EL FARO CHURCH CONSTRUCTION, CAAS VERDES, BOQUETE, CHIRIQUI, PANAMA
EL FARO CHURCH CONSTRUCTION, CAAS VERDES, BOQUETE, CHIRIQUI, PANAMA.
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(Patrick D. Rosso/Boston.com/2013)
By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent
The scaffolding that has earned the All Saints church in Dorchester the nickname the Green Monster of Peabody Square could soon be a thing of the past as construction crews prepare to finish up renovations to the churchs exterior.
Since the beginning of summer crews with Consigli Construction have been working diligently on the multi-million dollar restoration of the 121-year-old church. The second phase of the project, expected to begin in January 2014, will include interior repairs.
Although the restoration of the church is exciting for its 350 odd parishioners, the detail crews are putting into the project has also generated a lot of interest outside of the church community, according to Jeffery Gonyeau, a parishioner at the church who is providing technical support for the project.
You really dont find many groups that go to this length during a restoration project, said Gonyeau. In the preservation world this has gotten a lot of attention and weve even led tours of the work. It shows that these high level preservation efforts can and should happen in all of Bostons neighborhoods.
From the use of slate and copper, to the painstaking process of removing rotting masonry and replacing it, Gonyeau said crews are sticking with historical materials and making sure the church doesnt lose any of its character. The property is also of particular interest for architecture buffs because it was the first building designed by Ralph Adams Cram, the man behind the Sagamore Bridge and West Point.
In some sense it [the churchs restoration] kind of completes the work that has been taking place in Peabody Square area, said Gonyeau. From the Carruth Building to Ashmont Station a lot of work has gone into the area and this is part of that revitalization.
The church itself may have a long history in the neighborhood, but the project promises to bring even more history to the community, as organizers prepare to install an 84-year-old organ manufactured by Ernest Skinner, once a resident of Dorchester.
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By DONNA WEAVER The Press of Atlantic City
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Since Hurricane Sandy, the congregation at St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church has thinned because so many people never returned to their storm-damaged homes.
The church is doing everything it can to stay financially stable and keep its doors open. Inside the church - built in 2006 - some of the lights have been shut off because it is too expensive to operate them.
"The Little Egg Harbor-Tuckerton area was forgotten during Sandy, which speaks so highly of the community here. People pulled together and helped people," the Rev. K. Michael "Mick" Lambeth told The Press of Atlantic City (http://bit.ly/1eIP27u).
Similar to the days immediately following Sandy, the residents and church staff continue to pull together, he said.
"Even though we had no power the very next morning after the storm, we were here. People came forward to help, asking, 'What can I do?'" parish coordinator Cathy Mazanek said.
The aftermath of Sandy has not been kind to the township's residents or to St. Theresa's, Lambeth said. Each day, some of the residents who have returned to their homes visit St. Theresa's for some form of assistance.
Neither the township nor the state has a definitive number of how many local people did not return home after Sandy, but Lambeth said the proof is glaring during Sunday Mass.
Lambeth estimates the church lost about 1,000 families from the congregation. Before the storm, the church had about 5,000 year-round and summer families. In the weeks after the storm, the church lost about $120,000 in revenue, and finances have not improved since then.
Between the mortgage and other expenses each month, it costs about $60,000 to operate the church, Lambeth said. Before Sandy, parishioners gave about $13,000 per week, Lambeth said. That number dipped after the storm to $8,000 per month at its lowest.
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ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY GREEK ORTHODOX
Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church, 801 Montecito, will sell gyro sandwiches for pickup on Feb. 2. Call 325-653-6074 and order ahead for quick pickup or stop by. We will be serving from noon until kickoff approximately 5:30 p.m.
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BELMORE BAPTIST
Belmore Baptist Church, 1214 S. Bell St., The Baptist Men will meet at 8 a.m. Sunday for breakfast and a program. Julie Green, Tom Green County jail chaplain, will speak.
Childrens Church for age 4 through 5th grad will meet at 10:50 a.m. Sunday in the fellowship hall.
The pastors Bible class and sanctuary choir rehearsal both will meet at 5 p.m. Sunday.
Prayer for Belaire School will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the church office.
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ALAMO -- Rejecting an appeal by neighbors, the county planning commission has let stand plans for a controversial recreation center to be built at San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church in Alamo.
The appeal asked the commission to overturn approval of the project by the Contra Costa zoning administrator.
Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to uphold the zoning administrator's decision.
"We agreed with the zoning administrator's findings that the project was compatible with the neighborhood and consistent with the zoning and that's why we made our decision," said Aruna Bhat, a deputy director at the county Department of Conservation & Development, who presided over the appeal hearing.
Church officials say the gym is intended as "a gift" to the community, and that the idea for it came from an anonymous donor in the Alamo area. They plan to charge small fees to non-church members who want to use the gym, but say it will be open to the public.
But many neighbors of the Danville Boulevard church oppose the project. There are 29 houses surrounding the church, and the residents of 28 of them publicly oppose the gym's construction, according to a county staff report. Among neighbors' concerns are fears that the new gym will increase noise and light pollution in the area, and lead to more traffic congestion along Danville Boulevard.
In response, the church has agreed to measures designed to reduce gym and nighttime light pollution.
Bhat said anyone who wants to file an appeal to the county board of supervisors has until 4 pm Jan. 24, to do so.
