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7 reasons you should do something different with your summer

Project Go is a month-long summer volunteer program for college students and young adults to travel to a foreign country, immerse themselves in the culture and serve...
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BREAKING: Shoes reach Iraqis under siege

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following account came straight from a humanitarian aid worker in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, who distributed shoes on Sept. 26, 2015 on behalf...
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Faith Focus: #PotterItForward

Eighteen years ago, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was published, sparking a phenomenon that changed the lives of young people worldwide. Suddenly, a generation spoke of...
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Friday Photo: Kurdistan shoe delivery

Through a partner organization, Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® was able to serve Yazidi refugee children in Iraq who have fled their homes because of terrorist attacks...
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Buckner Family Place, My Father’s House Lubbock become Buckner Family Pathways

Buckner Family Place ministries across the state and My Father’s House Lubbock have been renamed Buckner Family Pathways to reflect consistency among the efforts to empower single-parent...
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Faith Focus: The problem with to-do lists

“Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wants...
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Friday photo: Building Community

Aramark employees volunteered through Buckner as part of its Building Community Day. They sorted shoes donated through Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls®, helped organize clothes and food...
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A sweet legacy

Susana Guevara, program coordinator for Buckner Family Place in Amarillo, was praying for a baker. She wanted to bless the residents at Family Place with a special...
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Faith Focus: Drowning

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power...
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SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY TO HOST BIRTHDAY BASH FOR CENTENARIANS

By: Amy Jones, Forté Group, Inc. Living to 100 years old is a milestone not experienced by many, but several centenarians right in Beaumont have reached 100...
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