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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 2000
Page
6
Terry Burns of Canyon notes 184 churches joined to produce Festival 2000 delivering Christmas gifts to children worldwide. He says the event promotes Christian love as a path to life change, with the festival stressing God's power to bring unity beyond differing Bible interpretations and society's claims of peace.
Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, told Amarillo Globe-News editors that politics cannot solve a nation’s problems without a right relationship with God. He addressed Jesse Jackson, homosexuality, slavery, Clinton Lewinsky scandal, Columbine, and the role of Christians in public life during Texas Panhandle Festival 2000 events at Dick Bivins Stadium.
City officials advise festival attendees to use designated routes to ease congestion as traffic diverts toward the Franklin Graham Festival 200. Major arteries may experience delays. drivers should plan ahead and seek alternate paths as directed by organizers.
The Graham family festival at Dick Bivins Stadium continues at 7 p.m. today and Sunday with video displays and a seating of thousands. Franklin Graham receives a city key from Trent Lisemore while Monsignor Joe Tash offers opening prayers. Astronaut Rick Husband records a video testimony urging faith as Billy Graham’s legacy and a June 1953 Amarillo Crusade history frame this modern event.
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