Herald to publish Christmas services
The Durango Herald will publish a schedule of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services in its Dec. 21 edition.
Churches should submit their schedules by 5 p.m. Thursday. Email Ann Butler at abutler@durangoherald.com or call her at 375-4584.
Please indicate services providing child care.
Lutheran church to hold Family Sunday School
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 2611 Junction St., will hold Family Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. Sunday.
This month’s theme will be “God provides a savior.”
Methodist church offers sermon series
The First United Methodist Church of Durango will continue the current sermon series for advent, “Seeking the Christ in Christmas.”
The series will run for two more weekends and culminate with worship services on Christmas Eve.
Weekly services are held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday.
For more information, directions and previous sermons, call 247-4213 or visit www.fumcdurango.org.
Texas law protects Christmas in schools
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas is making sure everyone remembers that wishing someone “Merry Christmas” is now protected by law in its public schools – and conservatives are hoping similar measures will gain momentum across America.
Garnering national attention when it was approved by the Texas Legislature this past summer, the bipartisan law removes legal risks from exchanging holiday greetings in classrooms. It also protects symbols such as Christmas trees, menorahs or nativity scenes, as long as more than one religion is represented and a secular symbol such as a snowman is displayed.
The law’s sponsor, Houston Republican Dwayne Bohac, said the law is meant to codify the religious freedoms of the First Amendment and keep “censorship of Christmas out of public schools.”
One of its co-sponsors, Laredo Democrat Richard Raymond, said “Christmas and Hanukkah obviously do have religious implications for so many” but they’re “just part of America.”
Herald Staff & Associated Press
