___Anniversaries
___ Bill Wright, 10th, as pastor of First Church in Plains.
___ First Church in Ozona, 110th, April 6-7. A community hamburger supper and fellowship service will be held in the Park on the Square, across the street from the church, on Saturday at 7 p.m. Sunday morning's service will include participation from former pastors, mi
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FIRST CHURCH in Alpine recently honored Pastor Philip McCraw on his 10th anniversary. Brent Freeland presented a plaque and a gift from the church. McCraw is the longest-tenured pastor in the church's 109-year history. Also pictured is McCraw's wife, Colleen.
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nisters of music and instrumentalists. A dinner will follow. Revival services led by Max Brown, pastor from 1963 to 1967, will begin at 6 p.m. Sunday. Bill Fuller is pastor.
___ Pleasant Grove Church in Holder, 100th, April 14. A luncheon will follow the morning service. Special music and a centennial celebration will begin at 1:30 p.m. A dessert social will follow. Charles Copeland is pastor.
___ First Church in Seagoville, 130th, April 28. Mac Robinson will be the guest speaker, and a lunch will follow. A time of testimonies and singing will begin at 1:45 p.m. Patrick Wilson is pastor.
___Deaths
___ Phil Harris, 89, March 16 in Nashville, Tenn. Harris was director of the Training Union department of the Southern Baptist Covention Sunday School Board from 1960 to 1977. He was a professor of youth religious education at Southwestern Seminary from 1949 to 1959. After retirement, he did missionary work in Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan, Hong Kong and 10 European countries. His wife of 59 years, Mariam, preceded him in death by one month. He is survived by his daughter, Nancy Harris; sons, Joseph and James; a sister and two grandchildren.
___Events
___ The Blackwood Gospel Quartet will perform at First Church in Liberty April 3 at 6:15 p.m. There will be no admission charge, but a love offering will be taken. Jerry Johnson is pastor.
___ Cherokee Church in Cherokee will hold a dedication service for its recently completed debt-free worship center April 7 at 1 p.m. A luncheon will precede the dedication. Don Henderson is pastor.
___ The music group Crimson, gospel soloist Linda Dunn and baritone Karl Dunn will be in concert at Living Faith Church in Austin April 14. Walter Kruse is pastor.
___ Calvin Miller, noted author, poet, pastor and theologian, will be the guest speaker at First Church in Arlington April 14. He will speak at 9 and 10:30 a.m. and at 6 p.m. There will be a time of discussion and information for parents of small children at 4 p.m. Dennis Wiles is pastor.
___ Ken Hemphill, president of Southwestern Seminary, will speak at Spring Creek Church in Weatherford at 6 p.m. April 28. Mike Martin is pastor.
___Ordained
___ Tom McCauley as a deacon at South Park Church in Beaumont, April 7.
___Revivals
___ Concord Church, Chandler; April 7-9; evangelists, Paul Powell, Ron Wells and Donnie Barron; music, Stacy Perkins and Jerry Page; pastor, Lyle Agnew.
___ First Church, Taft; April 7-10; evangelist, George Gaston; *music, Fritz and Shirley Smith; pastor, David Vernon.
___ First Church, Trenton; April 7-10; *evangelist, Brad Davis; pastor, Steve Holland.
___ Boyd Church, Bonham; *evangelists, Larry and Freida Sinclair; pastor, Lyn Holly.
___ Valley View Church, Longview; April 7-10; evangelist, Chuck Reynolds; pastor, Kenneth Bowden.
___ First Church, Electra; April 7-10; *evangelist, Herman Cramer; pastor, Jack Riley.
___ First Church, Ozona; April 7-10; evangelist, Max Brown; pastor, Bill Fuller.
___*vocational evangelist
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