For the week of September 3, 2003
Potpourri
START – Start church:
“I Love My Church Day,” Sept. 7, 10:30 a.m.; Dean Doster, guest speaker;
Jeff Smart, pastor.
DRY CREEK – Dry Creek
camp: Senior Adult Retreat; Sept. 22, 9 a.m. – Sept. 23, noon; Barry Corbett
and Bill Thorn, guest speakers; Jim Reynolds and Margie Nell Walker, musical
guests; $45/full-time lodger, $25/two-day commuter and $15/one-day commuter;
for information, call (337) 328-7531; Curt Iles, camp manager.
RINGGOLD – Social Springs
church: Red River Association annual meeting; Sept. 15, 7 p.m.; Lee Dickson,
director of missions; Jack Bell, pastor.
ZWOLLE – First church:
North Sabine Association annual meeting; Sept. 16, 7 p.m.; Lee Dickson, director
of missions; Jerry Penfield, pastor.
SHREVEPORT – Christus
Schumpert Hospital: Ark-La-Tex Chaplains fellowship; Sept 8, 11:30 a.m. at hospital
cafeteria; Kelvin Cochran, chief of Shreveport Fire Dept., speaker; for information,
call (318) 681-7115; Douglas Burnley, chaplain, Christus Schumpert Hospital.
WEST MONROE – New Chapel
Hill church: Chosen in concert; Sept. 7, 6 p.m.; Greg Green, minister of music;
Clyde Sanchez, pastor.
WEST MONROE – New Chapel
Hill church: “Honor our Heroes Day,” Sept. 14, 10:45 a.m.; David Abernathy,
guest speaker; Clyde Sanchez, pastor.
KEITHVILLE – Mansfield
Road church: The Bennetts in concert; Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m.; Glenn Scruggs, pastor.
SHREVEPORT – Calvary
church: Ridgecrest on the Red Conference; Sept. 13, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.; registration
at 8:30 a.m.; $15/includes lunch; Cliff Jenkins, speaker; to register, call
(318) 865-5613; or online at www.nwlba.org.; Rick Edmonds, pastor.
BATON ROUGE – University
church: Cindy Townsend, guest speaker; 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., Dan Holcomb,
interim pastor.
Youth
DRY CREEK – Dry Creek
camp: “See You at the Pole Rally,” Sept. 13, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; bring
picnic lunch/snack shack and country store will be open; Ben Pilgreen, guest
speaker; Broken Vessels, music; Curt Iles, camp manager.
Revivals
KENTWOOD – First church:
Sept. 14, 6 p.m.; Sept. 15-17, 7 p.m.; Jon Daniels, evangelist; Jon and Suzanne
Rushing, music; Tim Daniels, associate pastor.
DENHAM SPRINGS – Don
Avenue church: Sept. 14, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Sept 15-17, 7 p.m.; Joe Aulds,
evangelist; Don Gauthier, pastor.
FERRIDAY – Hill Memorial
church: Sept. 7, 6 p.m.; Sept. 8-10, 7 p.m.; Frank Bass, evangelist; Randy Williams,
pastor.
DENHAM SPRINGS – Hebron
church: Sept. 14, 6 p.m.; Sept. 15-17, 7 p.m.; Jackie Kay, evangelist; Donald
Duke, music; Robert Burns, pastor.
BASTROP – Cherry Ridge
church: Sept. 14, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sept. 15-17, 7 p.m.; LeRoy Wagner, evangelist;
Tim Post, music; Charles Dupree, pastor.
SHREVEPORT – Pinecroft
church: Sept. 12-13, 7 p.m.; Sept. 14, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Roland Fontenot,
evangelist; Johnny Dunn, musical guest Friday/Saturday; Gary Melanson, minister
of music; Marty J. Wright, pastor.
MONROE – Parkview church:
Sept. 14, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sept. 15-17, noon services with $3 light lunch
and 6:30 p.m.; Blaine Craig, evangelist; Keith Rowe, music; Mike Hamilton, pastor.
KEITHVILLE – First
church: Sept. 14, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Sept 15-17, 6:30 p.m.; Bill Britt,
evangelist; Warren Jackson, music; Mike Stowell, pastor.
Groundbreakings
LAKE CHARLES – Trinity
church: Sept. 7 at noon; ceremony will break ground for The Trinity Center,
a 66,000-square-foot facility set for completion in the spring of 2005. The
multi-purpose facility will feature educational space and various recreational
features. Steve James, pastor.
Homecomings
DEVILLE – Big Island
church: Sept 7, 10 a.m.; Don Lemmons, guest speaker; The Belgard Family, musical
guests at 1:30 p.m.; Todd Burgess, pastor.
Ordinations
GRETNA – First church:
Hardy R. Webb and Dub Beasley to the deacons ministry; Sept. 14, 10:45
a.m.; Delbert Johnson and Mounir Botros, guest speakers; Kenneth Duke, pastor.
ST. FRANCISVILLE –
First church: David Anderson and Bob Aikman to the deacons ministry; Sept.
14, 6 p.m.; Joe Ratcliff, pastor.
Anniversaries
MONROE – Gateway church:
Don Holloway, five years as pastor.
Licenses
GRETNA – First church:
Christoph Bajewski licensed to the gospel ministry; Sept. 14, 10:45 a.m.; Delbert
Johnson and Mounir Botros, guest speakers; Kenneth Duke, pastor.
Staff Changes
Pastors
COUSHATTA – Carl Scroggs
to Martin church, coming from Bayou Plaquemine church in Plaquemine.
JONES – Gary Taylor
to New Hope church.
Available
DERIDDER – Raymond
Willie available for pulpit supply, interim or bivocational pastorate; call
(337) 207-8730.
ELIZABETH – Chad Foster
available for pulpit supply or interim pastorate; call (318) 634-7429.
Ministers Needed
DEVILLE – Longview
church: Full-time minister of education/music; send resume to: Longview Baptist
Church, Attn.: Music Search Committee, P. O. Box 29, Deville, LA 71328; Larry
Hubbard, pastor.
GRAYSON – Grayson church:
Part-time or bivocational music minister needed; send resume to: Grayson Baptist
Church, P. O. Box 316, Grayson, LA 71435 or call (318) 649-7458; salary negotiable;
Jay Morgan, pastor.
Swap Shop
KROTZ SPRINGS – First
church has 1985 Dodge 8-passenger van to donate to church; motor in good condition,
needs transmission; call (337) 566-3582.