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Is Your Ice Bucket Challenge Helping Ethical Research?

University of Kansas Offers Alternative That Does Not Use Aborted Babies   Dr. David Prentice |   You’ve probably heard of it by now, the Ice Bucket Challenge. Those challenged are supposed ...

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More Than Just a Soup Kitchen

City Union Mission Celebrates 90 Years By Debbie Freeman   Photographers from City Union Mission’s early years often captured long lines of men waiting for a meal, a scene typical of a ...

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Churches Spearhead Ferguson Cleanup

FERGUSON, Mo. – When The Passage Church, on the border of the St. Louis suburbs of Florissant and Ferguson, partnered with local church plants to initiate a Ferguson cleanup effort of the ...

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Top Spin Studio Opens to Serve Artists

Christian performers all over the Kansas City area have long awaited the day when audio engineer Michael “Top Spin” Tosspon would open his own recording studio. Well, wait no longer — that ...

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Innovation Summit Challenges Believers to Think Outside Box

The public is invited to learn how to develop innovative and creative applications for the workplace at the 2014 Joseph Company Innovation Summit, Aug. 14–16 at the multi-purpose room in Joseph Company ...

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Koyotes Kare Foundation helping non-profits raise funds

Koyote clinics work with kids on football and relationship skills There’s more to football than playing football, says Nick Baumgartner, owner of the Kansas Koyotes Indoor Football Team. It involves making a ...

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Salvation Army Fan Drive Helps Needy Beat The Heat

Westlake Ace Hardware to team up with The Salvation Army in Kansas City to raise money for fans. The temperature is on the rise and so is the Salvation Army’s need for ...

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Missouri Amendments Confusing to Many

By Dwight Widaman   The ads on television, newspapers, radio and the internet are numerous and confusing. Each side in the debates over Tuesday’s Missouri Amendments to the State Constitution sound reasonable. ...

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Passages Exhibit is Thrill Ride of Amazing Journey of God’s Word

New Exhibit in Springfield Explores God’s Word and How it Came to be with Must-See Artifacts and Some of the World’s Oldest Bibles   By Dwight Widaman |   Throughout history, the ...

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Passages Exhibit Explores the Bible’s Role in Freedom

Passages Americana Exhibit: Signers of the Declaration of Independence Norm Conrad | Curator of English Bibles, Museum of the Bible | It has been said there is nothing unique or original in ...

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Exodus Cry to Hold Sex Trafficking Abolition Summit

Aug. 6 conference will draw pastors, volunteers, legislators and law enforcement from around the world By Dwight Widaman |   Outside the seedy motel turned brothel, pimps bark orders to the women ...

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Former All-Star Sweeney Excited About Spreading Gospel at the K

Faith & Family Night July 26 by Alan Goforth | Mike Sweeney was a four-time All-Star and earned tens of millions of dollars while playing for the Kansas City Royals. But like ...

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Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

Matthew West/KJ-52 to Headline Faith and Family Night at the KC Royals By Alan Goforth | Metro Voice   Instead of being satisfied with an occasional base hit, Scott Dawson encourages Christians ...

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Juneteenth Celebrations Remember End of Slavery

By Kharissa Forte | Metro Voice On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which aimed to end slavery once and for all. Yet slaves weren’t actually set free ...

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KC Area 2014 Christian School Graduates

Metro Voice, working with area Christian schools, is pleased to provide this public recognition of area 2014 Christian high school graduates. To see the schools who sponsored these special pages in the ...

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Echoes of the Trail Brings History Alive

By Dwight Widaman | You don’t need to be a cowboy or wear cowboy boots to enjoy Echoes of the Trail, according to organizer Judy Howser. Kids and adults alike enjoy watching ...

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The Bible Comes Alive in Springfield’s Passages Exhibit

Passages Exhibit Combines Rare Biblical Texts and Artifacts in Interactive Settings with Hands–On, Family–Friendly Fun SPRINGFIELD, MO.—Inviting people to engage with the Bible, the Green family, founders of national arts-­‐and-­‐crafts retailer Hobby ...

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KC Christian Rappers to Host Free Solution Muzik Tour

As a husband, father and full-time education student at University of Central Missouri, one would think that Wesley “Undergrad” Forte has little time to make music, let alone put together a tour. ...

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Laura Bush Helps Raise Cash for Salvation Army

Former First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush headlined The Salvation Army’s 2014 Civic Luncheon May 8 before an audience of 1,000 people.  The luncheon, held at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown ...

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Words Matter, Says Jonah Goldberg

Words matter, especially in politics By Alan Goforth | Metro Voice “President Obama said his political philosophy comes down to one thing — `we all are our brother’s keeper’,” author and commentator ...

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Bishop Birmingham Offering Hope One Hood at a Time

Public Invited to Here’s Hope: Jesus in the Hood Evangelism Event By Kharissa Forte | Metro Voice It was the 90s. Bishop John Birmingham was far removed from his life of lust ...

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Leawood Hy-Vee Feels Forced Out of Community

Kharissa Forte | On June 1, after 25-years of service, the helpful smiles found in every aisle will disappear from the Leawood area as Hy-Vee on 122nd and State Line will close ...

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Kansas Federal Lawmakers Disappoint on Spending Votes

By Jeff Glendening and Christine Harbin Hanson | These past few months were a critical time for conservative members of Congress to stand firm behind their promises to get runaway government spending ...

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FairTax gains momentum as citizen frustration grows

LOCAL GROUP FORMS TO PUSH FOR ENACTMENT (MetroVoiceNews.com) — The national debate over taxation is shifting from the question of whether to alter our current tax system to the question of how ...

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5K Run Promotes STEM fields to Urban Youth

By Kharissa Forte | A science fair, 100-meter mascot dash and local vendors are what make A Walk for Education 5K a family friendly community event. This will be the first 5K ...

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