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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Diagram showing how a cell salvage machine, an alternative to blood transfusion, works.
Doctors honor religious objections to transfusions
CHICAGO — As a Jehovah’s Witness, Tracy Pickett always has enjoyed knocking on doors and introducing strangers to the tenets of her faith. But by the time she reached her mid-40s, scoliosis made ev...
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Protestants lose majority in US
LOS ANGELES — Protestants, whose ideals of hard work, individualism and democratic governance have fundamentally shaped the national character, no longer make up a majority of Americans for the fir...
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Baptists plan 175th annual convention
LEXINGTON — A ministry with roots deep in the fabric of the commonwealth’s history will mark a milestone Nov. 13 as Kentucky Baptists gather at Immanuel Baptist Church for the 175th annual meeting ...
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Special services Pilgrim Baptist Church annual homecoming Sunday. Sunday school at 10 a.m., morning worship at 11 a.m. with Rev. Alfred Roundtree and congregation of Walton Grove Presbyterian Ch...
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Associated Press Kountze High School cheerleader Brooke Coates paints scripture verses on a car on Sept. 19 in Kountze, Texas. The small Hardin County community is rallying behind the high school's cheerleaders after the squad members were told they could not use scripture verses on their signs at the football games.
Cheerleaders fight to wave Bible-passage banners
HOUSTON — Texas is football country, and in the small town of Kountze, about 85 miles north of Houston, that means many of the roughly 2,000 residents gather at the public high school on Friday nig...
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Associated Press Rev. Chip Stokes bestows a blessing on Thomas Barken-Stewart, 3, who is with his mother Jacqueline Barken, and brother, Joshua Barken-Stewart, during a service at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Boca Raton, Florida, which offers a special, shorter service for families with small children.
Shorter services attract busy parishioners
 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Some churches struggling with shrinking attendance are shortening their traditional Sunday services, promising to get a generation with limited attention spans out the door...
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Special services The West Kentucky Christian Alliance will meet at Dolly McNutt Plaza at 6 p.m. Monday as well as Oct. 22. If rain, it will be in the McCracken County Public Library. The WKCA’s ...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Ashley Langwell fills a bucket with grapes to be pressed at Westside Ministries in Turlock, Calif. The ministry uses donated fruits and vegetables to make juice as part of meals for needy families.
Church turns fruit into juice to feed families
TURLOCK, Calif. — Everyone knows that old saying about what to do when life gives you lemons. With the donations of several bins of apples, pears, grapes and, yes, lemons — and with the help of ...
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Pastor finds peace with cancer
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Rob Craig’s untouched slice of his 66th birthday cake sat at the end of the table Tuesday morning in his office at First Presbyterian Church. “I’ll get to it,” he said with a sm...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Stacey Gonzales (right) with daughters Sabrinna, 13, Sienna, 14 (second from left) and Savannah, 16 (far left) read Proverbs in their dining room/classroom together Sept. 20, in their Oakdale home. There are four desk areas in the room, one for each teen and one for mom.
Parents opt out, tackle teaching on their own
MODESTO, Calif. — As neighborhood schools grapple with pared budgets and pressure-cooker tests, not every family shares the strain. For a hardy few, the living room doubles as classroom, and kids d...
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