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Membership slide continues in mainline Episcopal Church

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Membership in the Episcopal Church continues to decline. In one report, the number of baptized members dropped from 1.798 million to approximately 1.736 million between 2019 and 2020, resulting in a reduction of about ...

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Newsboys say they’ll tour until they’re 80: ‘We’re just getting started’

Michael Tait says he’s spent most of his life “on the road” while traveling in a bus from city to city and performing in arenas both big and small. Until last year, ...

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Missouri Covid rate drops to lowest in nation

Missouri has the lowest COVID-19 positivity rate in the nation, Gov. Mike Parson announced on Thursday. “Our seven-day positivity rate is below 4 percent, a long time since we’ve seen those kinds ...

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Missouri consolidates programs in new Office of Childhood

More details are emerging about the new Office of Childhood that Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced last week. “Missouri families deserve the best early childhood system our state can provide,” Parson said. ...

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Elderly woman chooses suicide rather than lockdown

A Canadian news service is reporting that a 90-year-old woman chose assisted suicide rather than living through another lockdown at her nursing home. The disturbing development, reported by CTV News Medical Correspondent, ...

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CDC: Only 6% of listed deaths were actually from Covid only

Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new information that shines new light on the coronavirus and its true health impact. The government agency released data revealing that ...

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Families furious as Andrew Cuomo hides number of nursing home deaths

The New York State Assembly and Senate gave New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker plenty of chances to tell them the number of nursing home residents who have died from COVID, but ...

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Video leads to arrest in attack on 92-year-old woman

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New York City police say they have arrested a suspect seen on video hitting a 92-year-old woman in what appears to be a random attack. Footage of the incident, which happened Friday afternoon ...

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How to protect seniors against coronavirus

How do you protect seniors, who are known to be more at risk of serious illness due to coronavirus, especially those with pre-existing conditions and those who are immune compromised? The majority ...

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Cuomo snaps when asked about his nursing home death scandal

New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo snapped at a reporter during a press conference on Sunday when asked about families who lost loved ones in nursing homes from COVID-19 after Cuomo forced ...

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Churches find creative way to serve their communities during coronavirus pandemic

Churches across the nation are helping their neighbors by finding simple but creative ways to serve communities during the pandemic, according to Christianity Today. Ed Stetzer, the Billy Graham Chair of Church, ...

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Missouri establishes hotline for residents with coronavirus questions

News about coronavirus is changing on a daily basis. Missouri residents now have a convenient source to find the latest information and find answers to their questions. The Missouri Department of Health ...

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Diagnosed cases of Wuhan Virus likely to skyrocket, due to increase in testing

Right now the numbers are still relatively low for those who have been diagnosed with the Wuhan virus. But get ready for it now, because when many more tests are readily available ...

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Vice President Pence reassures nation on danger of coronavirus

Vice President Mike Pence reiterated on March 4 that the risk of contracting the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in the United States remains low while urging Americans to take extra precautions to avoid ...

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President Trump’s proclamation of Sanctity of Human Life Day

On January 21, President Donald Trump declared Jan. 22 as Sanctity of Human Life Day. Below is the proclamation in its entirety.   Every person — the born and unborn, the poor, ...

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Christmas store helps elderly to share in the giving spirit

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Residents of Pleasant Hill, Mo. and nearby towns are again organizing a free Christmas store for those living at local senior living facilities. A Christmas store will be held at Pleasant Hill ...

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Ways to make the world a better place for seniors

By 2050, the population of seniors (adults age 65 and older) will be more than double that of the world’s youngest citizens, and the number of people living beyond age 80 is ...

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The habit you should start today if you want to be happy in your old age

The first self-aware discovery I made as an adult transitioning out of extended college adolescence was that exercise made me happy. I discovered it accidentally at first, and marveled at the direct, ...

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Religious beliefs get elderly woman evicted from apartment

The landlord admitted it: he evicted an 85-year-old woman from her apartment because of her religious convictions. Now, the State of California is investigating the eviction. Diana Martin had lived at the ...

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German nurse guilty of murdering 85 patients

He’s now Germany’s most notorious serial killer since World War II. German nurse Niels Hoegel has been found guilty of killing 85 patients under his care. Testimony revealed he liked to bring ...

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Illegal immigrant arrested in murder of 12 elderly women while police look at 750 other deaths

Dallas police have arrested an illegal immigrant from Kenya in connection with the serial murders of at least 12 elderly women while investigators look at 720 additional deaths. He had previously been ...

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Video released of vicious attack on elderly man praying outside abortion clinic

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Video has been released of a vicious attack on a 85-year-old pro-life man simply praying outside a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in San Francisco. The assault happened last Thursday. The San Francisco ...

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Must-see video: Elderly cheerleaders excite crowd; dancing couple in their 90s can really cut a rug

Dancing is one of those things that we have to give up as we age, right? Not so fast. Groups of older adults have stepped up to show us that cutting a ...

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Social Security scam growing

Kansas City joins a growing list of cities targeted by a social security scam investigators say is spreading at an alarming rate across the nation. This is a second warning from the ...

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The Sacrifices of Caregiving

One question that is often asked is, “How do I deal with the reality of leaving behind the life I had to become the primary caregiver for my aging loved one?” The ...

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