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rinity English Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Ind., like so many other faith-based organizations, is stretched in these economic times. But the church’s angel tree was still collecting assistance for those in need at Christmastime. The staff shared the story of a young adult woman who returned to church after more than 20 years. She had fallen on hard times after both parents died. She became acquainted


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with Trinity English because her foster parents are members. The woman brought to church a sealed bag with her left front tooth in it, seeking only the name of a dentist who might replace it so she could look more presentable to interview for jobs. A local dentist helped, the church paid a nominal fee, and two weeks later she came back to thank the staff and tell of her job possibilities.


group, it was the second year that Iranian security forces targeted Chris- tians over the holiday. At presstime, 11 of those arrested had been released. Earlier, in January 2010, the governor of Tehran, Morteza Tamadon, com- pared Christian evangelical leaders to the Taliban, telling the IRNA news agency that “just like the Taliban ... who have inserted themselves into Islam like a parasite, they have crafted a movement with Britain’s backing in the name of Christianity.”


Church mural in his future


These paintings are among the 26 by artist Thomas V. Alexander, 28, that have been on display and for sale


at the Hope Lutheran Church library, Read- ing, Pa., since Decem- ber. Proceeds from


“The Balcony Event” will be used to fund his next project: a


mural on the church’s balcony. Alexander’s family has attended


Hope for five genera- tions, according to the Reading Eagle. The


balcony mural, which is to be completed by the church’s 125 anni- versary in 2012, will include 12 to 16 sec- tions depicting proph- ets of hope in the Old and New Testaments.


“CONVERSATIONS WITH AN ANGEL” BY THOMAS V. ALEXANDER; PHOTO BY JEREMY DAY/READING EAGLE 12 The Lutheran • www.thelutheran.org


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