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  Cinco de Mayo gives Lubbock church opportunity to serve

  Hispanic churches from Lubbock, Crosbyton, Lockney, Plainview, Floydada, Levelland and New Home joined with Lubbock Area Baptist Association to support a Cinco de Mayo outreach event, with additional help provided through the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger.

  06/17/2010 - By admin

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  Joy Fenner receives Elder Statesman Award

  Joy Fenner, who has encouraged missions work and missionary education around the globe for decades, was honored June 6 with the Elder Statesman Award from Independence Association.

  06/17/2010 - By admin

• Around the State

  Texas Baptist Children’s Home will hold a reunion July 31. The celebration also will include the marking of TBCH’s 60th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of John and Brenda Toner as houseparents.

  06/17/2010 - By admin

• On the Move

  David Baysinger to Second Church in La Grange as youth minister from Walnut Creek Church in Azle.

  06/17/2010 - By admin

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  Making a joyful noise is its own reward for veteran music director

  God gave Olen Reynolds a love for music, and he’s been giving it back ever since. Reynolds, 83, officially has been Allison Baptist Church’s music director the last 61 years, but he started leading the music long before that.

  06/17/2010 - By admin

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  Texan Serratt receives WMU’s O’Brien award

  A 35-year-old prayer God that “never stopped answering” led Mary Lou Serratt to receive the Woman’s Missionary Union’s Dellanna West O’Brien Award for leadership development among women.

  06/16/2010 - By admin

• Graduate student found dead on UMHB campus

  The body of a 22-year-old graduate student was found on the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor campus the evening of June 12. 

  06/14/2010 - By Administrator

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  Plenty of work for Texas Baptists in Haiti

  Robert Shehane, a retired SBC International Mission Board missionary, returned from a four-week stint in Haiti seeking missions opportunities and potential Church2Church partnerships on behalf of Texas Baptists in the first of what will be several trips to the region.

  06/10/2010 - By admin

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  Mentoring in Midlothian changes high school students’ lives

  Movement Towards a Future, a mentoring program at Midlothian High School, involves more than 60 mentors committed to meet with their assigned student for an hour during a school day for 28 weeks. The initiative was started through First Baptist Church and a partnership with Texas Baptists made possible through the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions.

  06/10/2010 - By admin

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  God’s provision encourages Howard Payne graduate

  Cara Brewer, recent Howard Payne University graduate, was thrilled recently to learn she will receive a full-tuition scholarship to Texas Tech University School of Law this fall. She gratefully acknowledges, however, this is not the first time she has experienced God’s provision for her education.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Church transitions from roping events to skateboarding

  A church that had been geared toward western culture has transitioned to try to reach skateboarders downtown. The change involved more than a name change.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

• Texas Baptist-endorsed chaplains now number greater than 600

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas has endorsed more than 600 chaplains, as of the most recent meeting of the endorsement council, said Bobby Smith, chaplaincy relations specialist.

  06/03/2010 - By admin