March 3, 2003
___ HBU preview coming. Houston Baptist University's Spring Preview weekend is scheduled for March 21-22. Prospective students are invited to join the Husky Hula, an overnight visit that provides a look at what it's like to be an HBU student. The preview begins on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and ends on Saturday at 2 p.m. For reservations, call (281) 649-3211, or (800) 969-3210 or e-mail unadm@hbu.edu.
___ Palos to new role at BGCT. Frank Palos has been named associate coordinator of the Baptist General Convention of Texas church health and growth section. He previously led the BGCT's congregational stewardship office. Palos is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and Dallas Baptist University.
___ Hill Country help given. Hill Country Baptists offered warm hospitality to nearly 100 truck drivers and motorists stranded in Kerrville when an ice storm paralyzed Central Texas. When roads in the region became impassible last week, 93 18-wheelers and assorted cars spent the night parked at the Wal-Mart in Kerrville. Tomas Brown, assistant manager and a layman at First Baptist Church in Ingram, contacted Hill Country Baptist Association. Director of Missions Jim Leak dispatched the association's disaster relief shower unit. With Wallace Hucabee and Steve Skipper from First Baptist Church of Bandera and Jim Morris from First Baptist Church in Kerrville, Leak set up the unit in the store's parking lot, offering hot showers to the stranded travelers. Brown also offered his unexpected guests free coffee and donuts.
___ Correction: An article in last week's Standard about the Emerging Church Network contained an error. The e-mail contact for more information should have been listed as s_cofield@bgct.org.
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