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 NANCY PATRICK I dislike controversy and confrontation, but I face both daily as I grapple with our nation’s current status. Americans seem divided into two major camps based on their religious and political values. The viewpoint that proposes our need to “make America great again” implies that our country has lost its greatness. Does that mean that the past
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Jay Moore’s newest book, “Abilene Daily: Snapshots of Home,” contains one or morevignettes from Abilene’s history for each day of the year. Periodically, stories with some connection–however loose–to Abilene’s religious life will be featured in Spirit of Abilene. The book can be purchased at Texas Star Trading Co., 174 Cypress St. www.texasstartrading.com or call 325-672-9696. Books are $27.50. Following is an excerpt
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By PHILIP LeMASTERS The centrality of peace to the worship and spiritual vision of Eastern Orthodox Christianity magnifies the tragedy of the invasion of Ukraine. Petitions for peace abound in Orthodox services, including for deliverance from “the sword, foreign invasion, and civil war.” The Church prays regularly for “the peace of the whole world,” as well as for the liberation
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Several churches are hosting Vacation Bible School sessions in July, beginning Monday, July 11. Following is a partial listing of of churches that will have VBS in July. To add your church, email information to editor@spiritofabilene.com Trinity Baptist Church, 871 Woodlawn Drive, will have sessions July 17-20, with the theme, “Monumental: Celebrating God’s Greatness.” Sessions are 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 6-8
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Relics of St. Manuel Gonzalez and Blessed Carlo Acutis will be available for veneration in parishes around the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo until July 10. The relics are touring the dioceses of the country as part of the National Eucharistic Revival, a three-year focus on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Both St. Gonzalez and Blessed Acutis
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Sitting in the corner of our main room resides a grandfather clock. The clock was a gift from my mother-in-law for helping her during her last days in a battle with cancer. It stands tall and sounds off loud and clear every fifteen minutes. The clock plays a part of a tune at the quarter hour and
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON One of the beautiful stories to come out of World War II is the story of the North Platte Canteen of North Platte, Nebraska. One day in late 1941, the North Platte Bulletin received a letter from a 26-year-old woman, Rae Wilson. She spoke of how the mothers of the boys in World War I set up
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Andrew Kelly, a 2001 graduate of Abilene Christian University, and his wife, Jenny, were in Abilene when Russia invaded Ukraine in February, but their hearts and minds immediately were back in the land they knew well. In 2003, Andrew and Steve Taliaferro, a 1990 ACU graduate, started a ministry called Jeremiah’s Hope that operated a rescue shelter in Ukraine that
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