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UMHB offers military counseling degree program
Posted: 6/01/06
Chaplains (left to right) Brian Mead, Paul Blundell, James Smith, David Santiago Cruz, Steve Richardson, Jerry Pitts and Joseph Vieira meet with Chris Ballard, associate professor of psychology and counseling at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. UMHB offers military
counseling degree programBy Laura Frase
Communications Intern
BELTON—A new, Pentagon-approved program implemented by a Texas Baptist university will have lasting effects on the military—nationally and internationally.
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, near Fort Hood, created a master’s degree program in marriage and family Christian counseling, which has caught the military’s eye for their chaplains.
06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
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CERI ministry in Africa pairing with groups to help orphans
Posted: 6/01/06
Dearing Garner, director of Children’s Emergency Relief International-Africa, and Angela Namatovu, the 27-year-old director of Mercy Home for Children in Kampala, Uganda, visit with some of the 1.5 million Ugandas displaced by the long-running war between the Lord's Resistance Army and the government. The children are brutalized and often forced to participate in the killing of their parents. (Photo by Trent Stiles) CERI ministry in Africa pairing
with groups to help orphansBy Craig Bird
Baptist Child & Family Services
Dearing Garner found Blessings in Africa—and he expects to find ongoing blessings from assisting orphans in several African nations.
Garner, who retired recently after 27 years as pastor of First Baptist Church in Kingwood, leads Children’s Emergency Relief International’s expanding ministry to Africa. CERI, the international arm of Baptist Child & Family Services, already has ongoing work in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Gatesville church helps Hispanic congregation move to new building
Posted: 6/01/06
Baptisms by Ruben Rios (left) will help fill the new sanctuary of Iglesia Hispana in Gatesville. Gatesville church helps Hispanic
congregation move to new buildingBy Elizabeth Staples
Communications Intern
GATESVILLE—Live Oak Baptist Church focuses on family. And in recent years, the family has expanded.
About three years ago, a group of Hispanics in the area joined several people at Live Oak Baptist Church and proposed to start a new Hispanic church. After meeting on their own for a few months, they were led to a 71-year-old retired pastor, Ruben Rios. He quickly joined in their vision and became the pastor of the new Hispanic congregation, now called Iglesia Hispana.
06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Willow Meadows youth want ‘art car’ to be message of hope
Posted: 6/01/06
Everyone’s Art Car Parade in Houston featured a join effort by Willow Meadows Baptist Church youth and Katrina evacuees. Willow Meadows youth want
'art car' to be message of hopeBy Karen Campbell
Union Baptist Association
HOUSTON—Take a late 1980s mud-racing Buick, add the exuberance of youth and the perspective of Katrina evacuees, plus a little paint and creativity with a touch of faith-based hope and an Art Car is born.
This year’s recent Everyone’s Art Car Parade featured the usual array of lowriders, classic cars, and what can only be termed “rolling contraptions” among the more than 250 entries in an annual event that attracts more than 200,000 spectators.
Katrina evacuee Autumn Luers-Pereira and Joma Kennedy from Willow Meadows Baptist Church work on an ArtCar. Matt Peters is in the distant background. 06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Wayland band members amazed by reception in Russia
Posted: 6/01/06
Wayland Baptist University band students wait for a tour of the WWII war memorial in Moscow. (Photos by Hayley Cox) Wayland band members
amazed by reception in RussiaBy Jonathan Petty
Wayland Baptist University
MOSCOW—Wayland Baptist University’s Pioneer Band recently traveled to Russia, performing indoor and outdoor concerts in conjunction with the country’s Victory Day celebrations.
The band spent four days in Moscow and four in St. Petersburg, performing in three of Europe’s top concert halls—the Moscow Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the A Capella Concert Hall in St. Petersburg.
06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
