2005 Archives
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Pianist at church keyboard 50 years and going strong
Posted: 10/14/05
Lois Hitt Gilmer has played the piano at First Baptist Church in Lancaster more than 50 years. Pianist at church keyboard
50 years and going strongBy George Henson
Staff Writer
LANCASTER–Lois Hitt Gilmer has been playing the piano at First Baptist Church in Lancaster more than 50 years, with no plans to retire. And Minister of Music Chett Haynes couldn't be happier to hear it.
10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Foster mother finds prayers answered through adoption
Posted: 10/14/05
Wendy White considers her adopted daughter, Alexis Faith, an answer to prayer. (Photo by Buckner Benevolences) Foster mother finds prayers
answered through adoptionBy Felicia Fuller
Buckner Benevolences
MINEOLA–Single and childless at 41, Wendi White was beginning to wonder if having a family was God's plan for her.
10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Diverse Baptists pledge to become watchdogs for social justice
Posted: 10/14/05
Diverse Baptists pledge to
become watchdogs for social justiceBATON ROUGE, La. (ABP)–Leaders of four Baptist groups representing almost 5 million Baptists in the United States met with Louisiana elected officials in Baton Rouge to find ways to fight the poverty brought to light by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The Baptist leaders said they will serve as watchdogs for justice and try to prevent further exploitation of the poor as relief efforts turn into recovery in the storm-ravaged Gulf area.
Representatives of four Baptist groups met with elected officials in Baton Rouge, La., to explore ways to combat poverty brought to light by recent hurricanes. (Photo by Associated Baptist Press) “Katrina un-earthed a very ugly secret in our country,” said Roy Medley, general secretary of the American Baptist Churches USA, with 5,800 churches and a membership of 1.5 million. “How can we work toward an America that is more just and more fair?”
10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 10/14/05
Dallas Baptist University students Leigha Caron and Amanda Solis were part of a group of 450 students who kicked off the semester with acts of service around the area of the university. While Caron and Solis planted flowers at Grace Temple Church in Dallas, other students worked at the North Texas Food Bank, Camp El Har, a recreation center in Garland, Beautiful Feet Ministries, the Dallas Life Foundation and Cliff Temple Church in Dallas. Around the State
Eugene Peterson, theologian and author of The Message, his paraphrase of the Bible in modern language, will present the annual Parchman Endowed Lectures Oct. 18-20 at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary. The lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, call (254) 710-7347. Howard Payne University will hold homecoming festivities Oct. 20-23. Thirty-seven events are planned for the weekend. For more information, visit the school's website at www.hputx.com. Master's Singers, a music and missions group of high school students, will hold auditions in January and February. Each youth who auditions must be certified by their pastor or music director as being a committed Christian who is active in the music ministry in their church. Hardin-Simmons University faculty oversee the group. For more information, call (325) 670-1504 or (325) 670-1415. 10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Book Reviews
Posted: 10/14/05
Book Reviews
a.k.a. "Lost": Discovering Ways to Connect with the People Jesus Misses Most by Jim Henderson (WaterBrook Press)
If you like hard-nosed, in-your-face evangelism that assaults people with the good news, then this book is not for you.
Henderson writes about evangelism that takes conversation and listening seriously under such chapter titles as “Boldness is Overrated,” “Count Conversations, Not Conversions,” “Evangelize with Your Ears,” and “Out of Religion and Into Reality.”
10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
Eugene Peterson, theologian and author of The Message, his paraphrase of the Bible in modern language, will present the annual Parchman Endowed Lectures Oct. 18-20 at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary. The lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, call (254) 710-7347. 
Howard Payne University will hold homecoming festivities Oct. 20-23. Thirty-seven events are planned for the weekend. For more information, visit the school's website at www.hputx.com. 
