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Donald Castle July 2014
The last Wednesday of every month will be Women's Bible Reading, please contact Sister Evelyn Castle if you think you may be interested in this event.
The first Wednesday of every month will be Mens Bible Reading, please contact Brother Donnie Castle if you think you may be interested in this event.
WE WILL BE HANGING DRYWALL IN THE BASEMENT THIS COMING SATURDAY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP BE THERE AROUND 10;00 AM
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Donald Castle July 2014
We need to get back to work on the remoldeling of the basement. Sister Evelyn has issued concerns about getting the youth down in their new classroom, as she has no room to teach the children. If you would like to volunteer some of your time for this project see Brother Donnie Castle.
Volunteers are also needed for yard maintanence, cutting and weed eating the grass around the church, if interested please see Brother Donnie Castle. Donation of outside plants are needed for the Church's landscape, if you could donate some plants it would be greatly appreciated.
North Carolina pastors rally for gay marriage ban
Carol Simons March 2012
Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action league of North Carolina, speaks as other pastors from around the state gather at the Old Capitol in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, July 15, 2014 to call on Gov. Pat McCrory to defend traditional marriage in North Carolina before a Court of Appeals judge is set to rule on the issue. When McCrory, a Republican, ran for governor in 2012, he supported the state amendment that defined marriage as between a man and woman, but the socially moderate governor has said little on recent lawsuits challenging it.
When McCrory ran for governor in 2012, he supported the state amendment that defined marriage as between a man and woman. But the socially moderate Republican governor has said little on recent lawsuits challenging the ban.
On the steps of the old Capitol building, about 30 people from the North Carolina Pastors Network rallied. The group referred to rulings that have overturned gay marriage bans across the country as judicial tyranny.
The group is also sending McCrory a petition asking him to use his executive powers to defend the amendment that was approved by 61 percent of voters in 2012.
Since then, several same sex-couples have sued in North Carolina.
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia has heard oral arguments over the same-sex ban in that state and is expected to issue a ruling soon. Gay rights groups believe a ruling from the 4th Circuit will affect lawsuits in states covered by the appeals court. They are North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, which is the only state among the five that allows same-sex marriage.
A ruling against the amendment would hurt North Carolina's hard-fought traditional marriage victory, said the Rev. Patrick Wooden, senior pastor of Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh.
"People have spoken loud and clear," Wooden said. "We said in this state that we do not want marriage in the state of North Carolina redefined."
McCrory's office did not offer a response to the petition Tuesday.