Saturday, January 17, 1998

Boys to present concert next Friday in Breckenridge

By JOHN STARBUCK / Abilene Reporter-News

BRECKENRIDGE -- The Florida Boys will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Breckenridge High School Auditorium.

Tickets are $5 in advance and, if available, $8 at the door.

Advance tickets may be purchased at Songs & Psalms in Cisco; Breck Auto or His Way Bookstore, both in Breckenridge; Good News Bookstore, Abilene; K&K Motors or A Little Bit of Heaven, both in Graham; Throckmorton Tribune, Throckmorton; and Eastco Fuel, Gorman.

The concert is sponsored by Word of Life Ministries.

Coleman

The Rev. Hamp Linehan of Whitewright has been called as the new pastor of First Baptist Church.

The pastor of Whitewright First Baptist Church, he and his wife, Cathy, and their family will move to Coleman in about three weeks.

Linehan is a graduate of the University of North Texas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.

He replaces the Rev. Gary Boyd, who retired last June.

Coleman County

The Coleman Baptist Association will meet Tuesday at Valera Baptist Church.

The executive board and Women's Missionary Union will gather at 6 p.m., with dinner being served at 6:30.

A program on prayer ministry begins at 7:15 p.m.

Merkel

A candlelight prayer vigil marking the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision regarding Roe vs. Wade will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at City Hall.

It is sponsored by the Merkel Pastors' Association.

Runnels County

The Runnels Baptist Association will meet Monday at Paint Rock First Baptist Church.

The executive board and Women's Missionary Union will gather at 5:30 p.m., with dinner being served at 6:15.

A worship program begins at 7 p.m.

Throckmorton

First Baptist Church will have a men's prayer breakfast at 8 a.m. Sunday.

Tuscola

DivorceCare, a weekly seminar and support group for people who are separated or divorced, will meet on Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. at Elm Valley Community Church, beginning Wednesday.

Cost is $5 for the workbook. Childcare will be provided.

For more information, call Sue Thrasher at 572-3564 or James Martin, 690-1995.

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