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- Like any other youth pastor, Yolanda Fish of Odessa First Presbyterian Church likes to keep her finger on the pulse of the younger generation, teens whose lives are so frequently full of distractions and... Full story
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- The Rev. Mueller hopes to bring unity to area’s faith-based institutions
- BY MATTHEW MCGOWAN
- With approximately 70 local churches in its ranks, the Odessa Ministerial Alliance's newly re-elected president, the Rev. Michael Mueller, has a few plans for the local religious entity. He said the purpose of the alliance, essentially, is to take on... Full story
- Raising the roof for God
- Gospel music festival to feature ‘best of the best of the region’
- BY MATTHEW MCGOWAN
- Local Pastor Don Norris just couldn't make any sense of it.
Out in West Texas in one of the most devout areas amid some of God's most talented people, he had to get in a car and drive for hours before he could attend a gospel music festival - or at least... Full story

- Odessans set sights to south
- Couple aims to establish
- BY MATTHEW MCGOWAN
- It's the second-poorest nation in Central America, is 97 percent Roman Catholic and "has an extraordinarily unequal distribution of income and high unemployment," according to the CIA World Factbook.
It's called Honduras, a little nation of about 8 million... Full story

- ‘Be Still' blurs division between mainstream and Christian music
- Midland musician says he makes faith inherent part of album, not repeated theme
- BY MATTHEW MCGOWAN
- Bill Yuhasz hopes his music will "tug at your heart strings."
And, with God in his corner, it just might.
The 30-year-old Midland musician celebrated the release of his debut album "Be Still" on Thursday evening at Midland's Stonegate Fellowship... Full story

- Local Christians re-prioritize
- First Priority returns on-campus leadership to students’ hands
- BY MATTHEW MCGOWAN
- One local Christian organization could have made a venerable beef Tower of Babel in Odessa High's parking lot on Monday.
The 1,800 beef patties, assuming a height of about 1/2 inch if stacked without buns, would have reached about 75 feet toward the... Full story

- Bigger and better in Gardendale
- Church experiences explosive growth
- BY MATTHEW MCGOWAN
- Gardendale is blooming.
And one of God's houses there is set to sprout some new leaves this weekend.
When the Rev. Terry Easley became the pastor at First Southern Baptist Church in Gardendale about four years ago, the congregation's core attendance... Full story

- Promising developments
- Church coalition receives facility donation, adds to its roster
- BY MATTHEW MCGOWAN
- Only one string was attached to the donation of the facility: The church ministry must accept it fully furnished - no ifs, ands or buts about it.
That, coupled with another church signing on, pushed one local promise two steps closer to being fulfilled.
Eleven... Full story

- Odessans walk the Stations of the Cross
- Christians join trek even as it winds through streets of town
- BY MATTHEW MCGOWAN
- Seventy-five people arrived at the park Friday afternoon to retrace the steps Jesus took en route to his crucifixion in Golgotha outside Jerusalem - only their plan was to make that journey fall somewhere closer to home.
The gathering of 75 worshippers... Full story

- Local groups prepare for Passover
- Both Jews and gentiles celebrate
- BY MATTHEW MCGOWAN
- Spring has come; birds sing and trees flower. So let's eat.For Jews in the Permian Basin and across the globe, a spring bloom means it's time for Passover, the seven- or eight-day Jewish festival featuring a couple of sacred feasts that, for lack of a... Full story

- Peace-ing it together
- New local pastor brings conflict resolution to Christian ministry
- BY MATTHEW MCGOWAN
- A new pastor took the helm of the Sixth & Jackson Church of Christ three months ago, but he knows how to be more than a liaison between God and the congregation.
It turns out he makes a great middleman in lots of ways.
Turning to a biblical summary... Full story