Texas Tidbits

Posted: 2/02/07

Texas Tidbits

DBU offers Patriot Preview event. Dallas Baptist University is offering a look at campus life during a Patriot Preview event Feb. 10 for high school juniors and seniors, college transfer students and their parents. The Patriot Preview begins at 8:30 a.m. with a breakfast with DBU professors. Prospective students then will be given the opportunity to attend mock classes and interview for scholarships. For parents, Patriot Weekend will feature information seminars on topics such as financial aid, campus life, parent services, and the application process, plus the chance to meet DBU administrators. The weekend event also will include a student-life fair. DBU will waive the application fee for students who apply during Patriot Weekend. The cost for the event is $25, which includes two meals for both students and parents. For more information about Patriot Weekend, students or parents may contact the office of undergraduate admissions at (214) 333-5360, or register online at www.dbu.edu/patriotday.

Baylor regents approve practice facility. At a called meeting, the Baylor University board of regents unanimously adopted a proposal to construct an on-campus football training facility. The $22 million facility, which is being funded with private resources, likely will be located adjacent to Baylor’s other athletics facilities at the Turner Riverfront Complex. Games will continue to be played at Floyd Casey Stadium. Construction of the practice facility will take about 18 months. A final review of the project plans and specifications has been scheduled for the Feb. 8-9 regents meeting.

Orientation for Mexico missions slated. The Baptist General Convention of Texas Border/Mexico Missions office will hold three free meetings to help churches find Mexico missions projects and learn how they can minister along the Texas-Mexico border. Two meetings Feb. 16-17 will orient mission leaders to the Rio Grande Valley and Eagle Pass as well as the Mexican cities of Reynosa, Matamoros, Piedras Negras and Acuna. Texas Baptists can register for the Rio Grande Valley meeting—which also will orient mission workers to Reynosa and Matamoros—by sending an e-mail to svbrmission@rioplexwireless.com or calling (956) 968-3161. Texas Baptists can register for the Eagle Pass meeting—which also will orient mission workers to Piedras Negras and Acuna—by sending an e-mail to delriouvalde@sbcglobal.net or calling (830) 278-5351. The third meeting is Feb. 23-25 and will orient mission leaders to El Paso, the Big Bend area and Juarez, Mexico. Texas Baptists can register for this training event by sending an e-mail too juanfepba@sbcglobal.net or calling (915) 544-8671.

Panhandle-Plains Conference set. The 86th Annual Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference, Feb. 19-20 at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, will feature messages, music and fellowship all centered on the theme “Encountering Jesus.” Speakers include Bill Tinsley, leader of the WorldconneX missions network; D.L. Lowrie, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church in Lubbock; Howie Batson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Amarillo; David Dykes, pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler; Ed Sena, pastor of Emanuel Community Baptist Church in Lubbock; and Randy Newberry, mobilization strategist for the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.