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BGCT says controls in place to guard mission offering fund use
Updated: 9/14/06
BGCT says controls in place
to guard mission offering fund useBy Ken Camp
Managing Editor
DALLAS—Contrary to allegations, there is no indication any Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions funds have been mismanaged, Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Director Charles Wade said.
Financial controls are in place to ensure the Baptist Building staff administers funds from the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions according to plans approved by the Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas Executive Board, Chief Financial Officer David Nabors added.
09/14/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Student found niche helping renovate Philippine Baptist camp
Posted: 9/08/06
Luke Loetscher (third from left) is pictured with other members of his summer missions team in the Philippines along with Filipino workers who helped them in various projects. One named Kuya Tata (pictured second from left) was baptized by the group during the summer after receiving Jesus as his savior. Student found niche helping
renovate Philippine Baptist campBy Teresa Young
Wayland Baptist University
PLAINVIEW—There’s something to be said for finding your sweet spot—locating the place you’re meant to be.
For Luke Loetscher, that happened this past summer while he served as a summer missionary in the Philippines. A Wayland Baptist University junior from Cheyenne, Wyo., Loetscher has long had an interest in agriculture and especially in improving processes in farming, using his interest in science. He is also handy with tools, having participated in several construction-related service projects while at Wayland.
09/11/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Volunteers at HPU Impact Weekend help rebuild fire-damaged homes
Posted: 9/08/06
Kyle Kinser, a senior at Howard Payne University, measures before hanging drywall in a recently built home in Cross Plains. Volunteers at HPU Impact Weekend
help rebuild fire-damaged homesNinety-five Howard Payne University students spent a recent Saturday in Cross Plains, where they helped homes that had been damaged by wildfires.
The fires torched 7,600 acres across Central Texas on Dec. 27, 2005.
The student volunteers were participating in Impact weekend, through the Baptist Student Ministries at Howard Payne, working in conjunction with the city of Cross Plains and First Baptist Church of Cross Plains.
The group worked on five different homes throughout the day, doing various projects including painting, hanging drywall, clearing land and digging for a foundation.
Bethany Elmore, a freshman at HPU, paints the trim on a home in Cross Plains that was damaged by the wildfires that hit in December 2005. Josh Rhodes, a transfer student at HPU, helps with the dry walling in a home that was recently built in Cross Plains. 09/08/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Skiles confronted world needs on NYC internship
Posted: 9/08/06
Stephanie Skiles, a sophomore science major at Wayland Baptist University, pauses with the Manhattan skyline at her back. Skiles worked at the New York Divinity School, located in Manhattan’s Times Squares, during the summer. Skiles confronted world needs on NYC internship
By Teresa Young
Wayland Baptist University
Many summer missions volunteers return home eager to tell other people what they learned to do. For Stephanie Skiles, her summer taught her all the things not to do in New York.
“People kept laughing at me because I was always getting stopped by the police,” Skiles said with a chuckle.
09/08/2006 - By John Rutledge
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‘Auntie Joy’ humbled by summer in Malawi
Posted: 9/08/06
Joy Miller pals around in a pickup bed with children at the Rafiki Village in Mzuzu, Malawi, during a school lesson on ground transportation. 'Auntie Joy' humbled by summer in Malawi
By Teresa Young
Wayland Baptist University
PLAINVIEW—Joy Miller has spent the last few years at Wayland Baptist University taking classes and getting involved in experiences that will prepare her for her future career ministering to young girls.
So it came as some surprise to her that a summer missions endeavor on the other side of the world served not so much as a practice session but as additional training.
09/08/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Jalissa King traded basketball for shopping on Asia missions tour
Posted: 9/08/06
Jalissa King, summer missionary to East Asia, pauses during a trip to the local zoo, with her friends, Anna (left), Ivy and Evans, fellow students at the university. Jalissa King traded basketball
for shopping on Asia missions tourBy Teresa Young
Wayland Baptist University
PLAINVIEW – Here’s the assignment: Travel halfway around the world, attend classes at a university in another country and make friends with the nationals. It may sound like just a vacation, but the trip was much more detailed for the students involved.
The assignment belonged to Jalissa King, a Wayland Baptist University senior from Portales, N.M., for the past summer, her second summer missions adventure to Asia.
09/08/2006 - By John Rutledge
