The Church
of the Palms
UNITED  CHURCH
O F      C H R I S T

14808 N. Boswell Blvd.
Sun City, AZ 85351

phone: 623.977.8359
e-mail: office@thepalms.org

worship: Sunday 10AM

office hours:
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(mid-Sept. to mid-May)

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(mid-May to mid-Sept.)

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What Johnny needs to learn about Islam
Eight years after the atrocities of 9/11, Americans need to know what public school textbooks are teaching about Islam, radical Islam, and terrorism. The big three textbook states-those that set standards for content because publishers aim to capture their large sales, California, Texas, and Florida-are currently preparing for new textbooks, to be introduced in 2010-13.

Argentina halts 1st Latin American gay marriage
They had planned a wedding day like Latin America has never seen.

Dubai crisis tests laws of Islamic financing
The debt crisis in Dubai is about to test one of the fastest-growing areas in banking, Islamic finance, and put the city-state’s opaque judicial system on trial, according to bankers and experts in finance.

Muslim women search for a space at hajj
One of the main rites at Islam's annual hajj centers on the bravery and determination of a woman.

Going backwards in Beirut
"If you think you understand Lebanon," a friend counseled me as I prepared for my first trip to her native land, "somebody's just explained it badly."

In South Korea, abortion foes gain ground
For nearly two decades, obstetrician Shim Sang-duk aborted as many babies as he delivered -- on average, one a day, month after month.

Gay Argentine couple's wedding plans divide an entire continent
The Beruti register office in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires will never have witnessed a marriage like it.

Mysterious 'Saddam Channel' hits Iraq TV
Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein.

Russia Wants to Build Orthodox Church in Seoul
The Russian Embassy has been asking for a piece of land in Seoul to open a Russian Orthodox Church, diplomatic sources say.

Uganda considers death sentence for gay sex in bill before parliament
As a gay Ugandan, Frank Mugisha has endured insults from strangers, hate messages on his phone, police harassment and being outed in a tabloid as one of the country's "top homos".
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