'Overzealous' Church vets 58000 workers in a year - Telegraph.co.uk
Posted: 26 Dec 2013 02:57 PM PST
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'Overzealous' Church vets 58000 workers in a yearTelegraph.co.ukOf those, 80 per cent were carried out on volunteers, including those working as an organist, choir member, bell ringer, bell tower captain, bell ringing instructor, altar servers, befriender, welcome steward, night shelter worker, bereavement visitor ... |
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Touring Nuremberg, Germany, a city devoted to its past - Daily Local News
Posted: 26 Dec 2013 11:55 AM PST
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Touring Nuremberg, Germany, a city devoted to its pastDaily Local NewsThe area around St. Sebaldus Church, one local tells me, came to be known as St. Sebaldus's Desert, such was the devastation. Holding on to ... Surrounded by city walls and overseen by the impressive circular stone tower, the courtyard is a year-round ...and more » |
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The people behind Christmas - MetroNews Canada
Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:46 AM PST
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The people behind ChristmasMetroNews Canada“You have three one-hundreths of a second to strike it spot on,” said tower captain Madeleine Cheesman, 66, who has been ringing since she was 25. Her husband, Nick, learned at 12 and is a 48-year veteran. They put off opening their presents at home in ...and more » |
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An efficient oil change reminder - spiritofjefferson (blog)
Posted: 26 Dec 2013 08:57 AM PST
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An efficient oil change reminderspiritofjefferson (blog)With the volume set very low, the lyrics are unintelligible but sounds like a choir somewhere in the distance, perhaps beneath the tall rock cliff just up stream on the North River. Erin McCarty, my editor at Vintage Truck ... The spirit of Christmas ... |
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Sweet memories of Christmases past - So Md News
Posted: 26 Dec 2013 08:20 AM PST
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Sweet memories of Christmases pastSo Md News... open Christmas Day, we always celebrated gift opening Christmas Eve. When Santa was still involved, my older sister took us little ones down to the barn to see a new calf or whatever, while Dad ran up and down the snowy road ringing sleigh bells.and more » |
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Wedding quartet celebrates 65 years - Batley News
Posted: 26 Dec 2013 08:11 AM PST
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Wedding quartet celebrates 65 yearsBatley News“My family lived on Kirkgate near the church, so it wasn't a problem to organise it there. “My grandfather was a bell ringer there so we had the wedding peal.” Kathleen's husband, Thomas, originally of Gomersal, met her brother Charles when they were ... |
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Ticking off the bucket lists: 2013 in travel - The National
Posted: 26 Dec 2013 04:29 AM PST
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Ticking off the bucket lists: 2013 in travelThe NationalMaking your home look unique is increasingly tricky in an age of identikit stores and mass-produced furniture, but the UAE has plenty of independents that can solve that problem, writes Pallavi Dean. ... knowledgeable local guides who took me to the ... |
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Entertainment Listings - Vancouver Sun
Posted: 26 Dec 2013 12:29 AM PST
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Entertainment ListingsVancouver SunSFU Gallery Damian Moppett: The Bells Opens Jan. ... VSO: Fifty Years of James Bond Celebrate Fifty Years of James Bond with the most memorable songs and music from Dr. No, Goldfinger, Live and Let Die, From Russia With Love, For Your Eyes Only and all ... |
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Bell atop Warwick City Hall chimes on the hour once again - The Providence Journal
Posted: 25 Dec 2013 08:32 PM PST
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Gifts beyond today's presents - Press & Sun-Bulletin
Posted: 25 Dec 2013 04:43 PM PST
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Gifts beyond today's presentsPress & Sun-BulletinIn many churches, Christ's birth was celebrated Tuesday night at an assortment of Christmas Eve services, including traditional midnight Masses at some Catholic churches. These services included carols, Scripture, communion and candle-lighting to ...and more » |
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VIDEO: Changing of Billingshurst's social class charted in new history book - West Sussex County Times
Posted: 25 Dec 2013 05:02 AM PST
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Nontraditional Christmas service in Sartell includes mimes, a giant puppet - St. Cloud Times
Posted: 25 Dec 2013 04:37 AM PST
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'Sleigh Bells Ring' A Christmas memory by Rita Mae Brown - Richmond Times Dispatch
Posted: 24 Dec 2013 09:00 PM PST
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'Sleigh Bells Ring' A Christmas memory by Rita Mae BrownRichmond Times DispatchMother managed to stand up amid peals of laughter. “Saved by a mountain of mink. Wheezie, you are a saint. Thank your aunt, kiddo.” Extricating myself, I held out my hand to steady my aunt. “I never met a saint before.” The two sisters dissolved into ... |
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Tales of Christmas Past - Bleeding Yankee Blue (blog)
Posted: 24 Dec 2013 07:05 PM PST
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Tales of Christmas PastBleeding Yankee Blue (blog)Both were set around the time of the Winter Solstice, which usually falls on December 22 -- which is possibly the reason that the early Church set Christmas on December 25, given the difference between the Julian Calendar then in effect and the ... |
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Christmas sends messages of simplicity in life, kindness to all, and care for ... - The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka
Posted: 24 Dec 2013 04:00 PM PST
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The Great Handbell War - WFAE
Posted: 24 Dec 2013 03:06 PM PST
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The Great Handbell WarWFAEMalmark and Schulmerich are down the street from each other in Bucks County, Pa. Some experts say they can tell the difference between the ... Some bell ringers developed fierce affiliations to one company or the other. Peace came slowly, with the ... |
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Ringing the bells in Bethlehem, to keep those old Christmas traditions alive - Haaretz
Posted: 24 Dec 2013 10:11 AM PST
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Hells 'no chiming' bells - Comet 24
Posted: 24 Dec 2013 07:09 AM PST
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Hells 'no chiming' bellsComet 24The clock will continue to ring on the hour, despite the fact that council leader Peter Long said they created the same amount of noise. He said: “We were told that the district council's environmental health officers would issue us a Noise Abatement ... |
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Quotations in the News - Washington Post
Posted: 24 Dec 2013 04:58 AM PST
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Quotations in the NewsWashington PostPalestinian college student Khadir Jaraiseh, one of Bethlehem's last bell ringers, about performing his duties at the Armenian Apostolic Church this Christmas. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published ... |
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