Lorin Lopez Named Children's Pastor at Emmanuel Fellowship Church

28 August 2009

...Emmanuel Fellowship Church of Sweetwater is also developing creative ways to make room for growth. One of the key preparations they have made is the addition of Lorin Lopez as their Children’s Pastor. Pastor Lolo, as the children call her, is a certified public school teacher who has taught several years in the Sweetwater School District. She has taken a leave from her education career as she and her husband have begun raising their family, and this break has afforded her the time and opportunity to take an increased role in coordinating the children’s ministry of Emmanuel Fellowship.

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Keith and Lopez Angel Donors for West Texas Children's Advocacy Center

17 May 2007

The West Texas Children’s Advocacy Center held its second annual Child Abuse Awareness Banquet recently at The Center at TSTC.

The banquet is a fundraiser for the Children’s Advocacy Center, which serves Nolan, Mitchell, Fisher, Scurry and Borden counties with locations in Sweetwater and Snyder.

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There were four different levels of sponsorships created for the banquet — the angel level with a donation of at least $1,000; the hero level with a donation of at least $750; the mentor level with a donation of at least $500; and the friend level with a donation of at least $250.

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Angel level: Keith and Lopez ...

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Peter Lopez is WTCAC Donor

02 April 2009

High Sky Children's Ranch and West Texas Children's Advocacy Center are agencies committed to helping families of the Nolan, Scurry, Fisher and Mitchell Counties communities to stop child abuse. Four years ago both agencies decided that more needed to be done to assure that the communities become aware that child abuse was a problem. It was found that the general public and some community leaders were unaware that child abuse existed and needed to be reported. HSCR and WTCAC decided to work together to help stop child abuse and involve local community leaders and other agencies. This commitment led to the development of the West Texas Family FunFair.

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Several donors to WTCAC include Big Country Electric, The Medicine Place, Kenny Maxwell, Midwest Finance Corporation, Peter Lopez...

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Local Man Sentenced to Three Years in Retaliation Case

27 March 2009

What degree of punishment should one receive when he or she threatens the life of a peace officer? That was, in essence, the question posed by Juan Rodriguez Bernal's defense attorney, Peter Lopez during his opening statement to the jury serving the case.

Bernal was found guilty Thursday of retaliation — a third degree felony — by a 12 man jury. Judge Glen Harrison presided over the case which was tried by Trey Keith, assistant district attorney for the 32nd Judicial District.

In Bernal's case, the jury didn't decide the punishment. A last-minute plea agreement was entered to the court, and Bernal agreed to accept a term of three years of confinement in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice penitentiary.

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