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Religion briefs: Saturday, May 10, 2008

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Published: May 10, 2008

Grants awarded
The Butterfield Memorial Foundation board has awarded nearly $500,000 in grants to Christian nonprofit organizations.

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The foundation makes grants for medical and health. Its primary geographic focus is Oklahoma County and the six contiguous counties. National grants also were awarded.

Grants awarded in the Oklahoma City area include:

•Care Net Pregnancy Center of Norman, $50,000 for operational support.

•Catholic Charities of Oklahoma City, $50,000 for the Faith Community Nursing program.

•In God's Care, $50,000 for operational support.

•Mid-America Christian University, $50,000 for pastoral care training for church and community leaders.

•Mission Norman, $10,000 for organizational and fundraising development.

•Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church, $100,000 for the Save It abstinence education program.

•Novo Ministries, $15,000 for expansion of education department.

•Southern Nazarene University, $18,000 for nursing scholarships.

•The Equine Therapy Center, $10,000 for operational support.

For more information about the foundation, call 608-0517 or go online to www.butterfield

foundation.org.

Documentary on Middle East conflict to be shown
The Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City will show the award-winning documentary "Occupation 101: The Root Cause of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict” at 6 p.m. May 17 at Harkins Bricktown 16, 150 E Reno.

Tickets are $5 per person.

Saad Mohammed, the society's director of Islamic information, said the purpose of the screening is to educate people of all religions and cultures about the conflict between Palestine and Israel. He said the documentary's producers will be on hand to answer questions about the film.

The documentary has won several awards including best film at the River's Edge Film Fest, best documentary at the New Orleans Human Rights Film Fest and audience choice best film at the East Lansing Film Fest.

For more information, call Mohammed at 210-4775.

Thousands attend Baptist men's retreat
Almost 3,000 men attended the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma's recent men's retreat at Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center near Davis.

The annual retreat, held April 25-26, included guest speaker Spencer Tillman and other national and local speakers, said Lisa Leininger, ministry coordinator with the convention, this week.

Leininger said more than 100 bikers took part in a motorcycle brigade to Falls Creek, which was led by Buddy Newsome with the F.A.I.T.H. Riders Motorcycle Ministry.

Called "Rewired,” the event included indoor sessions at the conference center's enclosed tabernacle, plus outdoor sessions with Sermon on the Mount leader Lew Sterrett and flyfishing expert Chuck Farneth.

— Carla Hinton


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Occupation 101 is listed under Religious Briefs? My God people, this is anti-Israel propaganda.

I'm simple amazed the religios reporters here are so uninformed.

This film is presented as a documentary but it is NOT based in truth. In fact, it tries to rewrite history.

Every Christian should be highly insulted that this film is even listed here for one thing, and more insulted it is being presented a factual prove of the plight of the Palestinians at the hands of the big bad Israelis.

Don't wasted your $5.00. I can tell what the root cause of the conflict is according to this version - it's all Israel's fault.

The Palestinians had an opportunity for a two state solution back in 1948 but the Arab world rejected it. This is a fact.

Palestine is never mentioned in the Bible or the Quran. This is a fact.

Israel, its children and its land is mentioned in both the Quran and the Bible. This is a fact.

Why isn't Palestine mentioned in these texts? It didn't exists back when Israel did.



Brandi, Tulsa - May 10, 2008 8:55 PM
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