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Garland church seeks God through grief of fatal bus crash
___By Ferrell Foster
___Texas Baptist Communications
___GARLAND--Ten hours after a bus crash took the lives of four teenagers and one adult, hundreds of people from Metro Church in Garland sang praise choruses to God along with believers from other area churches.
___While the music reflected a joy in Christ, people mingled around the back of the sanctuary sharing hugs and tears.
___Many of the teenagers who survived the crash attended the June 24 service. Some bore red wounds on their faces; others hobbled on crutches; some came dressed in aqua hospital garb. Still others clung to teddy bears given out by the Red Cross.
___A chartered bus carrying 47 teens to a camp in Louisiana had crashed into bridge supports along Interstate 20 near Terrell, east of Dallas, about 9:20 Monday morning, June 24.
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Hispanic Baptists commit to missions challenges in Texas
___By Ken Camp
___Texas Baptist Communications
___EL PASO--Messengers to the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas re-elected Houston pastor Antonio Estrada as president and committed themselves to missionary challenges in Texas, Mexico and throughout Latin America.
___More than 1,000 Hispanic Texas Baptists--roughly half of them elected messengers and half registered guests--attended the convention, held June 24-25 in El Paso. "Renewing Ourselves for the Second Coming of Christ" was the theme of the 92nd annual event.
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