By LORETTA FULTON If anyone understands just how healing it can be to have a free place to stay while undergoing cancer treatment, it’s Norlene Gleaton. Gleaton, who lives in Early, is a five-year survivor of breast cancer, having undergone treatment at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. She joked that she now owns Baylor and LaQuinta after having to
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By LORETTA FULTON Terry Cagle already had worked in two jobs with the intials CCC, so it was only natural that he would be attracted to the role of executive director of Connecting Caring Communities in Abilene. His previous CCC jobs were with Christian Campus Center at Angelo State University and as a minister at Christ Community Church in Arlington.
Read moreIn the photos on the left, top to bottom, volunteers from First Central Presbyterian Church help replace a door and caulk a window. Pictured are top photo, left to right, Irve Brown and Bob Nethery. In the botton photo, caulking a window, is Rebekah Garcia, a member of Holy Family Catholic Church who joined the FCPC group for the
Read moreBy LORETTA FULTON Sunday was not a day of rest of a lot of church members in Abilene as they joined together to pack 2,500 boxes of non-perishable food for Children’s Hunger Fund. The food packing took place at Zion Lutheran Church. It was the fifth year for the church to partner with Children’s Hunger Funday for the
Read moreMcMurry University students stain a picnic table, left, and work in the Aldersgate United Methodist Church garden as part of a day of community service prior to school starting. Classes started Aug. 27 at all three of Abilene’s church-affiliated universities. As part of orientation week at each school, new students took part in community projects. Photos by Loretta
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By JANICE SIX A couple of years ago for Christmas my son and his wife gave me a framed quote from a song by the Avett Brothers. The quote reads, “Always remember there is nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name.” Whether speaking of our family name, or referring to our shared name as followers
Read moreHighland Church of Christ is sponsoring a children’s feeding program at its three campuses July 30-Aug. 17 as a pilot program to bridge the gap between the A.I.S.D. Summer Feeding Program and the beginning of school. Children ages 18 and younger will be served at Highland’s three locations – South Fifth and Highland, North Ninth and Cypress and South 10th
Read moreMore than 150 Abilene kids are waiting for a mentor. 100 of those kids are boys in need of a Big Brother. Big Brothers Big Sisters provides children facing adversity with professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Children served, called Littles, are matched with a volunteer Big Brother or Big Sister based on
Read moreHardin-Simmons University students in the Department of Physical Therapy work with special needs campers at the Joni & Friends Family Camp 2017 in Navasota. The will follow that camp with a mission trip to Peru. Photos courtesy Jacob Brewer, HSU Department of Physical Therapy. See more photos in Faith and Action by clicking here.
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