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Kingsland Baptist Church North campus opens in Katy
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The Kingsland Baptist Church North campus opened in September. The church is located at 24111 Stockdick School Road, Katy, and offers services on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. 281-492-0785. www.kingsland.org/north-katy-campus/
By Nola Valente
A native Texan, Nola serves as reporter for the Katy edition of Community Impact Newspaper. She studied print journalism at the University of Houston and French at the University of Paris-Sorbonne in France. Nola was previously a foreign correspondent in Jerusalem, Israel covering Middle East news through an internship with an American news outlet.
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