Be a part of the Now and Later International Baby Shower on Saturday, February 1 in Weems Hall. Adults on Missions is hosting a baby shower for our own Brandon and Amy Howell. She is due at the end of February. The couple teach art at Rio Vista International Missionary School in Rio de Janeiro,…
From My View… By: Lyndon Marcotte There are as many reasons why people begin a yoga practice as there are different ways to practice. I first tried meditation as way of coping with chronic illness and stress a few years ago. After a few months my symptoms improved, and something else happened that I…
From My View… By: Lee Weems Compassion is the driving force behind helping others. Jesus was asked the question, “Who is my neighbor?” The wise teacher did not offer land barriers but expanded the view of the young man to people. When we observe the Lord’s Supper, we receive a Benevolence offering. At the…
Anxiety and panic were the feelings that seemed to rule my heart Monday. Part of it was realizing that Christmas will be here next week and I don’t feel the least bit ready. I don’t even have the lists started to finish shopping for final gifts and Christmas dinner too. My in-laws are coming, but…
At the beginning of 2012 Cindy and I began our journeys between the Tohoku Region of Northeast Japan, which was affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and our residence in Osaka. The trip one way is around 750 miles. Since then we have served in the disaster area 6 times. We normally stay between…
Cindy Ruble will never forget that day in 2007 when the morning was interrupted by the earth rumbling and the house shaking. One earthquake followed another that day in West Sumatra, Indonesia, where she and her husband, Eddy, were ministering as Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel. Just two years later another major earthquake would shake…
From My View: Karen Hamilton This will be my first family holiday without my father, which is immediately followed by his birthday. Though I am very thankful for all of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me…November is bittersweet this year. As I think about how much more he will be missed in the…