When a winter storm hit North Texas, Texas Baptist Men volunteers cooked hot meals for some of the area’s most vulnerable residents. TBM volunteers devoted 990 hours to prepare 20,865 meals local ministry partners served to homeless people in shelters. Also, when an apartment complex lost access to water, the Garland Emergency Management Office contacted TBM. Just a little more than an hour later, TBM volunteers delivered 84 cases of bottled water.
As part of its 100th anniversary celebration and in recognition of Black History Month, David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Austin will host a historical presentation on “African Christian Roots” by Frank Glover, an ordained minister and physician who has participated in medical missions throughout Africa. Glover will explore often-overlooked African connections to Christianity, dating back to the New Testament book of Acts. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 6 in the sanctuary of David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Austin and will be livestreamed online at https://davidchapel.org/livestream-service-recordings/. Joseph C. Parker Jr. is pastor of David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
At the NCAA Convention in Phoenix, Ariz., Howard Payne University was honored by the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators. HPU received an award in the one-time project category for its William B. Dean, M.D., Community Impact Day. At its second Community Impact Day last year, more than 400 students and university personnel served 21 nonprofit organizations in Brown County. More than half of the participants were student athletes at HPU.
Houston Christian University has renamed its nursing school the Linda Dunham School of Nursing, honoring the memory of longtime university supporter Linda Dunham, who died April 21, 2023. The nursing complex will be named the Dunham Family Nursing Center. “Linda would say that nursing should also be a ministry, because the very best nurses demonstrate patience, kindness, gentleness and love as they care for their patients,” her husband Archie Dunham said. “It will be our family’s prayer that all the nurses that graduate from the Linda Dunham School of Nursing demonstrate those attributes as they care for their patients.”
Wayland Baptist University’s Alumni Association will honor several alumni and supporters at the annual Blue and Gold Banquet, scheduled at 6 p.m. Feb. 9 on the Plainview campus. Tickets for the catered dinner are $15 and can be reserved through Jan. 31 in Wayland’s alumni services office at (806) 291-3600.
Congreso Experience events are scheduled Jan. 27 at First Baptist Church in Weslaco, Feb. 3 at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Feb. 17 at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall and March 2 at Baptist University of the Américas in San Antonio. The events, held in partnership with Texas Baptists, are designed for Hispanic students 6th grade and older. Each all-day free event includes workshops, group activities and an evening worship rally designed to encourage Hispanic students in their education and spiritual walk. To register, click here.
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