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  2. Sunday school - Wikipedia

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    Sunday school, Manzanar War Relocation Center, 1943. Photographed by Ansel Adams. Baptist Sunday school group in Amherstburg, Ontario, [ca. 1910] The story behind Robert Raikes' sunday school. A Sunday school, sometimes known as a Sabbath school, is an educational institution, usually Christian in character and intended for children or neophytes.

  3. Youth With A Mission - Wikipedia

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    In 1967, Loren Cunningham began to work on the organisation's first summer school. Named the School of Evangelism, it was held in Chateau-d'Oex (Hotel Rosat), Switzerland, in 1969 with 21 students. A second school ran from the summer of 1969 through the summer of 1970 just outside Lausanne , Switzerland, and was held in Chalet-A-Gobet.

  4. Evangelicalism - Wikipedia

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    Evangelicalism (/ ˌ iː v æ n ˈ dʒ ɛ l ɪ k əl ɪ z əm, ˌ ɛ v æ n-,-ə n-/), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that puts primary emphasis on evangelization.

  5. History of the Christian Science movement - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the Christian Science church persuaded local and federal government to pass religious-exemption statutes, using the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. [269] [270] [265] [271] The Free Exercise Clause reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise ...

  6. Jim Henson - Wikipedia

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    X-ray images of his chest revealed multiple abscesses in both of his lungs as a result of a previous streptococcal pharyngitis he had apparently had for the past few days. Henson was placed on a ventilator but quickly deteriorated over the next several hours despite increasingly aggressive treatment with multiple antibiotics.

  7. Smartphone - Wikipedia

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    The term "smart phone" (in two words) was not coined until a year after the introduction of the Simon, appearing in print as early as 1995, describing AT&T's PhoneWriter Communicator. [14] [non-primary source needed] The term "smartphone" (as one word) was first used by Ericsson in 1997 to describe a new device concept, the GS88. [15]

  8. Superman - Wikipedia

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    Superman #5 (May 1940) carried an advertisement for a "Krypto-Raygun", which was a gun-shaped device that could project images on a wall. [131] The majority of Superman merchandise is targeted at children, but since the 1970s, adults have been increasingly targeted because the comic book readership has gotten older. [132]

  9. Paul Martin (illustrator) - Wikipedia

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    H-O Oats, outdoor advertising sign, 1931 Gerlach Barklow print, "Singin' in the Rain," 1931 Three photos of a model posing and the final product, 1932. Martin designed "Wrigley Gum's" light bulb spectacular, which showcased six acrobatic "spearmen" on a Broadway billboard in 1917. [36] It was the world's largest display panel, at 200 feet by 50 ...