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Hundreds gathered in Altus to attend the Smokey and the Bandit themed 25th anniversary Rock and Rumble event May 3 and 4. On hand to help celebrate were reenactors portraying Sherrif Buford T. Justice and Bandit, along with their vehicles, the sheriff’s cruiser sans roof, and Bandit’s famous Trans Am.

Oklahoma high school students are displaying artwork at the Museum of the Western Prairie from May 1-June 22 in conjunction with the Oklahoma Arts Institute’s Tour de Quartz exhibition. Artwork featured in the Tour de Quartz exhibit was created during the 2023 Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute (OSAI), a prestigious arts academy held each summer at Quartz Mountain State Park & Lodge in southwestern Oklahoma.

The comically terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week actually begins on a Saturday. I know that’s technically the end of a week, but it was the precursor to everything that followed.

Ihave talked about baptism before, and I will again. Many folks ask whether they should be baptized or not after they become followers of Jesus. I’ll share with you what Jesus tells us in Matt 28:1820 …”All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (nasb) Yes, Jesus tells us we are to baptize new disciples (students, followers) in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And we must go on and teach them what He commanded us, from now on. According to Jesus, we should baptize people who believe and follow Him. In fact, it should be a first act of obedience.