There's no shortage of Christmas events with a religious theme in the Tampa Bay area in the coming weeks. Here are some offerings: ...more

December 6, 2009

Bell Shoals Baptist Church is asking members with flulike symptoms to stay home after a child attending its vacation Bible school was identified as a possibly having swine flu. ...more

July 20, 2009

A church has informed its congregation that a child attending its vacation Bible school has a probable case of swine flu. ...more

July 19, 2009

The lighthearted atmosphere is deceiving. While women decorate tables with heirloom tea services and china and spend the morning socializing, sipping tea and nibbling scones lathered with Devonshire cream, the motives behind the tea party are anything but frivolous. ...more

March 18, 2009

About 40 students from kindergarten through sixth grade recently performed "Are We There Yet?" at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church. The musical, directed by the church office manager, Jackie Pettis, told the story of Moses leading the children of Israel out of Egypt into the Promised Land. ...more

January 28, 2009

Months before the results of the presidential election were announced Nov. 4, Matthew Anderson made plans to attend the inauguration ceremony for America's 44th president Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. ...more

December 31, 2008

2008 Deaths Of Note In The Tampa Bay Area ...more

December 29, 2008

Even before former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee spoke at Bell Shoals Baptist Church on Sunday morning, people were singing and dancing in the sanctuary. ...more

December 8, 2008

Even before former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee spoke at Bell Shoals Baptist Church Sunday morning, people were singing and dancing in the sanctuary. ...more

December 7, 2008

With so many in need of so much, a Christian initiative to fill food bank shelves could not have been timelier. ...more

December 3, 2008