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Howard Payne University will hold its Young Scholars and Summer Scholars programs June 15-19. The events involve children entering grades 1-6 and will run each day from 9 a.m. until noon. The cost is $150. Younger children will receive innovative instruction in reading, music, science and physical education. Older children will learn computer graphics, speech/ debate, science and physical education. For more information, call (325) 649-8517.

The 23rd annual bivocational and smaller church ministers’ and spouses’ statewide conference will be held July 10-12 at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor . The theme is “Simple Solutions for Tough Times: Living by Faith.” Among the topics for pastors will be counseling, helping people deal with addictions and sermon preparation. In the music/worship track, topics include high-tech worship, worship software and working with children. Other topics include church security and liability, missions in the smaller church and changing communities. Topics of women’s interest and Spanish-language seminars will be included. A teens’ conference will run concurrently and feature a concert by the Nick Gainey Band on Friday. The $90 registration fee includes room, meals, and tickets to two concerts. Tickets for The Hubbard Family concert on Friday or the David Meece concert on Saturday can be purchased separately for $10. Youth under age 18 are free. A scholarship golf tournament will be held Friday morning. For more information, call (214) 828-5387.

Thirteen East Texas Baptist University students received their bachelor of science in nursing degrees during spring commencement. Graduates (left to right) Christine Chen, Bethany Gilley, Jessica Gish, Kerstin Jefferson and Rebekah Hood participated in lighting their Nightingale lamps during the traditional pinning ceremony. ETBU nursing instructor Martha Dudley lit the lamp of each graduate.

Robert Creech, pastor of University Church in Houston 22 years, has been appointed professor of Christian ministries and director of pastoral ministries at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary . He will replace Levi Price, who is retiring. Creech earned his Ph.D. in New Testament studies from Baylor in 1984.

Dallas Baptist University honored Albert Black Jr. and Dennis Jeter as recipients of its Good Samaritan Award at its annual DBU-Oak Cliff Partner-ship Dinner. Black, raised in South Dallas, is a successful businessman who gives back to the community. Jeter is the owner of Jeter & Sons Funeral Home in Oak Cliff. Both men are active in their churches.

Trevor Brown, a junior from Baytown, was awarded the Wallace Roark Prize in Christian Doctrines at Howard Payne University’s Christian doctrines colloquy. Also presenting papers at the colloquy were Jonathan Adams, Crystal Brown, Bethany Elmore and Jeffri Malone.

Anniversaries

Bob Parker, fifth, as pastor of First Church in McGregor, May 3.

Hulen Street Church in Fort Worth, 50th, May 31. John Mark Yeats is interim pastor.

Bryan and Lorna Price, 10th, as summer resort missionaries working with Alpine Resort Ministries in Creede, Colo., June 14. They are members of First Church in Pittsburg, where he served almost 20 years as minister of music/associate pastor.


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Samuel Buhl, 10th, as pastor of True Love Church in Cameron.

Deaths

Gaye Smith-Tanner, 62, May 13 in Lubbock. She died of cancer and its complications. A minister’s wife, she supported her husband, Wil, in his ministry in Dallas and Lubbock churches. He is pastor of Pilgrim Church in Lubbock and a member of the board of directors of the Baptist Standard. She was a Sunday Bible study teacher and congregational family ministry team leader at the Lubbock church. A native of San Antonio, she was a former member of Macedonia Church there. She is survived by her husband; daughters, Tracie Patrick-Lee and Tiffany Downs; son, Johnny Patrick; stepsons, Gary, David and Wilburn Tanner; stepdaughter, Donna Tanner; sister, Bessie Carraway; brother, Rogers Smith Jr.; and five grandchildren.

Sam Pearis IV, 78, May 24 in Universal City of pulmonary fibrosis. A 27-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he flew more than 170 combat missions in Vietnam. He retired from the Air Force in 1980, but during his service was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Air Force Commendation Medal. For three years following his retirement, he was a volunteer member of the San Antonio Baptist Association staff, promoting missions and recruiting volunteer missionaries. In 1984, he became the Mission Service Corps director for the Baptist General Convention of Texas, recruiting self-supporting missionaries to serve all over the world. During his time of service, the ranks of the MSC grew from 100 to more than 1,250. With his wife, Polly, as his assistant, they served until retirement in 2002. In 2003, they retired to Universal City and were active in First Baptist Church there. He also was a charter member of the Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio board of trustees. He is survived by his wife of 54 years; children, Tamara and Barry; brothers, John and Herbert; six grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.

Revivals

Oplin Church, Clyde; June 14-17; evangelist, Herman Cramer; music, Ernie Overstreet; pastor, James Teel.

 

 


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