2005 Archives
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Camp workers’ daily routine yields eternal results_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
Ian Grigsby of Daingerfield explains safety rules to
campers before they are allowed in the water at Hope Camp in. (Photos by Rachel StallardIan)Camp workers' daily routine yields eternal results
By Rachel Stallard
Special to the Baptist Standard
LONE STAR–Many summer staff at Texas Baptist encampments work from before daybreak to late at night, almost as if they believed someone's life–or eternal life–depended on it.
07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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The Steam rises to the occasion in evangelism_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
Adam Perry tells his peers about his committment to Christ. The Steam rises to the occasion in evangelism
By George Henson
Staff Writer
MINERAL WELLS–For the Mineral Wells Steam, baseball is more than just a game; it is an avenue for ministry.
07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
Texas Tidbits
Child care offered for BGCT annual meeting. Free child care will be provided as a service for messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting Nov. 14-15 in Austin. Care for young children–infants through five years old–will be offered at First Baptist Church in Austin Nov. 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Nov. 15 from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Reservations are required. First Baptist Church will provide meals and snacks during the children's stay. For reservations, contact Dorothy Strickland, Children's Minister by Oct. 28 at (512) 476-2625 or dstrickland@fbcaustin.org. A registration packet will be mailed to parents.
DBU creates Durham fund. A $750,000 gift from the estate of Frank Durham and his wife, Fannie, has enabled Dallas Baptist University to create the Frank and Fannie Durham Loan/Scholarship fund. Durham, a former chair of the DBU board of trustees and a founding director of the DBU Foundation, was a deacon and longtime member of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas.
HBU receives $1 million gift. Houston Baptist University has received a $1 million gift for its Cultural Arts Center capital campaign from ConocoPhillips. The ConocoPhillips board of directors made the donation in recognition of Archie Dunham's leadership as chairman of the company. The gift has been designated for the construction of the new home of the Bible in America Museum, which will be renamed "The Dunham Family Bible in America Museum."
07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Biblezines package gospel in teen-friendly format_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
Biblezines package gospel
in teen-friendly formatBy Helena Andrews
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)–Beauty secrets, decoder rings and “Is this the guy for me?” quizzes aren't just the stuff of teen magazines. Now they're in the New Testament as Bible publishers find success marketing the Good Book to the golden demographic.
07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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