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BOBBY ROSS JR.
Kylie Tucker, right, and
other campers pray during
a morning devotional at
Black Hills Bible Camp.
MIDWEST CITY, Okla.
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I shooter enters a school, a
nightclub, a movie theater, a
crowd of protesters. Innocent
lives are targeted. Police offi-
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Christians from the Dakotas and
beyond renew ties and enjoy fellowship.
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And it’s
extremely
difficult to
predict such
scenarios, law
enforcement
officials say.
Nonetheless,
members of
the Eastside
Church of
Christ in
Midwest City take a proac-
tive approach, training
not only their leaders and
members but other congre-
gations in how to respond
should tragedy strike their
fellowship.
Herman Hagan is a former
sheriff’s deputy. He now
works as a security officer
for the congregation. His
experience in law enforce-
ment helped him develop
safety protocols and check-
lists focused on recognizing
any potential threats.
Those protocols include
checking the parking lot for
anything or anyone suspi-
cious, monitoring the halls
and lobby during worship
services or Bible class and
reporting anything that
seems suspicious.
Hagan recently invited
churches across the area
to a seminar led by local
police, the sheriff, FBI and
homeland security officials.
Kurt Stoner is with the
FBI in Oklahoma. He was
one of the main speakers at
See SHOOTER, Page 4
DEADWOOD, S.D.
ewing engines of Harleys, Yamahas
B and Kawasakis are the first clue
you’re getting close to Black Hills
I B Bible Camp.
IB For a half-century, the youth and
family camp has brought together members
of Churches of Christ during the same week
as the world-famous Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
“It’s a little piece of heaven,” said Dustri
Brown, 33, who met her future husband,
Lance, at the Bible
camp when she
was 9 and he was
8. ‘You’re singing
and praising God.
The worldly things
don’t matter. It’s
the joy of being
together with fel-
low Christians.”
Each August,
the motorcycle
rally attracts an
estimated 500,000
people to the
southwestern
region of South
Dakota — and
thousands of bik-
ers cruise U.S.
Highway 385 near
the turnoff for the camp.
About 15 minutes south of Deadwood —
around the time you see a green sign that
says Mount Rushmore is 39 miles away —
you reach a gravel road shrouded by yellow
pines that stretch 80 to 100 feet high.
Four miles of bumpy twists and turns inside
the Black Hills National Forest lead you past
an outdoor swimming hole, over a little bridge
and — finally — to the kitchen, the chapel
See BLACK HILLS, Page 24
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STEVE RINGLING
A dance of welcome in American Samoa
Christians perform a maulu'ulu, a slow, traditional Samoan dance that tells old stories
of village life, in front of a waterfall on the South Pacific island of Tutuila in American
Samoa. The members of the Nu'uuli Church of Christ— Valelia Brown Vaitai, Joan
Vaamauga Ligoligo, Faapisa Vaitai, Betty Soli and Ruth Soli — welcomed a mission
team from the Twin City Church of Christ in Festus, Mo., who came to American Samoa
to help host a weekend Camp Alofa for youths from the island's churches and friends.
SPECIAL REPORTS from the Samoan islands, Pages 17-20
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