a sonnet which connects poetry and prayer. It includes poems that seek beauty and transfiguration in contemporary life; sonnets inspired by Francis and other outstanding saints; poems centred on love (which might be used at weddings), others on parting and mortality (which might be used at funerals). A further group, Jamming your Machine, searches for the life of the spirit in the midst of the modern era and includes an ode to an iphone.
Download or read book Our Fine Grandmother Her Life and her Descendants written by Jill Anne Quick and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Edith Bickle Drew, our fine grandmother, and her descendants. Edith was born in Canada during the Victorian Era and grew up in the protective environment of a large extended family. She moved to the United States after her marriage to our grandfather, who was a college professor and a minister. Photos of Edith throughout her life are included with details of her 98 years, in which she faced life's twists and turns with grace and a smile on her face. Although she lost her first son, she had five additional sons, one daughter, eighteen grandchildren, and many great grandchildren. Their stories are included in the final section of the book.
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Download or read book Indiana Conference 2012 Journal written by IN Conf. of United Methodist Church and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the official Journal of the Indiana Conference Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Session held in Indianapolis, Ind., June 7-9, 2012.
Download or read book Clemmons written by Kevin White in association with the Clemmons Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-18th century, people began settling in the Clemmons area. In 1802, these roots of settlement took hold with the arrival of Peter Clemmons, a farmer from Delaware. Also a merchant, Clemmons built a home, still standing today, and tavern that catered to travelers. The community continued to grow and became known as Clemmonstown around 1816, making it one of the oldest established communities in the Triad area. Now known simply as Clemmons, it has firmly established a prominent place among Winston-Salem and the surrounding communities. It is the home of Tanglewood Park, one of the finest parks and outdoor recreational areas in the state. From its humble beginnings, Clemmons continues to attract an ever-growing population with its rural, small-town way of life.
Download or read book Competition Between Small Business and Public Utilities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities Affecting Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Ecstatic written by Victor La Valle and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victor LaValle has already established himself as “one of the most eloquent voices of the approaching century” (Kirkus Reviews), a writer of darkly humorous tales full of haunting beauty, astonishing leaps of imagination, and language that “crackles and hums” (Chicago Tribune). The Ecstatic is LaValle’s debut novel, a startling tale of love, horror, sex, insanity, faith, morbid obesity, and the modern American family. Something is wrong with Anthony—our 318-pound hero—and it’s getting worse. A monster has caught his uncle and his mother; now it wants Anthony. Mental illness has been transmitted through his family’s blood. The three women in his life—his mother, younger sister, and grandmother—find him naked and disoriented in his off-campus college apartment and take him home to Queens, each determined to fix him in her own peculiar way. But his presence soon turns their house into a semisuburban asylum. Sweet but wickedly sarcastic, smart and heartbreakingly vulnerable, Anthony narrates his family’s surreal adventures through a world of grinning exploitation and fake cures, from storefront evangelists and neighborhood loan sharks to bogus beauty pageants and bootleg medical clinics. He corresponds with a dreadlocked Japanese militant, is haunted by a vicious pack of dogs, and tries to make his own horror movie, all in search of an answer to a question he doesn’t dare ask. Written in the tradition of misfit picaresques from Journey to the End of the Night and Invisible Man to A Confederacy of Dunces and The World According to Garp, The Ecstatic is the revelatory story of a family trying to save themselves from a ravenous world and their own unraveling minds.
Download or read book The 1857 Hamilton Ontario Revival written by Sandra L. King and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of people were converted, leading to significant church growth, in an 1857 revival led by Phoebe Palmer in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada that contributed to the beginning of the Second Great Awakening. This book explores the 1857 setting in the world and in Hamilton, including the key churches and people involved in the revival. What happened was not typical for revival meetings led by the Palmers, as this account shows. The book continues with a summary of the impact of the Hamilton revival around the globe, linking it to other revivals and the Second Great Awakening as a whole. The account ends with what subsequently unfolded in the Hamilton area and the churches involved. Many of the primary sources are in the Appendix, and the book includes numerous pictures and maps. Scholars, ministers, and lay people alike will appreciate this exploration of a chapter in Canada's spiritual history.
