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‘Considering Matthew Shepard’ concert set for Thursday

A special concert event will be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Minot to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the kidnapping and murder of Matthew Shepard. The concert is a collaboration between Dakota Pro Musica, a professional choir based in Bismarck, and the Minot Chamber Chorale in Minot. The concert features “Considering Matthew Shepard,” a three-part fusion oratorio composed by Craig Hella Johnson, the renowned American composer and conductor based in Austin, Texas. The concerts will feature narrators and soloists Brittany Bearsheart and New York ...

REFLECTIONS: Are we nurturing weeds?

Through the years I’ve had a growing interest in gardening. However, as I have gotten older, I’ve found it more difficult to crawl around on the ground doing that work. Thus, some years ago, my husband built a garden box so that I could stand to care for my plants. It’s not large, but it is wonderful! I love to add fresh soil each spring, prepare the rows and add the seeds, covering them gently and then giving them a good drink. I water faithfully and eventually little plants appear. I’m fascinated by God’s creation when I see how different each plant looks. There are ...

Pilots for Christ to hold annual celebration

MADDOCK – On Sunday, Aug. 6, the JT Rice North Dakota Chapter of Pilots for Christ will be holding its 11th Annual Golf Ball Drop and Celebration Fly-in. Free golf ball drop tickets will be distributed on the day of the event. The event also will have an all-faith service, featured speakers, music and complementary lunch. Following the golf ball drop, there will be airplane rides and helicopter rides. The service starts at 10 a.m., with lunch and the ball drop to follow. The organization is anticipating an attendance of 250-300 for the celebration. The 3,000-foot concrete ...

Student rabbi traces great-grandfather’s footsteps

FARGO -- A two-week visit through North Dakota holds profound significance to a student rabbi who is retracing the footsteps of his ancestor. Meyer Orenstein, of Brooklyn, New York, and Levi Shusterman, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, both student rabbis studying in Brooklyn, arrived in North ...

REFLECTIONS: Bragging on God and learning to listen

On Sunday, June 11, I woke up around 3:00 in the morning with my heart beating very fast and what seemed to be very erratically as well. I got up, moved around, got a drink of water and decided to take some aspirin before I finally called 911 to get someone to help me. The ambulance crew arrived, hooked up an EKG to evaluate my heart and they determined that it was in AFib. An IV was established and they administered medication that was to encourage my heart to return to a normal rhythm. The only real result was that my blood pressure dropped too much. I was taken to the hospital ...

First Baptist schedules VBS

First Baptist Church of Minot invites children ages 4 years through fifth grade to its Stellar Vacation Bible School to be held July 9-13 from 6-8:30 p.m. Children will enjoy music, games, crafts, snacks and Bible stories. Register online at fbcminot.org. First Baptist Church is located at 200 3rd St. SW, next to the Minot Municipal Auditorium.