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Religious services and events
Alva Church of God Alva Church of God, 517 9th St. in Alva with Pastor Sheryl White. Sunday: Sunday school will be at 9:30 a.m., and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Young adults will meet at 5 p.m. and youth at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday: Bible...
By How's your faith doing?
In Matthew chapter 8, verses 5-13, there is an incredible story told of a soldier who comes to Jesus to seek his healing power. Jesus had just come down off the mountain after preaching the most powerful sermon in history! This centurion has a...
Grow and Share OHCE regular monthly meeting for May
Grow and Share OHCE held its regular monthly meeting May 14 at Chopsticks. The group enjoyed a Dutch treat dinner in honor of OHCE Week. Jean Moore served as hostess. President Janet Cunningham called the meeting to order. Members answered roll call...
Menus for week of May 27–31
Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday—Closed for Memorial Day Tuesday—Beef enchilada casserole, Spanish rice, tossed salad with dressing, chips, salsa, peaches (sf peaches) Wednesday—BBQ pork, potato salad, baked beans, biscuit, double orang...
Northwestern to begin summer work hours
All Northwestern Oklahoma State University locations will observe summer work hours starting Monday, June 3, through Thursday, Aug. 1. In an effort to better serve Northwestern’s prospective students during these adjusted summer work weeks, the f...
Burlington students receive superior ratings at TriState
Burlington's elementary choir went to TriState on Wednesday, junior high choir and soloists on Thursday and two high school students on Friday. Riley Dowell made a 1/Superior on her vocal solo. Snoë Kiwia also got a 1/Superior in her saxophone...
Religious services and events
Alva Church of God Alva Church of God, 517 9th St. in Alva with Pastor Sheryl White. Sunday: Sunday school will be at 9:30 a.m., and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Young adults will meet at 5 p.m. and youth at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday: Bible...
Seasons of change
Scripture References: Ecc. 3, Gen. 1, Gen. 3, Ex. 1:1 – 15:22, Lk 5: 1-11, Mat 28: 18-20, Mic. 6:8 How many seasons of change have you been through? The easy math is to simply take your age and multiply it by four, to account for the yearly s...
How great is our God
Recently, my wife and I took a trip to the Pacific Northwest. We decided to drive to Seattle, Washington, and as we traveled west, we were so in awe of the beautiful landscape we had never seen before. So many mountain ranges were simply gorgeous,...
Alva Beta Sigma Phi chapter celebrates 93rd anniversary of its founding
Alva Beta Sigma Phi chapter celebrated the 93rd anniversary of its founding in 1931. Xi Gamma Nu hosted Beta Eta chapter with festivities held on April 30 at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall....
Menus for week of May 20–24
Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday—Frito chili pie, onions, cheese, sour cream, Mexican sweet corn, strawberries and peaches, sugar cookie (sf shortbread cookie) Tuesday—Chicken macaroni salad, cucumber onion tomato salad, mixed fruit, cra...
April Rotary Students of the Month honored
Sage Campbell Sage is the son of Eric and Cecelia Campbell. High school activities include XC and track. Activities outside of school include Navy PT, yard work and community service. Sage is...
May Rotary Students of the Month honored
Trevon Percival Trevon Percival is the son of Trenton and Cami Percival. He is the high school basketball manager. Outside of school he is a member of youth group. He is employed as a farmer's...
Golls celebrate 50th anniversary
Dean and Ann (DeBock) Goll were married on May 18, 1974, in Quinlan, Oklahoma. They made Alva, Oklahoma, their home and raised their three daughters, Tyla, Kendra and Deana, in this wonderful...
Religious services and events
Alva Church of God Alva Church of God, 517 9th St. in Alva with Pastor Sheryl White. Sunday: Sunday school will be at 9:30 a.m., and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Young adults will meet at 5 p.m. and youth at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday: Bible...
The rope of good parenting
It is a challenge today to raise a family today. It is the hardest and scariest thing I have ever done. I know myself. I can take the simple and make it complex. I can take the functioning and create dysfunction. I know this feeling all too well...
Alva Beta Sigma Phi chapter celebrate 93rd anniversary of its founding
Alva Beta Sigma Phi chapter celebrated the 93rd anniversary of its founding in 1931. Xi Gamma Nu hosted Beta Eta chapter with festivities held on April 30, 2024, at the First Baptist Church...
Little Red Hens May meeting
The meeting of the Little Red Hens was called to order at 6:33 p.m. by Vice-President Tabitha Carothers. In attendance were Melissa Robel, Lindi Wiggins, Tabitha Carothers, Jean Moore, Heather Penner and Linda Sue Marshall-Hill. Marshall-Hill gave...
Aline-Cleo holds annual FFA and sports banquet
Aline-Cleo held their annual FFA and Sports Banquet Friday night at the Aline Gym. Carly Hamen, FFA president, presided over the evening. FFA awards were presented to members by Troy Gosney, Chapter...
Menus for week of May 6–10
Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday—Yogurt, toast, fruit, juice, milk Tuesday—Scrambled eggs, toast, fruit, juice, milk Wednesday—Biscuit and sausage gravy, fruit, juice, milk Thursday—Kolache, fruit, juice, milk Friday—Cinnamon toast, fr...
Religious services and events
Alva Church of God Alva Church of God, 517 9th St. in Alva with Pastor Sheryl White. Sunday: Sunday school will be at 9:30 a.m., and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Young adults will meet at 5 p.m. and youth at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday: Bible...
Still relevant
Please read Deuteronomy 6. Thank you. There is much in this chapter to consider. This chapter follows one of the sections of Scripture that list the Ten Commandments. These laws have been debated over, taken down and essentially forgotten. Some have...
Jesus, my superstar
Back in 1973, there was a movie that came out titled, “Jesus Christ Superstar,” which has been described as a rock opera musical that depicted the last days of our Lord Jesus Christ as a superstar who gave his life for mankind. There were both pos...
Zion Lutheran celebrates 125th anniversary
Zion Lutheran Church celebrates 125 years of organized worship this May. It all began way back in 1899, when a group of Alva-area Lutherans came together to establish Zion Lutheran Church. On May 21,... Full story
Religious services and events
Alva Church of God Alva Church of God, 517 9th St. in Alva with Pastor Sheryl White. Sunday: Sunday school will be at 9:30 a.m., and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Young adults will meet at 5 p.m. and youth at 6 p.m. Wednesday: Bible study at 7 p.m....
