• The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will hold its 73rd annual Easter Pageant April 4 at 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Performances will be held in front of the Luther Memorial arches. The free event attracts 5,000 visitors each year and includes participation of almost 200 university students, as well as children from the community.
• A 4xFour evangelism clinic will be held April 26 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Bell Association offices in Belton. Registration is $15 and can be completed at www.texasbaptists .org/register.
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Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Director David Hardage spoke to a reunion for retired Baptist ministers at Dallas Baptist University in the Patty and Bo Pilgrim Chapel. At the conclusion of his message, DBU President Gary Cook asked for individuals in the audience to gather around Hardage to pray for him and his work with the BGCT Executive Board staff. (DBU PHOTO)
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• Hardin-Simmons University has named several new trustees: Randel Everett, Jud Powell, Louise Jones and Keith Griffitts.
• Howard Payne University raised more than $5,000 to help send the university's Winds of Triumph musical group to perform at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. HPU raised the money through a concert by the band, along with guest vocalist Hazel Miller, the university's jazz ensemble and Heritage Singers. Winds of Triumph will join only four other U.S. university musical groups invited to perform at the Games.
• Carolyn Stevens has been crowned Miss East Texas Baptist University. She is a junior nursing major from Kirkland, Wash. She received a $1,000 scholarship and the opportunity to represent the university at upcoming events.
• Justin Gandy has joined the faculty of Dallas Baptist University as assistant professor of management. He served as director of the Center for Service-Learning and as an adjunct faculty member since 2008. He and his wife, Christy, attend Hillcrest Church in Cedar Hill.
Anniversaries
• First Church in Odem, 100th, April 28-29. A picnic will be held at the local park on Saturday. A lunch will follow the Sunday worship service. An afternoon service of singing, testimonies and fellowship begins at 2 p.m. Willis Moore is pastor.
• Friendship Church in Beeville, 105th, April 29. A meal will follow the morning service. Phil Russell is pastor.
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Deaths
• Weyman Rodeheaver, 78, Jan. 18 in De Kalb. A longtime minister at churches in Georgia, Missouri and Texas, he was copastor of Liberty Hill Church in De Kalb at the time of his death. Two wives, Rebecca and Sarah, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Sue; sons, Daniel and Weyman; daughters, Carla Cameron, Elise Moore and Amy Caraway; 14 grandchildren; and 34 great-grandchildren.
• J.C. Chambers, 73, Feb. 15 in Marshall. He was pastor of New Hope Church in Marshall at the time of his death. A pastor more than 40 years, he served churches in Texas, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. He previously was pastor of Pope City Church in Woodlawn and County Line Church in Harleton. His wife of 42 years, Irece, died in 2001. He is survived by his sons, Marshall, Lynn, James and Weston; daughter, Cheryl Cryer; brother, Finley; sister, Rebecca Evers; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
• Lilah Ward, 90, March 22 in Oklahoma City. The wife of a pastor, she served alongside him at Lake Highlands Church in Dallas, First Church in Plainview, First Church in San Antonio and First Church in Sherman, as well as churches in Oklahoma, North Carolina and Florida. She taught Sunday school until a week before her death. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, John; son, Monty; daughter, Harmony Ward; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
• Max Pettit, 89, March 26 in El Paso. A graduate of Baylor University and Southwestern Seminary, he served as a missionary to the Chinese people in China, the Philippines and Taiwan until 1954, when he returned to Texas. In 1957, he moved to Oregon, where he was pastor of various churches until returning to Texas in 1968. He was pastor of Kemp Street Church in El Paso many years. Until his death, he was involved with the Chinese community in El Paso and ministered to members of Grace Chinese Church there. He also helped visitors and new arrivals from China and others interested in ministering to the Chinese people. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy. He is survived by his sons, Edward Pettit, Russell Hicks, James Pettit, Kenneth Hicks and David Pettit; daughters, Cecilia Grossman and Carole Petiet; brothers, Glenn and Bill; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Ordained
• Ron King and Ron Davis as deacons at Salt Lake Church in Rockport, Feb. 12.
• Mike Loveday and Oscar Guerra as deacons at First Church in Odem, Feb. 26.
Church Events
• The Heights Church in Richardson will hold is fifth annual car show April 21 from noon until 4 p.m. The show is open to the public, and spectator admission is free. Show car registration is $15 or 15 canned goods. Proceeds will benefit the Network Food Pantry of Richardson. Last year's show featured 218 entries and raised more than $4,000 in cash and 600 canned goods.
• Phil Tilden, after 71 years as a pastor in California and Texas.
• East Cisco Church, Cisco; April 15-18; evangelist, Herman Cramer; music, Jim Andrews; pastor, C.T. Floyd.
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