Click on the following links for related stories.Presbyterians, City Celebrate 145 YearsA Prayer for Abilene By Bill Minter We don’t know much about the weather that Sunday morning, February 27, 1881. The Weather Service wasn’t here yet, but historical accounts statewide show that temperatures were trending warmer late in the month, warm enough for a few early arrivals to gather in a
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By LORETTA FULTON Bill Minter had never even heard of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes before he was asked to create a program for it. He did that well enough that in January he was named Abilene Coordinator for OLLI. The previous coordinator left, creating an opening. “I realized that this is the kind of thing I really like to
Read moreFirst Central Presbyterian Church, along with the city of Abilene, is observing its 140th anniversary this year. A group of Presbyterians gathered at North First and Pine streets to form First Presbyterian Church on Feb. 27, 1881, just two weeks before the first town lots were auctioned on March 15. The current church complex, 400 Orange St., is the result
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Spirit Of Abilene 