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Hayworth Chapel The Rev. Hal Warlick, Dean of the Chapel at High Point University, will deliver a sermon, titled “Role Reversal,” during the weekly worship service at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Hayworth Chapel on the HPU campus. The Chapel Choir will provide the music. Kappa Delta sorority will serve as worship leaders and fellowship hosts. The service is open to the public.
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Yesterday’s Bible question: True or false: Even during the tribulation period people can be saved. Answer to yesterday’s question: True. “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Acts 2:21) Today’s Bible question: Is the promise of the Spirit baptism for all believers? BIBLE QUIZ is provided by Hugh B. Brittain of Shelby.
Latest faith healing trial set to begin OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon City couple will soon go on trial for the death of their son, the latest Oregon criminal case over faith healing deaths. Jeff and Marci Beagley have been charged with criminally negligent homicide for not providing medical treatment to their 16-year-old son, who died of an untreated urinary tract blockage. The family belongs to Followers of Christ Church, whose members shun medical care in favor of prayer. Their trial begins this month. The Beagleys are grandparents of Ava Worthington, whose 2008 death sparked a high-profile case against her parents. Raylene Worthington, who is the Beagleys’ daughter, was acquitted. Her husband was convicted of criminal mistreatment.
Disabled worshippers struggle to find home in pews ATLANTA (AP) – Among the most humbling moments being confined to an electric wheelchair came when Shawana Bulloch realized it could prevent her from attending services at her Savannah church. “The one place you should be able to go is in the church without assistance, you should be able to walk in – or roll in,” said Bulloch, who recently convinced her Full Gospel congregation to get a portable ramp. The disabled faithful say such experiences remain common in houses of worship, stoked by ignorance of their needs and doctrines that paint disability as proof of sin. Years after federal law required accommodations for the disabled, separation of church and state means houses of worship remain largely beyond the law’s reach. State laws and denominational measures meant to take up the slack are tricky to enforce and face resistance from churches who call them both costly and impractical. The issue is gaining new attention as the disabled community expands, fed by aging baby boomers and a growing number of people with intellectual disabilities who are demanding a more prominent place in the pews.
Iowa lawmaker: Oath should include ‘so help me God’
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In this Dec. 27, 2009 photo, Shawana Bulloch poses outside her church at the Believers In The Word Full Gospel Ministries after a service in Savannah, Ga. She recently convinced her congregation to get a portable ramp that allows her wheelchair access to the church. A Centers for Disease Control report released in April found that an estimated 1 in 5 U.S. adults – 47.5 million people – reported a disability. The National Organiza-
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tion on Disability estimates less than half of disabled Americans attend services at least once a month compared to 57 percent without disabilities.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A Republican member of the Iowa Legislature is proposing lawmakers should be required to say “so help me God” when being sworn into office. Free-speech advocates say the proposal by Mount Auburn Rep. Dawn Pettengill goes against the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. American Civil Liberties Union legal director Randall Wilson says compelled speech violates the First Amendment just as much as censored speech. Pettengill’s resolution would change the Iowa Constitution. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Des Moines says he will talk with Republican leaders and fellow Democrats to see whether there would be any interest in pursuing the matter. Pettengill dismisses concerns her proposal would offend lawmakers who may not believe in God. She says it’s potentially offensive to her not to have the phrase in the oath.
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