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Across the Nation: Clothing and food for the needy, a ‘Legacy of Faith’ and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this column? Email Audrey Jackson at [email protected].
Featured image (above): Hispanic members of the Mesa Church of Christ distribute clothes and blankets to homeless people in their Arizona community. The congregation, which conducts services in both English and Spanish, collects donations for the poor annually. The church also recently fed 30 families in partnership with the Midwest Food Bank. Members hand out food and essential items on the second Saturday of each month.
MISSISSIPPI
SALTILLO — The Mayfield Church of Christ recently distributed clothes and Bibles during its second annual community giveaway.
The 150-member congregation started collecting everything from socks to coats in October 2022, while other organizations like the Antioch Church of Christ in Blue Springs, Miss., and the Saltillo High School Beta Club helped.
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The outreach started in early 2022 after Mayfield church member Carson Miller, 15, observed a need.
The first event helped 75 families, and the church hoped to serve more than 100 this year, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported.
Unclaimed clothing will be shipped to Ukraine via World/Ukraine Missions, which is associated with Churches of Christ.
Cindy Keister, left, and Kaye Trisler sell copies of “Our Legacy of Faith” at the church.
TEXAS
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS — “Our Legacy of Faith,” a book published by Legacy Church of Christ members, delves into fellow Christians’ faith journeys.
“The book came together because one of our Sunday school teachers made a statement that he’d love to know more about the people in the congregation,” Kaye Trisler said.
NEWSMAKERS
HIRED: James Cudd as a part-time fundraiser for Southern Africa Bible College, after retiring from preaching after 35 years. Don Moore as assistant director of Lads to Leaders. Adam Noles as minister for the Maple Hill Church of Christ in Lebanon, Tenn. Derek Drake as associate minister of family and youth at the Westside Church of Christ in Round Rock, Texas. Clayton Westbrook as the minister for the East Alameda Church of Christ in Aurora, Colo. Rick Odell as the associate director of church relations for Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City. Bud Woodall as the minister for the Portland Church of Christ in Tennessee. Sawmi Sektak as special projects manager for The Christian Chronicle.
From left, James Cudd, Don Moore, Clayton Westbrook and Sawmi Sektak.
APPOINTED: Jeff Perry as elder of the Maple Hill Church of Christ in Lebanon, Tenn. Wayne Robertson as elder of the Gulf Shores Church of Christ in Alabama. Keith Patterson as elder of the Grove Church of Christ in Oklahoma.
RETIRED: Rod Myers from preaching at the Central Church of Christ in Sarasota, Fla. Phillip Hines from minister of the Hartselle Church of Christ in Alabama after more than 42 years.
Wayne Robertson, middle, was appointed as an elder of the Gulf Shores Church of Christ in Alabama.
BAPTIZED: Ethan Grider at the South Pittsburg Church of Christ in Tennessee. Tony Causey at the Hanging Moss Road Church of Christ in Jackson, Miss. Eva Brooke Sweeney at the West Main Church of Christ in Tupelo, Miss.
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