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Hoban grad to help lead marathon session at Xavier University
By Colette M. Jenkins
Beacon Journal religion writer
Published on Saturday, Oct 31, 2009
Kevin Contrera, a 2007 graduate of Akron's Archbishop Hoban High School, is one of four Xavier University students who will be leading a public reading of the Bible on the campus of the Jesuit Catholic university in Cincinnati beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
During the Bible reading marathon, called Back to the Bible, students, faculty, staff and members of the Greater Cincinnati area will read aloud the Hebrew scriptures in 15-minute intervals in the language of their choice. Organizers are hoping to hear as many as 30 languages. The reading is expected to last 60 to 65 hours.
The project is sponsored by Xavier's Office for Interfaith Community Engagement, which aims to create and strengthen a sense of community among people of different faiths.
In addition to Contrera, student leaders are Maggie Prosser from University Heights; Jana Dykas from Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Lauren Boxell from Carmel, Ind.
Contrera, 21, is a third-year Xavier student majoring in biology.
In other religion news:
Events
Apostolic Church of Akron — 2545 Newton St. 9:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Special weekend services. The Rev. John Ridenour from Dayton will be speaking. 330-784-8554.
Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 785 S. Main St., Akron. 6 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. A Time of Renewal, Akron and Vicinity Baptist Ministers Conference citywide revival.
Mount Olive Baptist Church — 1180 Slosson St., Akron. 9 to 11 a.m. today. Men's Day breakfast and workshop. The Rev. Glen Brown will be the speaker. From 3 to 5 p.m. today, the youth of Mount Olive will host a Hallo-Nite event. Come as you are or dress as a Biblical character. Refreshments will be served, as well as treats for the youth. Men's Day is Sunday at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Steven Butler of Mount Haven Baptist Church in Akron will be the speaker.
Nativity of the Lord Jesus Catholic Church — 2425 Myersville Road, Springfield Township. Noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. The church's 29th annual spaghetti dinner, sponsored by the Holy Name Society. Homemade meatballs/sauce, salad or applesauce, dessert, coffee, tea or milk. Carryout available. Adults $7, children $3. Tickets sold at the door. 330-699-5086.
New Hope Baptist Church — 1706 S. Hawkins Ave., Akron. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday. Free meals and clothing giveaway.
Oak Chapel United Methodist Church — 4203 W. Old Lincoln Way, Plain Township. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 7. Family Fun Night, highlighted by a costume party. Includes costume judging for prettiest, ugliest, Bible character and most original. Light refreshments. 330-264-2537.
Peninsula United Methodist Church — 1575 Main St. Election Day dinner Tuesday, with three lunch serving times starting at 11:30 a.m. and three dinner times starting at 5 p.m. Turkey with all the trimmings, including pie. Adults $10, children $5. All carryouts $8. Under age 5 free. 330-657-2567.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church — 515 48th St. NW, Canton. 7 p.m. Monday. A special service of remembrance for those who have died. Please bring a list of those you want to remember during the service. 330-499-2662.
St. Paul's United Methodist Church — 2705 Sixth St. SW, Canton. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Luncheon and bake sale. Homemade soups, sandwiches and more, including desserts. Items individually priced. Homemade breads, rolls and nut rolls. 330-456-7207.
Sharon Center United Methodist Church — 6407 Ridge Road, Sharon Township. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Election Day luncheon. Main dish is creamed chicken over biscuits, $2.50 to $3.50, items sold a la carte. 330-239-1616.
Wedgewood United Methodist Church — 2350 Wedgewood Drive, Akron. 4:30 p.m. Friday. All-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner with free homemade dessert and silent/live auction. Adults $6.50, children $3. Live auction at 7 p.m. 330-733-8703.
West Lebanon United Methodist Church — 6082 S. West Lebanon Road, Paint Township. 3 p.m. Nov. 7. Fall Fest and Swiss Steak Dinner. Features baked goods, canned goods and theme baskets. Dinner served at 4 p.m., includes round steak with homemade gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, dinner rolls, beverage and dessert. Carryout available. $8, preteens $4.
