2006 Archives
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Around the State
Posted: 2/3/06
Around the State
• The fifth annual Baylor University Sacred Harp Singing will be held Feb. 11 in the Great Hall of Truett Theological Seminary. For those new to Sacred Harp singing, a singing school will be held beginning at 9:15 a.m., with the official sing starting at 10 a.m. After a lunch break, singing will begin again and conclude at 3 p.m. Singing from the Sacred Harp, or shaped note singing, was a method used widely in smaller Protestant churches in the South to teach church members to sing parts. At this free event, all are welcome to come and go. For more information, call (254) 710-2360.
Bernard McCoy of Troup listens as East Texas Baptist University President Bob Riley speaks prior to awarding McCoy an honorary doctorate in divinity. McCoy, a 1956 graduate of the school, served many years as a pastor before retiring as director of missions for Sabine Neches Baptist Area. (Photo by Mike Midkiff) • Dallas Baptist University will hold its Patriot Preview Weekend for prospective students Feb. 11. At the one-day event, high school juniors and seniors have an opportunity to experience campus life and learn more about choosing a college. Students and parents are offered a series of informative seminars, as well as fellowship opportunities with other families and DBU faculty. Information on financial aid options, the admission process and campus life are highlighted. The cost is $25 and includes two meals for students and their parents. For more information, call (214) 333-5360.
• Baylor University history professor Thomas Kidd has been named the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship. The $40,000 stipend will allow him to work full-time on his forthcoming book Awakenings: The First Generation of American Evangelical Christianity, which is under contract with Yale University Press.
• Ron Brown has been named associate vice president for enrollment management/ director of financial aid at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Brown has worked at the university more than 17 years.
Anniversaries
02/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Hill Country church gains from exchange
Posted: 2/3/06
Pastor Lonny Poe and his family welcome Spanish exchange student Maria Lopez to the Austin airport. Hill Country church gains from exchange
By George Henson
Staff Writer
DRIPPING SPRINGS—Participation in an international student exchange program provided Pastor Lonny Poe of Sunset Canyon Baptist Church with a real-life example of the effectiveness of worldwide Texas Baptist missions.
Texas Baptists built this church in Spain about 40 years ago. When Poe read an e-mail soliciting host homes for international high school students, he told his wife, Deanne, “I’ve got something for you to think about.”
That conversation started a process that brought 15-year-old Maria Lopez of Castellon, Spain, to live with the Poes and their four children in Dripping Springs.
02/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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EDITORIAL: Qing vases and teen sexual purity
Posted: 2/3/06
EDITORIAL: Qing vases and teen sexual purity
Sometimes, personal decisions and individual carelessness create catastrophic consequences.
Ask the staff of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England. A shoelace cost the museum three priceless vases.
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, a visitor walked around the museum with at least one of his shoelaces untied. Eventually, he tripped on the shoelace, stumbled down a flight of stairs, slammed into a wall and sent the Chinese Qing-dynasty vases crashing to the floor.
The vases are—were—about 300 years old. They sat safely on a window sill beside the staircase for decades. They were among the museum’s best-known artifacts. Nobody knows how many people admired their porcelain beauty through many generations. And a guy who tripped on his untied shoelace reduced them to shards in an instant.
02/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Republic of Georgia getting heat again; Needs still remain
Posted: 2/03/06
Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili of the Baptist Union of Georgia gathers around a wood stove to stay warm. At one point, an energy crisis left half the country without power. Republic of Georgia getting
heat again; needs still remainBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
TBILISI, Georgia – A supply of natural gas into the Republic of Georgia has been restored and parts of the country’s capital city again have heat and electricity.
02/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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