Around the State

Posted: 10/26/07

Around the State

• East Texas Baptist University has received a gift from retired educator and businessman J. Lloyd Woods to provide lighting for the ETBU Tiger baseball stadium. Woods, of Tenaha, is an honorary lifetime member of the university’s board of trustees. The Tigers’ first night baseball game will be held Feb. 8.

• Baylor Research Institute in Dallas is collaborating with Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City to provide a shot of hope for lymphoma and myeloma patients. The medical organizations are attempting to develop vaccines for the cancers, which affect the immune system. They’re also studying better ways to diagnose other autoimmune disorders, such as arthritis and lupus.

• Don and Paula Cribbs, missionaries to Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, are on furlough at First Church in Cleburne. They can be reached at (817) 641-5264 or at don@ gmail.com.

First graders in the Music Makers Choir at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas receive their own copies of the Baptist Hymnal. Presenting the hymnals are Music Associate Sarah Stafford and Music Minister Doug Haney. Children shown are Tanner Cabaniss, Brooke Bateman, Tristan Vathis, Hannah Granberry, Jace Dooley, Remy Covert, Allison Dalton, Cullen Bryant, Anna Fogg, Isabella Fogg, Riley Covert, Austin Nadalini, Blake Brown and Daniel Mirochna. The choir is directed by Janice and Bill Jernberg.

• Nicole Bromley, founder of OneVOICE and author of Hush: Moving from Silence to Healing after Childhood Sexual Abuse, will speak Nov. 7 at First Baptist Church in Brownwood as part of Howard Payne University’s chapel program.

• Baylor Health Care System has been ranked 15th on the 2007 Information Week 500 list, which ranks information technology providers. No other health care system ranked higher. David Muntz, senior vice president and chief information officer, said Baylor’s referring physician portal, use of radio frequency identification devices and deployment of web technologies helped earn the rating.

• William Hopkins, an attorney from Austin, will speak on “Legal Aspects of Social Work Practice: What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You” at the Baylor University School of Social Work’s Preston M. Dyer Workshop from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Mayborn Museum Theater. The workshop provides the opportunity to earn three continuing education hours in ethics for social work practitioners. Cost of the workshop is $40 for social work practitioners and $20 for Baylor field supervisors, both of which include CEU expense. There is no cost for students, but they must register. For more information: e-mail [email protected] or call (254) 710-6400.

• British television and film composer and Anglican curate Steven Faux will speak at Howard Payne University Oct. 31–Nov. 2 in the schools of Christian Studies and Music & Fine Arts. He also will perform and speak at 7:30 p.m Nov. 1 at First Church in Brownwood. Faux is an ordained Anglican curate at St. Michael’s Without in Bath, England.

• Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth will inaugurate the Bobby L. and Janis Eklund Chair of Stewardship during its chapel service Nov. 7. It is the first chair of stewardship established in a Southern Baptist seminary. Scott Preissler, professor of stewardship, will be installed into the new position. Bobby Eklund is president of Eklund Stewardship Ministries in Hurst.

Anniversaries

• 150th for First Church in Denton in May 2008. Former members and staff are asked to write Bob Billups at [email protected] or call (940) 382-2577.

• 120th for First Church in Brady, Nov. 18. A fellowship meal in the family life center will follow the homecoming service, where former pastor Ray Ash will preach. More information is available by calling (325) 597-2956.

Retiring

• L. Lee Walker as director of missions for San Jacinto Association after 30 years on the staff and 57 years in the ministry, effective Jan. 31, 2008.

Death

• Wendell Lee King, Sept. 7 in Dickson, Tenn. He was pastor of five churches in Texas and one church in Tennessee during his years of ministry. King is survived by his wife, Thelma; sons Sterling and Kenneth; daughter Edna; and three grandchildren.

Event

First Church in Alvin is planning a “gathering of the generations” homecoming April 12. More Information is available by calling Delane Hargrove at (281) 331-4827 or contact Billie White at (281) 585-6095 or by e-mail at now2@sbcglobal. net.

Ordained

• Mark Terry for the ministry at First church in Huntsville. He is pastor of Walker County Cowboy Church, which is a mission of First Church in Huntsville.

• Wallace Corley and David Roberts as deacons at Mount Sylvan Church in Mount Sylvan.