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Ministry marks 40th year By Dee Camp The Chronicle OMAK – The 40th year of Christians in Action’s Omak Stampede Gospel Stage outreach gets under way at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, longtime supporters and performers the Behrent Family and Friends. The local, nondenominational group offers music, drama, literature, testimonials, games, free beverages and a lost children service, and will host a fundraiser by the Cornerstone Christian Fellowship for its Hot Meal Ministry soup kitchen. “Begun in 1973 by members of Omak Free Methodist and First Presbyterian churches, the musicians found a grassy spot, sang what was in their hearts, and passed out cookies and Bibles,� spokeswoman Kathleen Christensen said. The group incorporated as Christians In Action in 1976,
Kathleen Christensen
Loose Change will perform on the Christians in Action Stampede Gospel Stage during Stampede. and continues to coordinate local and out-of-town Christian ministries, children’s activities,
prayer circles, coffee, ice water and Bibles. All are provided free in the Triangle Park area
between the carnival and the
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