Around the State

Posted: 3/14/08

Around the State

• Wayland Baptist University will hold a preview weekend March 28-29 for prospective students. Participants will have an opportunity to attend classes and chapel and eat in the cafeteria. The afternoon features a variety of games, activities and campus tours. The evening feature is a concert by Hawk Nelson and Run Kid Run. Saturday also features a variety of activities. To register, call (800) 588-1928.

• A senior adult camp will be held April 21-24 at Alto Frio Encampment in Leakey. Paul Powell will be the preacher, D.L. Lowery the Bible study teacher, and Dale Durham and Ginger McKay will lead the music. For more information or to make reservations, call (830) 232-5271.

• Faye Jarvis received the Howard Payne University Woman’s Club’s Yellow Rose Award for more than 60 years of service to the university. Her family connection to the university spans four generations, stretching back to its origins as Daniel Baker College. After the death of her first husband, she served for three years as a Mission Service Corps volunteer working as dorm director for Veda Hodge Hall, and was commonly known as the “First Lady of Veda.” While there, she met her second husband and later was the morning receptionist for the Mabee University Center. She continues as a volunteer in a variety of capacities. Danielle Parkinson, an elementary education major from Farmers Branch, received the Yellow Rose Scholarship.

• The East Texas Baptist University School of Fine Arts recently paid tribute to long-time choral director James Moore by premiering an anthem commissioned in his honor. The ETBU Concert Choir performed “Prayer for Grace,” composed by Daniel Gawthrop, during its annual spring concert Feb. 21. Moore, who has served the school more than 14 years, received a framed copy of the score.

Anniversities

• Crosspoint Fellowship Church in Abilene, fifth, Jan. 9. Jerry Hendrix is pastor.

• Jim Manning, 15th, as pastor of First Church in Franklin, March 2.

• Buddy Sipe, 15th, as pastor of Cottonwo0d Church in Lorena, March 14.

• Jack Willoughby, 10th, as pastor of Calallen Church in Corpus Christi, March 16.

• Odilon Rojas, 10th, as pastor of Iglesia Manantia de Vida in Whitesboro, March 17.

• Bruce Prindle, fifth, as pastor of First Church in Midlothian, March 23.

• First Church in Cotulla, 125th, March 30.

• Wayne Shuffield, fifth, as pastor of Battetown Church in Cameron.

• Bob Gregory, fifth, as pastor of Greenvine Church in Burton.

• First Church in Weinert, 100th, April 5-6. The celebration will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday and continue at 10 a.m. Sunday. Past and present pastors and members will take part in the services. A video slideshow also will be shown. A church cookbook has been compiled and will be available for purchase. For more information, call (940) 673-8262. Dan Bullock is pastor.

• University Park Church in San Antonio, 60th, April 12-13. Previous members are asked to contact the church at (210) 433-3203. Robert Canion is pastor.

• Fairy Church in Hico, 125th, April 13. Jan Daehnert will be the guest speaker. A meal will follow the morning service. A 2 p.m. service will feature Richard Ray of First Church in Wink. Testimonies, special music and a rededication service will be included. For more information, call (254) 796-2720. Bob Ray is pastor.

• First Church in Freer, 75th, April 19-20. The celebration will start at noon Saturday with a picnic. There will be a band and old-fashioned games to play or watch. Snow cones will be available all afternoon. At 4 p.m., a tent meeting will be held. Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. will feature former pastors and members. A noon meal also will be served. For more information, call (361) 394-6005. Tim Walshe is pastor.

• Carter Lyles, 10th, as pastor of Bethel Church in Clardy, April 20.

• David Michael, 55th, in ministry, April 23. He has been pastor of Wynnewood Church in Dallas the past five years.

• First Church in Carrizo Springs, 130th, April 26-27. Robert Krause is pastor.

• First Church in Elmendorf, 100th, April 27. The celebration will begin with registration and coffee at 9 a.m. followed by Sunday school under the tent, worship and lunch. For more information, call (210) 635-8588. Joe Canales is pastor.

Retiring

• Dale Turner, as pastor of Austin Street Church in Yoakum, March 30. He served his present church six years and has been in ministry 45 years. He previously served as associate pastor of Southcrest Church in Corpus Christi and was pastor of West Heights Church in Corpus Christi, First Church in Lolita, and Grace Church in Houston.

Events

• Elm Grove Church in Waelder marked the 18th year of Pastor Hoyt Hunnicutt March 4.

• Stephen Goacher, associate professor of music at Howard Payne University, will debut music from his latest instrumental album at First Church in Brownwood April 6 at 6:30 p.m. and at Crescent Heights Church in Abilene April 13 at 3 p.m.

• The Heights Church in Richardson will hold a car and motor show April 12 from noon until 4 p.m. Among the classic and exotic cars to be on display will be a 1969 Camaro Rally Sport SS, a 1992 Porsche 968 Cabriolet and a 1999 Ferrari 550 Maranello. In addition, vintage military vehicles will be on display, and the Dallas Fire Museum will showcase antique fire equipment. The entry fee for cars, trucks and motorcycles to be displayed is $10 or 10 canned goods to benefit a local food bank. Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m. To preregister, call (972) 530-4000. The event is free. Gary Singleton is pastor.

• Gaston Oaks Church in Dallas will hold a reunion April 26-27 for members of what was Gaston Avenue Church at the church’s prior location at Gaston and Haskell, now the site of Criswell College. Events include a dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, preceded by a tour of the facilities. Dickie Dunn of the Baptist General Convention of Texas will be master of ceremonies at the dinner. The dinner will cost $15, and reservations must be made by March 29 at donnaww@verizon.net. Sunday morning’s 10:30 a.m. worship service will be preceded by coffee at 9:30 a.m. The worship service will include testimonies from past members and staff and a look at the future by Pastor Bruce Troy. Jerry Johnson, president of Criswell College, will issue a welcome. The reunion is being organized by youth group members from the 1950s and 1960s. Dick Baker will lead the singing and the choir. For more information, call (214) 343-7922.

• The Women on Mission of Adamsville Church in Adamsville led an effort that saw children, teens and adults of the church create 298 Valentine cards that were taken to three nursing homes in Lampasas. Glynn Tyson is pastor.

• First Church in Jacinto City has closed its library and has many volumes to be given away. For more information, call Edith Thompson at (713) 453-2118.

• Michelle McClendon was the guest preacher at Second Church in Lubbock on Martha Stearns Marshall Day of Preaching, Feb. 3. Seventy churches in 14 states invited women to preach in their pulpits that day as a celebration of women in the pulpit and to educate congregations about women in ministry.

Revival

• Parkview Church, Littlefield; March 23-26; evangelist, Rick Ingle; music, Paul and Christy Newberry; pastor, Roger Ashley.