Around the state
___ Dale Pogue and Charles Fake will conduct worship services for winter Texans each Sunday at First Church in Rockport through March 12. Walter Knight is pastor.
___ Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco has recognized Ted and Sue Getterman with the facility's Distinguished Service Award. The Gettermans are responsible for the Ted and Sue Getterman Wellness Center, located at the hospital. They are members of
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FIRST CHURCH IN KILGORE held a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 21 on a $1.8 million fellowship hall/education building. Shown breaking ground are Pastor Mark McClelland (center), representatives of the New Building Committee, Properties Committee and United We Build Steering Committee.
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Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco.
___Events
___ Freeway Church in Beaumont will hold its fourth annual Sovereign Grace Bible Conference Jan. 13-16, affirming doctrines known as Calvinism. Speakers include Conrad Murrell, Jack Shanks, Don Mc-Kinney and Gordon McDaniels. Services begin at 6:45 p.m. Thursday and at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Lunch and supper will be served Friday and Saturday. For more information, call (409) 892-3098. Peter Hutchinson is pastor.
___ Calvary Church in Dayton will be the site of a winter Bible conference Jan. 13-16. "An Ancient Book for a New Age" will be the theme of the conference that will begin at 7 p.m. each night and also include an 11 a.m. Sunday service. Speakers will be R.J. Revels, pastor of Mount Olive Church in Dayton; Matthew McKellar, pastor of Sylvania Church in Tyler; John McGuire, pastor of First Church in Garrison; Rick Garner, director of alumni/church relations at Criswell College in Dallas; and Danny Akin, dean of theology at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky. The Mount Olive Sanctuary Choir, One Accord, The Crystal River Quartet and Heart, Mind and Soul will lead the music. For more information, call (409) 258-8919. Tony Rogers is pastor.
___ A conference on biblical prophecy will be held Jan. 16-19 at Birchman Church in Fort Worth. Rocky Freeman, adjunct professor at Jacksonville Baptist Theological Seminary, will be the featured speaker. Sessions will be held at 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. The schedule for Monday through Wednesday will be a conference lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day, and a conference supper from 6 to 6:30 p.m. followed immediately by another conference from 6:30 until 8 p.m. each evening. All meals are $3 for adults and $2 for children. Child care is available Sunday and all evening conferences. For more information, call (817) 244-6590. Bob Pearle is pastor.
___ "Renewing The Heart," a women's conference, will be held Jan. 21-22 at First Church in Wichita Falls. Feature speaker is Florence Littauer, author of "Personality Plus" and "Silver Boxes with Bows on Top." Pre-registration is required. Registration is $38, but singles and students may register for $20. The cost includes dinner Friday and lunch Saturday. For more information, call (940) 723-2764. Robert Jeffress is pastor.
___Retiring
___ Ernest Stewart Jr., after nine years as pastor of South Plains Church in South Plains and 53 years in pastoral ministry. He is available for interims, intentional interims or supply. His new address is 1109 E. 12th St., Sweetwater 79566.
___Anniversaries
___ Maurice Smith, retired Home Mission Board staff member, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination Jan. 15. He recently completed an interim at Highland Hills Church in San Antonio.
___Ordained
___ Colleen Martin to the ministry at Western Hills Church in Fort Worth.
___ Shawn Thrapp to the ministry at Avinger Church in Avinger, where he is pastor.
___ Michael Reese, Robert Snipes and Glenn Welch as deacons at Walnut Creek Church in Austin.
___ Tony Bugg, Ron Downey and Trey Shultz as deacons at Manchaca Church in Manchaca.
___Deaths
___ Emmett Linebarger, 77, Nov. 18 in Georgetown. Linebarger was pastor of Indian Creek Church in Brownwood, First Church in Thrall and Ranchland Heights Church in Midland. Following his retirement in 1965 he was a member of Gambrell Street Church in Fort Worth and served as a supply preacher in West Texas. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Eva; daughter, Sharon; son, Ron; four grandchildren; one great-grandson; two brothers and two sisters.
___ Theo McKinney, 90, Dec. 14 in Sweetwater. She was the wife of Lester McKinney, pastor of several East Texas churches. She is survived by her daughter, Jo Ann; son, Michael; two grandsons; and five great grandchildren.
___Revivals
___ Calvary Church, Mexia; Jan. 16-19; *speakers, Larry and Freida Sinclair; pastor, Richard Nichols.
___*vocational evangelists
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