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Send a Prayer by SMS to the
Western Wall - Sep 25 2003
It is a centuries-old tradition to place a note with
a prayer or request in the Western Wall and for years, several Web sites
have been offering Jews around the world the option to send their
prayers by e-mail to a rabbi who prints them out and places them in
Jerusalem's Western Wall.
Now an Israeli company is
offering to do the same, but with text messages, for a fee (five
shekels, about $1.20). So far 30,000 text messages have been received,
according to
iol.
Poles Invited to Text Best
Wishes to the Pope - Sep 20 2003
A Polish mobile operator and
publisher is inviting Catholics to text in messages to celebrate the
25th anniversary of the pontificate that will be made into a book and
delivered to the Pope, reports
160characters.org.
Christian Charities Raise Money
through txt@verse - Sep 19 2003
A new campaign for raising money
to mobilize against poverty, offers verses of the Bible by text message
at a premium rate, according to UK
ChurchTimes.
"txt@verse,
backed by Christian charities, aims to recruit tens of thousands of
users, and to give all profits towards work with the poorest communities
in the world.
Bible verses are delivered in text format for 15p a
day; subscribers can sign up for themselves or for a friend, or enrol
the whole family. txt@verse says its initial aim is to raise £1 million
in profits through 50,000 users."
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