Unitarians to discuss making a difference
The Rev. Wendy Jones will present “Look at Me” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive.
Jones will discuss leaders and people who have made a difference in the lives of others.
For more information, visit www.durangouu.org.
Methodist church to start sermon series
The First United Methodist Church will host a six-week series of sermons called “The Daniel Plan,” which is an approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle that is transformational and sustainable.
The plan focuses on faith, food, fitness and friends with the goal of restoring and sustaining long-term health.
Faith is the foundation, with God as the source of the power and the energy behind all transformational change.
The Daniel Plan offers practical solutions to improving physically, spiritually, relationally and emotionally.
Weekly services will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sundays.
For more information, visit www.fumcdurango.org or call 247-4213.
St. Columba to hold rosary marathon
The Rosary Marathon for Life will take place every half hour from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 22 at St. Columba Church, 1800 East Second Ave.
Jan. 22 is the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. A National Prayer Service and March for Life is held annually in Washington, D.C., with more than 20,000 people. St. Columba Parish will participate with this “great prayer for life” and offer a day of rosaries for the unborn and the dignity of all life.
All are welcome.
Local Catholics invited to return to church
People who are Catholic but have been away from the faith are invited to become an active part of the church again.
Beginning at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27, St. Columba Parish, 1800 East Second Ave., will offer a place for listening, for being heard and for reconnecting with the faith as an adult.
For more information, call 247-0044 or email landings@stcolumbacatholic.org.
New Congress is largely Christian
WASHINGTON – A survey of members of the new Congress finds that more than 90 percent say they’re Christians.
The Pew Research Center analysis of data collected by CQ Roll Call finds that of the 535 members of the House and Senate, 491 belong to Christian churches, with 164 Catholics and 79 Baptists forming the largest contingents.
Of the 44 lawmakers who don’t claim Christian affiliation, 28 are Jewish. There also are two Muslims, two Buddhists and one Hindu.
Nine members of the incoming Congress have their religious affiliation listed as “don’t know” or refused to say.
Only one lawmaker, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., describes herself as unaffiliated.
Criticized cross to become an anchor
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. – Officials in Grand Haven have approved plans to convert a 48-foot-tall cross on city-owned property into an anchor.
The Muskegon Chronicle reports the Grand Haven City Council approved a resolution Monday on a 3-2 vote to limit access to the site overlooking the Grand River and to make changes to the cross, which has faced criticism from local residents and a religious organization.
The cross has been displayed periodically since 1964. City leaders recommended a policy to “preserve the dune from adverse impacts.”
Mayor Pro-tem Michael Fritz called Grand Haven a “diverse community” with many different religions and said that it’s time City Council took that into consideration.
Fritz says, “The anchor is more acceptable in everybody’s eyes. We have to move forward.”
Religious leaders hold minimum wage vigil
ALBANY, N.Y. – Nuns, ministers and other religious leaders have held a prayer vigil at the New York state Capitol in support of a wage increase for tipped workers.
The group gathered Monday to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration to eliminate the so-called “tip wage” of about $5 an hour paid to servers, busboys and hotel housekeepers.
State law allows restaurants and hotels to pay less than the state’s $8.75 minimum wage, as long as tips make up the difference. A state panel is studying whether to eliminate the tip wage and make all workers subject to the same minimum wage. Clergy also support raising the overall minimum wage.
Herald Staff & Associated Press
