In C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters,” Max McLean portrays Screwtape, a demon psychiatrist fighting spiritual warfare to win souls for Satan.
In the Jewish tradition, Rabbi Daniel Greyber explains in his new memoir, there is a role for certain mourners. When someone dies, the person’s spouse, children, parents and siblings are designated mourners. There is an intense weeklong period of mourning after the funeral, called shiva, and designated prayers for months. But what about the grieving friends? Is there a role for them? Not a defined one.
The Watoto Children’s Choir is the most visible part of what Watoto Child Care Ministries does for children who have suffered from war, HIV/AIDS and poverty in northern Uganda.
The Broadway season at the Durham Performing Arts Center includes several more shows this spring, making the second half of the 2012-13 the busiest.
Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1320 Umstead Road, Durham, will have an Epiphany Ring Handbell Festival at 7 p.m. Sunday. The third annual Epiphany festival features eight to 10 handbell ensembles from the Triangle.
It’s Christmas Day. You’re home from morning Mass. Or you went to church for candlelight or family services on Christmas Eve. Time to unwrap presents, eat, spend time with friends and family and enjoy the festivities.
While many churches close their doors after Christmas Eve services, Antioch Baptist Church will be open on Christmas Day and host a free Christmas dinner for the community from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. The church at 1415 Holloway St. in Durham started serving a Christmas meal to homeless people in the neighborhood about 10 years ago, said the Rev. Michael Page, pastor of Antioch, and expanded it to anyone in the community who wants to come. They will also give away toiletries and coats.
The Christmas play this year at Sanctuary United Methodist Church at Lakewood aims to reach out to all people the same way the church itself does.
Duke Memorial United Methodist Church has started a Christmas Market where parents can buy toys for their children at greatly reduced cost. The idea came from similar ministries in other cities, and the response has exceeded the church’s goals.