2005 Archives
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BGCT allocates $1.1 million to Asian tsunami relief, recovery_50205
Posted: 4/29/05
Texas Baptist Men volunteers build the frame for a storage building in Sri Lanka. The finished structure houses a vehicle which carries Sri Lankans to the wells that need cleaning. TBM donated the land master as well. (Photos by Dick Talley) BGCT allocates $1.1 million to
Asian tsunami relief, recoveryBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
The Baptist General Convention of Texas has allocated $1.1 million to Texas Baptist Men, Baptist Child & Family Services and WorldconneX for South Asia relief ministries.
04/29/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum_50205
Posted: 4/29/05
Texas Baptist Forum
Why pope news?
I respect the Catholic religion, even though I do not entirely agree with it.
We have been inundated by the mass media the last few weeks about the late pope's illness, death and burial, and the procedure for electing a new pope. This is in spite of the popular pope's lax dealing with the sex scandals among the priests.
So, I am wondering why the Standard, a Baptist publication, felt obligated to publish a full-page special report on choosing a new pope in the April 18 edition.
Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum. "Being a traditionalist isn't a bad thing if the new pope is willing to go all the way back to the original tradition of being a servant, one who washes the feet of others. Being a fundamentalist isn't a bad thing either, if he focuses on the most fundamental fundamentals–love and service."
Regina Brett
Columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer (RNS)
"I surrendered completely and let God work in the situation. I would not be here if not for Jesus."
Ashley Smith
Hostage held after the Atlanta courtroom shooting in March (RNS)
"You feel loved when someone makes much of you–that's the air you breathe in America. Love is not making much of you. It is laboring and suffering, if necessary, to enthrall another person that will make them eternally and infinitely happy."
John Piper
Minneapolis pastor & author of Desiring God (BP)
"We urge Congress to resist any attempts to gut domestic programs that assist the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society."
Sharon Daly
Catholic Charities' vice president for social policy (RNS)
04/29/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State_50205
Posted: 4/29/05
Travis Avenue Church in Fort Worth and Riverbend Retreat Center have dedicated a new family lodge at the camp to Joe and Tomi Lenamon. The 3,800-square-foot log building, given as a gift from the church to the camp, has four private rooms, a loft bedroom with five bunk beds, a full kitchen and dining area, and two gathering areas, including a great room with a fireplace. The construction was done by Texas Baptist Men, Campers on Mission, SOWERS and local church groups. The Lenamons are longtime members of the church, and he has served on the camp committee and now board of directors of the camp for 32 of the 38 years it has been in existence. Around the State
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will host the annual Senior Saints Summit May 16-19. Guest personalities include Paul Stripling, preacher; Constance Rey-nolds, Bible teacher; Larry Putnam, worship leader; and Al Staggs, banquet entertainer. The Burchfield Brothers and Stacey Price Preston also will perform concerts. Cost for the event is $135 per person or $250 per married couple staying on campus, or $95 for commuters staying off campus. For more information, call (254) 295-4620. The second annual “Singin' with the Saints” Southern gospel concert for senior adults will be held May 19 at 10 a.m. in Howard Payne University's Mims Auditorium. Featured performers will be the Melody Boys Quartet. Also performing will be the Brazos Boys Quartet, 4 X Grace and the Solid Rock Quartet. Under-wood's Cafeteria will cater the meal. Tickets for the concert and meal are $15 each and can be ordered by calling (800) 950-8465. Fourteen students have been selected from the state's Baptist universities as Young Maston Scholars for excellence in studies in Christian ethics. Selected were Joshua Broughton, East Texas Baptist University; Corey Cornutt, Hardin-Simmons University; Armando de la Garza, Baptist University of the Americas; Cole Detwiler, HSU; Anthony George, Houston Baptist University; Charles Glidewell, ETBU; Joel Gomez-Bossio, BUA; Erin Houchin, Howard Payne University; Carl Leake, Wayland Baptist University; Blake Matthews, HBU; Crystal Morton, WBU; Cameron Newton, Dallas Baptist Uni-versity; Meredith Pillion, HPU; and Brent Thomason, DBU. 04/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will host the annual Senior Saints Summit May 16-19. Guest personalities include Paul Stripling, preacher; Constance Rey-nolds, Bible teacher; Larry Putnam, worship leader; and Al Staggs, banquet entertainer. The Burchfield Brothers and Stacey Price Preston also will perform concerts. Cost for the event is $135 per person or $250 per married couple staying on campus, or $95 for commuters staying off campus. For more information, call (254) 295-4620. 
The second annual “Singin' with the Saints” Southern gospel concert for senior adults will be held May 19 at 10 a.m. in Howard Payne University's Mims Auditorium. Featured performers will be the Melody Boys Quartet. Also performing will be the Brazos Boys Quartet, 4 X Grace and the Solid Rock Quartet. Under-wood's Cafeteria will cater the meal. Tickets for the concert and meal are $15 each and can be ordered by calling (800) 950-8465. 
