___Retiring
___ Ebbie Smith, Feb. 18, after three years as pastor of Garden Acres Church in Burleson, and 39 years in the ministry. He previously served First Church in Conroe, Millersview Church in Millersview, Anderson Church in Anderson, Austinio Church in Crockett and Blum Church in Blum. He also served as a missionary to Indonesia from 1960 to 1974. For the past 25 years, he has been professor of Christian ethics and missions at Southwestern Seminary. He also has written several books and articles. He and his wife, Donna, will be honored with a special dinner at the church at 6 p.m. that evening.
___Events
___ River Road Church in Austin held a note-burning ceremony Jan. 29 to celebrate the retirement of a $50,000 United We Build note in 10 months. The note was part of $200,000 total indebtedness the church incurred in the construction of its worship center. Bruce Murray is pastor.
___ Calvary Church in Vernon will have Testify, a men's trio from Louisiana, in concert Feb. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
___ Park Cities Church in Dallas will be the site of the Dallas-Fort Worth Alpha Conference Feb. 26-27. Alpha is a course that covers the basics of Christianity in 15 sessions. Alpha is designed to appeal to and instruct people who don't normally attend church. The Baptist General Convention of Texas and other churches also are sponsors of the event. For more information, call (214) 691-4721 or e-mail dfwalpha@llumcmail.org.
___ The women's ministry of First Church in Center will hold a Joy Seekers conference for women March 2-3. Speakers will be Linda Harris, a professor at Stephen F. Austin University, and Sally Smith, wife of Carl Smith, the church's pastor. Registration will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday and at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Music will be presented by Michelle Bauer, Alease Copelin and Grateful Hearts. The cost is $20, which includes lunch. Scholarships are available. Childcare will be provided for children 5 years old and younger for a fee. For more information, call (936) 598-5605.
___Anniversaries
___ Ted White, fifth, as pastor of Little Flock Church in Longview, Feb. 4.
___ First Church in Woodville, 150th, March 10-11. The banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday; reservations due Feb. 18. A special service will be held Sunday morning. Contact the church at (409) 283-2588 or at fbcwoodville@prodigy.net to make reservations. Any memorabilia that can be shared also is requested. Dwayne Freese is pastor.
___ Northwest Church in Austin, 50th, March 4. A 9 a.m. fellowship gathering is planned, with a service and catered lunch to follow.
___ John Spanhanks, 50th in the ministry, March 4. He will be honored with a reception at Fairview Church in Woodville from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. People who cannot attend but would like to participate are encouraged to e-mail a note to be included in a memory book to Fuller2698@cs.com.
___Ordained
___ Gary May to the ministry at Lamasco Church in Telephone.
___ Bart Gregersen to the ministry at Garden Oaks Church in Houston.
___ Howard Lowrance and Otis Woolsey as deacons at First Church in Rising Star.
___ Gay Bruton and Bud Wright as deacons at Cranes Mill Church in Canyon Lake.
___ Bryan Kotria, Gene Busby, Rex Walker, Otto Gallaher and Mark Allen as deacons at Oakwood Church in New Braunfels.
___ Dave Burnett, Joe Carrell, James Hill, Gary Ingle, Mike North and James Schulze as deacons at First Church in Wimberley.
___ Ron Bell and Billy Hamilton as deacons at First Church in Seguin.
___Revivals
___ Hartburg Church, Orange; Feb. 18-21; *evangelist, John David Crow; pastor, Tramtus Black.
___ Calallen Church, Corpus Christi; Feb. 18-21; *evangelist, Jon Randles; *music, Shane Bernard; pastor, Jack Willoughby.
___*vocational evangelist
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