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Hollywood faithful want to impact entertainment industry
Posted: 9/16/05
Students in the Act One internship program gathered in California this summer for a three-month course in how to become Christian filmmakers and directors. (Photos courtesy of Rob Kirbyson) Hollywood faithful want
to impact entertainment industryBy Sarah Price Brown
Religion News Service
LOS ANGELES (RNS)–It's hip to be spiritual in Hollywood these days, as long as you're not religious. The way the fashionable set see it, Scientology and Kabbalah are in; Christi-anity is out.
09/16/2005 - By John Rutledge
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How to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina
Posted: 9/16/05
How to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina
Financial contributions to the Baptist General Convention of Texas designated "Katrina relief" benefit the disaster relief ministries of Texas Baptist Men and other Texas Baptist ministries to victims of the hurricane. Mail to: BGCT Controller's Office, 333 N. Washington, Dallas 75246 or give online by credit card at www.bgct.org. The Texas Baptist Missions Foundation also can accept disaster relief contributions by credit card. Call toll-free (800) 558-8263.
To give specifically to Texas Baptist Men ministries, send checks designated “Katrina relief” to Texas Baptist Men, 333 N. Washington, Dallas 75246. To assist Baptist Child & Family Services ministries to people displaced by the hurricane–including people with special needs–send a check designated "hurricane relief" to Baptist Child & Family Services, 909 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 800, San Antonio 78209; donate by credit card at (210) 832-5000 or online at www.bcfs.net. The agency needs medical volunteers for its special-needs shelters. For more information, call (210) 283-5113 or (888) 545-4222, toll-free. 09/16/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Anglo, Hispanic Plano churches see themselves as partners
Posted: 9/16/05
Jerry Carlisle (left) pastor of First Baptist Church in Plano, shows Albert Reyes, president of Baptist University of the Americas, the new facilities of Primera Iglesia Bautista. Anglo, Hispanic Plano churches
see themselves as partnersBy George Henson
Staff Writer
PLANO–If checkbooks reflect priorities, First Baptist Church in Plano is serious about reaching the growing Hispanic population in its area.
09/16/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Meeting needs with love ‘That’s what churches do’
Posted: 9/16/05
Volunteers at Copperfield Church in Houston listen to a Louisiana evacuee after serving him dinner. About 100 people were housed at the church after fleeing the storm. (Photo by John Hall) Meeting needs with love:
'That's what churches do'By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
HOUSTON–Even before first-responders like the Red Cross or Salvation Army, Copperfield Bap-tist Church in Houston opened its facilities to shelter hurricane evacuees from Louisiana.
09/16/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Ongoing Mary Hill Davis Offering support needed, leaders say
Posted: 9/16/05
Texas Baptist Men volunteers prepare a pot of corn for victims of Hurricane Katrina staying in Orange. TBM has prepared more than 500,000 meals for people who evacuated Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. At right, a young evacuee receives a hot meal and clean water. (Photos by John Hall and John Shelton) Ongoing Mary Hill Davis
Offering support needed, leaders sayBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
For nearly four decades, Texas Baptist ministry to people affected by natural disaster has been closely related to ongoing state missions.
09/16/2005 - By John Rutledge
To assist Baptist Child & Family Services ministries to people displaced by the hurricane–including people with special needs–send a check designated "hurricane relief" to Baptist Child & Family Services, 909 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 800, San Antonio 78209; donate by credit card at (210) 832-5000 or online at 
