Around the state
___ Latham Springs Encampment will be the site of the Senior Adult 60-plus Camp Sept. 25-28. Senior adults will join together for fellowship, recreation and refreshing times featuring a Southern Gospel quartet, a senior adult choir and the Singing Morgans. In addition, they will hear messages from pastors in the area. Registration begins at 2 p.m.
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FIRST CHURCH IN GEORGETOWN sent a mission team to Acuna, Mexico for the eighth time this summer. Cliff O'Meara (left), a member of the church, was among the doctors, dentists, physical therapists, nurses and translators who served on the medical mission team that saw 600 patients in four days. Other ministries included a Vacation Bible School for 275 children, youth and adults; prayerwalking; a soccer tournament; puppet team; and a construction project. Twenty-two people prayed to receive Christ during the week.
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Sept. 25 at the camp. One-day attendance is welcomed, and buffet meals are available for $6. Registration is $70 for the week. Dormitory space is available and a complete trailer/motor home facility is available for participants' vehicles. For more information, call (254) 694-3689.
___Anniversaries
___ John Brady, 40th as pastor of Woodforest Church in Houston.
___ Belle Plain Church in Brownwood, 85th, July 30.
___ Freddy Burden, fifth as pastor of First Church in Deport, Sept. 10.
___ Trinity Church in Boyd, 40th, Sept. 17. For more information, call (940) 433-5281. Scott Moore is pastor.
___Events
___ Northway Church in Angleton will dedicate a new 17,000-square-foot Family Life Center and education building Sept. 17. The day will begin with a prayerwalk around the property. Speakers at the special morning service will include former pastors D.O. Foster and Robert Carter, as well as C.E. Tipton, pastor of Second Church in Angleton, Northway's sponsoring church, and Northway's pastor, Kent Pate. A lunch will follow. For more information, call (979) 849-1253.
___ First Church in Cherokee will break ground for a new worship center Sept. 17.
___Deaths
___ Olive Riley, 96, Sept. 2, in Big Spring. He began preaching in West Texas prior to and while attending Wayland Baptist University in the 1930s. Most of the remainder of his ministry was spent in New Mexico. He moved to Big Spring in 1992. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Pauline; sister, Rosa Lea Montgomery; daughter, Katie Ramsey; sons, Murle, Aster, Bill, Don and Joe; 21 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
___Ordained
___ Ronnie Moore to the ministry at Ashford Church in Houston.
___ Ray de Los Santos to the ministry at Primera Iglesia in Aransas Pass.
___ Joel Pulis and Dawn Camp to the ministry at Cliff Temple Church in Dallas.
___ Jonathan Leftwich to the ministry at First Church in Temple.
___ Joshua Morrison to the ministry at Olin Church in Hico.
___Licensed
___ Cheryl Lynn Rader at South First Church in Austin.
___ Mark Henderson at Rosedale Church in Beaumont.
___Revivals
___ Pioneer Drive Church, Abilene; Sept. 17-20; *evangelist, Jon Randles; music, Paul Smith; pastor, Stan Allcorn.
___ Pleasant Hill Church, Tyler; Sept. 17-20; *evangelists, Larry and Freida Sinclair; pastor, Mike Wyatt.
___ First Church, Dodd City; Sept. 17-20; *evangelist, Gary Newman; pastor, Richard Leathers.
___ Hughes Springs Church, Hughes Springs; Sept. 17-20; evangelist, Paul Burleson; music, Michael Bridges; pastor, Mickey Rorex.
___ Piney Grove Church, Atlanta; Sept. 17-20; *evangelist, Herman Cramer; pastor, Chris Cowan.
___ First Church, Archer City; Sept. 17-20; *evangelist, Bob Harrington; music, Billy Moore and Gregg Martinez; pastor, Roger Deerinwater.
___ Oplin Church, Clyde; Sept. 17-20; evangelist, Donny Harbers; pastor, Rylie Fugitt.
___ Beverly Hills Church, Waco; Sept. 17-20; *evangelist, John David Crow; *music, Sam Craig; pastor, Carroll Hambrick.
___ First Church, Iredell; Sept. 17-20; *evangelist, Clark Bosher; *music, Keith Blake; pastor, Robby Ballew.
___ North Creek Church, Centerville; Sept. 17-24; evangelists, *Don Thornton, *Doug Simpson, Charles Heath, Larry Ashley, Ted Elmore, Dick Maples; *music, Glory Train Quartet, The Cherrys, Heartbeat, Pharr Family; pastor, Richard Ray.
___*vocational evangelists
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