ATTENTION SENIORS.
Don’t miss your graduation picture.
Have your senior portrait made for Texas A&M's
2003 Aggieland yearbook! Free.
Go by AR Photography
404 University Drive East Ste. F
(in the shopping center with TC B Y),
Mon.-Thurs. 9-1 1:30 a.m. and 1:30-4 rm.,
or call 683-8183.
Adventist
Seventh Day Adventist
1218 Ettle St.. Bryan(corner of Coulter)
775-4362
Pastor Bill Davis
Friday 7:30pm-Adventist Christian Fellowship
Saturday 8:15am- Spanish Worship
English - 11:00 am
Sabbath School - 9:45 am
Bethel Temple Assembly of God
2608 Villa Maria.
Bryan
776-4835
Sunday Worship 10:15
Sunday School 9:00
www.betheltemplebcs.com
(Baptist
Fellowship Free Will
Baptist Church
College & Career Class
You are invited to a Bible Study
especially for students.
Sunday mornings at 9:45
Wednesday night supper at 5:30,
followed by Bible Study at 6:30
1228 W. Villa Maria
779-2297
For more information contact
Marcus Brewer: 731-1890
n>torawerfftamu.edu
Fellowship of Christian
University Students
First Baptist Church
2300 Welsh Avanue
College Station
696-7000
Sunday Schedule
Worship Services: 8:30 & 10:55 a m.
College Bible Study: 9:45 a.m.
Evening Bible Study: 6:00 p.m.
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Weekend Shuttle Route: CS West
http://fbc-cs.tca.net/university
Cathode
s
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 Pastor
- Campus Ministers -
Deacon Bill Scott, Deacon David Reed,
Martha Tonn, Maureen Murray.
Dawn Rouen, Roel Garza
Daily Masses
Mon.-Fri.: 5:30 p.m. in the Church
Tues.-Thurs.: 12:05 p.m. in the
All Faiths Chapel
Weekend Masses
Sat: 2:00 p.m. (Korean),
5:30 p.m. (English), 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Sun.: 9:00 a.m., 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.
Church of Christ
A&M Church of Christ
1901 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy.
(979)693-0400
Sunday Assemblies:
8 a.m., 10:30 a.m.,
College Bible Class 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Night: 5:45 p.m.
Mid-Week 7:00 p.m.
Aggies for Christ
Call for on-campus pick-up info
www.aggiesforchrist.org
‘Episcopal
St. Thomas Episcopal
906 George Bush Dr. • College Station, TX
696-1726
Services - 8:00 (Rite 1), 9:00(Family Service Rite II)
& 11:15 (Rite ll-fbr late sleeping Ags)
7:30 p.m. Evensong
Next door to Canterbury House,
the Episopal Student Center
(Hpn-CDenominationaC
■yiew Church Arising
<2*axVv erin S Place
Meeting Sundays 10:30 a.m.
Brazos Center
Call for information
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(Sfan-CDenominationaC
communityc I IURCH
SUNDAYS:
Prayer Service <§) 10 a.m.
Worship @11 a.m.
Meeting in Oakwood
Intermediate School
lOB HOUK STREET
JUST Of=F GEORGE BUSH
Behind the College Station
Conference Center
FOLLOW THE SIGNS!
Small Groups
Meet Weekly
wwwjOOmCHURCT- Loom
260-1163
‘Pentecostal
Cornerstone Church
’ Mid Week Small Croup Mcctinps
‘ Sunday Service at 3:00pm on George
just across from campus at the
College Station Conference Center.
485-8744
(Presbyterian
Covenant Presbyterian Church
220 Rock Prairie Road (979) 694-7700
Rev. Sam W. Steele - Pastor
Sunday Service: 8:30 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
UCM Prayer and Praise: Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
www.covenantpresbyterlan org
First
Presbyterian
C h u rc h
Hours
v ^Voraliip 8:30 a.nr.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship 1 1:00 a.m.
Helping Aggies
grow in Faith!
1 TOO Carter Creek Parkway
979.823.8073 • WWW.fpctryan.Org
‘United (Methodist
A&M United Methodist
417 University Dr. (in Northgate) • 846-8731
Sunday Worship: 8:30,9:45,10:50
College Sunday School: 9:30,10:45
Sr. Pastor Dr. Jerry Neff
www.am-umc.org
“1 need it real. I need it relevant.
I need it within community.”
CELEBRATION
WORSHIP
at
First United
Methodist Church
• Powerful Praise
• Solid Scripture
• and Real Families
Come see ivhat’s tuorth celebrating
1 1 :00 a.m.
in the Christian Life Center
On 27' 1 ' Street, 2 blocks east
of Texas Avenue in Bryan
779-1324
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Researchers find earliest
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Center. Aggie Nights allows students that
involved in extracurricular activities to me
pie and have a good time while being re
ble, Oroza said.
Aggijt Nights will be held almo
night next year, allowing students
crafts, play pool and watch movit
Aggie Nights was borrowed from
gram at the University of Virginia
UVAand A&M have a comparative number of
students. Aggie Nights has pros
more popular than the program
said.
“This legislation will now' go t
which the students will vote 01
Pearson, Student Services comm
If the students do not pass the referendum, the
Board of Regents can. However, the Board of
Regents usually will not act without the consent
of the student body, Pearson, a senior political
science major said.
Senators also discussed the possibility of tax
free textbook.
Students at A&M may be able to purchase
their textbooks without paying taxes as soon
I exas State Legislature has ii |j dua i d ,
cxihook Bill that will allo*n esU || S
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exemption tcVH
required college course text books.
“Similar ideas have been discussedbde-,
the Legislature,” said Brooks Landgraf,spa
of the Senate. "But this bill is completely k
Phe bill will allow each Mudenuotecer
£40-60 to scholarship each semester tnai
help pay for the tax exemption on textbook
The Student Senate introduced a Dii
encourage the Texas
the bill intoi ;
in the upcoming 2003 legislative sessi»
bill will also pledge the support and a®
the A&M Student GovernmentAssociati
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that requested University Pres 1 e
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prominent buildings at A&M ai
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2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Rudder Auditorium
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