The third of three concerts in the Advent Music Series, sponsored by the Grace Museum, will begin at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church. The first concert, featuring the Key City Jazz Quartet, was held at the Grace. The second, featuring a piano, cello, and violin, was held in the office of the Abilene
Read morePhotos courtesy Aldersgate United Methodist Church Members of Aldersgate United Methodist Church invited neighbors to the church’s community garden on Dec. 9 for the lighting of a Christmas tree. The lights are set on a timer so that they will come on each night. Church members and guests enjoyed hot chocolate, candy canes, and singing of Christmas carols. The
Read moreBy DARRYL TIPPENS The week before Christmas in 1999 Madeleine L’Engle, the author of the classic novel A Wrinkle in Time, lost her son, Bion. This was not the first, nor would it be the last, of the great sorrows endured by this gifted author. I caught a glimpse of her challenges when I met her a few months before
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By SARA CORE She just could not be more excited! Sara was so honored to have been chosen the narrator of her third grade class’s Christmas program. She had waited for this day for weeks through many days of work memorizing her lines and rehearsing with the other students. Since this event took place in the 1960s, this meant that
Read morePasted below is a link to an article by Loretta Fulton that was published in the Friday, Dec. 7, issue of the Abilene Reporter-News. The article, about the spirituality of President George H.W. Bush, is based on an interview with the Rt. Rev. Claude Payne of Abilene, retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. Payne also formerly was rector
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Abilene’s most famous, and possibly most revered citizen, Dr. Virginia Connally, turns 106 on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Connally was moved in October to a facility near Waco but remains in Abilene in spirit. Her many friends and admirers in Abilene wish her a great big “Happy Birthday!” Connally, a 1933 graduate of then Simmons University, was born Dec. 4, 1912, in
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A Christmastime staple, The Living Christmas Tree, will be presented by Wylie Baptist Church Dec. Thursday, Dec. 6, through Sunday, Dec. 9. This year’s version continues a tradition that began in 1982. The presentation features church members singing from platforms built into the tiers of the tree, live music, drama, and unique sets. Presentation times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday
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