• East Texas Baptist University will hold a preview day for high school seniors and college transfer students Nov. 5. Tiger Day participants will tour the campus, meet faculty and students, receive admissions and financial aid, and visit academic departments. Lunch is provided. Participants also will receive tickets to the ETBU football game at 2 p.m. For more information or to register for this free event, call (800) 804-3828.
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The testimony of retired Houston Astro and New York Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte was a part of the Montgomery County evangelistic crusade held in Conroe that had more than 10,000 people in attendance and saw almost 600 attendees make spiritual decisions, about half of those professions of faith in Christ. The four-day crusade was an interdenominational effort that included the pastors of West Conroe Church and First Church in Conroe in leadership. Rick Gage was the evangelist.
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• Hardin-Simmons University will present "The Christmas Rose" Nov. 11-12 as part of the school's opera workshop. The opera, which tells the Christmas story, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students, senior adults and children under 12.
• Dillon International will hold a free adoption meeting at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Buckner Children's Home campus in Dallas. A Dillon representative will give an overview of adoption from China, Korea, Haiti, India and Hong Kong, plus new opportunities in Ghana. A domestic adoption program for Texas families and adoption programs in Russia, Ethiopia and Honduras, available through an affiliation with Buckner, will be discussed. For more information or a reservation to attend the meeting, call (214) 319-3426.
• Trey and Lee Ann Turner have been commissioned by the North American Mission Board as Mission Service Corps missionaries to serve as church starters in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc. He previously served as pastor of Canyon Creek Church in Temple, Northside Church in Kermit and Duffau Church in Hico.
• Baylor University and McLennan Community College will begin a three-year pilot concurrent enrollment program in 2012. The program is for students who first qualify for regular admission to Baylor but cannot be accepted due to space constraints. Participants in the Baylor@MCC program will have access to the Baylor Student Life Center, health center, libraries, sports tickets, intramural sports and other student organizations. Students will choose either a one-year or two-year option, and after satisfactorily completing the program requirements, will become full Baylor students.
• Dallas Baptist University has announced the addition of three faculty members. Dana Wicker is an associate professor of psychology and counseling, and Kaylyn Hopper is an assistant professor of professional studies. Neil Dugger is an assistant professor of education and director of the K-12 doctorate in educational leadership program.
Empty shoes' signify lives lost to domestic violence Howard Payne University students (from left) Ricardo Martinez, Alejandra Jaramillo and Natalie Cardenas observe the Empty Shoes exhibit displayed at the university's Bettie and Robert Girling Center for Social Justice. Each of the 10 pairs of shoes represents a Central Texas woman or child who has died as a result of domestic violence in the past 12 years. The display was provided by the ARK Domestic Violence Shelter in Brownwood to commemorate National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. A candlelight vigil for the victims will be held at the Girling Center in Brownwood Oct. 27, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The vigil is organized by staff from the ARK and co-hosted by the criminal justice and social work departments at HPU.
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• Howard Payne University honored nine people during homecoming festivities Oct. 14-16. Ferris Akins was named a distinguished alumnus. A 1952 graduate, he has been pastor of several churches and currently serves Hopewell Church in Ballinger. Kyle Cavin was named outstanding young graduate. A former children's minister and camp administrator, the 2001 graduate is assistant director of ambulatory care at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas. Ann Sheffield Knobel, a 1970 graduate, was presented the medal of service for her work with young children. Barbara Smith Grooms, a 1959 graduate, was named Coming Home Queen. Carl and Mildred White were the parade grand marshals. Inducted into the HPU sports hall of fame were Stuart Burleson, Melinda Venable Kirst and Jerry Miller.
• Wayland Baptist University has received the Shirley Davis Award for Excellence in Synchronous Distance Learning from the National University Technology Network. The award specifically recognizes the WBU-Hawaii campus for its work with the Coast Guard.
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• Steve Rowan has been named vice president for institutional advancement and chief development officer at San Marcos Baptist Academy.
Anniversaries
• Valley View Church in Longview, 70th, Oct. 23. Tim Lindsay is pastor.
• Corpus Christi Association, 100th, Nov. 5-6. The celebration will be held at River Hills Church in Corpus Christi. Music will be presented by Shane and Shane and the Champion Forest Hispanic Praise Team. Preaching will be Danny Forshee and Roland Lopez. Admission is free. Saturday's festivities will begin at 5 p.m. A meal of hotdogs for children and sandwiches for adults on Saturday is provided at no cost. Children's activities will include a music rehearsal on Saturday and performance on Sunday, as well as other fun actitivies. A Sunday barbecue from 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. will cost $12 per person or $25 per family, if ordered in advance. A business meeting will be held at 5:45 p.m., with worship and presentations beginning at 6 p.m. For more information or to register, call (361) 853-2555.
Deaths
• Margaret Gibbs, 97, Oct. 4 in Onalaska. She was appointed head librarian of Decatur Baptist College in 1958, and she retained the post when the school moved to Dallas and became Dallas Baptist College. She retired in 1979. She was a member of First Church in Arlington. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred, and grandson, Trent Boydstun. She is survived by her daughters, Helen Marie and Sandra Kaye; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
• Charles Wright, 85, Oct. 8 in El Paso. He was pastor of Baptist churches from 1954 to 1958, then became a social worker for the Texas Department of Public Welfare from 1959 to 1963. He was administrator of Texas Baptist Children's Home from 1964 until his retirement in 1990. His tenure, the longest of any administrator in the school's history, was marked by several
new programs, including the emergency shelter; the family care program for single mothers and their children; and Miracle Farm, a boys ranch near Brenham. He was the recipient of an honorary doctorate of humanities from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. He also received the distinguished alumni award from the University of Texas School of Social Work, which later was named in his honor. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary; son, Charles; and three grandchildren.
Event
• Hampton Road Church in DeSoto has completed the promotion phase of a one-year capital stewardship campaign to make the church debt-free. The congregation pledged $414,000, which exceeded the goal of $350,000. An offering of $135,000 was received Oct. 2, with the remainder to be given over the course of the next year. Jerry Raines is pastor.
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