Softly and Tenderly
This was sung at a communion service at St. Mark Village senior living community in Palm Harbor, Florida USA on January 9, 2013. It was part of the monthly service held by St. Andrews Presbyterian Church of Dunedin. The singers, Doris Pennypacker and Dee Nickels, are from the church choir. The organist, church member Carol Krueck, leads the worship music each month.
Baptism in Cocoa Beach, Florida
We are moving out of Cocoa Beach in the next couple of days and before we leave we were able to have Pasters Juan and Daphne Estrada baptize local people who we met in Cocoa Beach at our house. We are truly blessed and rejoicing together with angels in heaven.
In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Luke 15:10
Church History: Complete Documentary AD 33 to Present
History of the church from the Ascension of Jesus Christ to 2017.
Further Reading:
Philip Schaff's Church History:
History of the Primitive Church:
Eusebius' Church History:
Sozomen's Church History:
Socrates Scholasticus' Church History:
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Father Adrian Fortescue:
Bishop Hefele's History of the Councils:
Corrections:
1. Beirut is in Lebanon, not Syria.
2. At the time of the Roman Empire, Great Britain would have been known as Britannia rather than England. The name England was first used during the Middle Ages, referring to the tribe of Germanic Angles that settled the island after the fall of the Roman Empire.
3. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the only Marian apparition in the Americas to have been approved by the Holy See. Other Marian apparitions in the Americas have been approved by local ordinaries, including Our Lady of Good Success in Ecuador (1572), Our Lady of Good Help in Wisconsin (1859), Our Lady of Cuapa in Nicaragua (1980), in Venezuela (1984) and Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolas in Argentina (1980s).
4. At 2:06:35, the correct spelling is Hugh O'Flaherty, not O'Flattery
Historic St. Augustine, Cathedral
Video of the cathedral in St. Augustine, developed for the Spanish Colonial St. Augustine teachers resource:
Spanish Colonial St. Augustine: a Resource for Teachers provides content and classroom materials pertaining to Florida's Spanish colonial heritage. It includes materials on Native American life, early exploration, settlement, missions, Fort Mose, and much more. Everything on this site — artwork, readings, primary sources, etc. — may be reproduced freely for use in the schools.
Teachers can obtain background on Spanish colonial Florida from Links and Readings. For curriculum, consult Lesson Plans or design your own lesson using resources from Readings, Primary Sources, Maps, and Images. A timeline of Florida history is available to guide learning.
Web concept developed from the Landmarks of American History workshop Between Columbus and Jamestown: Spanish St. Augustine. Creation of this website is a joint project of the Florida Humanities Council and the University of Florida Libraries and the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, sponsored by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities through its We the People initiative.
Plenary 7 Thursday Afternoon | ELCA Churchwide Assembly 2019
Plenary 7 Thursday 8/8/19 2:30pm | ELCA Churchwide Assembly 2019
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Mobile, Alabama | Wikipedia audio article
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Mobile, Alabama
00:02:28 1 Etymology
00:03:08 2 History
00:03:17 2.1 Colonial
00:08:00 2.2 19th century
00:13:19 2.3 20th century
00:21:49 3 Geography and climate
00:21:59 3.1 Geography
00:22:47 3.2 Neighborhoods
00:23:11 3.3 Climate
00:25:27 3.3.1 Christmas Day tornado
00:26:58 4 Culture
00:28:02 4.1 Carnival and Mardi Gras
00:31:01 4.2 Archives and libraries
00:32:45 4.3 Arts and entertainment
00:36:44 5 Tourism
00:36:53 5.1 Museums
00:39:17 5.2 Parks and other attractions
00:41:35 5.3 Historic architecture
00:45:06 6 Demographics
00:47:35 7 Government
00:50:00 8 Education
00:50:08 8.1 Public facilities
00:50:56 8.2 Private facilities
00:52:20 8.3 Tertiary
00:52:29 8.4 Primary and secondary
00:52:54 8.4.1 Undergraduate and postgraduate
00:54:46 8.4.2 Community college
00:55:09 8.4.3 Vocational
00:55:39 9 Healthcare
00:57:48 10 Economy
00:58:49 10.1 Major industry
00:58:57 10.1.1 Port of Mobile
00:59:37 10.1.2 Shipyards
01:00:44 10.1.3 Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley
01:03:01 10.1.4 ThyssenKrupp
01:03:52 10.2 Top employers
01:04:09 10.3 Unemployment rate
01:04:37 11 Transportation
01:04:47 11.1 Air
01:05:25 11.2 Rail
01:06:27 11.3 Roadways
01:08:14 11.4 Water
01:10:36 12 Media
01:10:44 12.1 Print
01:11:24 12.2 Television
01:12:34 12.3 Radio
01:13:33 13 Sports
01:13:42 13.1 Football
01:14:55 13.2 Baseball
01:15:33 13.3 Basketball
01:15:52 13.4 Other sports and facilities
01:16:55 14 Sister cities
01:17:09 15 Tunnels
01:17:28 16 See also
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- Socrates
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Mobile ( moh-BEEL; French pronunciation: [mɔ.bil]) is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 as of the 2010 United States Census, making it the third most populous city in Alabama, the most populous in Mobile County, and the largest municipality on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Petersburg, Florida.
