Posts Tagged ‘Faith’

Faith Bible Baptist Church to hold bible series on civil unions

by Peter Grady –   Faith Bible Baptist Church in Greeley will begin teaching a series of lessons on civil unions in light of the bible.   Pastor Matt Walters will be conducting the bible study on Sunday evenings at 6 pm. The church is located at 320 35th Ave. in Greeley.   In announcing [...]

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The Rant – America’s Workers Losing Faith in Retirement Funds

by Mike McCune –   The Employment Benefit Research Institute finished a survey of working Americans during the closing days of March. It reported the ‘startling’ fact a mere 13% of working Americans are “very confident” when it comes to having enough financial support to retire.   To those of us in fly-over America this [...]

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Churches able to raise money for PACs

Pastor Cripe by Peter Grady –   A church in Maine has announced it will be taking a special offering for a Political Action Committee; and, in what may surprise people, the action does not run afoul of IRS rules.   The Waterville congregation at Faith Evangelical Free church will send its Father’s Day offering to Protect [...]

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Baptists to hold massive Easter egg hunt

Staff Reports – As part of their Easter services, Faith Bible Baptist Church will have an Easter egg hunt involving several thousand eggs on four acres of property. The church which is located at 320 35th Avenue will hold the Easter egg hunt following its morning worship service which begins at 11:00 a.m. In order [...]

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Live nativity scene to be displayed at United States Supreme Court

by Matt Lacy – Faith organizations will be displaying a live nativity scene, which will include animals in front of the United States Supreme Court, Wednesday morning. The display is part of “The Nativity Project,” a nationwide campaign to share the message of Christmas and to confront hostility towards public expressions of faith by groups [...]

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Faith Bible Baptist features local children in Thanksgiving special

Staff reports – The Junior church children of Faith Bible Baptist Church will be presenting a special presentation this coming Sunday, Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. the church is located at 320 35th Ave. in Greeley. The musical presentation will consist of both singing and reenactments of the first Thanksgiving. The children participating will be [...]

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Local pastors speak out on Pat Robertson’s Alzheimer’s comments

Evangelist said divorce acceptable because spouse already dead   by Jack Minor – Local pastors have expressed outrage over comments by evangelist, Pat Robertson, who said it would be acceptable to divorce a spouse that has Alzheimer’s because the person is, basically, dead already. On a segment on yesterday’s 700 Club, a viewer asked Robertson [...]

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Greeley Police surprised with home cooked meal on busy work day

Local church members serve officers BBQ dinner    by Jack Minor We have all done it. We’ve criticized the police department when someone is a jerk in traffic; we wonder, “Where is a policeman when you want one. Are they all eating donuts?” An act of appreciation by Greeley residents helped shine a light on exactly [...]

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Dr. Norman Henry “Norm” Laber

Dr. Norman Henry “Norm” Laber, 74 of Eaton, Colorado died on Friday, June 10, 2011 at the Poudre Valley Hospital in Ft. Collins.   Norm was born on February 18, 1937 in Longmont, Colorado to David and Elizabeth (Seader) Laber.   He attended the Pleasant View Ridge Elementary School which was located on his family’s [...]

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Norma Jean Lanning

  June 7, 1932 – April 21, 2011   Norma Jean Lanning, 78, died April 21, 2011 at Bonell Good Samaritan Center in Greeley.  She was born June 7, 1932 to Charles and Irma (John) Kelly in Springfield, Illinois.  On July 3, 1953, she married Russell B. Lanning in Cheyenne, Wyoming.   As a child [...]

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Greeley Mexican teen wants to remain in US the right way

Willing to go back to apply for student visa Story and photo by Jack Minor  A Greeley teen who recently discovered he is in the country illegally on an expired visa believes so strongly in following the law he is willing to return to Mexico to obtain a student visa so he can attend college. [...]

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Pastor suing Obama administration coming to Greeley

Attorney General Holder admits bill would not protect pastorsBy Jack Minor – A pastor who is suing the Obama administration over hate crimes legislation passed last year will be speaking at Faith Bible Baptist Church in Greeley. Dr. R.B. Ouellette, pastor of First Baptist Church in Saginaw, Michigan, which has around 7,000 members, filed a [...]

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Local church loses battle to City Council over fees

by Vanessa Dominguez At a recent meeting City council members listened to presentations from David Miranda, of Faith Tabernacle Church, and Ron Hoagland, City of Greeley Storm water Manager, in regards to a dispute over monthly fees. Council was faced with four options: 1-To uphold the current fee 2-Agree with the church and reduce the [...]

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Marietta Miller

May 6, 1934 – August 24, 2010 Marietta Miller, 76, of Fort Collins, died August 24, 2010 at her home.  She was born May 6, 1934 in Greeley, Colorado to John and Rachel (Geisick) Berens.  She attended Bracewell School.   On July 17, 1955 she married Wilbur “Sonny” Miller in Windsor. She was a member of [...]

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Are you a Marketplace Minister or just another Christian Businessman?

As Christians or people of any faith that work in the marketplace (that just about all of us isn’t it), we are faced with a choice daily about how our faith will impact how we work and interact with those we come into contact with in the workplace. Visit about any Christian church here in [...]

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Michael P. “Mike” Campbell

Michael P. “Mike” Campbell, 55, of Greeley, died April 21, 2010.  Mike was born December 7, 1954 to Paul E. and Agnes Lorraine (Walker) Campbell in Durango, Colorado. Mike graduated from Brighton High School in 1972 and after graduation he lived in Boulder for 20 years. He worked in carpentry trades, had an I.T. background, [...]

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Baptists discuss building expansion, Easter egg hunt

by Jack Minor, for The Greeley Gazette As area churches make preparation for what Christians call the beginning of holy week, one church is doing something unusual during these difficult economic times. They are discussing to build a new building. Faith Bible Baptist Church has been on the corner of 35th Ave. and 4th St. [...]

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