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Kirbyville church showers hurting community with kindness
Posted: 10/28/05
Young people hand out food at First Baptist Church in Kirbyville. The church became the primary place where people in the community found help after Hurricane Rita. Kirbyville church showers
hurting community with kindnessBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
KIRBYVILLE–Before Hurricane Rita hit, Pastor Charles Burchett asked his church members to be “wells of refreshing.” After the storm, they let the waters flow.
10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Russian orphan still needs adoptive family
Posted: 10/28/05
Russian orphan still needs adoptive family
DALLAS–Oksana, a 13-year-old orphan from St. Petersburg, Russia, still needs a family after visiting North Texas last summer through Buckner Orphan Care International's “Angels from Abroad” program.
Oksana lived with a volunteer host family for two weeks as part of the “Angels” initiative, designed to help raise awareness about the needs of older children living in Russian orphanages and Buckner's programs to improve their lives.
The urgent nature of the adoption need is both physical and emotional, said Mary Ann Hamby of Buckner International Adoption, also an adoptive parent.
Oksana, a 13-year-old Russian orphan, needs a family to adopt her. 10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Skater evangelism blends boards & Bibles to reach teens
Posted: 10/28/05
A Christian skateboarder prepares to perform a stunt at a "festival" in St. Paul, Minn., sponsored by the Oregon-based Luis Palau Evangelistic Association. (Photos courtesy of Luis Palau Evangelistic Association) Skater evangelism blends
boards & Bibles to reach teensBy Helena Andrews
Religion News Service
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS)–Tattoos, piercings, skateboards–and Jesus? That combination may have seemed heretical a decade ago, but now mainstream churches have flipped a “one-eighty,” using skateboarders to bring teens into the fold.
10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 10/28/05
The Oaks Church in McKinney held a commissioning service for Melva Whitlock as a Mission Service Corps volunteer. She has been assigned by the North American Mission Board to serve through the Baptist General Convention of Texas as mentor coordinator for the McKinney Christian Women's Job Corps. Pictured are Pastor Danny Buster, Whitlock, and Gail and Duane Bechtold, MSC/Lifecall Advocates. Around the State
Baylor University's Martin Museum of Art is hosting two biblical art exhibitions. Talmud and the Art of Ben-Zion and Marc Chagall will run through Nov. 16 and showcase the works of two of the most important Jewish artists of the 20th century. Collector's Items: Biblical Art and Private Devotion will run through Dec. 3. Prints of biblical narratives dating from 1510 through 2000 are featured include the works of Durer and Rembrandt. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call (254) 710-1867. The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will hold homecoming festivities Nov. 4-5. The events begin with homecoming chapel on Friday morning, when the Alumni Association will present the Distinguished Alumni Award and Honorary Alumni Award. The Heritage Club, graduates of 50 years or more, also will be honored. That evening will feature class reunion dinners, Friday Night Live, a pep rally and a dessert party. Saturday events include a golf tournament, campus tours and a tailgate party. Reservations for the barbecue lunch of the tailgate party must be made at (254) 295-4599. Green Acres Church in Tyler has been named one of America's safest churches by GuideOne Insurance due to the church's risk-management efforts. 10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Brooks retires after 27 years with BGCT
Posted: 10/28/05
BGCT Executive Director Charles Wade presents a plaque to E.B. Brooks, retiring coordinator of church missions and evangelism, at a recent BGCT Executive Board meeting. (Photo by John Hall) Brooks retires after 27 years with BGCT
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
DALLAS–E.B. Brooks, who led the Baptist General Convention of Texas' church missions and evangelism efforts, has retired after 27 years of ministry with the state convention.
10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
Baylor University's Martin Museum of Art is hosting two biblical art exhibitions. Talmud and the Art of Ben-Zion and Marc Chagall will run through Nov. 16 and showcase the works of two of the most important Jewish artists of the 20th century. Collector's Items: Biblical Art and Private Devotion will run through Dec. 3. Prints of biblical narratives dating from 1510 through 2000 are featured include the works of Durer and Rembrandt. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call (254) 710-1867. 
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will hold homecoming festivities Nov. 4-5. The events begin with homecoming chapel on Friday morning, when the Alumni Association will present the Distinguished Alumni Award and Honorary Alumni Award. The Heritage Club, graduates of 50 years or more, also will be honored. That evening will feature class reunion dinners, Friday Night Live, a pep rally and a dessert party. Saturday events include a golf tournament, campus tours and a tailgate party. Reservations for the barbecue lunch of the tailgate party must be made at (254) 295-4599. 
