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Churches seek out innovative solutions
“Church steeples, aging out of fashion, meet their maker” From USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc. Reprinted with permission. May 1, 2011.
Atop the tiny , white-columned 1842 church where Glen Likens was baptized, where he married his wife, where their children were baptized, where they still worship on Sundays, the steeple is rotting.
St. Mark’s Episcopal in Wadsworth, Ohio, hasn’t dared sound the 2,000-pound bell, which has a broken carriage and patched hammer, for a year. It may not sound again—unless a congregation numbering 58 souls in a good week can come up with $30,000.
“It’s no easy amount to raise. We absolutely considered taking it off and capping the roof, but voices within the congregation want their bell, their tower. It’s symbolic. It’s part of our church. We want it to be there for our children’s future,” says Likens, who volunteers as St. Mark’s junior warden in charge of maintenance.
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July 4, 2011 issue
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Letters
Ellie Braman, Sandra C. McNeill, Terry Holliday, Faith Donavin, Richard Arlen
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Fireworks!
Ingrid Peschke, Managing Editor
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Churches seek out innovative solutions
Cathy Lynn Grossman
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Earthquakes—and praying about ‘the big one’
Robert Storm
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A humbling experience
Kathleen Collins
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To witness God's care
Elizabeth Mata
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Spiritual balance restored
By Don Snyder
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Our infinite value
By Michele Newport
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Admission of new members
Nathan Talbot
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Peace in the Middle East: What your prayers can do
By Rosalie E. Dunbar, News Editor
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Healing — our ‘Declaration of Independence’
By Susan Fleming
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Never separated from God
By Marie-Luise Bolay
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Freedom and healing with the Lord’s Prayer
By Suzanne Connolly
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Healing victories and freedom from the past
Name withheld
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At the pool of . . .
Rob Swales
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Prayer about pain
Caryl Farkas
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I love God
Ava
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God is special
James
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Your questions about Church
Tad Blake-Weber, Manya Kaseroff-Smith
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Free from chronic knee trouble
Lisa Sorrentino
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A more spiritualized vision
Mirta Piccoli
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An injury is quickly healed
Ann Bennett
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To defeat dementia
The Editors