Staff Report
• Odessa American
ODESSA/MIDLAND, TEXAS - The West Texas Food Bank has scheduled Holiday Drive-Thru Pantry from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the following dates and locations ...
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Friday, December 25, 2020
In the News ... "Drive-Thru Food Pantries"
Staff Report
• Odessa American
ODESSA/MIDLAND, TEXAS - The West Texas Food Bank has scheduled Holiday Drive-Thru Pantry from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the following dates and locations ...
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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook
The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: December 25, 2020
The story of Jesus’ birth reminds us of home, too ...
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Thursday, December 24, 2020
In the News ... "Second Baptist hosts 65th live nativity"
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| OA Photo by Ben Powell |
By Tony Venegas, Reporter
• Odessa American
ODESSA, TEXAS - For the past 64 years, members of the Second Baptist Church in Odessa have celebrated the Christmas season with a live nativity scene to share with the community. The church will have the opportunity to make it 65 years this December, with a slightly different look ...
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From ServLife International ... "Prayer for Raja: Update"
ServLife International is a movement defined by values of God’s kingdom, not programs built around human efforts and activities. The reign and rule of God should be made apparent to every person on the planet, despite their religion, race or socioeconomic status. We believe that issues of justice are inseparable from the good news that Jesus Christ came to proclaim. ServLife exists to take the gospel of Christ and the hope of a better, more just, world to the lives of people we touch. This happens through individual contributions of time, creativity, resources and dreams. |
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Raja, our India Director overseeing the children's ministry, has been sick with pneumonia and was relieved that his COVID-19 test came back negative. He's been slowly getting better and is now home!
He was moved to a private room Saturday evening and was discharged today. He's so glad to be home for Christmas.
Thank you for your prayers, and please continue to pray for a full recovery for Raja and a good Christmas at home with his family.
Thank you,
From Adam Nevins
Executive Director
ServLife International Inc.
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In the News ... "Holiday meal looks a bit different"
By Michael Bauer, Reporter
• Odessa American
ODESSA, TEXAS - In a year that has included finding new ways to provide services, the Odessa Salvation Army has continued to do just that. This year, one of those ways will be an inaugural Christmas Dinner that will be put on at the shelter ...
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From Partners Relief & Development ... “Your 2020 Christmas survival guide”
Steve and Oddny Gumaer started Partners Relief and Development in response to the needs of refugees and displaced people from Burma, and now in the Middle East, as well. Their mission is to demonstrate, through holistic action, God’s love to children and communities made vulnerable by war in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other conflict zones.Your 2020 Christmas survival guide
How do you celebrate the most wonderful time of the (WORST) year ever?
• As safely as possible.
• Lots of board games and walks.
• By helping those who have lost everything.
• Hot cocoa, mulled wine, cookies, candles.
• With loads of gratitude and hope.
2020 is the perfect year to embrace the Icelandic tradition of tucking into a new book and a chocolate bar on Christmas Eve. So everyone in my family will get a book (I ordered this one for myself) and a bar of this chocolate.
I will also spend some time reflecting on how for 9 whole months, when anxiety and contagion surrounded us all, you still thought of others. That might take awhile.
Because all this odd year long, you quietly, consistently, kindly, gave.
Bit by bit, you allowed us to ...
Thank you so much,
Jenn Tendero
VP of Strategic Engagement
Partners Relief and Development
Parking Lot Christmas Eve Service
Grace Presbyterian Church
2801 N. Garfield St., Midland, TX
MIDLAND, TEXAS - Come to the north parking lot, remain in your vehicle, and tune your radio to FM 89.1.
This is a new and different way to celebrate the birth of our Savior, but celebrate we will, even in the midst of a pandemic.
We will tell the story of Jesus: through scripture and song, sharing communion, and lighting glow sticks (instead of candles).
• The bulletin for the service is attached ...
MIDLAND, TEXAS - Come to the north parking lot, remain in your vehicle, and tune your radio to FM 89.1.
This is a new and different way to celebrate the birth of our Savior, but celebrate we will, even in the midst of a pandemic.
We will tell the story of Jesus: through scripture and song, sharing communion, and lighting glow sticks (instead of candles).
• The bulletin for the service is attached ...
In the News ... "Profundity of Christmas examined"
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| OA Photo by Jacob Ford |
By Bob Campbell, Reporter
• Odessa American
ODESSA, TEXAS - Christmas is a combination of so many things that the totality of it may be hard to grasp.
A holiday, a commercial extravaganza, a religious observance, a time of reflection — Christmas is all of those and more and clergymen say more focus is needed on its true essence to dispel confusion.
The Revs. Curtis Benninghoff, Michael Sis and Mike McGuire say the best approach is to see it in terms of its sacredness ...
