Good will to all
      ELIJAH'S CAFE in Jasper is known for its holiday dinners.This meal for the Methodist Christian School teachers, students, parents and grandparents in Newton was just a warmup for the big Christmas Eve feast from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec.
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Rosewood welcomes new pastor
      The Rosewood Missionary Baptist Church in Jasper is introducing their new pastor A. Kenneth Mc Innis and wife Lynda from Kirbyville. Mc Innis has not only been a pastor, but a police chaplain with the Jasper County Sheriff's Department and is currently the chaplain of the Kirbyville Police Depart...
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Bits of Faith
      Newton puppets The Methodist Christian School will present its annual Christmas program Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. Newton Players will present the puppet play, The Innkeeper's Wife. Refreshments will be served.
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Rejoice in promised homecoming
JOE MILLER JR.
      Isaiah 35:1-10 In 1943, Bing Crosby recorded I'll Be Home for Christmas. Within a month, the song hit in the top of the music charts and remained there for 11 weeks. It touched a tender place in the hearts of Americans, both soldiers and civilians, who were then in the depths of World War II....
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