Performances
Brecksville United Church of Christ — 23 Public Square. 4 p.m. Sunday. The Baldwin-Wallace Jazztet will perform the opening program in its 2009-10 free concert series. The group's repertoire will cover a wide range of jazz from various styles and times. Freewill offering. Light reception after the program. 440-526-4364.
Fairlawn Lutheran Church — 3415 W. Market St. Sunday. All Saints Day Hymn Festival, co-sponsored by Akron Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and the church's Parish Arts Series. Featuring Dr. Donald Busarow, organ recitalist, choral director and composer; and Wittenberg University Mass choir and other musicians.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 50 N. Prospect St., Akron. 8 p.m. Friday. The University of Akron Brass Choir will present music for brass and organ in a Trinity Organ Series concert. The 22-member ensemble, directed by Tucker Jolly with Barbara MacGregor on organ, will play from the front and side balconies of the church, creating a sonic spectacular. Freewill offering. 330-376-5154.
Trinity United Church of Christ — 915 N. Main St., Akron. 3 and 7 p.m. Nov. 7. The Trial of Job will have two performances in the church sanctuary. $10, ages 10 and under $5. Family discounts available. Proceeds benefit Akron Urban Ministries, who help the hungry and homeless in the Akron area. Spaghetti dinner between performances for $5 a plate. Kent State graduate Sharon Alberson is writer, director and producer of the play. Tickets in advance or day of show. 330-376-7176.
Speakers, classes, workshops
The Chapel — 135 Fir Hill, Akron. 7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Nov. 7. The Bathos Lecture Series with Os Guiness. He will address the following topics: Impossible People, A World Safe for Diversity and Survival of the Fittest. Concert on Friday with pianist Alan Chow and percussionist Mike Burritt. Continental breakfast and lunch Nov. 7. $20 per person. 330-315-5606.
The Chapel in Marlboro — 8700 Edison St. NE, Marlboro Township. 9 to 11 a.m. today. Learning to Know Your Muslim Neighbor is the next ADVANCE Saturday seminar. No pre-registration necessary. Coffee served from 8:30 to 9 a.m. David John from Cuyahoga Falls will lead the seminar. He was raised in a Muslim home but became a Christian as a young man. 330-935-0132.
First United Methodist Church — 245 Portage Trail, Cuyahoga Falls. 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 14. Tis the Season to be Stressed, a women's in-house retreat, will take place. Deadline to register is Sunday. Speaker Nickie Keagy will teach strategies to manage stress for women during the holiday season. Participants will choose two interest groups to attend from a list including crafts, holiday foods and family dynamics. Continental breakfast and lunch served. Cost $25. 330-923-5241, ext. 210. On Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon, there will be a training session at the church for those interested in being a part of the Interfaith Hospitality Network. 330-620-9132.
Malone University School of Arts and Sciences — 2600 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Dr. Joe Grabill, author of Green Kingdom Come! Jesus and a Sustainable Earth Community, will speak in the Brehme Conference Center. A former Malone professor, Grabill was founder of the environmental, religious and women's studies programs at Illinois State University. 330-471-8239.
Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 442 Bell St., Akron. 8:30 a.m. today. FirstMerit's free mortgage seminar. Free credit counseling sessions available. Refreshments will be served. Child care available for ages 3-8. Pre-registration required. 330-253-3711.
NEOUCOM Conference Center — 4209 State Route 44, Rootstown Township. 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 14. Catechesis and the Proclamation of the Word is the theme for the Evangelization and Catechesis Conference, sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown. Adele Gonzalez will deliver the keynote speech on The Church Exists in Order to Evangelize. Gonzalez is founder of Get-With-It, an organization committed to human and spiritual growth through the fostering of healthy relationships. Exhibitors include Catholic publishers, religious goods stores, diocesan offices and the Work of Human Hands fair trade program. Cost is $30 per person. 330-744-8451.
Prince of Peace Baptist Church — 844 Garth Ave., Akron. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 7. Community Day Health Fair-Expo. A day of festivities and giveaways, including free health screenings for all ages. Many local community organizations will be in attendance. 330-864-5021.
