This First Baptist Church Blessing Box is part of its Love Center Mission, and is filled with non-perishable food items for anyone who is in need. It is located outside of the church in the parking lot. Blessing Box donations are also welcome, and may be dropped off at the church office during the hours of 9 am to 4 pm.

Have you heard about the orphanage that was once located in Canadian? The Panhandle Orphans Home, also called the Canadian Orphans Home, was established by the local Church of Christ on March 1, 1921.

Rural Texas counties got a shock from the 2020 U.S. Census data. It may have felt like the pandemic was to blame for fewer customers and a decline in the number of school kids this year. The cold hard fact is that people in Texas are still leaving rural counties and moving to cities.

“I’m tired of living in exile!” my husband, Peter, exclaimed as, for the second day in a row, we packed up everything we would need to be out of our home long enough for the floor to dry. Michael, the floor sander, is in our apartment now, buffing the penultimate coat of polyurethane while Peter is moaning about his exile status.