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Bethel Temple Assembly of God
2608 Villa Maria,
Bryan
776-4835
Sunday Worship 10:15, 6:00 pm
Sunday School 9:00
www.startel.net/bethel
St. Thomas Episcopal
906 George Bush Dr. • College Station, TX
696-1726
Services - 8:00 (Rite I), 9:00 (Family Service-Rite II)
and 11:15 am (Rite ll-for late sleeping Ags)
7:30 p.m. Evensong
Next door to Canterbury House,
the Episopal Student Center
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Fellowship Free Will
Baptist Church
College & Career Class
You are invited to a Bible
study especially for students.
Sunday mornings at 9:45
1228 W. Villa Maria
779-2297
For more information contact
Marcus Brewer: 731 -1890
m-brewer@tamu.edu
http//www.fellowshipfwb.ora
CatfioCic
St. Mary’s
Catholic Center
603 Church Avenue in Northgate
(979)846-5717
www.aaaiecatholic.org
Pastoral Team
Rev. Michael J. Sis, Pastor
Rev. Keith Koehl, Associate Foster
Campus Ministers - Deacon Bill
Scott, Deacon David Reed, Martha
Tonn, Maureen Murray, Dawn Rouen
Daily Masses
Mon.-Fri.: 5:30 p.m. in the Church
Tues. & Thurs.: 12:05 noon
in the All Faiths’ Chapel
Sat.: 2:00 p.m. (Korean)
Weekend Masses
Sat.: 5:30 p.m. (English), 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Sun.: 9:00, 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.
Confessions
Wed. 8:30-9:30 p.m.. Sat. 4:00-5:15 p.m.
or by appointment.
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Cornerstone Church
> Mid Week Small Group Meetings
> Sunday Service at 3:00pm on George Bush,
just across from campus at the
College Station Conference Center.
485-8744
‘Presbyterian
Cfiurcfi of Cfvrist
A&M Church of Christ
1901 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy.
(979)693-0400
Sunday Assemblies:
8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Sunday Night: 6 p.m.
College Bible Class 9:30 a.m.
Mid-Week “Oasis” 7:30 p.m.
Aggies for Christ
Call for on-campus pick-up info
www.aggiesforchrist.org
Covenant Presbyterian
Church
“A welcoming community of faith who reaches out,
cares for one another
& proclaims the love of Jesus Christ to air
220 Rock Prarie Road
(979) 694-7700
G. Thomas Huser
- Minister
Sunday Service: 8:30 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
Aggie Classes: 9:45
Prayer & Praise on Tuesdays: 7:00 p.m.
fax: (979) 696-4334
www.covenantpresbyterian.org
‘United Methodist
Independent ‘Baptist
Texas Avenue
Baptist Church
3400 Hwy. 6 South, C.S.
(979)696-5972
Sunday:
College Bible Study 9:30 a.m.,
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.,
Family Worship Service 6:00 p.m.
Shuttle van service from campus: leave from
Mosher Circle 9 a.m., All Faiths Chapel 9:15 a.m.,
returns to campus after worship service ~ noon
Call Mike for more information
693-5972
A&M United Methodist
417 University Dr. (on Northgate) • 846-8731
Church at 8:30, 9:45, 10:50
College Sunday School 9:30 & 10:45
Sr. Pastor Dr. Jerry Neff
am-umc.org
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— The Israeli military attacked two West Bank
refugee camps with helicopter gunships, tanks and
paratroopers Thursday in a high-stakes attempt to
break strongholds of Palestinian militants. An
Israeli soldier and 11 Palestinians were killed
pushing the Palestinian toll past 1,000 in 17
months of fighting.
It was the first time Israeli troops have stormed
refugee camps in the current Mideast conflict.
The fierce, sustained gunbattles began before
dawn and carried on past sundown in the camps,
on the edge of Nablus and the fringes of Jenin,
Palestinian towns less than 20 miles apart. A 12th
Palestinian was shot dead near the southern edge
of Jerusalem in heavy exchanges of fire between
Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen in adjacent
towns and villages.
By Thursday night, large numbers of Israeli
troops had taken over several buildings and hous
es, and were going house-to-house in the Balata
camp, though there was no sign Palestinian militi
amen were prepared to surrender. Altogether,
almost 100 Palestinians were injured, hospitals
and Palestinian officials said.
“The camp is effectively under (Israeli mili
tary) control ” said Israeli Col. Avi Cohavi, head
of the paratrooper brigade carrying out the opera
tion. “It’s completely surrounded, and we are in
commanding positions.”
Israeli troops have repeatedly entered
Palestinian towns and villages in the current fight
ing, but Thursday marked the first time large con
tingents of soldiers entered the camps, where mili
tants have taken refuge amid densel} pad
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Cubans stay in Embassy, will
not receive Mexican visas
HAVANA (AP) — Twenty-one Cubans remained
holed up in the Mexican Embassy on Thursday after
plowing through the gates with a stolen bus. Cuba's
government blamed an exile-run U.S. government
radio station for repeatedly quoting a Mexican offi
cial as saying the embassy's doors “are open."
Mexican Foreign Secretary Jorge Castaneda said
Thursday his words had been taken out of context
by “radicals” in Miami who "no doubt wanted to
use, to distort, my declarations."
He said Mexican officials were trying to persuade
the Cubans to leave, and they had not sought asy
lum. Castaneda also indicated it was unlikely they
would get Mexican visas.
Mexico has asked Cuba to bring in "a large
deployment of public forces” to prevent an event
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Thursday, other Mexican officials said oncc'Bntered her
they not be named. They described the sitDepartment
inside as “calm" and said the Cubans hadre:swerved int<
food and medical attention. collided wii
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ment called the reports from Radio Marti a: None of
provocation" that led listeners to believepar she col
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showed up.
Operated largely by Cuban exiles in Miami/
Marti beams anti-Castro news, talk showsand:
programs to the island.
During a visit to Miami this week, Castaned:—
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