Odessa church groups host Bible studies and events across week
Odessa area churches announce multiple programs with times and locations. Bible study on David at Odessa Tabernacle Church. garage sale at House of Prayer Baptist Church. Avanzini ministering on Biblical economics at Odessa Christian Faith Center. Elderberries Senior Ministry speaker series at First Christian Church. Grace Baptist Church hosts Quest for Truth prophecy conference. Shiloh Baptist hosts guest church from Lubbock. Bethany Christian plans Pray for America service and July cookout. Ministries of Faith World Outreach hosts visiting speakers. St Stephen’s Charismatic Episcopal Church marks fourth anniversary. Resurrection United Methodist Church runs Vacation Bible School with theme Sow Creek Junction.
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First Christian Church
N. Lee Ave
Elderberries
Pat Owsley
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Fort Griffin
Call
Ves E Resurrection United Methodist Church
W. 57Th St
Sow Creek Junction
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly convenes in Odessa
Odessa hosts the Cumberland Presbyterian Church General Assembly with over 1,200 delegates from Colombia and Japan attending. Rev. Robert Rush notes a worldwide membership exceeding 95,000 and explains the church's 1810 Dickson origins and 1889 women’s ordination, while highlighting cross denominational ties and global mission efforts in Liberia Tanzania and Hong Kong.
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Dessa
Holiday Inn Centre
United States
Colombia
Japan
Southern Baptists
New Orleans
Odessa
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Robert Rush
Presbyterian Church USA
Cumberland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Rush
Dickson
Tenn
Cheryl Homsher
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Homsher
el Paso
Hong Kong
General Assembly
Randy Jacob
Broken Bow
Okla
Craig Martindale
St. Andrew Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Paducah
Fathers and mothers in divorce myths and reforms
A critical look at who initiates divorce, highlighting Braver’s Phoenix study that women file 70 percent of divorces. The piece challenges “deadbeat dad” myths, cites no fault divorce, and urges reforms including cooling-off periods and joint custody to protect children’s interests.
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Sanford Braver
Phoenix
Braver
The
Washington Post
James
Sharon
Floyd
Bush
St Jude's fundraiser and a poetry contest announced coastal
St Jude's Children’s Research Hospital will sponsor a fund raiser at the Holiday Inn Centre in Odessa from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to raise 500 dollars by volunteers posing as inmates in a “Captured for Kids” bail effort. The Friendly Poets Society in Oregon offers a $1,000 grand prize plus 28 prizes totaling over 3,000 dollars in a free poetry contest with a July 16 deadline.
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St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Holiday Inn Centre
East Highway 80
St. Jude's
Southwest
Irving
Danny Thomas
Chassidy Felix
Friendly Poets Society
Oregon
Park View Lane
Fishers, Ind
Catholic lawmakers attend Mass in Mexico breaking church state taboo
In Mexico City a group of Roman Catholic lawmakers gathered for a Mass honoring St. Thomas More, challenging a century of legal separation between church and state. Cardinal Norberto Rivera led about 80 congressmen and senators, who said they attended as private citizens. Labor Secretary Carlos Abascal attended, highlighting political church ties amid debates over religion in public life.
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Mexico City
St. Thomas More
Mexico
Norberto Rivera
Pereiciane Ter
Rivera
Carlos Abascal
Vicente Fox
Abascal
And _ Fox
National Action Party
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Odessa Tabernacle Church
Oakwood Dr
David
House of Prayer Baptist Church
E. Pearl St
Odessa Christian Faith Center
Andrews Highway
John Avanzini
E Grace Baptist Church
Walnut Ave
Brad Courtney
Shiloh Baptist
S. Barrett Ave
Greater St. James Baptist Church
Lubbock
E.L. Harris
Bethany Christian Church
N. Everglade Ave
Ministries of Faith World Outreach Church
S. Grandview Ave
Gary Wood
Jeanette Hernandez
Gary Coe
Nancy Gray
St. Stephen’s
Gary Payne
Jacob
Michael McManus
St. Jude’s
Odessa American
Poetry Society
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