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Chaplain offers exercises to help ministers relate to effects of aging_110804
Posted: 11/05/04
Chaplain offers exercises to help
ministers relate to effects of agingEffective senior adult ministry requires an understanding of what it means to grow older.
At a recent Baptist General Convention of Texas-sponsored pastoral caregivers retreat, Judy Collins, a chaplain in the Baylor Health Care System, suggested the following exercises to become more familiar with the effects of aging:
Judy Collins Write while wearing loose-fitting garden gloves to simulate difficulty with hands. 11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State_110804
Posted: 11/05/04
Around the State
Among the chaplains endorsed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in October were Pam Foster, a hospice chaplain in Fort Worth; Debbie Kubo, a hospice chaplain in Dallas; and Doug Cobb, a chaplain at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple.
The Hardin-Simmons University Alumni Association has elected Ronnie Kidd to remain as president of its board of directors in 2005. Other board members are Andrea Howey, Larry Moss, Karen Johnson, Erin Maddox, Karen Gurganus, Debbie Young, Deborah Ashmore, Ann Scargall, Pat Kelley, Billy Bob Neff, Janis Altom, Vance Cooksey, Dean Taggart, Donald Tittle, Dorothy Kiser, Debbie Harruff, Bee Shakleford and Fred Ewing. Joe Welsh, pastor of View Church in Abilene, has been elected moderator of Abilene Association. Jim McCurley, pastor of Potosi Church in Abilene, was elected first vice moderator, and Lee Fuller, pastor of Wylie Church in Abilene, selected to be second vice moderator. David Cason, pastor of Broadview Church in Abilene, will head the evangelism/missions team; Mike Woodard, pastor of Southwest Park Church in Abilene, will lead the strengthening existing churches team; and Monroe Levrets, a member of Wylie Church, is stewardship team leader. Erma Liles' gift enabled First Church in Weinert to purchase chair lifts to enable elderly and disabled members of the congregation to have access to the church's fellowship hall, which is located upstairs. The congregation thanked Liles for her gift at a dedication service. She is pictured with pastor J.C. Baker. 11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge
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STEVE MURDOCK: Demographic guru_110804
Posted: 11/05/04
STEVE MURDOCK: Demographic guru
Texas has become the second most-populous state in the nation and is growing by the minute with great implications for church starting and church growth. No one in the state is more aware of what is happening than the state's demographer, Steve Murdock, who heads the Texas State Data Center and the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at the University of Texas-San Antonio. A native of North Dakota, Murdock is a graduate of North Dakota State University and earned master's and doctor of philosophy degrees at the University of Kentucky. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is the author of 11 books, more than 120 technical articles and book chapters, 125 research reports and monographs and 70 popular articles on the determinants and consequences of demographic, socioeconomic and natural resource changes.
Steve Murdock Q.
What is the history of the Texas Data Center and the office of the state demographer?
The state data center program started in 1979 in Texas. We have been the primary agency in terms of providing technical support and information since then. We provide direct information through our cells and affiliates to about 50,000 people a year. We provide direct access through our website to another 2.5 million real users, who go to the site and download data from it. In fact, we download about 2.5 gigabytes a day. About 50 percent are public and 50 percent are private users.
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11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge
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EDITORIAL: ‘Moral values’ should mean more than sexual ethics_110804
Posted: 11/05/04
EDITORIAL:
'Moral values' should mean more than sexual ethicsHow do you define “moral values”?
I couldn't help but ponder that question on election night. The national exit poll, shared by major news media, revealed 80 percent of voters who said “moral values” are a primary concern cast their ballots for George W. Bush. As I listened to the pundits and recalled which “moral values” surfaced in the presidential campaign, I came to the same conclusion I reach while viewing too many TV commercials: It's all about sex.
The “moral values” boiled down to two front-line issues and a shadow third–abortion, homosexual “marriage” and a former president's infidelity.
We who seek to pattern our lives after the Great Commandment–loving God–some-times forget the Second Command-ment–love others. But any biblical definition of "moral values" surely embraces both. 11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge
Write while wearing loose-fitting garden gloves to simulate difficulty with hands. 
Joe Welsh, pastor of View Church in Abilene, has been elected moderator of Abilene Association. Jim McCurley, pastor of Potosi Church in Abilene, was elected first vice moderator, and Lee Fuller, pastor of Wylie Church in Abilene, selected to be second vice moderator. David Cason, pastor of Broadview Church in Abilene, will head the evangelism/missions team; Mike Woodard, pastor of Southwest Park Church in Abilene, will lead the strengthening existing churches team; and Monroe Levrets, a member of Wylie Church, is stewardship team leader. 
