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Monday, December 24, 2018
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Merry Christmas This week is our 250th edition since we started publishing back in March of 2014. Looking back, it was destiny and a huge blessing. In 2013, I was recruited by city leaders to head up an organization that we named "Keep Howe Beautiful." One of the first things I did was enter the former First Christian Church building to see about restoring it. During that visit, I found boxes full of old Howe Enterprise newspapers from 19631981 (nearly a complete set). Reading my grandfather's work inspired me to consider bringing it back. In early 2014, the opportunity arose and here we are 250 consecutive weeks later without missing one week. That doesn't allow for a lot of time off by the way which can affect stress, which can affect weight and health. But we march on because we love being able to give back to a community that gave us so much during our forming years. Thank you to all of our readers that have been with us through our 250th edition. We don't always get it right, but we try. Also thanks to our advertisers which allows us to continue to do this. I highly suggest you do business with them. I'm not beneath begging. Be careful what you share on Facebook. I've even made that mistake. Not everything on the internet is true. Case in point - CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, and MSNBC all have websites. HoweEnterprise.com Readership Jan. 1 - Dec. 22, 2018 Sessions 113,945 Users: 52,335 Pageviews: 600,937
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We asked the Freddy Holcomb family to recreate a photo which was on the front page of the Howe Enterprise 45 years ago this week. It was a fun moment for the family and the photographer. The original is on page 20.
Local pastors give Christmas message Merry Christmas! Pastor Wallace Rains New Beginning Fellowship I love Christmas! In our home, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year! For many people, it’s a very tough time of the year. There may be “triggers” that cause a memory to come back of a painful time. It seems Satan is on the attack more during
First of all, God wants to reach every person. He makes every effort to reach every person who is far away from Him. God used the star to reach wise men Matthew’s Gospel reports from the East in order to that wise men came "from bring them to Christ. Secondly, God wants us to the east" to worship the diligently seek Him. We "king of the Jews". These men began a long journey need more than a knowledge of Christ... we because a certain star was in the sky, alerting them to need to seek Him and know the birth of the King of the Him. Finally, we need to worship Jesus. The wise Jews. They could have traveled for several months men worshipped Jesus by offering valuable gifts to to meet Him in person. I believe it is a story that can Him. Once the wise men reached Jesus it says the teach us something today. first thing they did was to the Christmas season than at any other time. He tries to distract us from focusing on the season where we celebrate the birth of Jesus!
fall down and worship Him. We worship God by offering ourselves to Him and by offering that which is valuable to us. Where are you today? Are you the one that is far from God and hearing the call to come seek His Son? Remember, God continues to seek you no matter who you are or where you are from. God promises that if you seek Him, you will find Him. Don’t give up on the journey because God has not given up on you! page 2
INSIDE Caught on camera Lady Bulldogs steal win at Van Alstyne It wasn't long ago that Van Alstyne students put together a video page 3
Bulldogs beat Bells, lose to VA Howe controlled Bells Tuesday night by scoring an astounding 90 points on the evening. The page 4
Combining youth sports organizations could happen in Howe to form HYSA Commissioners of each Howe youth page 5