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Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola | credits: File copy
Leaders and members of the Christ Apostolic Church, Araromi District Headquarters, Osogbo, on Wednesday staged a protest against the alleged forceful occupation of the church revival grounds for the construction of public schools.
The placard-carrying members of the church gathered at the church premises to protest what they called anti-Christ policy of Governor Rauf Aregbesolas administration.
Apart from the church auditorium and other church buildings located on the large expanse of land, the ground also contained a public school, CAC Primary School; and a private secondary school, Christ Ambassadors Comprehensive College.
The church secretary, Mr. Akin Olusegun, who addressed journalists after the protest, said that the church had no problem with the school merger of the government but would no longer allow governments encroachment on their land.
He said the state government had built its Middle School on the revival ground of the church without the consent of the church and that the church members had to drive away some contractors sent to the church to come and commence the building of an elementary school on the remaining part of the ground.
Olusegun said that the state government had access to the land on which the public primary school was built to build its new elementary school but had decided to further encroach on the church property because the church did not resist the first encroachment.
He said that the President of CAC Worldwide, Pastor A.O. Akinosun, had met with Aregbesola on the encroachment and the governor promised not to encroach further into the territory of the churchs private school.
He said, While a response from the government was still awaited, the leaders of the O School, in flagrant display of power, laid siege to a portion of our churchs land. On the instruction of the leader of O School, the new middle school building has been located on the churchs land instead of positioning the building on the land of the existing CAC Primary School.
In the process, a multipurpose conference hall for the Good Women Association, which is under construction and on which over N10m had been spent, was demolished.
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AME ZION
Chestnut Grove AME Zion Church, Chester: Fish and hot dog sale Sunday in front of Mobleys Carpet on Gadsden Street, before, during and after the Martin Luther King Parade.
Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church, California Street, York: Spiritual evening of entertainment with Kenny Curry and Nu Spirit, 5 p.m. Sunday. Donations, $10.
Greater Unity AME Zion Church, S.C. 97, Sharon: Season of 21 Days of Consecration continues, 2:30 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Thelma Gordon.
Jerusalem Baptist Church, Steele Street, Fort Mill: Willing Workers Auxiliary anniversary, 2 p.m. Sunday. United Churches of Fort Mill annual MLK celebration, 7 p.m. Monday.
Mount Zion AME Zion Church, Old Nations Road, Fort Mill: Fish fry, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Sporty Js barbershop at the corner of Nations Ford and Arrowood roads in Charlotte. Four Gospel program, 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.
ARP
First ARP Church, East White Street, Rock Hill: Basketball, 4 p.m. Saturday in the gym. Foundations for the Family, 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Junior Joys, 6 p.m. Thursday. Just Joy, 6:30 p.m. Thursday. A Tropical Escape, third annual dance for special friends with special needs, 2-4 p.m. Jan. 25.
BAPTIST
Boyd Hill Baptist Church, Glenn Street, Rock Hill: Pastors Aid Society sixth anniversary, 2 p.m. Sunday.
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First Evangelical Lutheran Church in La Crescent may soon be expanding.
Church officials hope to build a new childcare facility next to the church within the next couple years. Pastor Chris Christenson said original plans were for a new facility to be built in 2017, but the timeline has moved up.
Were really excited to maybe push this up a little sooner than we had envisioned, Christenson said, adding that construction on a new facility could begin within a year.
The churchs childcare facility was previously housed at the corner of N. Elm and North Second streets, and cared for toddlers and preschool-age children.
Temporarily, childcare for only the preschoolers because of limited space is being provided at the church, which is preparing to put the current childcare facility up for sale.
Christenson said the building didnt have space to care for infant-age children, one reason a new building was needed.
Director of the childcare program, Jacob Leibl, said another reason for the move is to have the facility closer to the church, located at 414 Main St.
Our ministry is looking to have something connected to the church, close to the church, Leibl said.
He said the church is currently trying to make plans with an architect to design the new facility.
Were really excited for whats to come, Leibl said.
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Construction on the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro, the largest church on earth, started 28 years ago in the small Ivory Coast city of Yamoussoukro. Planned by then-president Flix Houphout-Boigny, who led the country through two decades of economic boomtime known as the "Ivorian miracle," the church would be a monumentto God, but also to himself.
The economic miracle spanned from 1960, when independence from France arrived, to the late 1970s. Like similar booms in the United States or Germany, it had already begun to show troubling signs of decay by the early 1980s. But, by then, the 75-year-old Houphout-Boigny was in the process of putting the finishing touch on his presidency: Moving the Ivory Coast's capital to Yamoussoukro, his tiny hometown more than 150 miles inland of the country's biggest city.
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To build his capital, Houphout-Boigny recruited a French-Lebanese architect named Pierre Fakhoury. Together, they planned a grand, super-modern city of the future, featuring palaces, roads, one of the largest airports in Africa, and a churchthe Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukrothat would be modeled directly after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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The church would be the crown on the new capital's head: A 320,000 square foot masterpiece, filled with details to shame the real vatican. There would be a 100-pound gold cross, an ornate papal villa, and a massive stained glass window showing Jesus Christ, flanked by the president himself. The Vatican requested that Fakhoury make the church's dome just slightly lower than St. Peter's own.
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How a Giant Replica of the Vatican Ended Up In a Small African City