2007 Archives
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CYBER COLUMN by Jinny Henson: Tribute to Mom
Posted: 5/04/07
CYBER COLUMN: Tribute to Mom
By Jinny Henson
Susana Wesley, mother of Methodist Church founders John and Charles, often is credited for raising children who would, well, launch a denomination. Intelligent and stern, she wore her hair in a holiness bun and baked bread at 4 am. My mother wore Loving Care # 2247 and fed us biscuits during the 1977-78 school year because Food-a-rama had them on sale. Legend has it that Susana delivered sermons and prayed for hours for her 10 children. My mom preached at the three of us and prayed for a week that toilet would heal itself before she’d call the plumber.
Jinny Henson Very ready to laugh at life in general and herself in particular, my mom never took herself too seriously. You never can escape the blessing that having a secure woman for a mother brings. It permeates your soul in a lasting way like Ritz dye to white capri pants, leaving not one fiber untouched. I never heard her agonize over what to wear or wallow in self-pity. She was decisive, intuitive, strong and ever amused at how God had put her children together.
05/04/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 4/27/07
Around the State
• Two vision trips for border/Mexico missions are fast approaching. The Querétaro vision trip starts with a May 2 flight to Mexico City and participants return May 5. A trip to Oaxaca will be from May 20 to 23. For more information about the trips and available scholarships, call (888) 333-2363.
• Dallas will participate in the National Day of Prayer May 3 with an old-fashioned tent revival on Gaston Avenue at Haskell at 11:45 a.m. Daily tent meetings are being held there morning and evening until then. First Church in Dallas and Prestonwood Church in Plano are among the churches and organizations sponsoring the effort.
The B.H. Carroll Institute conferred its first certified degrees to Larry Howell (center left), diploma in Christian ministry, and Betty Dilday (center right), master of arts in religion. Participating in the ceremony were Bruce Corley (left), senior fellow and president of the institute, and Russell Dilday, chancellor of the school. For more information about the school, call (817) 274-4284. • Panfork Camp in Wellington will hold its senior adult day May 4. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. and events will continue through the middle of the afternoon. Lunch will be served. The cost is $10. For more information, call (806) 665-3152.
• The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will hold its 10th annual Senior Saints Summit May 14-17 for people 55 and older. Participants live on campus for four days of seminars, singing, worship, fellowship and Bible study. Wallace Davis will be the summit preacher, Dan Woolridge the Bible teacher and Larry Putman the worship leader. Other highlights include daily morning devotionals, special interest breakout sessions, fellowship times, a talent show and games. The cost is $135 per person or $250 per married couple to stay on campus, or $95 for commuters staying off campus. For more information, call (254) 295-4606.
05/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptists offer relief to victims of widespread storms
Posted: 4/27/07
Texas Baptist Men responded to help victims of storms that struck across the state in April. Texas Baptists offer relief to
victims of widespread stormsBy Barbara Bedrick
Texas Baptist Communications
From suburban Fort Worth to the Panhandle plains to the Rio Grande, Texas Baptists provided disaster relief after a series of violent storms swept through the state.
High winds, heavy rain and a tornado killed two people and damaged more than 150 homes in Tarrant County April 13, and another storm system followed a similar path 11 days later. Haltom City, just north of Fort Worth, experienced some of the worst damage from the first wave of storms.
04/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Newspapers rethink religion sections
Updated: 4/27/07
Newspapers rethink religion sections
By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
NEW YORK (ABP)—The Dallas Morning News recently received the Religion Communicators Council award for the nation’s best religion section. It was the 10th time in 11 years the News had won. Unfortunately for the News, there’s no chance of an 11th title.
In January, the newspaper discontinued the section, citing economic concerns.
04/28/2007 - By John Rutledge
