Around the State: Rebekah Naylor will speak

• Veteran medical missionary Rebekah Naylor will be the keynote speaker at the sixth annual Metroplex Baylor Day of Prayer April 16 at 11:30 a.m. at the Marriot Quorum Hotel in Dallas. For more information or tickets, visit www.baylordayofprayer.com.

• Howard Payne University will be holding a Christian Grass Roots Movement April 16-18. The issues of hospitality and environmental sustainability will be at the forefront of the discussion. The conference will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday and at 10 a.m. Saturday.

• The department of physical therapy at Hardin-Simmons University will offer free screenings April 27-29 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Assessed will be vital signs, general fitness, musculosketal health, peripheral vascular viability, gross motor and developmental skills for children, neurological health and sports issues. There also will be educational sessions beginning each day at noon—Monday, exercise for individuals with diabetes; Tuesday, well baby exercise and developmental milestones; and Wednesday, Theraband and chair exercise class for strength and balance. Appointments are encouraged. Call (325) 670-5860.

• Tickets are on sale for the sixth annual “Singin’ With the Saints” Southern gospel concert sponsored by Howard Payne University. The concert will be held at 6:30 p.m. May 14 at Coggin Avenue Church in Brownwood. The featured performers will be The Dixie Echoes and Tribute Quartet. Tickets are $14 and can be ordered at (325) 649-8006.

• The Senior Saints Summit will be held May 18-21 at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. The annual conference provides information, inspiration and fun for adults over 55. Two of the topics for the week will be archaeology in the Near East and “No Regrets,” an approach to getting to the finish line of life with no regrets. For more information e-mail [email protected].

Anniversaries

• Lakeview Church in Mathis, 30th, March 15. Ray Waugh is pastor.

• First Church in George West, 90th, April 5. Bruce Irving is pastor.

Deaths

• Lorene Vermillion, 86, March 7 in Stamford after a short battle with cancer. She was born in Brazil to Southern Baptist missionaries. After graduating from Howard Payne University, she married James Vermillion. After his graduation from Southwestern Sem-inary, they served as pastor and wife in Buffalo, Llano, Austin, League City, Victoria, Abilene and Drasco. She served as church pianist and sometimes organist at most churches they served. She is survived by her husband; daughter, Dorothy Anderson; sons, Everett and Ernest; sisters, Juanita Dickson and Trudie Jackson; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

• Virginia Hathaway, 88, March 19 in Dallas. She was an employee of the Baptist General Convention of Texas from 1969 until 1982. She began working in the church training department and later worked in the area/associational missions coordinator’s office. She is survived by her son, Joe; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

• Bill Reynolds, 88, March 28 in Fort Worth. He was a noted church musician, composer, arranger, editor, hymnologist and distinguished professor emeritus at Southwestern Seminary. Among his compositions was “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus.” He composed more than 700 songs and anthems. He served as music director for meetings of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist World Alliance. From 1946 to 1955, he was minister of music of Oklahoma churches. For 25 years, he served in the church music department of the Sunday School Board of the SBC. In 1980, he joined the faculty at Southwestern Seminary, serving there until his retirement in 1998. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Mary Lou; sons, Timothy and Kirk; sister, Mary Ellen Lovelace; brother, James; and three granddaughters.

• Philip Wise, 60, March 30 in Birmingham, Ala., after a battle with metastic melanoma. At the time of his diagnosis, he was pastor of Second Church in Lubbock. Before coming to Lubbock, he had been pastor of three Alabama churches. A leader in moderate Baptist life, he helped pave the way for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to become a member of the Baptist World Alliance. He held numerous leadership positions in the CBF, the BWA, the Alabama Baptist Convention and the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He was the former vice president of the North American Baptist Fellowship and served on the doctrine and interfaith cooperation commission of the BWA. He was a past member and finance committe chair of the CBF Coordinating Council. He chaired the CBF General Assembly steering committee in 2005. He was president of the board of Christian Ethics Today and a trustee of Samford University. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Cynthia; daughter, Myra Norton; sons, Doug and Fisher; brothers, Harry and Brent; step-mother, Elizabeth Wise; and one grandson.

Licensed

• Dexter Garrison to the ministry at First Church in Onalaska.

Ordained

• Byron Nelson as a deacon at Heights Church in Temple.

• Floyd Rodgers and Gabriel Anoruigwe at Windsor Park Church in DeSoto.

Revivals

• First Church, Onalaska; April; 5-8; evangelist, Andy Pittman; pastor, Don Wilkey Jr.

• Calvary Church, San Angelo; April 17-24; evangelist, Jim Wilkerson; pastor, Bobby Roger.

• First Church, San Angelo; April 19-22; evangelist, Joel Gregory; music, Donn Wisdom; pastor, Mark Bumpus.

• Immanuel Church, Paris; April 19-22; evangelist, Phil Lineberger; music, Scot Cam-eron; pastor, Randall Scott.