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Food Bank Starts Senior Resource Day

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Food Bank of West Central Texas Service area includes 13 area counties. Purpose is to alleviate hunger through food distribution, community partnerships, and outreach programs that connect neighbors with critical resources.For more information, visit FeedTexans.org or call 325-695-6311. Broc BairdMarketing & Communications DirectorFood Bank of West Central Texasbroc@fbwct.org | 325-695-6311http://www.fbwct.org The Food Bank of West Central Texas is launching a

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Southern Gospel Music Camp Returns to Howard Payne

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Summer Music CampWhat: 30th annual summer music camp sponsored by the Texas Southern Gospel School of Music. For details and to apply, Click here.Where: Howard Payne UniversityWhen: June 15-26 By Loretta Fulton For the 30th year, Howard Payne University will host a summer music camp sponsored by the Texas Southern Gospel School of Music. The camp will be held June 15-26,

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God’s Self-Revelation in the Least of These

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By Mark Waters On November 16, 1989, members of the Salvadoran Atlácatl Battalion—trained and armed by the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia—entered the campus of the University of Central America (UCA) in San Salvador where they murdered six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her 15-year-old daughter. The priests served on the faculty of the University.  Their primary

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Best Focus

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By Jim Nichols Every school day began in the same predictable manner. Mrs. Scanlin got everyone’s attention and began singing as we all joined in. The chorus of the song from the musical Oklahoma included:  “Oh, what a beautiful mornin’,Oh, what a beautiful day.I got a beautiful feelin’Ev’erything’s goin’ my way.” We sang with full voice multiple verses and the

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Snapshot City

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Editor’s Note: Glenn’s column is just in time for the Children’s Art and Literacy Festival (CALF), which will be held June 11-14. Many of the locations cited are associated with the festival. Be sure to check out the rest of them, too. You’ll be glad you did. By Glenn Dromgoole With Abilene’s reputation as the Storybook Capital of America comes

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Noah’s Ark

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By Danny Minton Several years ago, I came across an anonymous post entitled “Everything I Need to Know about Life, I Learned from the Ark.” I’ve since seen it posted numerous times, and the author has some good thoughts. “Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah’s Ark.”One – Don’t miss the boat.Two – Remember, we’re all

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Meet C.V. Blake

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By Loretta Fulton On Aug. 2, one ministerial career will end for C.V. Blake and another will begin. That will be the last day for C.V. to serve as pastor for adults at First Baptist Church and the beginning of his ministry to churches without a pastor. But before that, he and his wife of 43 years, Shelly, most likely

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A VBS to Remember

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Editor’s Note: Glenn’s column first was posted on Spirit of Abilene May 31, 2025. It is worth reading again. By Glenn Dromgoole It’s summer, and churches all over town are having Vacation Bible School — and that brings to mind the most memorable VBS of my life. And I wasn’t even a participant. It was 60 years ago, the summer

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