Easter church events fill weekend schedule
Numerous Odessa area churches announce Easter activities from egg hunts and sunrise services to noon programs and concerts. Highlights include First Christian Church toddlers to fifth grade hunt at 2 to 4 p.m. today, St Matthew Baptist sunrise service at 5 a.m., and CDA Odessa presenting RISEN in multiple languages with nursery services.
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First Christian Church
N. Lee Ave
Odessa Christian Faith Center
Andrews Highway
St. Matthew Baptist Church
Barrett Ave
Odessa
Jesus Christ
Mike Neely
YMCA
E. University Blvd
CDA
N. Lauderdale
Crossroadsodessa
Crossroadsfellowship.cc
First Baptist Church
Fbcodessa.com
New Life Church
Newlifeodessa.org
First Presbyterian Church
N. Sam Houston Ave
Fpc
LBJ Elementary
Amber Drive
Thebridge Odessa.org
Easter brings big crowds to Odessa churches
Odessa churches expect Easter Sunday turnout surges with First Christian Church drawing about 100 regulars and 150 on Easter while CrossRoads Fellowship hosts about 2,000 weekly, rising 75 to 80 percent on Easter. CDA Evangelical notes roughly double attendance from 200 to 400 across services. pastors cite tradition, schedules, and transformative potential.
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First Christian Church
Steven Digby
Jones
CDA Evangelical
Eli Emiliano
Emiliano
Southern Baptists plant churches to grow outreach in New England
In Fall River Massachusetts Pastor Tom Cabral leads Redemption Fellowship in a former sports bar now church. The Southern Baptist Convention has planted dozens of churches across New England since 2002 as part of a multi million dollar push into the region. Cabral, a Somerset native, evangelizes on street corners and at traffic islands while quoting that God aims to change the city.
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Tom Cabral
The
Redemption Fellowship
Fall River
Mass
Cabral
Southern Baptist Convention
New England
Redemption Fellowship of
South
Somerset
Massachusetts
Southern Baptists
Baptists
Meaning of equality guest column by Jared Wellman
Jared Wellman senior pastor at Mission Dorado Baptist Church argues that homosexuals should not have the right to marry, asserting marriage is defined as a union of husband and wife and that equal rights do not imply participation in every action. See Wellman Page 4B.
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Emmaus
St. Andrew Cumberland Presbyterian Church
N. Grandview Ave
Crescent Park Baptist Church
E. University Blvd
Templo Rey de Reyes
N. Dixie Blvd
S. Grant Ave
Wellman
Mission Dorado Baptist Church
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Jared Wellman
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