ORGANIZATIONS

Gospel of Life Church New Years Party Gospel of Life Church’s pastors Santos and Maria Gonzales announce their New Years Eve Experience and Praise Party with evangelist Sonia Bass on Saturday, Dec. 31 at 10 p.m. The church is located at 193 North FM 487. Heavenly Treasures closed through Jan.

It starts with you

We live close to a small community where my dad pastored a church a million years ago. After my family moved away the church building burned down and they relocated across town but eventually the church disbanded.

The land of Beginning Again

Iwish that there were some wonderful place Called the Land of Beginning Again Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches And all of our grief and sin Could be dropped like a shabby old coat by the door And never be put on again.

Oney Toy Run provides a Merry Christmas

The Buddy Oney Toy Run and The Bad To The Bone Riders presented checks all over Milam County this week so our less fortunate kids would be able to have a Merry Christmas. The group presented Jean Weed and the CPS Board with check for $1,575 in the top right photo.

Trail Life troop meeting

Trail Life Troop TX-1516 will meet at Meadowbrook Baptist Church the 2nd and 4th Monday every month. Trail Life is a Bible centered program for boys and their dads. It teaches them Biblical Manhood and deepens the relationship between father and son.

Senior Center, MARC Center Christmas lunches

ROCKDALE ROTARY—The Rockdale Rotary Club sponsored a Christmas luncheon for the Rockdale Senior Center members on Friday which was catered by Lee’s Landing.

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’: based on Christmas card short story

It’s a Wonderful Life was based on a Christmas card short story by Philip Van Doren Stern, which was originally sent out to around 200 of Stern’s friends and family in December of 1943. The shor t stor y was called “The Greatest Gift” and was inspired by a dream Stern had one night in the 1930s.

Exploring the first Christmas

The birth of Jesus Christ has long been celebrated on Dec. 25 of every year. The first recorded celebration of Christmas dates back to Dec. 25, 336. However, it is not known for sure if Christ was even born during the month of December, much less on the day we come together to celebrate.

Film classics help rev up the holiday spirit

Families often have their own unique traditions when it comes to the holidays. Lately, families have begun to include films in many of those traditions. That’s thanks largely to the array of classic holiday films that have consistently put people in the holiday mood.