NeNewwsslline
DECEASED
LEVARITY, Mizpah; 72;
ordained minister; Bahamas;
MINISTERS and
Adam Levarity (son)
COMPANIONS
LEWIS, Mercella V.; 59;
ordained minister; Maine;
ATKINS, Gerald Thomas Jr.;
Alvin Lewis (husband)
46; ordained minister; Ken-
tucky; Jeanie Atkins (wife)
MILLER, Alvin Don; 75;
ordained bishop; Alabama;
DAVIS, Donald Gene; 69; Margaret Miller (wife)
minister of music; Arizona;
Sharon Davis (wife)
MURPHREE, Gainus Asa; 88;
ordained bishop; Tennessee;
GIRDLER, Travis Dewayne;
Beulah Mae Murphree (wife)
35; ordained bishop; Indiana;
PHILLIPS, Edith; 83; exhort-
Yessie Girdler (wife)
er; Florida; Nancy Griffin
HOLLAND, Mary Kather-
(daughter)
ine; 66; ordained minister;
PINDER, Harcourt M.; 77;
Whaleys Reach 30-Year Milestone
Kentucky; Willard Holland
ordained bishop; Bahamas;
(husband)
Hazel Pinder (wife)
ROCHESTER, N.H.—A For 16 years Pastor Whaley
KNIGHT, Kevin B.; 37; WILLIS, Jack Thomas; 80;
“singspiration” was held at the has organized local participation
ordained minister; South Car- exhorter; South Carolina;
Harvest of Praise Church of God in the National Day of Prayer
olina; Joanna Knight (wife) Tony Willis (son)
on October 3 to celebrate Pas- through a prayer gathering on
tor Laren and Linda Whaley’s the front lawn of the Rochester
30 years of pastoral ministry at City Hall on the first Thursday
the church. of May. For 15 years he has
New Hate Crimes Law Might
Pastor Whaley is highly directed the annual Gospel Con-
involved with cooperative minis- cert on the Rochester Common.
Endanger Religious Freedom
tries throughout greater Roches- He has also been involved in the WASHINGTON, D.C. (EP
Rick Scarborough of Vision
ter, so it was not surprising when annual community Good Friday News)—President Obama signed
America Action said, “It’s interest-
various congregations took part services. He ministers in worship the hate crimes bill into law on
ing that while the signing ceremo-
in the Whaleys’ special day. services at the Colonial Hill Care October 28. The bill provides spe-
ny was public, the bill was passed
Participating were Emmanuel and Rehabilitation, which are cial protection based on a victim’s
in the dead of night, hidden away
Advent Christian Church Choir; rotated monthly between several sexual orientation or gender iden-
in a totally unrelated appropria-
GRASP (Group Reciting Alternate churches in the community. On tity. Family advocates say the law
tions bill to fund the war on ter-
Songs of Praise) from the First the last Sunday of each month will endanger religious freedom.
ror. The reason is quite clear: Most
United Methodist Church; Wil- he also leads a worship service Erik Stanley of the Alliance
Americans understand that this
liam E. Neenan, Jr., from Grace for the residents of the Gafney Defense Fund said, “This law is a
legislation is wrong for our nation
Baptist Church; Jason O’Brian Home, an assisted-living facility. grave threat to the First Amend-
by granting protected-minority
and Jeremy Raitt from Vermont; The Whaleys have been mar- ment because it provides penalties
status to a lifestyle choice which,
and Linda Jazowski from Harvest ried for 32 years. They have two based on what people think, feel
many of us feel, is reprehensible.
of Praise. Following the sing- daughters, Heather and Aman- or believe. It paves the way for the
At the same time, it criminalizes
ing, a reception was held in the da, and three grandchildren— criminalization of speech that is
Christianity, attacks religious free-
The
Kerns
church fellowship hall. Devon, Katelyn, and Gavin. not deemed ‘politically correct.’”
dom and stifles free speech.”
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