___ Rick and Lita Sample have been commissioned as missionaries by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The Samples, from Houston, will minister to internationals in the Oakland/East San Franciso Bay area of California.
___Retiring
___ Tom Fields, pastor of Com
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EULA SOAPE recently was presented a plaque by Pastor James Cheatham of First Church in Troup in appreciation of 50 years of teaching Sunday School.
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munity Church in Blackland, after 51 years in the ministry. Fields has served the Blackland church 11 years. He is available for supply and interims at (972) 279-9306.
___ Syl Moore, pastor of Town West Church in Lubbock, after 37 years in the ministry. He is available for supply and interims at (806) 791-2113.
___Anniversaries
___ First Church in Lolita, 40th, March 10. The morning worship service will feature Hobby Bilderback as guest speaker. A luncheon will be followed by a 2 p.m. service led by Jimmy Smith. Mitch Thrower is pastor.
___ Roger Tidwell, 10th, as pastor of First Church in Howe, March 15.
___ Roger Scott, 10th, as music minister at West End Church in Industry.
___ Joe Guerra, fifth, as pastor of Nueva Vida Iglesia in Wolfforth.
___ Carlton Burris, 20th, as pastor of Immanuel Church in Marshall.
___Events
___ First Church in Garland will present an Easter musical titled, "Were You There?" March 23-24 at 6:15 p.m. The musical will feature orchestral arrangements and choral selections ranging from hymns, anthems, spirituals and contemporary Christian to Handel's "Messiah." Drama scenes will portray people who were at the cross the day of the crucifixion.
___Deaths
___ Kevin Dickey, 38, Jan. 31 in Houston. Dickey, bivocational pastor of New Bethel Church in Houston, was killed in an auto-train accident, along with his 10-year-old daughter, Naomi. His 1-year-old daughter, Miriam, survived the accident. Dickey was a bus driver for
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| EDWIN AND NEIZE FERREIRA have been appointed by the North American Mission Board to serve as missionaries in Houston, where he is a church planter intern and pastor. They have two children--Jessica, 11, and Nathan, 4. |
the Houston Independent School District for seven years and had a perfect driving record. The pastor prepared for sermons and visited hospitals between his morning and afternoon routes. He is survived by his wife, Bernice, and his young daughter.
___ Van Wisdom, 36, Feb. 28 in Fulshear. He was the son of Charles Wisdom, pastor of First Church in Katy, and worked in the New Beginnings ministry there. He is survived by his father; mother, Lilly Faye; and sisters, Carla Robinson and Rose Wisdom-McKay.
___Ordained
___ Domingo Villarreal to the ministry at First Church in Victoria.
___ Ron Maxfield to the ministry at First Church in Seguin.
___ Matt McGowen to the ministry at Cottonwood Church in Cross Plains.
___ Jason Curry to the ministry at North Side Church in Weatherford.
___ Steve Ward, Ralph Roach and Buddy Shipp as deacons at First Church in Baird.
___ Doug May, Andrew Robinson and Mark Boone as deacons at Emmanuel Church in Weatherford.
___Licensed
___ Daniel Brackett to the ministry at Grace Temple Church in Waco.
___ Matt Ellis to the ministry at New Haven Tabernacle in Abilene.
___ Miguel Contreras and Johnny Gonzales to the ministry at Primera Iglesia in Plainview.
___Revival
___ Lakeside Church, New Braunfels; March 15-17; *evangelist, Clifton Jansky; pastor, Nelson Ponthieux.
___*vocational evangelist
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