A church that grew up with Maryland City will celebrate its golden anniversary in a big way on Sept. 20. Parishioners and clergy at Resurrection of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church have planned an afternoon Mass followed by a semiformal gala at Laurel Park that evening.

In his first visit to the parish since being appointed archbishop, the Most Reverend William E. Lori, of Baltimore, will be the main celebrant at the Mass. The Rev. Mark Bialek, senior pastor at Resurrection, said he and other priests who have or currently serve the parish will assist.

"I think the anniversary celebration is a tremendous opportunity to celebrate the many accomplishments of the parish as well as a springboard to a very bright future proclaiming the joy of the Gospel," Bialek said.

Michael Robertazzi, one of the church's longest-standing members and a National Security Agency retiree, said that Resurrection has been a "people's church" since its unique beginning.

In the early 1960s, the parish existed only in the hearts and minds of a small group of determined Catholics living in what the Maryland City Corp. had begun developing as "Meade City."

"Most of the people moving to Maryland City worked at NSA and that's why they settled there," said Corrine Mohnasky, a 35-year church veteran and chairwoman of the Anniversary Planning Committee.

At that time, the closest Roman Catholic churches were St. Mary of the Mills in Old Town and St. Nicholas on Contee Road, under the Archdiocese of Washington; and St. Lawrence Martyr in Jessup, under the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Lacking a home parish, they organized as the Catholic Community of Maryland City and began meeting at the Laurel Shopping Center's movie theater and worshipping in private homes.

Ray Syzperski another founding member who, like Robertazzi, retired from NSA said that Walt Smallets served as chairman of the original Finance Committee and led the early fundraising.

"The reason we picked him was because he was chief of finance at NSA," said Syzperski.

In 1963, the Rev. E. Gerard Huesman, pastor of St. Lawrence Martyr, agreed to serve as the Catholic Community's spiritual adviser and began celebrating Sunday Mass at the Daily Double Bingo Hall on Route 198, fondly known as "St. Bingo's" or, spelled in reverse, "St. Ognib's."

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Auditions were held in Cape Girardeau, Missouri for a new movie shooting in the Midwest next summer.

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An Atlanta defense attorney says the district attorney in Cobb County would only have sought malice murder if he thought he had a chance to get a conviction.

One day after Justin Ross Harris was indicted on eight counts related to the death of his son, an Atlanta defense attorney says the district attorney in Cobb County would only have sought malice murder if he thought he had a chance to get a conviction.

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A 44-year-old woman who is accused of pointing a gun at a pregnant woman's stomach outside a home in Cane Bay wanted to kill the victim and remove her unborn child, according to newly released court documents.

A 44-year-old woman who is accused of pointing a gun at a pregnant woman's stomach outside a home in Cane Bay wanted to kill the victim and remove her unborn child, according to newly released court documents.

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A group of retired men has been doing construction work recently at Old Liberty Baptist Church east of Conway.

The Masters Builders, a group ranging in age from their early 60s to early 80s, is a volunteer organization affiliated with the Baptist Missionary Association that travels the country six months out of the year doing ministry-related construction jobs of all kinds. Carol and Eddie Sikes of Gilmer, Texas, are among the couples who parked an RV on the property of Old Liberty, like so many churches before.

We organized in 1990. Our first job was in Delores, Colo. Some years we do maybe four jobs. This year when we finish our last two jobs we will have done eight, Carol Sikes said. Weve done 131 jobs since we were established.

Churches contact the Masters Builders when they get ready to build and get on the groups schedule. They do not work during November through February, when it is too cold, or July through August, when it is too hot. The average age is 74, and the oldest active members are 82. Members come from Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, Carol Sikes said. When they have a job, their office coordinator sends out the details in a letter to all the members, telling them when and where to arrive.

The church furnishes the material, and we furnish the labor, free. Everyone goes at their own expense. We ask if the church can feed us one meal a day, but sometimes if its a small church they cant, Carol Sikes said. Weve built sanctuaries, classrooms, family life centers, fellowship halls. Weve even built a parsonage. Any ministry-related project, we will build.

She said the group has traveled as far as Post Falls, Idaho, Plano, Ill., and Fort Meyers, Fla., but most of their builds are in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Missouri. Following their stay at Old Liberty, the group had a job scheduled in Hattiesburg, Miss., followed by their last job of the year in Charleston, Mo., she said.

As the men are on the road half the year, the majority of their wives travel with them. They try to find a volunteer project of their own in each town they visit. This time the women worked at Lifeword Ministries making Christmas shoebox gifts to be taken to children in third-world countries who will not receive anything else for Christmas.

