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praying for more By Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Lori M. Nichols | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com | Posted January 27, 2019 at 07:00 AM | Updated January 28, 2019 at 10:22 AM 0 shares 19 Comments Mullica Hill Baptist Church, Mullica Hill. (Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) I was looking for a sign from God. Not a literal sign from the Almighty, though if He happened to enlighten me with something I wouldn't mind. No, I was looking for an actual sign -- in front of a church. Most church signs...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that an Arizona town violated a local church's free speech rights by preventing it from posting signs notifying the public of its worship services. The court decided 9-0 in favor of Good News Community Church.... ....."Speech discrimination is wrong regardless of whether the government intended to violate the First Amendment or not, and it doesn't matter if the government thinks its discrimination was well-intended," said attorney David Cortman of the Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented the church.

This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Jones to come forward and lay an egg on the altar. ............. The church office will be closed until opening. It will remain closed after opening. It will reopen Monday. ............. Let us join David and Lisa in the celebration of their wedding and bring their happiness to a conclusion. ............. Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days. ............. Hymn Blooper: "All people that on earth do swell" ............. Sermon Blooper: "Let everything that hath breasts...

Most churches and other houses of worship have a sign out front where they can share news and get their message out. And over the years, those messages have become increasingly eye-catching, offbeat, or controversial. They’ve inspired blogs, grabbed headlines and created tension. We’d like to see what some of the churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship in your town are saying on their signs. Are they traditional – scriptural verses and mass times? Do they reach out to new recruits? Do they aim to shock? Grab your camera and show us some signs in your town or...

DON'T GIVE UP HOPE   !!!...I have been watching this church sign down the street over the past several weeks, as I have been driving by, and I am 'pretty sure' this particular congregation may have some of these things pretty well figured out !!! ...Here are the'snapshots'!!!    ...What do YOU think?          "The Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic actof the whole People, is sacredly obligatory upon all." --George Washington