Popular ACU professor and speaker Richard Beck will headline a luncheon Sept. 16 to benefit Christian Service Center. The luncheon will be held 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Abilene Country Club. Deadline to purchase tickets or reserve a table is Tuesday, Sept. 13. Click here to register and purchase a ticket. Individual tickets are $50. Theme for the luncheon is
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Operation Blue JeansWhat: Annual project to provide free back-to-school clothing and shoes for families in needWhen: Now through early SeptemberWhere: Christian Service Center, 3185 N. 10th St. 79603Appointments: Parents must call for an appointment, 673-7531; appointments are available 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Appointments also availabe the first Saturday morning of each month. Contact: Jim Clark, Director.
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By LORETTA FULTON About 80 Abilene Christian University students honored the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday in a way that he certainly would have approved of. Instead of taking a day off on the holiday set aside to honor King, the students spread out over Abilene Monday morning to do community service work for three agencies–Christian Service
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Operation Blue Jeans, the annual back-to-school drive sponsored by Christian Service Center is under way through early September. The program works as follows: 1. Elementary school students will receive two pairs of jeans, five pairs of socks and five pairs of underwear 2. Middle school students will receive two pairs of khaki pants and two polo style shirts, five pairs
Read moreChristian Service Center, 3185 N. Tenth St., continues to serve during this time of social distancing and sheltering in place. The center’s director, Jim Clark, announced the following changes in an email. CSC is providing basic needs on: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. “We ask our neighbors to call and place their food orders or emergency
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By LORETTA FULTON Jimmy Dorrell isn’t sure whether his father-in-law ever forgave him. Not long after his marriage, Dorrell and his wife, Janet, sold their house and bought airline tickets so they could travel the world for six months. But, as it turned out, that trip proved to be much more than a sight-seeing excursion. The couple saw magnificent cathdrals
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By JIM CLARK Nearly every weekday morning when I arrive at work, I find Douglas in the parking lot waiting for me to open up our building. He is part of the MET program – Motivation, Education and Training. Funded by the Department of Labor, it’s designed to help those fifty-five and over to get back into the workforce. Several
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If you go What: Christian Service Center fall dinner When: 6-8 p.m. Sept. 10 Where: Abilene Convention Center, 1100 N. Sixth St. Speaker: Jimmy Dorrell, founder of Mission Waco/Mission World and pastor of the Church Under the Bridge Topic: Building Bridges, Rebuilding Lives Tickets: Individual tickets are $50. Deadline to purchase is Aug. 29. Table sponsorships are available. Contact Karen
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IF YOU GO WHAT: Fourth annual Christian Service Center fall dinner WHEN: 6 p.m. Sept. 18 WHERE: Abilene Convention Center SPEAKER: Anne Rathbone Bradley, professor of economics at The Institute of World Politics and an adjunct professor at George Mason University TOPIC: “For the Least of These, A Biblical Answer to Poverty,” based on book of same name that Bradley
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