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| | Ministry is her medicine
11/06/2008
Paula Olivier grew up dreaming of becoming a doctor.
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| | Montclair church reflects on past, focuses on future
10/16/2008
Much refurbishing has been done at Trinity Presbyterian Church, mostly during the last decade
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| | What does atonement mean to you?
09/25/2008
As Jews prepare to celebrate a Jewish New Year, repairing frayed relationships is part of the process.
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| | What does atonement mean to you?
09/25/2008
As Jews prepare to celebrate a Jewish New Year, repairing frayed relationships is part of the process.
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| | Together in Montclair
09/25/2008
For Rabbi Elliott Tepperman, praying for people without health care is not enough.
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| | Start of a sweet New Year for Judaism
09/25/2008
For many Jews around the world, the sound of the Shofar will herald the coming of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
For many Jews in Montclair, this start of the High Holy Days will not be characterized by sound, but by heart.
When Monday moves towar
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| | Montclair Muslims observe holy month
09/25/2008
The shoeless men inside the mosque, mindful of cleanliness during their midday prayer, chanted and hailed “Al-lah,” thanking God for giving them the endurance that is necessary during the abstinence of this September month of Ramadan – Islam’s hol
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| | Restoring Montclairs oldest church
09/18/2008
In honor of the fallen soldiers of World War I, a group of Episcopalians built a bell tower in 1919, a dominant presence on the corner of Valley Road and Bellevue Avenue.
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| | A home of their own: Congregation acquires former Trinity Episco
09/18/2008
Redeemer held its 10 a.m. service this past Sunday in their first church building – the former Trinity Episcopal Church, which for 91 years had been the only black Episcopal Church in Montclair. Trinity closed in February, 2007 due to dwindling membersh
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| | Century-old Presbyterian tradition thrives
09/11/2008
Timothy Sellew, a wealthy landholder who developed most of “Upper” Montclair in the 1860s, began hosting a series of weekly prayer meetings in his Montclair home in 1906.
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| | Dr. Seuss and UUs
09/04/2008
On any given Sunday, the Rev. Charles Ortman is as likely to quote Dr. Seuss as he cites the Bible.
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| | Routing the movement
07/31/2008
Dressed in a T-shirt and blue jeans, the Rev. George Hillman paces in his open leather sandals as he preaches Holy Scripture, his glistening black Fender electric guitar slung over his shoulder.
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| | Moms In Touch with God
07/31/2008
The Moms In Touch International Web site, www.momsintouch.org, will provide a link to a newly created Web page of the New Jersey branch beginning tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 1. It will include events, accept submissions for prayer requests, and provide contact
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| | New Jesus movement sounds off
07/17/2008
When the Jesus People Movement of the late 1960s ushered in waves of college hippies and young evangelical Americans who spawned a revival in the contemporary Christian church, musicians discovered the sanctuary as a channel of expressing renewed spiritua
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| | Shomrei Emunah names new cantor
07/10/2008
Benjamin Aaron Rosner, 28, of New York City, has been appointed cantor of Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Montclair.
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| | Monica Paul: Like that of a dove
07/10/2008
The following is from a plaque that was given to the parents of Monica M. Paul, Joanne and Lionel Paul.
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| | Five congregations celebrate Ten Commandments
06/12/2008
As dusk crept in on Sunday night, the glass doors of Bnai Keshet Synagogue were covered with handprints. Dozens of people swarmed in from South Fullerton Avenue with sleeping bags in hand.
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| | Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Coltrane
05/07/2008
It is just after 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, and classical hymns billow through church sanctuary, as reliable as sunrise.
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| | Faith leaders continue interfaith relations
05/01/2008
Kaili Baucum, a lifelong Baptist, had never set foot inside a synagogue.
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| | Montclairs National Day of Prayer
05/01/2008
Today is National Day of Prayer, and at 9 a.m. Valerie Kay and her four sons have something special planned.
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| | A woman to lead the faithful
04/24/2008
For 16 years, Jesuit educators taught Ann Ralosky to question everything.
So she questioned them.
And the Roman Catholic Church.
“They taught me to question so well that I questioned myself out of one faith and into another one,” said Ralosky, who
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| | Montclair faithful blessed by pope
04/24/2008
White doves flew across a brilliant blue sky Sunday afternoon when Deana Campion thought, “I am one of the lucky people.”
Lucky because Campion, a member of Montclair’s Immaculate Conception Church, was one of 20 Montclair Roman Catholic church mem
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| | Montclair priests express hope for Popes U.S. visit
04/17/2008
Priests from Montclairs four Catholic churches are hoping Americas leaders will heed Pope Benedict's message.
He will speak tomorrow at the United Nations, proclaiming that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the basis for peace among n
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| | Churches combat economic decline
03/27/2008
Gone are the days when the local homeless shelter was barely half full.
Here are the days when a sudden job layoff can cost the loss of a home.
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