By Ginger Bartee Friendship Baptist Church will open the doors to its annual Harvest Acre Bazaar at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, Nov.23.

By Ginger Bartee The deadline for the annual Operation Christmas Child shoebox collection for 2024 is Monday, Nov. 18.

Jesus said: “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at feasts, who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” (Mark 12:38-40) Jesus spoke this word of warning from the Temple in Jerusalem, just a few days before he died on the cross. But what is he warning us against? How can we protect ourselves?

By Ginger Bartee This year’s Community Thanksgiving Service will be hosted by First Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 6:00 p.m.

By Sam Waller Closet Angels will operate with a pared-down schedule for the next few weeks to allow volunteers to spend time with their families. Director Lori Reames said the ministry will be opennormalhoursMonday, Nov.

By Donnie L. Lucas The junior high one-act play cast and crew are competing with the comedy “The Love of Three Oranges” at UIL one-act play competition today in Stamford.

By Sam Waller TheShackelfordCounty Showdown returns Sunday, Dec. 1 at the Shackelford County Showbarn.

By Donnie A. Lucas Rehearsals are continuing for the 2024 production of “The Nativity,” with performancessetforDec.13 and14attheAztecTheater.

Victor R. Pierson of Galveston, Texas, has been elected to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board of directors by its member banks.

By Sam Waller A perfect storm of circumstances led to the cancellation Friday, Nov. 8 of the Albany Lions’ regular-series finale againsttheHamlinPiedPipers.