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Michel: Christmas excitement added to with Advent adventure
This Christmas season looks a little different for my family. In addition to our preparations to celebrate our…
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Michel: Finding right guide keeps us on perfect path
After I borrowed her Roomba vacuum and kept it for two weeks, my daughter Elise combined resources with…
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Service from Reserve to East Africa: Pastor Batiste returns home to continue global & local outreach
RESERVE — Pastor Cory Batiste has long felt a calling to preach, but it took help from children…
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Michel: Staying present in children’s lives makes it all the sweeter
We had just ordered our food when I turned to my daughters, Monique and Victoria, and said, “Go!”…
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Michel: Maintain an attitude of gratitude
It was a terrible condition. The disease which isolated its victims didn’t travel alone, for the mention of…
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Thanksgiving meal for more than 2,000: St. John churches coming together for unprecedented parish event
LAPLACE — The first annual Community Thanksgiving Celebration, a collaborative effort between 25 St. John the Baptist Parish…
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“What heaven is going to look like”: Celebration Church provides food pantry, Christmas outreach
LAPLACE — This holiday season, Celebration Church of LaPlace is providing nourishment for the hungry and Christmas joy…
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Michel: Sister’s amazing memories forever dance in our minds
One day my sister Kay came over to find me sprinkling Tide on an ant hill. “Whatcha doing?”…
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Michel: Hope remains despite grief following sister’s passing
My sister Kay Serven died Oct. 29, 2018, at 8 a.m. Her love, joy and generosity were limitless.…
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Choice International ups outreach: Family Worship Center’s new complex offers low-cost office rentals
LAPLACE — Motorists traveling down Cambridge Drive may notice the brick building that once housed Riverlands Skate Center…