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Locking up the church Since nothing's too sacred for vandal Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle s, some doors are bolted - yet one pastor welcomed the man who stole his church's musical instruments. By Juliette Rule rep9@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Area churches hit by vandals and burglars are doing what they can to their protect property, and that often means locking up their open-door policies. Since his church was burglarized last July, Miracle Valley Assembly of God's pastor, Ed Fugate, has installed alarms and cameras at the Walnut Drive church. Shortly after his church was hit by the same vandals, the...

Methodist Church chooses conservative course on homosexuality By Cara Eastwood rep4@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - The United Methodist Church is going to be fine following the two-week General Council that concluded Friday in Pittsburgh, a local church official says. The leader of Cheyenne's Grace United Methodist Church, the Rev. Jon Laughlin, said the Methodist church is "one of the most democratic structures - perhaps on Earth." It is this democratic process he and other local pastors say will save the church from the fate that befell the Episcopal Church last year when an openly-gay bishop was confirmed...