COUNTY LIFE
Bowie volunteers join international effort to rebuild church in Zimbabwe
By Jesse E. Coulson, Ed.D., information director Bowie SDA Church
In 1922 Edward Janda, a Seventh Day Adventist missionary started a church in Musungwa, Zimbabwe.
The church was named Chigwamba Church after a nearby mountain called Chigwamba. It was the first Adventist church in the area and the mother church to many Seventh Day Adventist Churches in the region.
Through the years various buildings were constructed as others deteriorated. About two years ago a final building became beyond repair and unsafe for worship purposes.
The congregation began to have services under the trees on the property as they prayed for a solution. They found an advocate in Joseph Janda, a grandson of the church’s founder.
Janda, now living in Nocona, is the head elder in the Bowie Seventh Day Adventist Church Bowie.
The church is led by Pastor John Clark. Elder Janda asked the local Bowie church board if they could help with some funding. The board decided to undertake the whole project with the assistance of Maranatha Volunteers International. A large group of locals and international volunteers recently returned from a trip to Africa where they rebuilt a church.
Read the full feature in the mid-week News.
Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Swim lessons for youngsters of all ages were conducted the past two weeks at the city pool. It was a good place to be during this summer heat. See more photos in the weekend News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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