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economist sunsuntribune faith saturday march 29 2003 17 serves asentryway from page 15 seems to play well every faith representative contacted said essentially the same thing the internet is a valuable communications and outreach tool but it can never replace a gathering of human worship pers coming together in prayer i really dont see what there is on a website to worship pointed out karen grimm executive director of the jewish temple har zion on bayview avenue she described the synagogues web site harziontempleorg as an informa tion device helping members find out when services take place and providing an information bulletin its nothing to do with the worship part its strictly to do with the pr part she said adding part of jewish worship includes attendance at synagogue unionvules central united church was fortunate to snag the domain name unitedchurchcom its an attractive site providing surfers with details about church events christian development programs recent sermons and links to national and regional united church sites it serves as an entryway to familiar ize people with us to inform the public about who we are and what we do with out having to be here said rev ralph garbe adding people from india and saudi arabia have browsed the site we can and do communicate by internet but it really doesnt replace that facetovface communication feeling each others presence the benefits of a website are clear even for the smallest churches the faith fellowship baptist church in aurora has about 20 members who meet in a local seniors centre because they dont have a permanent space their website wwwfaith-baptist-auro- raorg is invaluable in keeping mem bers up to date said its pastor the catholic church broadcasts sunday mass on ctv and weekly servic es on vision tv toronto archdiocese spokesperson suzanne scorsone said theres little difference between those broadcasts and a webcast its another form of broadcasting and there just doesnt seem to be the demand for it she said adding the archdiocese website archtorontoorg contains hot only a list of parishes and directions to those parishes but links to the vatican the canadian conference of catholic bishops and many catholic charities but we couldnt have something online to replace confession for exam ple it has to be personal it cant be by phone or by tv and it has to be private she added the jaffari islamic centres website wwwjaffariorg is detailed and provides an abundance of information for muslims across the gta we find its a hugely powerful com munications tool and it plays a role in three ways mr mohamed explained it keeps community members informed about activities and events and our two dozen subcommittees it also helps our members keep track of friends or relatives in east africa and those relatives are interested in whats going on here as well i but most importantly it a way to inform the larger community about whats going on in the world our views on events we were the first community in the gta maybe in canada to issue a press release on sept 11 and we did it through the website he said only res can cure leukemia onlv excellence in canadian research is funded bv lrf please ihlp leukemia research fund cmoa 1110 finch ave sic222 toronto ontario m3j 2t2 td16661cukk2s73 iivh66613s40 this message brqughtio you as a community service of the economist ssuntribune- if you or someone you know is feeing abuse call us vfecan help 24 hours a day 7 days a week tollfree available in 154 language crisis line gta 416 8630511 toll free ontario 18668630511 toll freetty ontario e 18668637868 m assaulted wpmen helpline wwwawhlorg its anonymous and confidential take yoiu call george ringwooc 905 4714934 cell 416 5184934 gg offer v v res ivsarch 31 ues