Texas Tidbits

Posted: 2/3/06

Texas Tidbits

Baylor sets date for inauguration. John Lilley will be installed as Baylor University’s 13th president at a 2 p.m. ceremony on April 21 in the Ferrell Special Events Center. Baylor University Board of Regents Chairman Will Davis of Austin has appointed David Sibley to chair an eight-member presidential inauguration committee to oversee plans for the event. Others serving on the committee are Wes Bailey, James Bowden, Tommy Bowman, Harold Cunningham, Sue Getterman, Ramiro Peña and Donell Teaff, all from Waco.

Church library convention slated in Houston. “Launch Pad for Libraries” is the theme of the statewide 2006 Texas Baptist Church Library Convention, March 9-11 at Tallowood Baptist Church in Houston. Author Robert Flynn of the Texas Institute of Letters and his wife, Jean, a retired teacher and librarian, are keynote speakers. Conference session topics include “libraries in the 21st century,” “weeding and inventory,” “book repair,” “family night at the library” and “archival restoration, preservation and conservation methods.” Individual registration cost before Feb. 10 is $55; late registration is $60. For more information, contact Naomi Taplin or Autumn Hendon at (972) 331-2235.

Epicenter conference changes location. The Baptist General Convention of Texas-sponsored Epicenter conference, which will focus on spiritual formation for kingdom impact, has changed venues to Park Central Baptist Church in Dallas. The event remains scheduled for March 3-4. Reggie McNeal, director of leadership development for the South Carolina Baptist Convention, headlines a group of Christian leaders who will ask participants to examine the way they develop leaders. Other key speakers include Bob Roberts, founder of GlocalNet and pastor of Northwood Church for the Communities in Keller; Jeff Christopherson, pastor of Sanctuary of Oakville near Toronto, Canada; and Nancy Ortbeg, church consultant and former teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill. For more information, call (888) 747-7700 or visit www.bgct.org.

Former president to lecture at UMHB. Former President George Bush will be the guest speaker for the McLane Lecture at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Feb. 10. The McLane Lecture brings nationally recognized speakers to the university to promote awareness and information about issues concerning business. It is sponsored by Temple resident and Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane and hosted by the College of Business. Tickets will be required for admission.

UMHB names VP. The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor has named Bill Townsend vice president for external relations. Townsend, who served previously as vice president for institutional advancement at Louisiana College in Pineville, La., will oversee the offices of alumni relations, alumni development, planned giving, corporate giving, foundation relations, records, research, marketing and public relations. Prior to Louisiana College, Townsend was the acting director of the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law and was assistant dean for professional services at Mississippi College School of Law. His wife, Cindy, is director of women’s missions and ministries at the Louisiana Baptist Convention. They have two children.

Correction: The article “Baptist chaplain in Kuwait seeks conversation-starters” published in the Jan. 23 Baptist Standard contained incorrect contact information. The correct address is Chaplain (Captian) Rick Brunson, TF 1-6 Infantry, HHC, 1-6 INF, APO AE 09330.