Eddie and Carol Sikes said after spending so much time together, the group is like one big happy family.

You might hear us picking at each other, but its all in good fun, Eddie Sikes said.

Dot Bowie, a member of Old Liberty Baptist Church, said the congregation has needed a new building for some time due to steadily increasing growth. She said the new building is at least three times the size of the old one. When the new building (located right next to the old one) is complete, the church will use both buildings for its ministries, she said.

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A. Reed Halversen and his wife Luana were called as the first temple president and matron of the Ogden Utah Temple.

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Luana Halversen still remembers how she felt when members of the First Presidency of the LDS Church called her and her late husband, A. Reed Halversen, to be the first matron and president of the Ogden Utah Temple in 1971.

President Harold B. Lee asked if I was worried. I said, Im scared to death, Halversen said in a recent interview with the Deseret News. But Ill go in that temple and do my best, give it all I got. His answer was to go in and be yourself. So we went in and we worked.

The Halversens served in that capacity until 1976. Looking back four decades later, it was a special assignment during a lifetime of service in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In late August, Halversen toured the recently renovated Ogden Utah Temple with members of her family.

It will be a beautiful symbol of the Lord for all who live in the Ogden area, Halversen said. Those who come to visit the temple and serve there will feel a tremendous spirit.

Halversen is one of many individuals who honor the memory of the Ogden Temple while admiring the beauty and splendor of the newly renovated temple set to be rededicated on Sept. 21.

The Ogden Temple has a rich heritage and set a new standard for accelerated temple work. Elder Kent F. Richards of the Seventy, and recently appointed executive director of the temple department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, feels a special connection to Ogden and the temple through one of his ancestors.

A couple from Brigham City remember the day that temple work was performed for several famous Mormon pioneers. For another couple, the Ogden Temple has been a central part of their lives for many years.

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ATTLEBORO - A church on a rock outcropping at the corner of May and Washington streets was spared from disaster after part of the hill underneath it collapsed, leaving a mound of earth and stone below and a 50-foot wide cavity above.

The landslide, which happened in early August and only came to light publicly on Tuesday, shut down construction of a strip mall on property at the base of the hill and forced the developer to hire a company to stabilize the hill before work can begin again.

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Ebenezer Baptist Church, its white peaked arches stretching toward heaven, dominates the landscape of the small town of Cordova.

The sanctuary has served as a home for the local Southern Baptist Church since 1926.

The building is reminiscent of the Gothic style with tall, slender, peaked windows lining each side of it and on both sides of the front door.

The name Ebenezer, which means stone of help, came from 1 Samuel 7:12. Following an Israelite victory over the Philistines, Samuel set up a stone to commemorate the occasion and named it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto the Lord has helped us.

A history of the church reports that it was constructed on land donated by Mrs. Henry Gibson during the pastorate of the Rev. M.O. Owens. It was valued at $29,000 and had a seating capacity of 350.

Bricks made on the spot were used in construction of the building. At some time, they were painted white and remain so today.

In 1942, the Rev. J.M. Lane challenged church members to pay off the buildings indebtedness. Offerings covering the full sum were received on two consecutive Sundays.

Over the years, Ebenezer has had a strong working relationship with the local public school system. In 1943, the local school burned, and classes were held in the church for the next year and a half.

Almost 20 years later, the school system returned the favor.

In 1962, the church building was declared unsafe and services were held in the school while extensive repairs were made.

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EDITORS NOTE: As the Northeast Town council debates the fate of St. Peters church, an oft heard tale in all corners of this province following the decommissioning of country churches, The Expositor reflects on the history of this Sheguiandah place of worship.

SHEGUIANDAHIn light of the Northeast Town councils recent decision to look at tearing down Saint Peters Anglican Church in Sheguiandah and explore the possible construction of a replica church (utilizing the churchs bell, pews and stain glass windows) on the Centennial Museum of Sheguiandah grounds, The Expositor contacted the museums curator, Heidi Ferguson, to find out more about the little church which is getting big attention.

St. Peters Church was built in 1883 by the Stringer, Keatley, Atkinson and Dunlop families, as well as other pioneers, explained Ms. Ferguson, noting that her source of information is courtesy of the Manitoulin Genealogy Clubs book Reflections and information located in the museums files. A long shed at the back was protection for the horses while they rested during church services. It was also used by the community through the week. Being beside the municipal hall, the shed was used for all events in the hall, from meetings, dances, card parties etc.

