On Dec. 18, the Knights of Columbus Blessed Mother Council No. 1333
of Emmanuel Catholic Church presented 15 Bibles
to Delray Medical Center.
Pictured: Bob Budd, Chuck Dolce, Becky McCoy, Kevin Flannery and Bob Bonney.
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Seventh-graders at St. Vincent Ferrer Church and School participated in
a Lego Challenge to raise money to buy iPads and computers at the school.
Their class was the first to have 100 percent participation.
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Mary M. Barnes, president and CEO of Alzheimer’s Community Care, speaks during the dedication service for the new Alzheimer’s day center at Advent Lutheran in Boca Raton.
By Lucy Lazarony
There has been an Alzheimer’s day center at the heart of the
The Rev. Canon William Stokes of St. Paul ’s Episcopal Church is surrounded by his family, including, from left, daughter Erin Potter, wife, Susan, and son Richard, as The Very Reverend Kathleen P. Gannon, curate, prays over them as Stokes begins his
Journey Church is raising the roof on the former Grace Community Church. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
The arrival of the Journey Church in East Boynton is raising the roof.
The original $2 million project announced last year to
Standing shoulder-to-shoulder and toe-to-toe with arms crossed in supplication, members of the Isamic Center of Boca Raton participate in a midweek prayer service. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
Muslims have joined Christians and Jews t
CROS Ministries members Carolina Martinez, 27, (left) of West Palm Beach and Tracy Tenore, 28, (right)
of Boynton Beach paint the house of Delray Beach resident Willie Lee Thomas, 89, with the help
of SonCoast Church member Dot Bast (center) of Delra
Debbie Dingle stands at Mount Kilimanjaro, where she climbed to raise awareness
of human trafficking and women forced into sexual slavery.
Members of Advent Lutheran Church raised $70,000 to help women escape.
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By Tim Pallesen
Deb
Note: Events are current as of 10/26. Please check with organizers for any changes.
November 3-10
Wednesday - 11/7 - Chabad Drama Club for ages 4-11 is presented by the Palm Beach Jewish Center at The Chabad House, 361 S. County Road. Channel your c
Lori Robbins (left) and Candy Evans harvest vegetables in the Community Garden of the Cason Methodist Church in Delray Beach. Photo provided
By Tim Pallesen
The community garden behind Cason Methodist Church isn’t only feeding the poor. The garden
The after-school program at St. Paul’s includes tutoring, like Joyce Harvey (above) helping Brian Saint Val with his math, and a daily meal enjoyed by dozens of students, including Rachelle Poliard and Angie Cyril (below). Photos by Jerry Lower/The C
By Tim Pallesen
A new $3 million mosque that opened last month is evidence of the rapidly growing Muslim population in southern Palm Beach County.
The 30,000-square-foot Islamic Center of Boca Raton will serve as a house of prayer, education cent
Members of the Avenue Church bow in prayer to kick off their fitness ministry, which began July 14. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
Bikers and runners on Ocean Boulevard generate the most activity early on a Saturday morning.
Now a Delr
Members of the first graduating class at Boca Raton Rabbinical College include (l-r) Levi Weingarten, 22, of Flint, Mich.; Shmaya Futerfas, 22, of Brooklyn; Sholom Wilansky, 21, of Montreal; Sholom Elharrar, 21 of Montreal; and Mendal Abramowitz, 21,
Grass River Garden Club member Susan Vicinelli shows Paul’s Place after-school student Tanicha Emilcar (center) an edible flower during the April 10 closing of the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Community Garden in Delray Beach. Students Jovante Pierre
A woman greets the dawn on Easter Sunday at Oceanfront Park.
Crowds gather for the Easter Sunrise Community Worship Service presented by the Boynton Beach Ministerial Association at Oceanfront Park.
The Rev. M. Randall Gill leads services.
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By Tim Pallesen
Feeding the poor is a challenge for people of faith.
Volunteers responded by serving 88,691 hot meals last year at the Caring Kitchen in Delray Beach.
That’s a 50 percent increase over the 59,034 meals served in 2005, and th
Members of the congregation gather on a chilly Sunday for service at Old School Square.
By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach’s fastest-growing new church began with a chance meeting in a downtown coffee shop.
The Avenue Church wasn’t intended. It wasn’
St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church members Quinn Doyle, 11, and Deena Rizzo, 7, have fun on the bumper cars during the 45th Annual St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Festival in Delray Beach on Feb. 24.
Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
Catholics were few in number when the Delray Beach Catholic Women’s Club started the first parish.
St. Vincent Ferrer Church celebrated its first Mass at the old Delray Theatre in 1941.
Today, the region from Boynton Beach to Boca Ra
