New Hampshire quilters work to provide handmade Christmas gifts for children’s home
Sue Dwyer, Renee Reeves and Trish Pike (clockwise from left) stitch a quilt at the Nashua, N.H., church. Church member Heidi Critz organized a project…
Archive: Dec 2005
Fire destroys Oklahoma church building
Smoke and flames pour out of an entrance to the Thomas Street church's building in Altus, Okla., Dec. 7. The early-morning blaze claimed the auditorium…
Around the world: After the tsunami, new life abounds in southern Asia
DELORAINE, AUSTRALIA — Converts pray during a baptism ceremony in Nias, Indonesia. Since the Dec. 26 tsunami and a March earthquake claimed lives and destroyed…
Across the nation
FLORENCE, ALABAMA — Sue Fuson, a member of the Rochester church, Rochester Hills, Mich., shows off some of the more than 1,400 Christmas stockings she…
Church members (mostly) celebrate in Mozambique
Church members in a village near Montepuez, Mozambique were happy - with at least one exception - to see a team of missionaries from the…
Around the world: Julias go from orphans to sisters in Ukraine
CAMBODIA — Julia Sherbakova, left, congratulates Julia Grachova after Grachovas Sept. 17 baptism in Mariupol, Ukraine. Both are residents of the Transitional Living Center, a…
ACU to receive $10 million for graduate ministry scholarships
Gift by the Harbers called one of the largest in ACU history, and is the largest-ever scholarship endowment gift. Lacy and Dorothy Harber of Denison,have…
Letters
Yeakley's ideas about name applauded I noticed Flavil Yeakley's article in “Views” in December's The Christian Chronicle. I have been concerned for some time about…
Miers’ withdrawal still will shape Supreme Court nomination, respondents say
President Bush's choice of Judge Samuel A. Alito to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor continues to make faith issues a priority in the year's…
Gifts of the Magi: small boxes, big hearts
Question: What can you fit in a shoebox? Answer: A whole lot of love. Each fall, thousands of young church members across the nation pack…