The personage for St. Peters was at the east end of the village, a large cement building with four bedrooms, located at site No.15 on the Sheguiandah Walking Tour, continued Ms. Ferguson. The property was enhanced by lovely evergreen trees planted by Mr. Hardyman, a lay reader from England who was clergy for many years. He also planted the evergreen trees around St. Andrews Church at Sheguiandah First Nation. At that time, St. Peters had three charges including St. Johns at Bidwell and St. Andrews church. At one time, Little Current was also a charge of the St. Peters Parish.

During the years, the congregation has gone up and down, she added. When the silica quarry was in operation, and more people were around, numbers were up. Church services were held about four times a year until it finally closed.

St. Peters was decommissioned in 2005, and ownership transferred to the Northeast Town under the care and control of the Centennial Museum of Sheguiandah, continued Ms. Ferguson.

After a number of Northeast Town councillors expressed support for the idea of building a replica church, Northeast Town Mayor Al MacNevin suggested that councils representative on the Museum Advisory Committee, Dawn Orr, take the idea to the committee to ensure that there is indeed interest.

Mayor MacNevin also noted that since there are no funds budgeted for the churchs demolition or replica in the 2014 budget, that the topic be brought up again during councils 2015 budget discussions this fall if there is interest from the advisory committee.

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When Isaac Dorbor opened his barbershop in the Prosperity Shopping Plaza three years ago, traffic to the shop was steady, his employees juggled 200 clients on average and the business saw about 30 walk-in customers on a slow day.

But that was before construction on Interstate 485 in northeast Mecklenburg spawned new traffic patterns, closed roads and changed street names. Now the employees at World Class Barbers are lucky if they cut eight heads on a slow day, Dorbor said. Two barbers have left the shop and revenues have dropped by 30 percent, he said.

Dorbor is one of about a half-dozen business owners in the area who say they have seen declining revenues some as much as 70 percent because construction has taken away their frontage and frustrates customers. Some say theyre preparing to spend thousands to reprint fliers, brochures and menus after city officials changed part of Prosperity Church Road to Docia Crossing.

Its not insignificant money when you spend $2,000 to $3,000 on advertising, said Danny Leon, who owns CKO Kickboxing in the plaza with his wife, Amy. We spent a great deal of money on literature.

Expected to open in December, the final 5.7-mile section of I-485s outer loop caps a 25-year, 67-mile project. The latest roadwork rerouted part of Prosperity Church Road, and the businesses in Prosperity Shopping Plaza now have a Docia Crossing address.

The city renamed that stretch of Prosperity Church Road to minimize confusion, said Doreen Szymanski, spokeswoman with the Charlotte Department of Transportation.

In this case, changing the name of that short piece of Prosperity Church made more sense than renaming Prosperity Church for miles, she said. You affect fewer businesses, fewer property owners. If you have two Prosperity Church roads ... it really sets up a condition whereby emergency services could have trouble finding the location.

City officials said they met with business owners and added signs to help customers find the plaza during the heaviest phases of construction.

I would have thought that would have had some impact on the business owners concerns, said city Councilman Greg Phipps, who represents District 4 and sits on the councils transportation and planning committee.

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DESIGNED by architect Claude Edwin Andrews, Santuario de San Ezekiel Moreno marries Romanesque and Spanish colonial Baroque elements. PHOTOS BY LEO SABANGAN II

In former Sen. Manny Villars book, the Philippines has produced three saints: San Lorenzo Ruiz, San Pedro Calungsod and San Ezekiel Moreno. He and his wife Sen. Cynthia Villar honored the latter by building a Catholic church named after him.

Located at the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (Sipag) compound on C5 Extension in Las Pias, the Spanish Baroque-inspired Santuario de San Ezekiel Moreno is designed by architect Claude Edwin Andrews.

CAMILLE Villar, Paraaque Bishop Jessie Mercado, Sen. Cynthia Villar, former Sen. Manny Villar, Fr. Rex Bangcaya, Manuel Paolo Villar

Weve done more than 300,000 homes all over the Philippines, including housing to those who have left us behind, said Manny Villar, referring to a memorial park adjacent to Villar Sipag. But the feeling is different when you finished a church, especially if the results are good.

The Villars previously built churches in Antipolo, Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo. But Santuario de San Ezekiel Moreno is the biggest and by far the most beautiful church theyve built, the former senator added.

Stylized Spanish Baroque

After more than three years of construction, Santuario de San Ezekiel Moreno finally opened recently with a concelebrated Mass led by Paraaque Bishop Jessie Mercado.

This is a stylized form of Spanish Baroque architecture that was prevalent during colonial times, said Andrews. Although it follows the classic cruciform shape, it is definitely a modernized version.

Andrews decision to do away with columns gives worshippers an unimpeded view of the altar from anywhere inside the 726-seater church.

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