Festival of Light service to be held Wednesday
A special Epiphany “Festival of Light” service will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road.
Refreshments featuring “King’s Cakes,” in honor of the Three Kings, will be offered after the service.
For more information, call 247-5310.
Methodist church to begin new sermon series
First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will begin a new sermon series today and Sunday.
Sermons will include: “The Struggle Between Good and Evil,” today and Sunday; “Making Sense of the Devil,” Jan. 11 and 12; “Systemic Evil,” Jan. 18 and 19; “Temptation and Evil,” Jan. 25 and 26; “Evil in the Name of God,” Feb. 1 and 2; and “Evil’s Ultimate Defeat,” Feb. 8 and 9.
For more information and sermon times, visit www.fumcdurango.org.
DivorceCare Group to meet Thursdays
A DivorceCare Group will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, beginning Jan. 30, at First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive.
The group will run for 13 Thursdays.
For more information, call Deb Nordholm at 759-1938 or email Dnordholm@live.com.
Missouri school holds prayer sessions despite complaint
FAYETTE, Mo. – A Missouri high school is holding prayer sessions on school grounds despite a legal complaint claiming the sessions are unconstitutional.
Fayette School Superintendent Tamara Kimball said district administrators haven’t considered ending the Friday morning sessions since the American Humanist Association filed a complaint in November. The district doesn’t believe it has done anything wrong by allowing the Fellowship of Christian Students to conduct the sessions, she said.
The complaint was filed by the humanist association, a student and a parent of a former Fayette student, The Columbia Daily Tribune reported. It seeks to end the prayer sessions and “any similar illegal activity,” as well as damages from the defendants.
When the complaint was filed in November, Monica Miller, a legal consultant for the humanist association, said the meetings took place during school hours and were promoted by a math teacher, Gwen Pope.
In an answer filed Dec. 23 by attorney Duane Martin, the school district said the sessions were held after school doors were unlocked but before classes officially began.
Herald Staff and Associated press
