___Events
___ Award-winning vocalist Larnelle Harris will join the 300-member choir of Green Acres Church in Tyler for its Christmas celebration Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. Admission is free. David Dykes is pastor.
___ The First Church in Dallas choir and orchestra will present "It's a Wonderful Life" in 10 performances Dec. 14-22 at the Majestic Theater in Dallas. Lyrics for the production were written by Minister of Music Keith Ferguson. Tickets are $15-$25 and are on sale through TicketMaster, (972) 647-5700, or the church, (214) 969-2422. More information is available at www.iawl.org. Mac Brunson is pastor.
___ John Hew
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LOU HAYES of First Church in Athens has been named the National Sunday School Teacher of the Year by Gospel Light Publishing Company. Hays, 87, has been teaching the Bible for 68 years. She currently leads a senior adult women's class. She was chosen from more than 600 nominations. She received a plaque, flowers and a trip for two to Hawaii.
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ett, vice president of development at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and former moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, is the pulpit guest during Advent at Willow Meadows Church in Houston.
___Ordained
___ Steve Radcliff, Danny Partridge, Daryl Starks, Vivian Ford, David Ward and Sammy Rameriz as deacons at Lake Athens Church in Athens.
___ Wayne Phelps and Bryan Thetford as deacons at Calvary Hills Church in San Antonio.
___ Robert Fowlkes, Chester Hobbs, John Salem and Vernon Zimmerman as deacons at First Church in Schulenberg.
___Anniversaries
___ Jerry Johnson, 20th, as pastor of First Church in Liberty Nov. 8.
___Licensed
___ Jeff Harris to the ministry at First Church in Wharton Nov. 4.
___ Michael Rutter to the ministry at Calvary Hills Church in San Antonio.
___Deaths
___ Willie Mobley, 77, Nov. 10 in Longview. Mobley served in World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart with one cluster. Mobley was a pastor for many years, most of those spent in Louisiana. He was pastor of Friendship Church in Kilgore from 1993 to 2000. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; daughters, Pat Brown, Teresa Henderson, Debbie Harrell and Sandy Costello; sons, Steve and Philip; brothers, Paul and James; sisters, Ruby Bowling, Opal McCoy, Bonnie Worley, Hazel Eckler and Thelma Foreman; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
___ Ruby Fletcher, 94, Nov. 11 in San Antonio. She was the mother of Jesse C. Fletcher, president emeritus of Hardin Simmons University. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse N. Fletcher. She is survived by her son; daughter, Shirley Elrod; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
___Correction
___ J.B. Word recently was reported as retiring as pastor at Travis Church in Corpus Christi. That is incorrect. Michael Hale is pastor of the church. Word had served the church as minister of education.
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