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Update: On Saturday, September 5th, 2020, the founder, administrator, and head moderator of this forum, Valerie S., went Home to be with the Lord.  Her obituary can be found on https://memorials.demarcofuneralhomes.com/valerie-skrzyniak/4321619/index.php.

This posting is dedicated to the forever memory and honor of Valerie, who was the founder of, and the inspiration for, this Web site.  The Web site will continue to operate in Valerie's remembrance, as requested by her family.  God bless!

Dedicated to God  the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit​​​​​​​
1 Thessalonians 4:15-18

   For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord.  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.     

​​​​​​​2 Timothy 4:7-8
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing .

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Dec 24, 2011 - 8:11AM
Thousands of pilgrims and local Christians begin Christmas Eve in Bethlehem

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By Dalia Namari,
The Associated Press | The Canadian Press


Thousands of pilgrims, tourists and local Christians gathered in the
biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem on Saturday to begin Christmas Eve
celebrations in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
Visitors gathered near the 50-foot (15-meter) Christmas tree at Manger
Square Saturday morning taking pictures and enjoying the sunshine.
The main event will be Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity,
built over the location where Jesus is believed to have been born.
Israel's Tourism Ministry said it expects 90,000 tourists to visit the
holy land for the holiday. Ministry spokeswoman Lydia Weitzman said that
number is the same as last year's record-breaking tally, but was
surprisingly high considering the turmoil in the Arab world and the U.S.
and European economic downturns.
Bethlehem Mayor Victor Batarseh said he hopes this year's celebrations
will bring Palestinians closer to their dream of statehood. With peace
talks stalled with Israel, Palestinians this year made a unilateral bid
for recognition at the United Nations and were accepted as a member by
UNESCO, the U.N. cultural agency.
"We are celebrating this Christmas hoping that in the near future we'll
get our right to self-determination our right to establish our own
democratic, secular Palestinian state on the Palestinian land. That is
why this Christmas is unique," Batarseh told The Associated Press.
Bethlehem is today surrounded on three sides by a barrier Israel built
to stop Palestinian militants from attacking during a wave of assaults
in the last decade. Palestinians say the barrier damaged their economy.
Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, the Roman Catholic Church's head clergyman
in the Holy Land, crossed through a massive metal gate in the barrier,
in a traditional midday procession from Jerusalem on Saturday.
"We ask the child of Bethlehem to give us the peace we are in desperate
need for, peace in the Middle East, peace in the holy land, peace in the
heart and in our families," Twal said.
The number of Christians in the West Bank is on the decline. While some
leave for economic reasons, others talk of discrimination and harassment
by the Muslim majority.
Christians have even lost their majority in Bethlehem, where more than
two-thirds of the some 50,000 Palestinian residents are now Muslim.
The biblical town was bustling on Saturday, however, with Christian
tourists and pilgrims.
"This is my first time in Bethlehem and it's an electrifying feeling to
be here at the birthplace of Jesus during Christmas," said 49-year-old
Abraham Rai from Karla, India.


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