Igniting Hope in Amarillo

Thank you, Texas Baptists men and women, for showing up in force to support the Books for the Border & Beyond preschool reading fair at City Church, Amarillo. Your enthusiasm for the project blessed 26 children, and equipped parents and families to read together...

I Joined Literacy Connexus . . .

My involvement in ESL ministry started with an invitation to “check us out.” I had heard of internationals inside of their homes not having English to aid in shopping for groceries, helping with their children’s schooling, or making new friends. I...

Baptist Boys Build Bookcases

The RA’s of First Baptist Church Copperas Cove powered up their drills Wednesday night and assembled bookcases for preschoolers in Amarillo. In just over half an hour, 16 bookcases stood tall, adding to others built by the 5th and 6th grade boys’...

Join us . . .

At one time, the measure of a class in English (or French or Spanish) as a second language was, “What do I know that I didn’t know before?” A better way to evaluate the experience is, “What can I do that I couldn’t do before?” For...