• In The Spotlight: Anne Tippens

    Everyday Ministry shines the spotlight on those who try to stay out of it. They’re the ones who stay in the background, quietly doing the small things that make life

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  • Hendrick Chaplain Addresses Association of Congregatons

    By Loretta Fulton Wesley Erickson, Director of Mission and Ministry at Hendrick Health, will speak on a topic he knows well at the Wednesday, Sept. 23, meeting of the Abilene

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  • Catholic Parishes Fall Festivals

    Local Catholic parishes will be hosting fall festivals, beginning Saturday, Sept. 26.  Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 837 Jeanette St., will have a two-day festival Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26-27. Saturday’s

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  • Interfaith Council Invites Public To Film Screening

    The Abilene Interfaith Council invites the public to a screening of Fordson: Faith, Fasting, and Football, followed by a discussion led by Dr. Zach Ingle, a film studies scholar and

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  • A Statement of Faith

    By Glenn Dromgoole Not every Sunday, but some Sundays, we stand together in church and recite the Apostles Creed. Every now and then, maybe, the Nicene Creed. And there are

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  • Smashed Windshield

    By Jim Nichols Barbara Brown Taylor is a wordsmith who can pack a sermon into an amazingly small number of keystrokes. In a short essay titled Life-Giving Fear, she wrote

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  • Somewhere In My Memory

    By Danny Minton I stumbled across a conversation this week where people were discussing when they put up their Christmas trees. It may sound like a strange question almost one

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  • Fall Numbers Strong at Universities

    By Loretta Fulton McMurry and Abilene Christian universities set enrollment records while Hardin-Simmons University experienced enrollment growth, record-setting residence hall occupancy, and continued expansion in high-demand academic programs. McMurry welcomed

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  • Holy Family Celebrates 50 Years As A Parish

    Holy Family Catholic Church5410 Buffalo Gap Road325-692-1820holyfamilyabilene.org Timeline1972–Holy Family Catholic Center became a mission of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and met in the old Central Catholic School on Sherman Drive1976–Holy

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  • Investment Banker Next Fletcher Series Speaker at HSU

    By Loretta Fulton The leader of Hilltop Securities, Inc., and its subsidiaries will be the next speaker in the fall  Fletcher Lecture Series at Hardin-Simmons University. Brad Winges, president and

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Short Takes and Reminders

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The Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest will have a service on Thanksgiving Eve, and the Christian Science Church will have a Thanksgiving Day service. The public is invited to both. The Thanksgiving Eve service will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander St.. The service will include hymns, prayers, and the Holy Eucharist. On

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McMurry hosting Garrison Lecture Series

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The McMurry University Walter F. and Virginia Johnson School of Business will host its annual Garrison Lecture Series at 12 noon Nov. 20  in the Mabee Room in the Garrison United Methodist Campus Center. This year’s program will feature local entrepreneurs Daniel Noworatzky and Bailey Kimmel, who will share their personal paths to building successful businesses with an audience of

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Short Takes and Reminders

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Abilene Ballet Theatre’s 39th anniversary production of The Nutcracker will usher in the holiday season with four productions beginning at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at the Paramount Theater. Click here to buy tickets. Click here for more information.HPU Serves Thanksgiving mealArea residents are invited to the annual Thanksgiving Feast at Howard Payne University on Thursday, Nov. 27. Serving times

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