County FFA chapters attend state convention.

Hey Archer County families! We’re excited to kick off our Summer Reading Program, 'Color Our World,' from May 28th to July 31st! Kids can enter our reading contest for a chance to win a Kids Kindle, plus earn fun prizes from our treasure box when returning library books. Explore your creativity with makeand-take crafts! Also, we’re teaming up with The Arts Council Wichita Falls for our Art on the Go art camp from July 21st – 25th.

Do you have a church home? If so, great! Keep going to your church. Keep living the best life you can and making a better relationship with Jesus. If not, find a place. I’m personally a little partial to The First United Methodist Church of Archer City. The only First United Methodist Church in Archer County, home of history and believers in Grace.

When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three o’clock in the afternoon when Jesus said, “ Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, ” My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” (Mark 15:3334)? Jesus felt alone and abandoned by his father, and his human nature was crying out. People can sometimes feel forsaken, too. All of us have experienced feelings as though God abandons us at some point in our lives.

The Lakeside City council reviewed the city of Wichita Falls Wholesale Water Rate Study and discussed the impact to the city of Lakeside City during its meeting on Monday, June 23. City Administrator Cory Aspinwall presented the information from the water rate study to the council.

After two years, Archer City High School will welcome a new head boys’ basketball coach into the fold, former head basketball coach at Throckmorton, Kevin Wright. “Me and my family are happy to be here,” Coach Wright said about joining the staff in Archer City.

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Lainey McCall and Lexsey McLemore, graduates from Windthorst High School, have been selected for Class XV of the McKnight Scholars Leadership Program at Oklahoma State University. This distinguished program recognizes high-achieving out-of-state students who exemplify leadership, academic excellence and a strong commitment to serving others.

This past Sunday, Catholics all over the world celebrated the annual feast day of ‘The Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.’ This celebration is the worship of Jesus ‘really present’ in the Eucharist. Yes, the Eucharist is believed by Catholics and some other Christians to be the literal body and blood of Jesus Christ. This belief is that Jesus Christ is bodily ‘really present’ but veiled under the appearances of bread and wine. This belief is by faith alone and is rooted in the words of Jesus at the Last Supper, where He identified the bread and the wine as his body and blood (Mt 26:20-29, Mk 14:17-25, Lk 22:14-20, and 1 Cor 11: 23-25). Jesus said it, this settles it, we believe it.