It's hard to corral seven musicians with day jobs and families into the studio.

Thanksgiving is coming, and we should be counting our many blessings with gratitude.

WHAT: A service with Congregation Children of Israel, the Islamic Society of Augusta and the Episcopal Church of Our Savior

Men's and Women's Day: 9:45, 11 a.m. Sunday, Bottsford Spring Missionary Baptist, Waynesboro, Ga.

An annual clothes and food giveaway will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Jordan Grove Baptist Church, 1529 Railroad St. Call (706) 724-7187.

It was the harmony that first drew a young Bill Gaither to gospel, but it wasn't long until the music's salvation message took root.

WATERTOWN, Mass. --- It's hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway.

"Holy" means separate or apart. Historically, there have been Christians who feel that in order to live as God's holy people, they have to withdraw from the world (hence the emergence of the monastic movement). But in Jesus's high priestly prayer in John 17: 15-18, we hear something different.

VATICAN CITY - Executives from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google are attending a Vatican meeting to brief officials and Catholic bishops about the Internet and digital youth culture.

FLORENCE, Ala. - It was that "aha" moment Betty McGee said she was hoping to get from members of First Presbyterian Church of Florence. McGee said a recycling program has been in place at the church since the 1980s, but the decision was made to ratchet up the commitment to the cause.

It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard.

Last week as I was driving home, I noticed that the city was placing Christmas wreaths on the light poles along Reynolds Street.

Christ Community Health Services will celebrate its second anniversary with an open house from 10 a.m. to noon today.