NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Miss Bessie was well known at Oakland Baptist Church, especially for her loud singing from the pews every Sunday morning. Something unexpected, however, happened to Miss Bessie that could have easily discouraged her from worshipping God with the same enthusiasm — throat cancer. But she didn’t let her illness stop her. After losing […]
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Cindy Honeycutt calls her business a “hobby gone wild.” Honeycutt and her husband Lin, owners of the Holiday Light Store, have been decorating their yard off of Ten Ten Road since 1996. The massive display takes weeks to set up and frequently makes the lists of best residential Christmas lights in the Triangle. “A lot […]
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NCBM Disaster Relief needs to update our files of possible Disaster Relief Operation Sites. When a disaster occurs it is usually too late to contact decision-makers in order to obtain permission to use a church facility to deliver assistance to survivors. We need to be prepared with this information before an event. A Disaster Relief […]
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For every hurricane, earthquake or flood, there is help: food, bottled water, crews of volunteers nailing shingles to brand new roofs. What even grateful recipients of that aid might not realize, the Associated Press reports, is that much of it comes from an unlikely hodgepodge of religious groups who put aside their doctrinal differences and coordinate […]
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Volunteers with the North Carolina Baptist Men Disaster Relief are still providing free cleanup assistance to those affected by last month’s tornadoes. Since April 16, more than 10,000 volunteers with the disaster relief group have helped remove toppled trees and other vegetative debris from the yards of more than 450 homeowners, many in Wake County. The […]
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