CALL TO WORSHIP THESE DAYS
I was glad when they said unto me: “Let us now turn off our cell phones.”
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A REFLECTION AND A PRAYER
Submitted by Cliff Stewart, pastor, First Central Presbyterian Church. Janice Six is associate pastor The entire globe seems brimming with hair-trigger hostility. The mass shooting in Las Vegas reminds us it is not a global problem. It’s personal. It’s in our neighborhood. Our school. Where we work. Home security systems are no longer considered a luxury for the rich. Yesterday
Read moreNYC PASTOR INSPIRES HSU STUDENTS
Taylor Field, pastor and director of Graffiti Church in New York City, speaks to Hardin-Simmons University students Sept. 26. Photo by Loretta Fulton By Loretta Fulton The advice Taylor Field heard from a chapel speaker once while he was in college was so powerful, Field shared it with other students in a similar chapel service more than 40 years later.
Read moreCONCERT BENEFITS ABILENE HOPE HAVEN
DAVID PHELPS BENEFIT CONCERT WHAT: David Phelps, an award-winning singer, will present a benefit concert for Abilene Hope Haven WHEN: 7 p.m. Nov. 18 WHERE: Abilene Convention Center, 1100 N. Sixth St. TICKETS: $25, $35, and $75 (VIP, includes hors d’oeuvres and an opportunity to meet Phelps; http://www.abilenehopehaven.org/ By Loretta Fulton Three months into his new job as
Read more‘FARMINARY’ CULTIVATES MINISTERS
By Jacob Snowden Director of Christian Education First Central Presbyterian Church The seeds of something new in religious education are beginning to take root in the Garden State. The “Farminary” is a budding 21-acre farm connected with Princeton Theological Seminary. Why might a seminary venture out to buy a farm? One person is uniquely and eloquently prepared to answer
Read morePRESBYTERIANS WERE ABILENIANS BEFORE THERE WAS AN ABILENE
By Jay Moore When Abilene was born on March 15, 1881, there was already a church established. And by the time the town was 25 years old in 1906, there were 16. That number had increased to 26 by 1921. And 25 years after that — just after World War II –there were more than twice that many, with 20
Read moreGOOD MORNING
In the quiet coolness of the early morning the soul is recharged.
Read moreDOGS RECEIVE BLESSING FROM PRIEST IN HONOR OF SAINT FRANCIS DAY
By Loretta Fulton Remy, a precocious shih tzu, playfully walked toward a smiling Father Adam Droll and promptly relieved himself on the priest’s black cassock. “Are you telling me I need to do the dry cleaning?” Droll, parochial vicar at Holy Family Catholic Church gently asked, still smiling. Remy quickly got a blessing from Droll, who repeated the blessing
Read moreLASTING GIFT
Smiles of loved ones linger in the memory after everything else has faded away.
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