By Penny Biddy In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east and have come to pay him homage.” Matthew 2:1-3 As the church calendar turns from Christmas to Epiphany, I
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By LORETTA FULTON Growing up in a Southern Baptist household, Chesna Riley struggled with the persistent call to the ministry that she began feeling as a young teenager. The Southern Baptist Convention prohibits women from serving as pulpit ministers, although some other Baptist churches do ordain women. “I had for a long time assumed I was not called and pursued
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By Loretta Fulton Surrounded by family, friends, and admirers, Penny Biddy took another step in her spiritual journey when she was ordained as a Disciples of Christ minister Sunday Nov. 6. Biddy and Chesna Riley are co-pastors of Brook Hollow Christian Church, which meets in a leased space in Woodhaven Shopping Center on South 14th Street. For Biddy, it was
Read morePenny Biddy, co-pastor of Brook Hollow Christian Church will be honored at a come-and-go reception Saturday, May 7, at the church, which is located at 4606 S. 14th Street in the Woodhaven Shopping Center. Hours are 10 a.m.-noon. Biddy recently earned master of divinity degree and a master of arts degree in ancient and Oriental Christianity from Abilene Christian University.
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The congregation of Brook Hollow Christian Church has a new meeting place at 4606 S. 14th St. in Woodhaven Shopping Center. Services are at 10:10 a.m. Sundays. The church sold its building at South 23rd and Willis Streets to Beltway Park Church and started meeting in its new location on Nov. 21. The sale was finalized on Nov. 19. the
Read moreBrook Hollow Christian Church sold its iconic property at 2310 S. Willis Street in June to Beltway Park Church. The Brook Hollow congregation has scheduled its last public worship service at the Willis Street address for 10:10 a.m. Oct. 24. An item concerning a zoning change for the South Willis Street property is on the agenda for Thursday’s City Council
Read moreSpirit of Abilene posted an article June 24 about the Brook Hollow Christian Church property on South Willis Street being for sale. Since then, Deborrah Bolls, chair of the church’s board of trustees, posted the following message on Facebook. Details will be posted in Spirit of Abilene as they become available. Facebook post from Deborrah Bolls: The church property is
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By LORETTA FULTON “Brook Hollow Christian Church is not closing.” That is the main take-away from a statement issued by the church’s board of trustees, as real estate signs began to populate the lawn of the iconic church at South 23rd and Willis streets. Brook Hollow is not closing, but it is looking to a future in a new location.
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By LORETTA FULTON “No kids in cages!” one sign screamed. Another quoted a Bible scripture. Another Dietrich Bonhoeffer. An atheist got in his remarks too, with a sign urging action, not prayer. No matter the religious, non-religious, or polical beliefs, the approximately 100 people gathered Friday evening, July 12, for a Lights for Liberty rally in front of City Hall
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