2005 Archives
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Cyber Column by Berry D. Simpson: Sunlight in the mountains
Posted: 10/28/05
CYBER COLUMN:
Sunlight in the mountainsBy Berry D. Simpson
It was late Friday afternoon, and the view from the top of Bush Mountain (at 8,631 feet, the second-highest peak in Texas) was phenomenal. To the south, I could see the sun reflecting off the stainless steel monument on top of Guadalupe Peak. To the west, I saw the Chihuahuan Desert and vast salt flats 4,000 feet below my feet. On the northwest horizon, I could see snow-covered Sierra Blanca 110 miles away. And looking north, I could sight along the western escarpment of the Guadalupe Range, a severe cliff face that stretched on and on for miles. It was beautiful.
Berry D. Simpson However, as I stood there taking in the scenery, it occurred to me that my day was still two miles from being over, and I had a problem. The only thing I could not see from my perch was the trail. I tried to find it, crisscrossing the mountaintop, hoping to intersect the trail, but I couldn’t find it. My legs were weary from the long day, and I was getting worried. All I could see around me were big rocks and thorny bushes and scrubby pine trees; I knew I didn’t have enough daylight left to bushwhack my way to the Pine Top campground before dark.
10/29/2005 - By John Rutledge
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TOGETHER: Your church has a missions partner
Posted: 10/28/05
TOGETHER:
Your church has a missions partnerWe will gather in Austin Nov. 14-15 for the 120th annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. “One Family–One Mission” is our theme.
You want to be there, because your presence will help strengthen your church. There will be information you can use, inspiration that is contagious, ideas that help renew and strengthen your church, and friendships that will last through eternity.
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
We will focus on the Texas mission field, of course. But Texans never have been satisfied to evangelize Texas alone. As churches look for more ways to participate in world missions, Texas Baptists have several significant systems through which you and your church can be personally involved in state, national and international mission work.
10/29/2005 - By John Rutledge
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To China with Love
Posted: 10/28/05
Jay Chastain of First Baptist Church in Longview plays with a boy in a Chinese orphanage in Xinjiang Providence after Buckner Orphan Care International volunteers placed new shoes on all the children. Paige Chastain cuddles a handicapped infant in a Chinese foster home. (Photos by Scott Collins) To China with Love
By Marv Knox
Editor
BEIJING, China–The little Chinese girl giggled and squealed as Sherman Hope held her hands, spinning her around, swinging her between his legs and lifting her into the air.
10/29/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Kirbyville church showers hurting community with kindness
Posted: 10/28/05
Young people hand out food at First Baptist Church in Kirbyville. The church became the primary place where people in the community found help after Hurricane Rita. Kirbyville church showers
hurting community with kindnessBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
KIRBYVILLE–Before Hurricane Rita hit, Pastor Charles Burchett asked his church members to be “wells of refreshing.” After the storm, they let the waters flow.
10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Russian orphan still needs adoptive family
Posted: 10/28/05
Russian orphan still needs adoptive family
DALLAS–Oksana, a 13-year-old orphan from St. Petersburg, Russia, still needs a family after visiting North Texas last summer through Buckner Orphan Care International's “Angels from Abroad” program.
Oksana lived with a volunteer host family for two weeks as part of the “Angels” initiative, designed to help raise awareness about the needs of older children living in Russian orphanages and Buckner's programs to improve their lives.
The urgent nature of the adoption need is both physical and emotional, said Mary Ann Hamby of Buckner International Adoption, also an adoptive parent.
Oksana, a 13-year-old Russian orphan, needs a family to adopt her. 10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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