The Sedwick Soccer Field House is the new home of Dallas Baptist University’s women’s team. The facility opened for the season opener. In addition to a locker room that holds 30 customized wooden lockers, it also has a state-of-the-art press box, team meeting room, coaches’ offices and a grandstand of 400 chair-back seats and two covered patio decks.
Houston Baptist University’s women’s softball and 
Houston Baptist University’s inaugural “Paws for a Cause” raised more than $1,200 to fight cancer.basketball teams led the school to hold its inaugural “Paws for a Cause” event. It raised more than $1,200 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Cancer Society. More than 70 people brought their dogs for a one-mile trek around the campus. Prizes were awarded for best costume, waggiest tail, best owner-dog lookalike and the person who brought the most dogs.
B.H. Carroll Theological Institute will hold its fall colloquy, “Celebrating B.H. Carroll: Life, Legacy and Vision,” Nov. 10-11. Monday—at the Arlington campus—Alan LaFever, director of the Texas Baptist Historical Collection, and Jim Spivey, 
Alan LaFeverCarroll Institute professor of church history, will present papers that explore the life and legacy of B.H. Carroll. Tuesday, participants will take a bus ride to Waco. The group will meet William Pitts, retired history professor of Baylor University, for tours of Oakwood Cemetery, where Carroll is buried, and First Baptist Church in Waco, where he was pastor. The day will conclude with a lunch with speaker Daniel Aleshire, executive director of the Association of Theological Schools, on “The Future of Theological Education.” The event will feature a B.H. Carroll beard-growing contest. Prizes will be awarded for the best naturally grown beard and the best faux beard.
Howard Payne University’s band fraternity and sorority chapters transformed 
Members of Howard Payne University’s band fraternity and sorority recently upgraded the trailer that transports their equipment and instruments.the trailer that carries equipment and instruments for the Yellow Jacket Band. The groups dedicated the trailer in memory of two students who died while members of the band—Chris Jones and Jeremy Lewis. The upgraded trailer features a vinyl wrap that depicts images of the band and commemorates the lives of Jones and Lewis.
Anniversaries
Rodney Hobbs, fifth, as pastor of Stonegate Church in Midlothian.
Lee Evans, fifth, as pastor of West Lake Baptist Church in Chandler, Oct. 26.
Mike Lawson, 15th, as pastor of First Baptist Church in Sherman, Nov. 8.
Revival
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Belmore Baptist Church, San Angelo; Oct. 5-9; evangelist, Gary Newman; pastor, Toby Irwin.
First Baptist Church, Center; Oct. 12-15; evangelist, Jim Goforth; pastor, Michael Hale.
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