Alabama's only saltwater port, Mobile is located on the Mobile River at the head of the Mobile Bay and the north-central Gulf Coast. The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city, beginning with the settlement as an important trading center between the French colonists and Native Americans, down to its current role as the 12th-largest port in the United States.Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile metropolitan area. This region of 412,992 residents is composed solely of Mobile County; it is the third-largest metropolitan statistical area in the state. Mobile is the largest city in the Mobile-Daphne−Fairhope CSA, with a total population of 604,726, the second largest in the state. As of 2011, the population within a 60-mile (100 km) radius of Mobile is 1,262,907.Mobile was established in 1702 by the French as the first capital of colonial La Louisiane (New France). During its first 100 years, Mobile was a colony of France, then Britain, and lastly Spain. Mobile first became a part of the United States of America in 1813, with the annexation by President James Madison of West Florida from Spain. In 1861, Alabama joined the Confederate States of America, which surrendered in 1865.Considered one of the Gulf Coast's cultural centers, Mobile has several art museums, a symphony orchestra, professional opera, professional ballet company, and a large concentration of historic architecture. Mobile is known for having the oldest organized Carnival or Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States. Its French Catholic colonial settlers celebrated this festival from the first decade of the 18th century. Beginning in 1830, Mobile was host to the first formally organized Carnival mystic society to celebrate with a parade in the United States. (In New Orleans such a group is called a krewe.)
Epiphany (holiday) | Wikipedia audio article
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Epiphany (holiday)
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Epiphany ( i-PIF-ə-nee), also Theophany, Denha, Little Christmas, or Three Kings' Day, is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God incarnate as Jesus Christ. In Western Christianity, the feast commemorates principally (but not solely) the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child, and thus Jesus' physical manifestation to the Gentiles. Moreover, the feast of the Epiphany, in some Western Christian denominations, also initiates the liturgical season of Epiphanytide. Eastern Christians, on the other hand, commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, seen as his manifestation to the world as the Son of God. Qasr el Yahud in the West Bank, and Al-Maghtas in Jordan on the east bank, is considered to be the original site of the baptism of Jesus and the ministry of John the Baptist.The traditional date for the feast is January 6. However, since 1970, the celebration is held in some countries on the Sunday after January 1. Eastern Churches following the Julian calendar observe the feast on what for most countries is January 19 because of the 13-day difference today between that calendar and the generally used Gregorian calendar. In many Western Christian Churches, the eve of the feast is celebrated as Twelfth Night. The Monday after Epiphany is known as Plough Monday.Popular Epiphany customs include Epiphany singing, chalking the door, having one's house blessed, consuming Three Kings Cake, winter swimming, as well as attending church services. It is customary for Christians in many localities to remove their Christmas decorations on Epiphany Eve (Twelfth Night), although those in other Christian countries historically remove them on Candlemas, the conclusion of Epiphanytide. According to the first tradition, those who fail to remember to remove their Christmas decorations on Epiphany Eve must leave them untouched until Candlemas, the second opportunity to remove them; failure to observe this custom is considered inauspicious.
