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DR TEAM HEADS TO PUERTO RICO

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — A team of 20 disaster relief volunteers from East Tennessee left on Oct. 9 for Puerto Rico to assist in recovery efforts following Hurricane Maria. The team will be there for two weeks, according to Wes Jones of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. In San Juan, 70 percent of the city is without cell service, and outside the city, cell service is even more scarce.

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HUNGRY PEOPLE LIVE HERE

By Joe Sorah Compassion Ministries Specialist, TBMB As I reflect upon my childhood, I can remember being very concerned with the problem of hunger in our world. I grew up in a pastor’s home. We used to receive appeals for funds to feed hungry children. The letters would come with pictures of children on little cards from far off countries. Those pictures really bothered me. I couldn’t stand the thought

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DR TEAM MEMBERS HAVE UNBREAKABLE BOND

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Providing comfort to others in their time of need is the primary mission of the Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams. In the process, the team members often provide comfort to each other, too. Following the death of their husbands, longtime DR volunteers Joyce Curington and Nancy McClanahan relied on the compassion of their team members to get them through the

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DR VOLUNTEERS: THE REAL HEROES

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Last week while I was in Houston with David Dawson of our staff providing coverage of our Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers (see stories and photos throughout this issue) Willie Nelson’s song “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” came to mind. With due respect to Willie, I would have to change “cowboys” to DR volunteers.

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GOTM HITS RECORD LEVEL

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists have heard the message that any way you slice it, Tennessee is a mission field, and have contributed a record-breaking amount through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. The final GOTM total for the 2016-2017 offering year was $1,843,511.03, just $6,488.97 from reaching the year’s offering goal of $1.85 million. It’s the largest amount ever given in the 115-year history of the Golden

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ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT

By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director Any way you slice it, it was a record-setting year for the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. The first record broken came in June when the generous giving of Tennessee Baptists blew past the previous all-time high given to GOTM, which had been more than $1.7 million dollars. The second record broken was a final 2016-2017 total of nearly $1.85 million,

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VOLUNTEERS MINISTER IN TEXAS

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector SUGAR LAND — With Hurricane Irma and possible other major storms looming in the future, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers kept their focus on victims of Hurricane Harvey last week. Dozens of Tennessee Baptist DR volunteers served in the Houston area, many of them at  Sugar Land Baptist Church in Sugar Land, a suburb southwest of Houston.

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VOLUNTEERS READY TO RESPOND TO IRMA

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN – Just a week after responding to relief efforts caused by Hurricane Harvey in the Houston area, Tennessee Baptists are gearing up to respond to devastation caused by Hurricane Irma in Florida. At press time on Monday (Sept. 11), Hurricane Irma had been downgraded to Category 1 status, but still packed wind gusts of about 100 miles per hour and more than a foot of rain

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TENNESSEE DR TEAMS REASSIGNED TO SUGARLAND

Story updated at 6:00 p.m., Sept. 4 By Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams have arrived in Sugarland, Texas, and have  set up operations at Sugarland Baptist Church, according to Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The feeding unit is set to begin providing meals on Tuesday, Sept. 5, while flood recovery teams and other volunteers will begin working upon

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GOTM — SUPPORTING MISSIONS IN TENNESSEE

By Vickie Anderson Executive Dir., TN WMU It is almost here, one of my favorite times of the year — September. I love getting to spend time with family and friends over Labor Day weekend and that fall weather and cooler temperatures begin to arrive. But the thing I love the most about September is that it is state missions emphasis month. For Tennessee Baptists, September brings the opportunity to

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HUNGRY PEOPLE LIVE HERE

By Joe Sorah Compassion Ministries Specialist, TBMB As I reflect upon my childhood, I can remember being very concerned with the problem of hunger in

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GOTM HITS RECORD LEVEL

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists have heard the message that any way you slice it, Tennessee is a mission field, and have contributed

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ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT

By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director Any way you slice it, it was a record-setting year for the Golden Offering for Tennessee

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VOLUNTEERS MINISTER IN TEXAS

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector SUGAR LAND — With Hurricane Irma and possible other major storms looming in the future, Tennessee Baptist Disaster

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