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College students ‘Focus’ on sharing gospel
Posted: 9/21/07
College students ‘Focus’ on sharing gospel
By Eric Guel
Texas Baptist Communications
ARLINGTON—More than 2,000 Texas Baptist college students prepared for the school year by taking a hard look at the needs of the world around them.
“The story of Jesus Christ — it’s the story of all stories,” Mike Stroope of Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary told the crowd at Focus, sponsored by the Baptist General Convention of Texas. “His story pursues us; it transforms us. We need to listen to his story, and turn other stories down.”
See a slideshow of photos from Focus here. Campus groups gathered to pray for students at their respective schools during Focus. (Photos by Eric Guel) 09/21/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Church offers motorists bargain gas and full service
Posted: 9/21/07
Church offers motorists bargain gas and full service
By George Henson
Staff Writer
SCHULENBURG—Not too many people have experienced blessings at the gas pump lately, but residents of Schulenburg did recently, thanks to First Baptist Church.
For a couple of hours on a Saturday, the church pumped gas and washed the car windows of patrons of Alfie’s Food Mart & Shell Station, all the while subsidizing the price of gas by 50 cents a gallon. So, the bargain rate for gasoline was $2.19 a gallon rather than the $2.69 that had been posted.
Volunteers from First Baptist Church in Schulenburg washed windows and pumped 1,758 gallons of cut-rate gasoline for local motorists as a good-will gesture to their community—and as a way to earn a hearing for a gospel witness. 09/21/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Rap tells story of foster child’s forgiveness of mother
Posted: 9/21/07
Marla Rushing, director of corporate training for Baptist Child & Family Services, talks with Jacob Favela, who led a workshop at the National Independent Conference in Denver on using music to help in the process of forgiveness. (BCFS photo by Martin Olivares) Rap tells story of foster
child’s forgiveness of motherBy Haley Smith
Baptist Child & Family Services
KERRVILLE—Jacob Favela vividly remembers standing outside a bar in the middle of the night with two trash bags full of toys in hand, watching his mother drive away. He was five years old.
Neither will he ever forget, years later, an elderly woman beckoning him to her porch. “Jesus loves you, young man” was the sum of the conversation.
09/21/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Baylor students take ‘First Step’ into community service
Posted: 9/20/07
The completed Habitat for Humanity house frame remained on the Baylor campus for one week to draw support for the project. It was moved to its permanent location and is scheduled for completion in November. (Baylor University photos) Baylor students take ‘First Step’
into community serviceBy Katie Brooks
Baylor University
WACO—Together, Baylor University students removed graffiti scrawled on the walls of downtown Waco businesses, cleared debris from along the Brazos River, improved walking paths in a scenic part of the city, and framed a Habitat for Humanity house for a local family.
The students experienced a crash-course in the importance of service and vocation as they participated in the recent First Step community service project.
09/20/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Missouri Baptist conference center wins latest round in legal battle
Posted: 9/18/07
Missouri Baptist conference center
wins latest round in legal battleBy Vicki Brown
Associated Baptist Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP)—Windermere Baptist Conference Center will not face a trial this year in its continuing legal battle with the Missouri Baptist Convention, thanks to a judge’s ruling.
The decision is a victory for the center, encouraging supporters but angering attorneys for the state convention, who called it a “delaying tactic.”
09/18/2007 - By John Rutledge
