Friday night a crowd of perhaps 35 men and boys headed by a number of leading citizens, cut the ropes of the Holiness tent and grounded it. There was considerable excitement for an hour or two, and for a while it was feared that the property of the Holiness people would be burned, but the advice of the cooler heads in the crowd was followed and the grounding of the tent was the only destruction wrought. The Journal and Banner (Cleveland, Tenn.) August 10, 1909

Lee University President Dr. Paul Conn joined friends and family members of Dr. Ray H. Hughes, Sr. at the dedication ceremony of a new dormitory last week.

New York City, N.Y.–A historic day of united, consecrated prayer will mark the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. Cry Out America (www.awakeningamerica.us) is reporting that they currently have over 2,400 official points of prayer confirmed for Sunday, 9/11, covering all 50 states including the US provinces of Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, through the participation of over 1,500 churches and 900 interdenominational, public prayer events officially scheduled for this Sunday. Cry Out America events are scheduled for all 38 counties with populations over one million.

Dr. T.L. Lowery and his ministry team will be at The Potters House Church in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday and Friday, September 8-9 for a’ Passing The Torch’ conference.

Rick Warren isn’t among the faith leaders who will head to Ground Zero in New York City to pray on 9/11.

The Church of God is sponsoring a three-day training conference on how churches can plant churches. The training will be located at the Church of God Leadership and Communication Center in Cleveland, Tennessee on September 19-21, 2011.

Participants in a public prayer service will meet in front of St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway, at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, September 10, and walk over the Ground Zero. The group feels it is imperative to have a public prayer witness at Ground Zero seeking God during the 9/11 Memorial Weekend.

Dr. Grant McClung, president of Missions Resource Group, has produced his world missions training text, Globalbeliever.com: Connecting To God’s Work in Your World, as a free online resource, both in English and Spanish language versions.

Cherish the Child Foundation, Inc. will present Glenn Beck Live at the Knoxville, Tennessee Convention Center to benefit the Church of God Smoky Mountain Children’s Home on October 28, 2011.