Around the State
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Oak Grove Church in Nacogdoches will be the site of the East Texas Conference on Revival with Jack Taylor and Peter Lord. The conference will be held Nov. 7-10 at 7 p.m. each night, and a bring-your-lunch Bible study will be held at noon each day. Jim
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TAYLOR HENLEY, president of Missions Our Mission, was honored recently. Henley has led more than 500 volunteers from 28 states and 45 churches in partnership missions in the Ukraine during 34 trips in eight years. Those volunteers saw 66,000 recorded professions of faith, 500,000 Bibles and New Testaments distributed, 36 churches started and $1 million of medical equipment taken in. Pictured is Ronnie Laughlin, minister of education at First Church in San Angelo, congratulating Henley and his wife, Eva
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Carter is pastor.
___ Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee, will speak in prayer meeting at Broadway Church in Fort Worth at 5:45 p.m. Nov. 10.
___Anniversaries
___ David Sweet has celebrated his 10th anniversary as pastor of Hays Hills Church in Buda.
___ Stadium Drive Church in Fort Worth will celebrate its 50th anniversary Nov. 6-7. A reservation-required banquet will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. Former and present pastors and staff will share memories at that time, with former pastor David Edwards and former staff member Dale Pogue leading the way. Former pastor Bob Carroll will preach in the Sunday morning service, and Rick Wadley will lead the music. Steve Armstrong is pastor.
___ Bethel Church in Graham will celebrate its 50th anniversary Nov. 6-7. A fellowship will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday. Hershell Reed will be the guest speaker for the Sunday morning service. A luncheon and an afternoon program of music, testimony and messages will follow. For more information, call (940) 549-0619. Dale Brooks is pastor.
___ Brashear Church in Brashear will celebrate its 100th anniversary Nov. 6-7. Beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, the church will hold a reception including music, testimonies, photographs and other articles from the church's history. Sunday, Charles Etheridge will be the guest preacher. Other former pastors who will take part in the weekend include David Burns, Joe Smith, J.C. Smithers and Jimmy Tarrant. Mike Wilson is pastor.
___ Cliff Temple Church in Dallas will celebrate its 100th anniversary Nov. 7. Robert Sloan, president of Baylor University, will preach. At 2 p.m. a reunion choir and orchestra will perform. For more information, call (214) 942-8601. Glen Schmucker is pastor.
___ First Church in Mont Belvieu will celebrate its 70th anniversary Nov. 7. Former pastors will speak during the morning and afternoon services. A luncheon will follow the morning service. Glenn Howard is pastor.
___ Glendale Church in Glendale will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a special 2 p.m. service Nov. 7. A reception will follow. For more information, call (409) 594-6934. John Valenta is pastor.
___ First Church in Thorndale will celebrate its 110th anniversary Nov. 7. A catered lunch will follow the morning service. Larry Griffith is pastor.
___ Henly Church in Henly will celebrate its 60th anniversary and dedicate a new building Nov. 7. A lunch and program will follow the morning service. Don Forrester is pastor.
___Retiring
___ Alvis Bell retired Sept. 1 after 18 years as pastor of First Church in Needville and 52 years in the ministry. The church elected to give Bell and his wife, Evelyn, the parsonage. Other churches where Bell was pastor include Turnersville Church in Turnersville, Mullin Church in Mullin, First Church in Bellville and Quail Valley Church in Missouri City.
___Deaths
___ Daniel Sharpley, 81, Oct. 10 in Carrollton. Sharpley, an emeritus missionary to Brazil, was executive secretary of the Rio Grand do Sul Baptist Convention there for 15 years. Prior to his service in Brazil, he was pastor of Emhouse Church in Corsicana and First Church in Liberty. He is survived by his wife, Doris; three sons, Daniel, William and Robert; two daughters, Deanna and Lucia; and three granddaughters.
___Revivals
___ First Church, Byers; Nov. 7-10; *speaker, Gary Newman; pastor, Ken Johanan.
___ First Church, Medina; Nov. 7-10; *speaker, Paul Cherry; *music, Ernie Overstreet; pastor, Tim Walsh.
___ Pine Church, Pittsburg; Nov. 7-10; speaker, Neal McClendon; music, Billy Foote Jr.; pastor, Kyle Smith.
___ First Church, Celina; Nov. 7-10; *speakers, Larry and Freida Sinclair; pastor, Raymond Horne.
___ Roganville Church, Kirbyville; Nov. 7-10; *speaker, Herman Cramer, pastor, Denton Fluker.
___ Calvary Church, Childress; Nov. 7-10; *speaker, Jonathan Hewett; *music, Wes James; pastor, Jon Crosby.
___ Black Creek Church, Devine; Nov. 7-10; speaker, Meeler Markham; *music, Connie, Allison and Jonathan Ware; pastor, Meeler Markham.
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