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News >  Spokane

Artist A Big Draw Ex-Monk Makes Waves In Spokane Art World

As a bystander watches him work, artist David Wagner huddles over one of his creations. He was working on the pencil drawing at Fast Eddie's Tavern. He said he likes to work in the tavern because of the light from its windows. Below, a sample of Wagner's intricate artwork. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Spokane

Parishioners Vote To Leave ‘Liberal’ Episcopal Church Holy Trinity, One Of Spokane’s Oldest Parishes, To Join Eastern Orthodox Faith

The members of one of Spokane's oldest Episcopal parishes are splitting from the church they view as too liberal to join an Eastern Orthodox faith. The congregation at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in the West Central Neighborhood hope to keep their historic church building as they join the Antiochian Orthodox Church. "It's a very big decision," said the Rev. Robert Creech, who renounced his priesthood in the Episcopal Church.
News >  Nation/World

Service Offers Experience Of Past

Walking into Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sunday morning is like turning back the clock 30 years. Lace scarves cover women's heads. Sitting next to them are two, three, sometimes five children who watch the service quietly, respectfully. Only the babies are disruptive.
News >  Spokane

Expert Wants To Break Church Silence On Abuse Speaking On Issue Will Help Minimize Abuse Of Children

Churches can prevent or at least minimize sexual abuse of children - if they would just talk about it - an expert told a group of Spokane clergy and lay people Tuesday night. "There's no evidence that the rate of incest and violence is any less among religious groups than anywhere else," said Elizabeth StellasTippins of the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence in Seattle.
News >  Nation/World

Christian Workers Meeting Largest Seminar In Nation Three-Day Event Expected To Draw 6,500 Participants

The annual Christian Workers Conference, opening in Spokane on Thursday, is known to some as the Bloomsday of church seminars. "Spokane is not a place where we should have the largest of anything," said Daryl Bursch, chairman of the committee that organizes the conference. "But, like Bloomsday, this is a phenomenon that has just grown because of the dedication and vision of the people behind it."
News >  Spokane

Spokane Mormons Gather To Mourn Death Of President

Several hundred Spokane members of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter-day Saints gathered to grieve Wednesday during the funeral of church President Howard W. Hunter. The service, which was held at Tabernacle in Temple Square in Salt Lake City, was broadcast via satellite to three locations in Spokane.
News >  Spokane

Local Dominicans Close Order Catholic Sisters Join Wisconsin-Based Order After 70 Years Of Independence

1. Sister Xaviar Berberich, left, and sister Eumelia Scheufele go for a walk behind the Dominican Center on a recent warm afternoon. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Twenty-two sisters and postulents arrived at Kettle Falls from Germany in 1937 and are included in this group photograph taken in front of Our Lady of the Valley Convent in Kettle Falls. 3. Standing, at left, Sister Isentrude Mathies, Sister Eumelia Scheufele, seated, Sister Xaviar Berberich. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review