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It’s Friday night at Bible camp. Campers and staff are gathered on blankets around a campfire, surrounded by trees and facing the lake. Campers reflect on the week of camp, sharing decisions made for Christ and ways they have grown. Some share the friends and activities they will miss in the coming weeks. As the sun sets over Lake Waubesa, the white dome of the capitol building becomes visible against the darkening night sky.
News ReleasePHOENIX, Arizona, July 27, 2006 — Ten million women and girls in the U.S. suffer from eating disorders and more people die from anorexia each year than from any other mental illness. Fortunately, for those individuals and families affected by eating disorders, help is available and recovery is possible.
CarelessI haven’t cleaned the cellar,I forgot to sweep the stairThere’s a button off my jacketmy blue jeans have a tear.There’s an old, arthritic ladywhom I should uphold in prayer.But I’m sitting in the moonlight,the moonlight, the moonlight,adoring You by moonlightAs if I had no care.4/16/79Elizabeth RooneyElizabeth Rooney was a Wisconsin poet hailing from Blue Mounds. She was also a pray-er, servant, and lover of Jesus. This poem appeared in a collection called All Miracle Series…Morning song, Packages, Storing september, and Gift-Wrapped. My friend Ellen, a gifted, brilliant, wildly funny, beautiful woman, introduced me to Elizabeth Rooney. Now, I introduce her to…
Two groups of dancers danced at the Madison House of Prayer for all Nations on Tuesday night. On the program was Dancing the Way, a ministry of My People International, composed of Native American Dancers. But before they started, a dance team from the House of Prayer welcomed them with an expression of repentance for the history of broken promises and broken relationships between the dominant culture and the native peoples.
War, poverty and AIDS are all plaguing Africa but the solutions to those problems don’t lie in the United States or other countries, says Colleen Milstein. The crucial work of solving those problems will have to be done by Africans.
As the summer approaches, Musalaha Reconciliation Ministries, which brings together young Israelis and Palestinians, is preparing for several major events this summer. A spokesman for the ministry says there are few opportunities for Israeli and Palestinian children to come together before they reach their teenage years.
Special to ASSIST News ServiceWELLINGTON, NZ (ANS) — Developments in the Hutt Valley – the dormitory suburbs of New Zealand’s national capital, Wellington – over the past 13 years have brought churches to the point where they can declare there is one church in Hutt City with many congregations.