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90-year-old reverend continues to preach after seven decades at pulpits of...
The Rev. Earl Chambers celebrated 70 years in the pulpit and is one of the longest-serving ministers in the area. It would be hard to find anyone in the Church of Christ who has preached more. The Rev....
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Obituary: The Rev. Marcia Engblom, 57
The Rev. Marcia Engblom, rector of St. Francis Episcopal Church in Fair Oaks, died Friday, two days after collapsing and hitting her head at home. She was 57. The Rev. Marcia Engblom
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Acceptance is creed at St. Mark's
Lily Andrews doesn't hide her love for her religion or for teaching at St. Mark's United Methodist Church. She doesn't hide her sexuality or her marriage to Jeanine Perry. She is open, as is her...
View ArticleChurches' identifications vary
The words can be confusing: One congregation described itself as "reconciling." Another calls itself "inclusive." Another, "welcoming."
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Foothills church holds 'Porn Weekend' to discuss impact of the issue
At some churches, worshippers have walked out. Others angrily told organizers that the topic should not be discussed in God's house. But an El Dorado Hills church will devote this entire weekend to the...
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Spiritual Life Center loses midtown Sacramento lease, seeks new sanctuary
Leaders of the Spiritual Life Center, one of the largest congregations in midtown Sacramento, said Tuesday that they need a miracle – a sanctuary where their 500 worshippers can meet every Sunday. The...
View ArticleSacramento's St. John's Lutheran Church honors outgoing pastor
A special service will be held Sunday to mark the departure of a pastor from one of downtown Sacramento's oldest and most socially active churches.
View ArticleBible expert has 2 appearances at Fremont Presbyterian Church
Renowned Christian author and biblical expert N.T. Wright will speak at 2 and 7 p.m. today at Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento.
View ArticleSacramento Lutheran church to hold farewell event for pastor
A special service will be held Sunday to mark the departure of a pastor from one of downtown Sacramento's oldest and most socially active churches.
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Obituary: Darryl 'Cappy' Lewis sang with Six Teens, Original Elgins
Darryl "Cappy" Lewis, a veteran songwriter and recording artist who launched his career with a hit record as a member of a popular 1950s doo-wop group, the Six Teens, died Nov. 10 of lung cancer, his...
View ArticleVolunteers in Roseville pack 500,000 meals for starving children
Hundreds of volunteers worked hard in Roseville on Saturday, trying to finish a seemingly impossible task: packing 500,000 meals for starving children around the world.
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Day of marital blitz in Sacramento
Kelbe Lampkins entered the room and walked into her future. After two years together, one child and one on the way, she and her fiancé Marcus Davis were finally getting married. Victoria Guevara and...
View ArticleCSUS students seek room for meditation, prayer
A meditation room suitable for prayer and reflection is in the works at California State University, Sacramento.
View ArticleNew Testament gets a new look by Jews
As a little Jewish girl in North Dartmouth, Mass., Amy-Jill Levine loved Christianity.
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Wife of pastor Tommy Gene Daniels testifies he didn't molest girls in Citrus...
One of the girls was "superficially charming," "manipulative," a provocateur who "loved to stir the pot." Another girl folded clothes wrong on purpose, just to make the grown-ups mad. Like the rest,...
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Girl identifies Rio Linda pastor in court as molester
Her voice came across small and almost inaudible, but the 12-year-old girl who took the stand Monday as the first witness against a preacher charged with child molestation did not hesitate for a...
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Prosecution rests in pastor's sexual molestation trial
An expert prosecution witness testifying Thursday in the child molestation trial of a Rio Linda pastor said that only a scattered few allegations of sexual abuse reported to law enforcement by children...
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Citrus Heights preacher tells jury he's no child molester
The pastor needed barely 10 minutes to tell a Sacramento Superior Court jury Tuesday he did not molest any children in his Citrus Heights home. Tommy Gene Daniels faces 12 counts of molesting five...
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Two girls add their testimony of alleged abuse by Rio Linda preacher
Two sisters testified Tuesday that a Baptist preacher on trial for 12 counts of child molestation sexually abused and degraded them in his Citrus Heights home eight years ago. Tommy Daniels, a pastor...
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New Roman Missal debuts this weekend at Catholic churches
Soon after Sandi Holland began teaching workshops on the new English Roman Missal, she began hearing from Sacramento-area parishioners that the language was too formal. But the first time the Rev....
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