In this edition of Joy Living, Erica Campbell reads from Psalms 95:1, a scripture about “making a joyful noise.” She then asks, what does it sound like when you speak? Are you emitting love and positivity when you speak, or heavy, negative feelings that are overbearing for the person you’re speaking with? Of course, we […]

After a key witness didn’t show up for court yesterday; the judge dismissed a noise complaint against New Hope Church in Durham. The neighbors in the Hills at Southpoint subdivision have complained that services at the church are too loud and invade the privacy of their homes. Since this case had been delayed once, the […]

The Pastor of Glorious Church in Raleigh and members are heading to the Raleigh City Council to defend what they call “making a joyful noise to the Lord.”  Neighbors have complained nearly 200 times in the past 7 years that the noise is too loud.  Last month police issued the church a citation for a […]

People living near the church in Oakwood Park have made hundreds of calls to police over the course of several years to complain about noise at The Glorious Church on Glascock Street, and now the church has been cited for violating a city noise ordinance. “We have neighbors who live right next door to the […]