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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook
The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: December 24, 2020
The run-of-the-mill places that our family visited before the pandemic seemed like king’s palaces to the tykes, who couldn’t wait to take a ride on the elevator.
How impressed the girls were with the plush pillows, flat-screen TVs and kid-sized refrigerators. Being able to commandeer the remote and get sweet treats from vending machines down the hall added to their delight.
I had those stays in the back of my mind when we recently read the story of Jesus’ birth as part of a reading lesson for my 4-year-old daughter. Her 6-year-old sister sat with us to listen ...
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From Catholic Charities USA ... "Advent and Christmas Daily Reflections"
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent
"It’s almost here, it’s almost here!” A childlike joy sprung from my heart as I flipped my 2020 calendar and saw we were finally in December. Christmas is my most favorite of all holidays. As a child, every day that passed was one day closer to the joys that only Christmas and the arrival of baby Jesus could bring. So here we are now, the day before ...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020
In the News ... "PHOTO ALBUM: Odessa students sing carols at State Highway 191 cross"
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| MRT Photos by Tim Fischer |
By Tim Fischer, Photographer
• Midland Reporter-Telegram
ODESSA, TEXAS - A public gathering 12/17/2020 at the cross and worship area along Hwy 191, celebrating the reason for the season, Jesus Christ. ...
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In the News ... "Trinity finds new ways to give back amid the pandemic"
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| Photo Courtesy Of Lauren Friday/Trinity School |
By Jacy Lewis, Reporter/Photographer
• Midland Reporter-Telegram
MIDLAND, TEXAS - Trinity School students and faculty have found different ways to give back to the community during the pandemic.
This is the 16th year for Operation Bless the Children – families fill up backpacks for Hope Invasion ministry that distributes the bags to students in Mexico. First-grade teacher Terry Miller organizes the initiative every year, and her students help load backpacks for travel.
Upper School students created canvases for hospice patients, hosted a clothing and duffel bag drive for Fostering Restoration and a toy drive for Centers for Children and Families.
Kobi Lincoln, director of institutional advancement, said the student council will be donating $500 in gift cards to housekeeping staff at Midland Memorial Hospital. Impact Club held a drive for the Field’s Edge; the student group that collected the most toiletries would win a no-uniform day.
“Many of the things we usually do, like going to sing at the soup kitchen or visiting the nursing homes to sing Christmas carols, aren’t happening this year,” she said. “The Operation Bless the Children is something we do every year, but we have shifted our focus more to drives or through letter writing because in-person volunteering is so limited right now.”
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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook
The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: December 23, 2020
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| Rev. Dr. David King |
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
In the News ... "PHOTO ALBUM: First Christian Church's Night in Bethlehem"
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| MRT Photo by Jacy Lewis |
By Jacy Lewis, Photographer
• Midland Reporter-Telegram
MIDLAND, TEXAS - First Christian Church held a drive-thru event called Night in Bethlehem on Sunday, December 13 ...
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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook
The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: December 22, 2020
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| Photo by Anghaarad Teague Dees |
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Monday, December 21, 2020
In the News ... "PHOTO ALBUM: Feast of Sharing continues through distributions and home deliveries"
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| MRT Photo by Tim Fischer |
By Tim Fischer, Photographer
• Midland Reporter-Telegram
Staff and volunteers helped load boxes with 60-80 pounds of food per family 12/18/2020 afternoon outside the Greater Ideal Baptist Church food pantry as holiday food boxes from the West Texas Food Bank as well as 10 holiday meals of turkey, mashed potatoes and green beans, from HEB as part of their Feast of Sharing ...
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In the News ... "Seminarian gets experience at St. Stephen’s"
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| OA Photo by Eli Hartman |
By Ruth Campbell, Reporter
• Odessa American
MIDLAND, TEXAS - Joshua Basse has just started his road to becoming a priest and it has begun with a stop at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Midland.
A former Crockett Middle School science teacher, Basse began seminary at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana, in August ...
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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook
The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: December 21, 2020
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| Photo courtesy of Pixabay |
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Sunday, December 20, 2020
In the News ... "Crescent Park Baptist donates $5,000 to West Texas Food Bank"
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| KOSA Photo |
By Shelby Landgraf, Reporter
• KOSA-TV
ODESSA, TEXAS - A small Odessa church made a large donation to the West Texas Food Bank this week.
Crescent Park Baptist Church donated $5,000 to the Food Bank. That will provide 40,000 meals to hungry West Texans in need ...
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In the News ... "More than 400 families receive Angel Tree donations in Midland"
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| Photo by Salvation Army/WLUC |
By Stephanie Douglas, Reporter
• KOSA-TV
MIDLAND, TEXAS - The holiday season is all about giving back. That’s why the Salvation Army in Midland hosts its Angel Tree gift program every year ...
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