St. Martha Parish McKeever Hall — 300 E. Tallmadge Ave., Akron. 7 p.m. Tuesday. The Most Rev. Anthony M. Pilla, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Cleveland, will be speaker for the next Come & See meeting. His topic will be God's Never Ending Love. It will be followed by small-group discussions to address a variety of subjects. Free literature and a lending library are available. 330-773-7621.
Wedgewood United Methodist Church — 2350 Wedgewood Drive, Akron. 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Information about seasonal and H1N1 flu and other vaccines with registered nurse Tony Suncire from Akron Children's Hospital, in the Family Life Center. Children welcome to attend Sunday School while parents attend the presentation. Free. 330-733-8703.
York Methodist Church — 6566 Norwalk Road, York Township. 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, and Nov. 12 and 19. The Buckeye Area Ministerial Association dialogue team will host a three-meeting health-care seminar. Open to the public, freewill offering. Featuring professional facilitators and speakers from diversified areas of the health-care field, providing factual answers amid the misunderstanding and nuances of an evolving national health-care bill. 330-725-5111.
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Kevin Contrera, a 2007 graduate of Akron's Archbishop Hoban High School, is one of four Xavier University students who will be leading a public reading of the Bible on the campus of the Jesuit Catholic university in Cincinnati beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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medina, oh
Posted 11:20 AM, 10/31/2009
If they read the Hebrew version, they'll soon realize that Mary wasn't a virgin and that there was no virgin birth. In the Hebrew Bible (old testament, and the one stolen by Christians) Isaiah indicates that a “young woman” will conceive and bear a son, later to be known as Jesus. But when the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek (new testament, stolen version), Isaiah’s “young woman” (Hebrew alma; there is a different Hebrew word for “virgin”, which by the way is “bethulah”) came to be rendered by the Greek word for “virgin” (parthenos), and that is the form of the Bible that Matthew read. So Matthew wrote that Jesus was born of a virgin because that’s what he thought Scripture predicted. Too frickin' funny huh?
medina, oh
Posted 11:43 AM, 10/31/2009
Science files you to the moon, religion flies you into buildings.
Posted 12:28 PM, 10/31/2009
@GOPHater~ "Science files (flies) you to the moon, religion flies you into buildings."
And some people are so obsessed with hating Christians that they are blinded & they never see the light! Kind of makes ya wonder who the REAL religious fanatics are? Could you be one of them?
medina, oh
Posted 05:00 PM, 10/31/2009
Try responding to my FIRST post. Whatcha think?
medina, oh
Posted 05:00 PM, 10/31/2009
"Virgin birth"? Been duped your whole life, eh 73?
Lefty Lemmingville, Oh
Posted 05:03 PM, 10/31/2009
GOP! Kinda thought I'd find you at this article! How's the big dog? And awhiole back, you were responding to some chowderhead about either religion or politics.....you mentioned something about (correct me if I'm wrong with the name) working / advising Colin Powell, something about a base in Fla.
What is your background? I've read most of your posts where you describe previous occupations, but can't really remember the details.
medina, oh
Posted 07:15 PM, 10/31/2009
Hey Thunder. He got hold of a possum the other day and I had to rescue the poor thing. It's defensive tactic of playing dead saved its life. Pretty cool story there, actually, but I won't go into it. I won't bore you with the background thing either. I worked for the so-called military industrial complex as a civilian at an FFRDC, then as a consultant on my own. Anyway, how's your shepherd doing?
Lefty Lemmingville, Oh
Posted 05:22 PM, 11/01/2009
I've read a bit about FFRDC. Some pretty cool responsibilities you were involved in! Nothing like springboarding from that to being a consultant. Most admirable!
The big boy is doing good, put some potential would-be thugs in their place last week while taking a long evening walk in west Akron. Granted, I carry, but nothing like a loud gutteral growl! Three unknowns were together, then split up, one on the far side of the street, two on my side. Had hoods up and hands in pockets.
The big guy came out of the bushes and into full view, letting loose his patented low growl. Suddenly, there were three on the other side of the street, walking in the direction from which they had come. Gotta love the big dogs!
By the way, enjoyed your "science flies us to the moon, religion flies us into buildings" comment.
