First Baptist Church of Minot will hold Victory Vacation Bible School from 6 to 8:30 p.m. June 23-27. Bible school will include Bible stories, music, games, crafts, and snacks. Parents can enroll their children by calling 852-4533 or online at fbcminot.org First Baptist Church is located at 200 3rd Street SW, Minot, next to the Municipal Auditorium.
A month ago, I hung up a wood message board in my 10-year-old daughter, Brooke’s, bathroom. A week later, as she was getting ready for school, we heard a loud bang in her bathroom. Soon after, she came out with tears in her eyes and a red mark on her foot. My wife, Teri, gave her a hug. After Brooke got herself composed I asked her, “What happened?” She said the message board fell off her wall and landed on her foot. My immediate thought was “I hope I didn’t do that to her by not putting a big enough nail in the wall.” So I asked her, “How did it fall?” She said she was ...
More than 400 volunteers will come together to complete nearly 40 community service projects in Minot and Stanley on Friday and Saturday as part of The Pursuit church’s City Serve. This year some of the projects will include detailing vehicles for foster families, cleaning parks in Minot, hosting a blood drive at The Pursuit Church, and helping out at Roosevelt Park Zoo. The Pursuit has campuses in both Minot and Stanley. People who would like to help out with one of the projects can visit the church’s website at pursuitchurch.churchcenter.com/groups/2019-city-serve to register ...
The Honor and Majesty Singers from Hyles-Anderson College, a ministry of First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, will present a concert at Minot Baptist Church, 500 46th Avenue NE, Minot, on Wednesday, May 29, at 7 p.m. The Honor and Majesty Singers is composed of four college women, according to a press release. The Tour group leader is Brother Aaron King. The group ministers in churches and Christian schools utilizing music and preaching to challenge both teens and adults spiritually and promote the ministry of the college. This meeting is open to the public, and Minot Baptist ...
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — A Catholic bishop in South Dakota has been selected as the new bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw in Michigan. The diocese announced Friday that 63-year-old Bishop Robert D. Gruss will serve as its seventh bishop. His installation in Saginaw is scheduled for July 26. Gruss has served as bishop in Rapid City, South Dakota, since 2011. He was born in Texarkana, Arkansas, and became a priest in 1994. His appointment in Michigan was approved by Pope Francis. Saginaw's Bishop Joseph Cistone died last year . Bishop Walter Hurley was appointed apostolic administrator ...
ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A Massachusetts priest who was defrocked for child sexual abuse and was portrayed in the movie "Spotlight" is going to prison for a second time — this time in Maine. A judge on Friday ordered Ronald Paquin to serve 16 years in state prison for sexually abusing an altar boy during trips to Maine in the 1980s. Paquin, 76, already served more than 10 years in prison in Massachusetts for sexually abusing another altar boy in that state. Justice Wayne Douglas said he didn't detect expressions of remorse or responsibility from Paquin, who he said betrayed the ...