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V http://www.thecharlottepost.com tKlje Cljadotte ^osit THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2004 8B RELIGION CHARLOTTE CHURCH IN AFRICA The Park’s Kenya mission By Artellia Burch artelliaburch@ihecha>i()ttepost.com The vision of The Park Min istries is to provide apostolic ministry locally and globally. To fulfill Rev. Claude Alexander Pastor of University Park Baptist Church. the vision, the Rev. Claude R. Alexander, Jr. and 18 members of University Park Bap tist Church went in Kenya earli er this month for a missions trip. The goal: plant a church, exhort students towards edu cational excellence and absti nence-based training, con duct; conduct HIV/AIDS seminars and provide med ical care. The team traveled to Nairobi, Nakuru, and Kisumu with Shalom Out reach Inc. of Dale City, Va. The Kenya trip, organizers say, was in obedience to the word of God found in Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” For more information, con tact the church via phone, 704-392-1681; via fax, 704- 392-7507; or via the internet, www.theparkministries.org. Acknowledging black history Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church is sponsoring a Black History Month exhib it highlighting contributions of African Americans. At left, Rene Moore shows off a display on tennis champion AHhur Ashe. Below, Will Simons checks out an exhibit of Charlotte Post archives. PHOTOS/WADE NASH Poll: American college students value their spirituality BELIEFNET.COM More than half of college students place a high value on “integrating- spirituality” in their lives, with 77 per cent saying “we are all spiri tual beings” and 71 percent saying they “gain strength by trusting in a higher power,” according to initial findings from a study by the University of CaHfomia, Los Angeles. And 76 percent are “searching for meaning and purpose in life,” although 62 percent say their professors never provide opportunities to discuss life’s meaning. The multiyear project first surveyed 3,680 students from 46 colleges and univer sities last spring. The survey revealed changes between the student’s freshman (year 2000) and junior years (2003). Fifty-two percent reported attending services fi'equent- ly the year before they entered college, but 29 per cent attend frequently by their junior year. But the study showed a rise in the number of stu dents who say it’s “very important” to integrate spir ituality into their lives (51 percent in 2000 to 58 percent in 2003). Although data specific to Lutheran students hasn’t yet been culled, results showed they are more likely to retain denominational affiliation from their fresh- . man to their junior year, said Jennifer A. Lindhohn, pro ject director. Other findings: • 66 percent are thankful to God “for all that has happened to me.” • 51 percent believe “in the sacredness of life.” • 77 percent pray. • 73 percent say their spiritual beliefs . “helped me develop my identity.” • 78 percent discuss reli gion/spirituality with fidends. Fomier Mass, sect member convicted in son’s prophecy death THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TAUNTUN, Mass. - A for mer member of a religious sect was cleared of murder charges but convicted of assault and battery for starving her infant son to death to fulfill a prophecy. Karen Robidoux was set free after the verdict because she has already spent nearly three years in state custody. Judge Elizabeth Donovan sentenced Robidoux to 21/2 years in prison on the assault and battery charge. “It hasn’t fully hit me yet,” Robidoux said outside the courtroom. “I’m just glad that the nightmare door is shut.” Robidoux and her husband Jacques were members of a tiny religious sect that rejects modem medicine. After another sect member told them about a message she received from God, they began withholding solid food fiom their son, Samuel. The baby died in 1999 just days shy of his first birthday. Robidoux’s defense lawyer had argued that she was brainwashed and tortured by her husband, Jacques, and other members of the group. But prosecutor Walter Shea said in his closing argu ment that the real victim was the baby. ‘What’s con fusing about the verdict is how they could find that she did in fact take part in the assault, but not to the extent that includes the death of the child,” Shea said after the verdict was announced. After nearly two weeks of trial, the jury deliberated for parts of two days before reaching its verdict. Prosecu tors had sought a second- degree murder charge for his wife, but jurors also had the option of finding her guilty of manslaughter or assault and battery. Jacques Robidoux, was convicted of first-degree murder in 2002 and sen tenced to life in prison with out the possibility of parole. Robidoux’s lawyer, Joseph Krowski, called just two wit nesses to the stand — both forensic psychologists who examined her at a state hos pital. An unwed mother at 15, she grew up in a strict reli gious family and was mar ried off to Jacques Robidoux, who along with his father was the leader of the sect. The group, called “The Body,” isolated itself from society and modem culture, shunning doctors, banks, televisions, radios and news papers. Church News The Diocese of Charlotte ofBce for the Catholic Cam paign for HumEin Develop ment is accepting grant applications for the 2004 funding year. CCHD makes small grants from $500 to $5,000 to organizations without regard to religious affiliation. Applications must h e postmarked hy Sat urday. The CCHD Committee solicits programs and pro jects that: 1. Seek^to affect the root causes of poverty in the target community; 2. Involve genuine partic ipation of the people served in the planning and decision making of the sponsoring organiza tion 3. Indicate potential for institutional change, empowerment for the people and community involved, and the devel opment of local leader ship 4. Conform to Catholic Social Teaching For an application, contact Terri, Jarina, Diocesan Director, CCHD, and Office of Justice and Peace, 1123 South Church Street at (704) 370-3234 or hit www.cssnc.org/justice- peace. of Hope Radio Choir concert at 6 pm. sionary Baptist church at 3301 Beatties Ford Road. tration is $10. February 16-19 The Mecklenburg County Missionary Union of the Women’s Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary Conven tion -will be held at 1303 Hawthorne Lane. February 25 Ash Wednesday Service will be held at Friendship Bap tist Church at 7 pm. February 29 Fifth Sunday Hymnsing: A Celebration of Our Heritage- Metered Hymns & Spiritu als will be held at 5:30 pm. February 15 Silver Mount Baptist Chtirch win hold its Glimpse February 21 Winston-Salem State Uni versity Concert Choir will perform at Friendship Mis February 28 The North Carolina Baptist Ushers Convention one-day session will be held at M.G. Benton Convention Center at 301 West 5th Street, Win ston-Salem at 8 a.m.. Regis March 5-6 A gospel comedy show will be held at Dr. U.I. McCall Activity Center at 1200 North Irby Street at Old Wil son High Auditorium in Flo rence, S.C. at 8 pm. ##o MM
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