Rockwall Rabbi looks to connect Jews to their heritage with local Chabad community center

Rockwall Rabbi looks to connect Jews to their heritage with local Chabad community center

ROCKWALL, TX – October 30, 2020 — Meet Moishy Kalmenson, a local Rabbi who along with his wife Chana is looking to create a warm and vibrant Jewish community center for Rockwall County known as a Chabad House. Chabad is a worldwide movement providing Jews all around the world with a place where they can […]

Patti Richter, On Faith: Faithfully Minding Our Ps and Qs

Patti Richter, On Faith: Faithfully Minding Our Ps and Qs

ROCKWALL, TX – August 24, 2020 — The wheels on the bus go round and round after nearly six months of sheltering in place. Two of my grandchildren – sporting colorful new masks – are hopping aboard. Attending school may well become the most notable event of Fall 2020. To open or not to open? […]

Patti Richter, On Faith: A Wise Perspective on Hard Times

Patti Richter, On Faith: A Wise Perspective on Hard Times

(ROCKWALL, TX – June 22, 2020) My usual Saturday morning phone call to my elderly parents opened with a question I’d never before asked them: “Do you have plenty of toilet paper?” Isolated in the early months of COVID-19, they depended solely on my time-challenged sister’s weekly visit and grocery run. My father answered and eased […]

Rockwall United: Join in National Day of Prayer, live on YouTube May 7

Rockwall United: Join in National Day of Prayer, live on YouTube May 7

Join in the LIVE YouTube broadcast by Rockwall United | Ministerial Alliance for the NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 7, 2020. To access the LIVE broadcast, visit rockwallunited.com. Rockwall United is a Rockwall County Ministerial Alliance consisting of pastors and leaders from churches in Rockwall County. Their mission: through strategy and actions of […]

First Presbyterian Church to host Drop-Off Donation Drive to benefit Helping Hands

First Presbyterian Church to host Drop-Off Donation Drive to benefit Helping Hands

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 22, 2020) On Saturday, May 2, First Presbyterian Church of Rockwall will hold a donation drive of desperately needed hygiene products for Helping Hands of Rockwall County.  Helping Hands is in need of: toothpaste and toothbrushes (adult and children), deodorant, shampoo and conditioner, skin/body lotion, disposable razors, sanitary pads of varying sizes […]

Patti Richter, On Faith: Panic, Peace, and Paradise Lost and Found

Patti Richter, On Faith: Panic, Peace, and Paradise Lost and Found

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 5, 2020) My heart beats faster as the clock strikes midnight in the fairy tale movie. Cinderella is running down the castle steps with the awful realization that her beautiful clothing will soon return to rags. I recall two episodes of real panic, and both involved the same child. Our son, at […]

Packed with love: Lake Pointe Church community helps ensure no kid goes hungry during school shutdown

Packed with love: Lake Pointe Church community helps ensure no kid goes hungry during school shutdown

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 14, 2020) Lake Pointe Church volunteers have been busy this afternoon collecting drive-thru food donations, running them inside to be sorted, assembled and packed up to make sure kids are fed during extended Spring Break. Lake Pointe’s website says, “As a church we will be here to meet the needs of […]

Persevering: Amid Piles of Rubble or Puddles of Mush

Persevering: Amid Piles of Rubble or Puddles of Mush

The year 2020 arrived with more than a bang: a US embassy attack followed by ballistic missiles and the resulting loss of a passenger plane. Meanwhile, as Australia battled wildfire, several other countries experienced either earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. Closer to home, we watched a troubling impeachment trial and grieved the death of a beloved […]

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