Thursday, November 29, 2018
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Round-the-Clock Church Services
An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
Church Holds Continuous Worship Service To Prevent Family’s Deportation
Dutch police aren’t allowed to enter churches during services. So a Netherlands church is worshipping 24/7 to protect a family of asylum-seekers.
By Carol Kuruvilla
After hearing that a refugee family faced imminent deportation, a Netherlands church sprung into action ― and members have continued stepping up for over one month.
Bethel, a church and community center in The Hague, has taken dramatic steps to protect the Tamrazyans, an Armenian family of five asylum-seekers who have lived in the Netherlands for nine years. The government has reportedly denied the family’s asylum request and approved them for deportation ― even though there’s a law in place that allows children who have lived in the country for over five years to be eligible for a residence permit, if they also fulfill other requirements. The Tamrazyans applied for a permit under that law and were denied, according to Bethel.
Knowing that Dutch law prevents police officers from entering houses of worship during religious services, church members decided to hold a nonstop worship service at Bethel that would allow the Tamrazyans to take shelter in the church.
The continuous worship service started on Oct. 26 at 1:30 p.m. ― and it hasn’t stopped since.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/church-worship-service-continuous-asylum_us_5bfd636ae4b03b230fa72d08
Church Holds Continuous Worship Service To Prevent Family’s Deportation
Dutch police aren’t allowed to enter churches during services. So a Netherlands church is worshipping 24/7 to protect a family of asylum-seekers.
By Carol Kuruvilla
After hearing that a refugee family faced imminent deportation, a Netherlands church sprung into action ― and members have continued stepping up for over one month.
Bethel, a church and community center in The Hague, has taken dramatic steps to protect the Tamrazyans, an Armenian family of five asylum-seekers who have lived in the Netherlands for nine years. The government has reportedly denied the family’s asylum request and approved them for deportation ― even though there’s a law in place that allows children who have lived in the country for over five years to be eligible for a residence permit, if they also fulfill other requirements. The Tamrazyans applied for a permit under that law and were denied, according to Bethel.
Knowing that Dutch law prevents police officers from entering houses of worship during religious services, church members decided to hold a nonstop worship service at Bethel that would allow the Tamrazyans to take shelter in the church.
The continuous worship service started on Oct. 26 at 1:30 p.m. ― and it hasn’t stopped since.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/church-worship-service-continuous-asylum_us_5bfd636ae4b03b230fa72d08
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Saturday, November 24, 2018
1921 Tulsa Race Riot Survivor Dies
An excerpt from the AP -
1 of the last survivors of 1921 Tulsa race riot dies at 103
By KEN MILLER
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race riots and among the first black women in the U.S. Coast Guard, has died. She was 103.
Hooker was 6 years old when one of the worst race riots in U.S. history broke out and destroyed much of a Tulsa neighborhood known as “Black Wall Street.” She hid under a table as a torch-carrying mob destroyed her family’s home, she told National Public Radio in an interview this year.
She recalled hearing the mob use an axe to destroy her sister’s piano. For a child, she said, it was horrifying trying to keep quiet.
“The most shocking was seeing people you’d never done anything to irritate would just, took it upon themselves to destroy your property because they didn’t want you to have those things,” said Hooker, who died this week at her home in New York, according to her goddaughter.
The number of deaths from the riot was never confirmed, but estimates vary from about three dozen to 300 or more. The violence began after a black man allegedly assaulted a white woman in an elevator in Tulsa.
https://apnews.com/5834f70be49645669f4aae2a4570d242
1 of the last survivors of 1921 Tulsa race riot dies at 103
By KEN MILLER
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race riots and among the first black women in the U.S. Coast Guard, has died. She was 103.
Hooker was 6 years old when one of the worst race riots in U.S. history broke out and destroyed much of a Tulsa neighborhood known as “Black Wall Street.” She hid under a table as a torch-carrying mob destroyed her family’s home, she told National Public Radio in an interview this year.
She recalled hearing the mob use an axe to destroy her sister’s piano. For a child, she said, it was horrifying trying to keep quiet.
“The most shocking was seeing people you’d never done anything to irritate would just, took it upon themselves to destroy your property because they didn’t want you to have those things,” said Hooker, who died this week at her home in New York, according to her goddaughter.
The number of deaths from the riot was never confirmed, but estimates vary from about three dozen to 300 or more. The violence began after a black man allegedly assaulted a white woman in an elevator in Tulsa.
https://apnews.com/5834f70be49645669f4aae2a4570d242
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