MARTIN, Tenn. (BP) – Jason Simpson remembers the “aha” moment for his son, Ty.
Good News Church in Tacoma, Wash., holds weekly services in Russian, Ukrainian and English. Submitted photo
TACOMA, Wash. (BP) – As lead pastor of Good News Church in Tacoma, Moscow-born Vasiliy Stupin appreciates the reconciling power of the Gospel among the church’s 800 or so members and attendees from Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe.
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As Thanksgiving approaches most of us will have an opportunity to unplug, evaluate, and offer thanks to God for the numerous blessings in our lives without the typical interruptions which accompany our normal routines. Yet, this familiar season of gratitude also exposes the nagging, internal struggle that wreaks havoc in the typical American heart. Though we want to grow in thankfulness, enticements toward greed often overcome us.
“First Thanksgiving” by Sidney King. Photo from Berkeleyplantation.com
The feast enjoyed by the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag people in 1621 is what most people think of as the first Thanksgiving. However, the first recorded English day of Thanksgiving in the New World actually took place at “Berkeley 100” in Virginia two years earlier.
Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson led the Crimson Tide to a 37-20 victory over Tennessee Oct. 18. Photo by Kent Gidley
MARTIN, Tenn. (BP) – Jason Simpson remembers the “aha” moment for his son, Ty.
In preparation for their annual Thanksgiving Day outreach, which Oak View Baptist Church in Irving, Texas has been hosting for 32 years, teams of volunteers gathered to assemble and distribute 400 gift baskets to apartment complexes and mobile home parks throughout the city. Submitted photo
IRVING, Texas – It may not be the most populous at 255,000 people, but Irving, Texas, just may be the most diverse city in the nation. A 2012 study by a real estate website named 75038, the zip code in North Irving, the most diverse zip code in the United States.
Good News Church in Tacoma, Wash., holds weekly services in Russian, Ukrainian and English. Submitted photo
TACOMA, Wash. (BP) – As lead pastor of Good News Church in Tacoma, Moscow-born Vasiliy Stupin appreciates the reconciling power of the Gospel among the church’s 800 or so members and attendees from Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe.
