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___Anniversaries
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Bluff Dale Church in Bluff Dale will celebrate its 125th anniversary Oct. 24. Former Pastor Richard Jackson will preach the morning service, followed by a fellowship luncheon. An afternoon worship service will be led by former Pastor Wayne Morris at 2 p.m. For more information, call (254) 728-3712. Pat Bush is pastor.
___ Avondale Church in Sweetwater will celebrate its 50th anniversary Oct. 24. Since church records were destroyed in a fire, former members are asked to send information about themselves even if they are unable to attend. Prior to the fire, the church was called Westside Church. Information may be sent to: P.O. Box 453, Sweetwater 79556-0453. Cecil Deadman is pastor.
___ Park Cities Church in Dallas will celebrate its 60th anniversary Oct. 24. Former Pastor James Pleitz will parti-cipate in the morning services. During the services, the church's new history book, "There Ought to be a Church," will be dedicated to wives of the church's five pastors. A barbecue dinner will begin at noon. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children. For more information, call (214) 860-1500. Jim Denison is pastor.
___ Mount Olive Missionary Church in Fort Worth is having a number of special services in preparation for its annual homecoming. C.B.T. Smith, pastor emeritus of Golden Gate Church in Dallas, will preach Oct. 24, and a pre-homecoming musical will begin at 4 p.m. that afternoon. Revival meetings with Dennis Jones, pastor of Gethsemane Church in Houston, will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 10-12. Homecoming services will be Nov. 14, with Harold Fort of New Birth Church in Houston, Tim Woods of Hopewell Church in Birmingham, Ala., and Vincent Parker of Golden Gate Church in Dallas leading services. William Glynn is pastor.
___Deaths
___ William Perdue, 72, Oct. 10 in Canyon Lake. Perdue, pastor of Cranes Mill Church in Canyon Lake for the past five years, had been in the ministry 52 years. Among other churches he served as pastor are Grandview Church in El Paso and Baptist Temple in San Antonio. A naval veteran of World War II, he had served as a trustee of the Southern Baptist Convention Home Mission Board and as chairman of the State Missions Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He is survived by his wife, Charlene; sons, William, David, Robert and Jimmy; daughter, Judy Ann; brother, Kenneth; sisters, Nancy and Faye; and 17 grandchildren.
___ Lester Bell, 80, Oct. 12 in Waco. Bell was licensed to the ministry in 1936 at First Church in Pittsburg and ordained at First Church in Longview in 1938. After serving as pastor of several Texas and Oklahoma churches, he and his wife, B Wayne, became missionaries to Brazil in 1950. During his 25 years in Brazil, he worked in evangelism and served as director of the Deter Bible Institute, was general secretary of the State Baptist Convention of Parana, and taught at the South Brazil Baptist Seminary and the Women's Bible Institute. He was the first general secretary to the Executive Board of the Brazilian Baptist Convention. He later taught at Baylor University, before going to Portugal to direct the seminary there as a missionary. He was pastor of several Texas churches as well as one in Spain and another in Portugal. Fairview Church in Clifton was his final pastorate in 1995. Since that time, he and his wife have been members of First Church in Waco. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, B Wayne; sons, Carl, David, Philip and Lester; brothers, Hubert and Robert; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
___Events
___ Hayden Goodnight, deacon emeritus at Shadow Hills Church in Lubbock, celebrated his 100th birthday Oct. 18. Goodnight has served First Church in Memphis, Temple Church in Amarillo, First Church in Shallowater and Shadow Hills Church as deacon.
___ First Church in Dumas will host Columbine Redemption Oct. 23 at the high school football stadium. Darrell Scott, father of Rachel Scott, will share his daughter's story. Jerry Drace, Southern Baptist evangelist, also will speak. Drace also will preach at the church Oct. 24. Scott Willingham is pastor.
___ Harpist Greg Buchanan will be in concert at Trinity Church in San Antonio Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. No admission will be charged, but an offering will be taken. Buckner Fanning is pastor.
___ Park Place Church in Houston will hold a senior adult revival with Peyton Moore as the preacher Oct. 25-27. For more information, call (713) 643-4303. James Clark is pastor.
___ A gospel music benefit has been set for Oct. 30 to help Ron Ratliff, pastor of South Euless Baptist Church in Euless. Ratliff has been diagnosed with leukemia, and medical expenses have become enormous in recent months. The benefit will be held at the church, beginning at 6 p.m. Groups to perform include Earley Praises, The Reid Family, Jericho Road Quartet, New Dawning and 1 A Chord. A pie and cake auction is planned for intermission. No admission will be charged, but people attending are asked to bring a donation. Groups may call (972) 263-6440 to reserve pews. People or churches who cannot attend but would like to make a donation may make checks out to: Pastor Ron Ratliff Fund and mail to: Troy Horton, 1108 Harrison Lane, Hurst 76053.
___Retiring
___ Darius McKay has retired after seven years as pastor of First Church in Montague and 52 years in the ministry. He is available for supply, interims, revivals, prayer conferences or a bivocational pastorate. He can be contacted at (940) 987-3363.
___Ordained
___ Terry Bertrand to the music ministry at South Park Church in Beaumont. He is music minister at Rosedale Church in Beaumont.
___ Bob Young to the ministry at University Church in Alpine.
___ Jason Atchley to the ministry at First Church in Hamlin.
___ Jeff Dooley and Tim Newton to the ministry at First Church in Denton.
___ Kevin Inman to the ministry at First Church in Mont Belvieu where he is minister of youth and education.
___ Tommy Ball and Chad Fambrough as deacons at Immanuel Church in Abilene.
___Revivals
___ Calvary Church, Friona; Oct. 24-27; *speaker, Gary Newman; pastor, Alvin Petty.
___ Frio Canyon Church, Leakey; Oct. 24-27; *speakers, Larry and Freida Sinclair; pastor, Jim O'Dell.
___ Cedar Bayou Church, Baytown; Oct. 24-27; *speaker, Michael Gott; *music, Larry Russell; interim pastor, Bob Elliott.
___ Christoval Church, Christoval; Oct. 24-27; speaker, James Mitchell; music, Phyllis Mitchell; pastor, Buddy Trull.
___ First Church, Brownsville; Oct. 24-27; *speakers, Bill and Vicky Murphy; pastor, Gordon Malkowski.
___ Emmanuel Church, Terrell; Oct. 24-28; speaker, Bill Cathey; *music, Bill and Ivy Jean Sky-Eagle; pastor, Billy Martin.
___ First Church, Devers; Oct. 24-29; speaker, Herman Cramer; *music, The Cherrys; pastor, Harry McDaniel.
___ Grace Community Church, The Colony; Oct. 27-31; *speaker, Jimmy Davis; music, Kenny Robison; pastorless.
___*vocational evangelists
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