FERRIS SENIOR CENTER: March 14, 2019

Monday: Mindfulness Movement – come learn about the benefits of mindfulness movement. Wednesday: Wellness Wednesday – we will be doing some inside walking. Friday: Free Style – we will be enjoying board games, coloring and other fun things.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (March 14, 2019)

Senate bill establishing basic standards for shelter and restraint of Texas dogs, passes senate committee; moves forward in Texas senate

AUSTIN – The Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations passed SB 295, which established basic standards of shelter and care for restrained dogs, on a unanimous 6-0 vote.

Local wrestler wins state title

Eve Smith wrestles for a club called Moya out of Oak Cliff. She is a sixth grader at Walnut Grove Middle School in Midlothian. This year she won state titles at the rookie level the novice level and the open level.

New media outlet launched: ECP-TV

FERRIS – As the world of news reporting continues to change The Ellis County Press is keeping up with the times by offering not only the print and online version of the area’s weekly news, but now a live news component as well.

Forgotten Ferals: one woman’s quest in Ellis County

PALMER – Linda Merkich loves animals. She especially loves cats. Forgotten Ferals is her baby so to speak, as are the hundreds of cats she and other local volunteers are feeding and taking care of from afar.

OUT TO PASTOR: O holiday, who art thou today?

Generally speaking, and who speaks generally anymore these days, I am not much of a holiday fan. There seems to be a holiday every day of the week. So many holidays that I cannot keep up and quite frankly, I do not have much incentive to keep up.

We must know truth

Part 1 To know and understand God, we must first repent and receive the Spirit of God; it is the Spirit of God that brings us into all truth.

The believer’s mission statement (part 3)

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon us, because He has anointed us to preach the gospel to the poor.” – Luke 4:18 The apostle Paul said in Romans 1:16 that he was not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it was the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.

America’s fiscal house of cards

America is in deep financial trouble, and it is getting increasingly difficult to grow out of it. This past year, our nation’s economy grew at a faster rate than at any time since 2005 at 2.9 percent, but the outlays (spending) grew much faster at more than 7.2 percent.