Christian Service Center will host its sixth annual Be a Good Neighbor event on Thursday, Oct. 8, at the center, 3185 North 10th St. Hours are 8:3 a.m. to noon. Purpose of the event is to help people discover resources that can change their lives, with more than 45 area agencies providing information about various services, including job-seeker assistance, rent assistance,
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By Danny Minton No, the title is not the Tinkerbell that comes to people’s minds when the word is mentioned. That Tinker Bell was the fairy in J.M. Barrie’s play Peter Pan. Neither was it the Tinkerbell in Walt Disney’s version of the play. The Tinkerbelle in the title was a 13.5-foot Old Town “Whitecap” wooden sailboat. Today it is
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By Jim Nichols The veterinarian’s waiting room contained the predictable collection of people and animals. Most were well-behaved (people and animals); a few were anxious, but the noise level was tolerable. On one wall was a bulletin board with a half-dozen messages pinned on it. One index card read: LOST CAT Lost Cat. Gray and white color. Left ear mostly
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By Glenn Dromgoole In my younger days, I played a lot of 42. Not so much in recent years, although I bet I could still make a 31 bid. One of my roommates in college pretty much “majored” in 42. He played it a lot more than he studied. Well, in all honesty, so did I. But he flunked out,
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Members of Dallas’ First Assembly of God Church could hardly have realized what a dynamic duo they called to lead them beginning in February 1998. Right alongside Rev. Thomas (Tom) Myers McMahan was the former Linda Diane Featherston. Actually, her credentials, zeal and commitment were equal to his, and their joint bond in
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St. Paul and McMurry connectionsDr. J.W Hunt, founder and first president of McMurry College, now a university, was appointed pastor of St. Paul on June 29, 1914, after serving several smaller churches. Two years later, in the summer of 1916, Dr. Hunt was named president of Stamford College, a school started by area Methodists and supported by Methodists from all
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Summit 2026Click here for the Summit scheduleClick here for information about the pre-Summit Workshop.Click here to learn more about the keynote speakers. Click here to read about Jennifer Schroeder’s upcoming book. By Loretta Fulton The 120th annual Summit at Abilene Christian University will explore the transformative power of love, based on Romans 12, when it convenes Oct. 7-9. “The annual
Read moreClick here to read an article on Summit. With Summit coming up and a book scheduled for publication March 25, 2027, Jennifer Schroeder has plenty on her mind. She’s the director of Summit, the annual gathering at Abilene Christian University scheduled for Oct. 7-9, and she is the College Fellow for Children & Family Ministry in the university’s Department of
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Love & Care Ministries will be hosting its 31st annual fall revival at the Abilene Convention Center Oct. 4-7. Services begin at 6:30 p.m., with a different preacher and worship team leader each night. “After the services we will feed everyone a hot meal, and give away clothing and winter items,” said Mark Hewitt, executive director and founder of Love
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