This ‘The Best Christmas Pageant’ may be the best yet
Hide your lunch. The Herdmans are back in town. The Cape Fear Regional Theater opened its yearly traditional Christmas offering, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!,” over the …
Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child opens drop-off sites for donations until Nov. 20
Just in time for the holiday season, Operation Christmas Child opened its drop-off sites for this year’s donations, prepared and received in shoeboxes with faith-based messages. The project …
City Council OKs variance allowing church to locate near adult entertainment club
The Fayetteville City Council on Monday approved a special-use permit to allow a church to locate on property closer to an adult entertainment business than current zoning regulations allow.
Column: ‘Joy to the world, the Lord is come,’ as a gift with a promise
Joy to the world. Youngsters are unwrapping their packages under the tree, with fathers and mothers in bathrobes enjoying every delightful smile and taking snapshots of memories to last a lifetime. In the little town of Bethlehem more than 2,000 years ago, a child lay in a manger, Mary and Joseph keeping vigil because there…
Column: ‘The Lord knew I was going to do this,’ says newly ordained minister
The Rev. Keith Smith takes his place this day at the pulpit of Faith Community Church in Massey Hill. He’s served as a lay minister for the past 18 months. But today, Smith will deliver his sermon as a fully ordained minister.