Spirit of Abilene wants to share what’s happening at your place of worship with other Abilenians. Please send notice of events and ideas for human interest stories to: editor@spiritofabilene.com or call Loretta Fulton, editor, at 325-669-9006 Photo credit: MyTudut on Visual Hunt / CC BY-NC-SA BIG DADDY WEAVE BRINGS TOUR TO ABILENE The “When the Light Comes Tour” is coming to the Paramount Theater
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By LORETTA FULTON A large stone with the engraving, “Jesus, For You,” seemed an appropriate keepsake as an old garage was cleared from land recently acquired for an expansion of Brian Massey’s Houses for Healing. Massey had been looking for land to add 16 more tiny houses to the four already built on North Hickory Street. As it turned out,
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By LORETTA FULTON At 35, DeOri Newman may seem a little young to preach a Watch Night service, a tradition in predominantly African-American churches dating to the days of slavery. But Newman grew up attending the service, and its history and significance were passed on to him. “We would all go as a family,” Newman said. This year’s service will
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By LORETTA FULTON Churches joining forces to solve problems, the death of First Baptist Church stalwart Virginia Connally, the reassignment of a longtime priest at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the return of medical missionary Kent Brantly and his family to Africa five years after he contracted the deadly Ebola virus there, a national humanitarian award, and women preachers popping up
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By LORETTA FULTON The thought of a bunch of gifts under the tree on Christmas morning might have been dancing through the minds of children at a recent gift-making workshop, but you wouldn’t have known it. Boone Snodgrass, 7, was one of the children packing plastic bags with soft peppermints at a work station set up in the fellowship hall
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By LORETTA FULTON Two Christmas traditions, Las Posadas and a Living Nativity, will be a part of the Christmas activities in Abilene next week. Las Posadas, a tradition at St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church, will be each evening Monday through Dec. 24. Families ares hosts each night. The Living Nativity will be presented outdoors on the west side of Our Savior
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By LORETTA FULTON Technically, the church located at 1402 Grape St. is a United Methodist Church named Grace. But in reality, it is much more than that. It is a symbol of what can happen when two groups of people decide to join for the betterment of both. And, typical of today’s world, the two met on Facebook. Grace UMC, with
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By LORETTA FULTON Local and area Catholic churches will be have penance services during Advent, which begins Sunday. Advent marks the beginning of a new church year and is the season leading to Christmas. The final Sunday of Advent will be Dec. 22. The season often is observed with wreaths, which feature a candle to be lit each Sunday, or
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By LORETTA FULTON What could be more Christmasy than an outdoor sing-a-long ending with merry carolers belting out “Joy to the World” or an operatic rendition of Handel’s “Messiah”? How about voices from seven church choirs joining the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra for two presentations Dec. 7? And if that’s not enough, toss in a performance by the Abilene Christian School
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