Around the State
___ Recent additions to the staff of Houston Baptist University include Candace Adams as public relations specialist and Don Anderson as director of alumni development.
___ Eight new faculty members will join the Hardin-Simmons University faculty for
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GREAT HILLS CHURCH OF AUSTIN Pastor Harold O'Chester and his wife, Barbara, recently received the New Orleans Seminary 1999 Distinguished Alumni Award from Seminary President Chuck Kelly. The O'Chesters are the first couple to receive the award dually. The O'Chesters have been at Great Hills Church for 30 years, he as pastor and she as director of Great Hills Retreat, Southern Baptists' largest retreat ministry for women. The couple has raised money to endow a new annual week-long emphasis ond lecture series on the minister's family at the seminary. The event will be named in their honor.
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the fall term. They include Jill Walters, assistant professor of psychology; Victor Carrillo, assistant professor of political science and legal studies; Ricky Menking, assistant professor of computer science; Kyle Usrey, visiting professor of business adminstration; Lori Copeland, visiting instructor of education; Allyn Byars, assistant professor of physical education; Judy Shipley, instructor of education; and Lauren Puckett, instructor of music.
___Retiring
___ Dan Kent has retired after 19 years as professor of Old Testament at Southwestern Seminary. He previously taught at Wayland Baptist University. He also was pastor of Brandon Church in Brandon; First Church of DeLeon, Hampton Road Church of DeSoto and Calvary Church of Oak Cliff in Dallas. He will be available as a Bible study teacher and pulpit supply.
___Anniversaries
___ David Elliott, moderator of San Jacinto Association, celebrated 50 years of ministry Aug. 17. He was pastor of Texas churches for 41 years.
___ Parkside Church in Denison will celebrate its 50th anniversary Aug. 22. A commemoration service will be held at 3 p.m. followed by a picnic lunch. For more information, call (903) 465-1686. Chet Haney is pastor.
___ Camp Ground Church in Alto will celebrate its 100th anniversary Aug. 28-29. The Southern Plainsmen quartet will begin the festivities with a concert Saturday at 7 p.m. Former staff and members are encouraged to attend. Curtis Oliver is pastor.
___Deaths
___ M.E. McGlamery, 85, July 21 in Duncanville. A pastor for more than 50 years, he served many Texas and Arizona churches including North Dallas Church and Hampton Place Church, both in Dallas and First Church in Wills Point. His wife, Juanita, and three daughters survive him.
___Ordained
___ Philip May to the ministry at Crestview Church in Georgetown.
___ Ray Vaughn, Mark Armstrong, Paul Baze, Bobby Bentley and Barry Toles as deacons at Forest Avenue Church in Sherman.
___ Larry Duren, Marvoin Leger and Jim Surrey as elders at First Church of Sheldon in Houston.
___Church events
___ Ridglea West Church in Fort Worth has planned three family events for Aug. 22. The morning worship service will be the presentation of the musical "God With Us." The day also will be Teacher Recognition Day. After church, parents are invited to a family lunch and Smart Discipline, a free seminar for parents with ideas about discipline and self-esteem led by Stephen Allen, a licensed professional counselor. Lunch will begin at 12:15 p.m. and the seminar at 1:30 p.m. William Walters is intentional interim pastor.
___ The drama "Heaven's Gates & Hell's Flames" will be presented at Lakeside Church in Dallas Aug. 22 at 6:15 p.m. and Aug. 23-24 at 7 p.m. This drama is designed to make people consider where they will spend eternity based on the biblical reality of life after death and beyond the grave. There will be free admission, childcare for birth through age 5 and special activities with a ventriloquist for children through fifth grade. James McGlothlin is pastor.
___Revivals
___ South Burleson Church, Burleson; Aug. 15-22; *speaker, John David Crow; *music, Sam Craig; pastor, Richard Chappell.
___ Bailey Church, Bailey; Aug. 21-25; *speaker, Jim Walsh; *music, Shawn Walsh; pastor, Eddie Frashier.
___ Pleasant Valley Church, Amarillo; Aug. 22-25; speaker, Charles Wade; music, Alan Wilson; pastor, Dana Moore.
___ Canyon Creek Church, Temple; Aug. 22-25; speaker, Craig Miller; music, Johnny Lanoue; pastor, Philip Riegel.
___ Bethel Church, Greenville; Aug. 22-26; *speaker, Gary Newman; *music, Don Thornton; pastor, Jimmy Rose.
___*vocational evangelist
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