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As religion bandwagon rolls on, TV not ‘left behind’_50205
Posted: 4/29/05
Natascha McElhone, left, as Sister Josepha Montafiore and Bill Pullman, right, as Richard Massey in the new NBC miniseries "Revelations," the latest effort by Hollywood to jump on the religion bandwagon. As religion bandwagon
rolls on, TV not 'left behind'By Helena Andrews
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)–“Omnium finis imminet.” The end is here.
04/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Church finds its ministry reaching out to neighborhood_50205
Posted: 4/29/05
Members and visitors gather for fellowship outside South San Filadelfia Baptist Church in San Antonio. (Photos by Eric Guel) Church finds its ministry
reaching out to neighborhoodBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
SAN ANTONIO–South San Antonio residents insist South San Filadelfia Baptist Church is not simply part of its neighborhood; it's a member of the community.
04/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits_50205
Posted: 4/29/05
Texas Tidbits
Baylor students win grants. Two Baylor University graduate students who are working on joint degrees from the School of Social Work and Truett Theological Seminary have written grants that won $226,000 for the university. Becky Shumake of Winnfield, La., wrote a proposal to the Texas Workforce Commission for funds to develop programs to help poor families who are working but not making enough money to escape poverty. The commission awarded $200,000 for a program in Waco, and the proposal sparked a statewide effort. Krissi Vandagriff of Austin wrote a grant to the Cooper Foundation, which provided $26,000 to fund a staff member who can support Christian Women's Job Corps volunteers, who help poor women develop work skills to support themselves and their families.
Bird Endowed Scholarship established at HPU. An endowed scholarship for science and mathematics been established at Howard Payne University in honor of Dean Donal Bird and his wife, Marjorie, an associate professor of chemistry and mathematics. Their children and spouses– E.J. and Jill Bird, Erin and Kim Bird, and Edward and Lorenna Yantis–created the endowment. The scholarship will provide tuition assistance to deserving students majoring in either science or math.
ETBU vice president announces retirement. Wallace Watkins will retire from East Texas Baptist University Dec. 31 after 10 years as vice president for spiritual development. University Chaplain Dane Fowlkes has been named as his successor, effective June 1. Watkins will remain on staff during the transition period. Watkins served 18 years as pastor of Central Baptist Church in Marshall before joining ETBU. Previously, he was pastor of First Baptist Church in Hitchcock and associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Texarkana.
04/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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TOGETHER: Find ways to love your pastor and family_50205
Posted: 4/29/05
TOGETHER:
Find ways to love your pastor & familyA young deacon chairman began his year of service by telling his story. He had been raised in a pastor's home and had been around deacons all of his life. When asked to be chair of the deacon council, he remembered the deacons he had known and admired through the years.
There was the deacon who gave him a pony before he was 7.
And the deacon who faithfully cared for an invalid wife over many years and brought frozen peaches to the parsonage to be enjoyed after Sunday-evening church.
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
04/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Hip-hop churches bring redemptive message to urban youth_41805
Posted: 4/15/05
Church planter Shawn Scoggins (left) and producer Terrance Levi (right) are joined by a Houston area DJ for a “gathering of the players” at Texas Southern University. Hip-hop churches bring
redemptive message to urban youthBy Ken Camp
Managing Editor
HOUSTON–Street Life leaders express their movement's in-your-face attitude on black T-shirts that carry a straightforward message: “Jesus is Lord. Satan is a punk. Pick a side.”
04/25/2005 - By John Rutledge
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