By JIM NICHOLS The local church I attend shares weekly Eucharist. The pattern, as in many churches, is to pass a communion plate containing bread and another container with individual plastic cups of wine/juice. With the onset of COVID, that pattern changed. Now, upon entering, each individual picks up a two-in-one item consisting of a small disposable cup of juice with
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By LORETTA FULTON The Barna organization was commissioned to “research how young Christians’ perspectives on missions are different from older believers.’” The Southern Baptist Convention, which commissioned the research project, could have saved some money by asking Travis Craver instead. “This younger generation, they’re not OK with the ‘Okey Doke,’” said Craver, who is director of chapel and spiritual formation
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BY LORETTA FULTON School supplies may be dominating the display areas in stores, but that doesn’t mean summer is entirely over. Vacation Bible School–a summertime standard–is still around. At least four churches have VBS scheduled before July ends. Two churches–First Central Presbyterian and Southern Hills Church of Christ–are staging one-day events, while South Pointe Church and First Christian Church are
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON You walk through the doors of your congregation on any given Sunday and what do you see? If your congregation mirrors others, you see people. There are short ones, tall ones, old ones, young ones, and those between the groups. A few older men will be wearing suits, and some ladies may even have a hat. Nowadays,
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B.O.B.S., or Breakfast on Beech Street, will begin serving sit-down hot meals again beginning Monday, July 19. Since the onset of COVID in 2020, service at B.O.B.S. had been limited to take-out meals that included breakfast bars, bottled juice, and coffee, plus a sandwich and fruit for lunch. Beginning July 19, the traditional hot breakfasts will return, plus the sandwich
Read moreBy JIM NICHOLS When I was a boy, I kept falling and skinning my knee or elbow. My mother would paint it with mercurochrome and put on a Band-aid. The goal was to kill potentially infectious bacteria and to cover the wound so it could heal rapidly. The Band-aid itself was a small white strip of flexible cloth backed by
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Wendy KilmerACU Director of Communications and Media Relations Beginning in October 2021, Abilene Christian University’s traditional gathering for church leaders will take a new shape with two events each year, both focused on specific small-group communities with an emphasis on fellowship and dialogue. The 115th annual ACU Summit will take place Oct. 14-15 with a theme of “Seeking Hope, Finding Joy.”
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By LORETTA FULTON Kenna Hogan was on a tour of the Buffalo Gap Historic Village as a college intern when she first learned about the Rev. Mary Lee Cagle, “The Mother of Holiness in West Texas.” It would take a few more years, but Hogan finally got the opportunity to make Cagle’s story more accessible for visitors to the village,
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON The fog had rolled in when James punched out to go home. He entered his car and immediately knew it would be a slow drive with fog so thick he could barely see anything of any distance. James spotted some taillights in front and thought to himself, “This guy seems to be moving pretty well; I’ll follow
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