St. Augustine, Florida | Wikipedia audio article
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St. Augustine, Florida
00:01:52 1 History
00:02:00 1.1 Founding by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
00:05:53 1.2 Invasions by pirates and enemies of Spain
00:08:46 1.3 Loyalist haven under British rule
00:09:46 1.4 Second Spanish period
00:10:43 1.5 Territory of Florida
00:11:32 1.6 Civil War
00:12:04 1.7 Henry Flagler and the railroad
00:13:59 1.8 Civil Rights movement
00:16:27 1.9 Modern St. Augustine
00:17:33 2 Geography and climate
00:20:37 3 Demographics
00:23:29 4 Transportation
00:23:38 4.1 Highways
00:24:07 4.2 Buses
00:24:30 4.3 Airport
00:25:11 5 Points of interest
00:25:20 5.1 First and second Spanish eras
00:26:08 5.2 British era
00:26:19 5.3 Pre-Flagler era
00:26:33 5.4 Flagler era
00:27:06 5.5 Historic churches
00:27:27 5.6 Lincolnville National Historic District – Civil Rights era
00:27:41 5.7 Other points of interest
00:28:03 6 Sister cities
00:28:26 7 Education
00:30:21 8 Notable people
00:33:26 9 Gallery
00:33:34 10 See also
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St. Augustine (Spanish: San Agustín) is a city in the Southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement within the borders of the continental United States.The county seat of St. Johns County, St. Augustine is part of Florida's First Coast region and the Jacksonville metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 12,975. The United States Census Bureau's 2013 estimate of the city's population was 13,679, while the urban area had a population of 71,379 in 2012.St. Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor. He named the settlement San Agustín, as his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida eleven days earlier on August 28, the feast day of St. Augustine. The city served as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years. It was designated as the capital of British East Florida when the colony was established in 1763 until it was ceded to Spain in 1783.
Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1819, and St. Augustine was designated the capital of the Florida Territory upon ratification of the Adams–Onís Treaty in 1821. The Florida National Guard made the city its headquarters that same year. The territorial government moved and made Tallahassee the capital in 1824. Since the late 19th century, St. Augustine's distinct historical character has made the city a major tourist attraction.
First Church Somerville's Gospel Choir, God's Good
On October 21, 2012 First Church Somerville's Gospel Choir performed God's Good during the worship service. The gospel choir is accompanied by First Church Somerville's own Project Soul.
First Church Somerville is an Open and Affirming UCC Church based in the Davis Square Area of Somerville, MA.
Los Angeles, California | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:52 1 History
00:04:01 1.1 Pre-colonial history
00:04:56 1.2 Spanish rule
00:06:10 1.3 Mexican rule
00:06:36 1.4 1847 to present
00:14:25 2 Geography
00:14:34 2.1 Topography
00:17:17 2.2 Vegetation
00:18:29 2.3 Geology
00:20:11 2.4 Cityscape
00:20:38 2.4.1 Overview
00:22:46 2.4.2 Landmarks
00:23:40 2.5 Climate
00:28:54 2.6 Environmental issues
00:32:01 3 Demographics
00:34:55 3.1 Race and ethnicity
00:39:57 3.2 Religion
00:44:57 4 Economy
00:47:11 5 Culture
00:47:41 5.1 Movies and the performing arts
00:49:26 5.2 Museums and galleries
00:50:21 6 Sports
00:54:12 7 Government
00:56:01 7.1 Federal and state representation
00:56:31 8 Crime
00:58:34 9 Education
00:58:44 9.1 Colleges and universities
00:59:47 9.2 Schools and libraries
01:01:02 10 Media
01:05:19 11 Transportation
01:05:29 11.1 Freeways
01:07:15 11.2 Transit systems
01:10:08 11.3 Airports
01:11:38 11.4 Seaports
01:13:19 12 Notable people
01:13:41 13 Twin towns and sister cities
01:14:16 14 See also
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- Socrates
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Los Angeles ( (listen); Spanish: Los Ángeles), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in California, the second most populous city in the United States, after New York City, and the third most populous city in North America. With an estimated population of four million, Los Angeles is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. The city is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, Hollywood and the entertainment industry, and its sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles is the largest city on the West Coast of North America.
Los Angeles is in a large basin bounded by the Pacific Ocean on one side and by mountains as high as 10,000 feet (3,000 m) on the other. The city proper, which covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km2), is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country. Los Angeles is also the principal city of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second largest in the United States after that of New York City, with a population of 13.1 million. It is part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach combined statistical area, also the nation's second most populous area with a 2015 estimated population of 18.7 million.Los Angeles is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States, with a diverse economy in a broad range of professional and cultural fields. Los Angeles is also famous as the home of Hollywood, a major center of the world entertainment industry. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index and 9th in the Global Economic Power Index. The Los Angeles metropolitan area also has a gross metropolitan product of $1.044 trillion (as of 2017), making it the third-largest in the world, after the Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. Los Angeles hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and will host the event for a third time in 2028. The city also hosted the Miss Universe pageant twice, in 1990 and 2006, and was one of 9 American cities to host the 1994 FIFA men's soccer World Cup and one of 8 to host the 1999 FIFA women's soccer World Cup, hosting the final match for both tournaments.
Historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was officially founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 18 ...