Church Romance: An unholy alliance leads to murder, scandal, a miniseries
Dear Abby: Where can I find a sweetheart, someone nice and respectable? Signed: Lonesome and Looking.Dear Lonesome: Join your neighborhood church. Lorna Anderson did, and she found that Special Someone. Tell Lonesome the rest of Lorna's story, Abby. Tell Lonesome that Lorna was married and had four kids when she joined Faith Lutheran Church in Emporia, Kan., and that the man she found was the married pastor of the church, the Rev. Thomas Bird, and that the Rev. Bird then killed...
Church Romance: Singing in Place
INDIGO GIRLS `Swamp Ophelia' (Epic) *** THE INDIGO GIRLS trademarked their name a while back; it's time they trademarked their sound as well. The duo's sixth album, "Swamp Ophelia," is pure Indigo: sweetly soaring harmonies over a coffeehouse foundation, acoustic guitars augmented by a collection of folksy accoutrements. Emily Saliers and Amy Ray are two sides of an emotional and musical coin: Saliers' pure-throated...
Church Romance: OBITUARIES
Walter L. Backus ALTA - Walter L. Backus, 63, of Alta, Fayette County, died Sunday, July 14, 1996, at home after a short illness.He was a retired body shop foreman from Brown Chevrolet, Montgomery, and an Army veteran of the Korean War. He attended Laurel Fork Missionary Baptist Church, Lizemores.Surviving: sons, Robert Pritt of West Salem, Ohio, Charles Pritt of Alta, Vernon Backus of Beckwith; daughters, Mattie Kincaid, Arlene Perdue and Mary Whisman, of Fayetteville, Dessie...
Church Romance: OPENING ARMS TO PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MOORESTOWN IS AMONG HOUSES OF WORSHIP CATERING TO MENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS.
To teach adults with special needs about God's love, Judith and Ken Harris have started a Sunday school class at their church, First Presbyterian Church of Moorestown.The 9:30 a.m. class, "Friends With Special Needs," began in June and is open to any special-needs adult who can function independently for the hourlong duration. "We want to extend religious education with the same goal as every other: to help attendees know who God is, who...
