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Lufkin church builds house for Buckner family in Rio Grande Valley
Members of First Baptist Church in Lufkin, Texas, are changing the lives of a family living almost 500 miles away with the gift of a brand...
On top of paradise: Buckner in Ethiopia helps family through microenterprise
Atop a mountain outside of Bishoftu, Ethiopia, the air is pure. It runs effortlessly through the nostrils, invigorating the body with each breath on this 76-degree day....
A family everywhere they go: How Doug and Teresa opened their hearts and home to foster children
Doug and Theresa Lovett like to say they entered foster care through the back door. Their first placement was unconventional and without formal training, as they quite...
Baptist Retirement Community expansion will provide full continuum of care for seniors
Baptist Retirement Community is nearing the completion of its two new memory care assisted living homes, making the community the only one in the Concho Valley area...
10 ways you can make a difference in 2015
The New Year is here, and we’re all looking for ways to improve our lives. Why not look for ways to improve the lives of others, too?...
Fostering through faith: One woman’s courage and compassion through loss and grief
On a warm June night, DeeAn Thompson and her elderly neighbor, N.E. Tittle, scan his pitch-black, 20-acre field with their flashlights. It's after 10 p.m., and DeeAn's...
Sharing our blessings
By Paul Clark “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” Psalm 139:14...
Reporter-Telegram highlights new Buckner Midland leader
Jordan Parnell, new executive director for Buckner in Midland, was featured in the Midland Reporter-Telegram. Parnell earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of...
Project Go volunteer: ‘I was made for one purpose’
Hannah Hagar served with Project Go for five weeks in the Rio Grande Valley in 2013 with a small team of young people from her church, Memorial...