2003 Archives
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hsu_brazil_60903
Posted: 6/06/03
Members of the Hardin-Simmons University vocal ensemble Simmons Classic recently toured Brazil, where they not only performed but learned about the people and places of Brazil. Here, a guide leads them through a narrow passageway in a slum or favela in the Brazilian town of Olinda. Retired missionaries Dale and Sue Carter of Abilene traveled with the students, adding to the educational value of the experience. Students found the favelas of Olinda and Sao Paulo eye-opening. HSU ensemble visits Brazil
ABILENE–Students from Hardin-Simmons University were well-received in Brazil on a recent tour where they performed chamber music, contemporary Christian music and jazz.
The 10-member ensemble known as Simmons Classic was led by Loyd Hawthorne, professor of church music.
Dale and Sue Carter, retired Baptist missionaries who are members of First Baptist Church in Abilene, traveled with the group and served as translators.
06/06/2003 - By John Rutledge
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nyc_volunteers_60903
Posted: 6/06/03
Volunteers needed to build new housing for volunteers
NEW YORK (BP)–In the past, exorbitant hotel prices took a bite out of efforts to recruit Baptist volunteers for ministries in the Big Apple.
Soon, the problem of hotel rooms running $200 or a more a night and local churches far too small to serve as overnight hosts will be solved.
Jill Pittman removes debris from the basement of the Park Slope Ministry Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., a project to house missions volunteers. Pittman, a US/C-2 missionary and University of Kansas graduate, is serving with the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association. (Jim Burton/BP Photo) A corner building in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn that once housed a funeral home, dentist's office and a drugstore is being converted into living space for up to 50 volunteers at a time.
06/06/2003 - By John Rutledge
Julian Gonzales to First Mexican Church in Kenedy as pastor. 
