For the week of January 25, 2001
Potpourri
ALEXANDRIA – Calvary church: “Celebration of Women”
conference; Feb. 23, 5 p.m. and Feb. 24, 8:30 a.m.; Mamie McCullough and Cheri
Fuller, speakers; Sandi Patty, music; for information, call the church office
at (318) 445-5640; David Brooks, pastor.
CROWLEY – Parkerson Avenue church: “Jesus Thru
the Arts” presents Dale Crum, dramatist, Feb. 4, 6 p.m.; pre-rally music,
5:45 p.m. by The Barkleys; Acadia Association Evangelism Rally; L. C. Lord,
pastor.
DENHAM SPRINGS – Amite church: Eastern La. Association
Sunday School Revival; Feb. 4, 6 p.m.; Feb. 5-7, 7 p.m.; Leon Kilbreth, evangelist;
Sons of the Father, music; Terry Booth, pastor.
DRY CREEK – Dry Creek camp: couples retreat; Feb. 16-17;
Ray and Carolyn Wells, leaders; cost is $50 per couple or $30/commuters; for
information, call the camp at (337) 328-7531; Curt Iles, camp manager.
DRY CREEK – Dry Creek camp: turkey hunters seminar;
Feb. 17, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.; cost is $10/person (includes lunch); to pre-register,
call (337) 328-7531; Curt Iles, camp manager.
EUNICE – Emmanuel church: “Jesus Thru the Arts”
presents Dale Crum, dramatist, Feb. 4, 10:15 a.m.; Acadia Association Evangelism
Rally; Larry P. Allen, pastor.
LEESVILLE – Cooper church: Wild Game Feast and Evangelistic
Hunting Seminars; Feb. 3, 5 p.m.; Gene Hoyt and David Fortenberry, speakers;
Allan Barnes, pastor.
MANY – First church: The Southern Plainsmen in concert;
Jan. 28, 6 p.m.; Mark Jordan, music director; Edwin Scott, pastor.
PINEVILLE – First church to conclude a month-long celebration
of its 90th anniversary with a church-wide luncheon on Jan. 28, following the
10:50 a.m. worship service; special emphasis to be given on the children; Gary
Baldwin, pastor.
SHREVEPORT – Pinecroft church: Common Good in concert;
Jan. 28, 10:45 a.m.; Gary Melanson, minister of music; Irvin Boudreaux, pastor.
ZACHARY – Milldale church: February Bible Conference;
Feb. 19; meal, 5 p.m. and services, 6:45 p.m.; Feb. 20-22, 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00
a.m. and 3:30 and 6:45 p.m.; Ron Dunn, Malcom Ellis, Sonny Holland and Lynn
Martin, speakers; The Hill Family and others, music; reservations can be made
on-line at milldale.org; reservation forms available by fax at: (225) 654-3995;
for information, call (225) 654-8168; Jimmy Robertson, pastor.
Revivals
BOUTTE – West St. Charles church: Feb. 4, 10:45 a.m.
and 6 p.m.; Feb. 5-7, 7 p.m.; Rick Stanley, evangelist; Chuck Lowman, pastor.
LECOMPTE – Lamourie church: one-day drama revival; Feb.
4, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Mark Tullos, drama evangelist; Joe Kite, interim pastor.
SHREVEPORT – Western Hills church: lay-led revival;
Feb. 2-3, 6 p.m.; Feb. 4, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; H. D. Smith, Jr., pastor.
Youth
DRY CREEK – Dry Creek camp: “Celebration at the
Cross” youth retreat; Feb. 25-27; cost is $50/person; for information,
call the camp at (337) 328-7531; Curt Iles, camp manager.
Ordinations
BASTROP – First church: Bryan Greenwood, Mark Robinson
and David Wilkerson to deacon ministry; Mark Strum, pastor.
BOGALUSA – First church: T. H. Brown, Jr., to deacon
ministry; Stan Norman, interim pastor.
Ministers Needed
CHAUVIN – Little Caillou church: bi-vocational pastor;
send resumes to: Mary Neal, 1605 Harvest Drive, Houma, LA 70360; phone/fax (504)
223-1515.
ST. FRANCISVILLE – First church: ministry assistant;
send resumes to: Personnel Committee, P. O. Box 1339, St. Francisville, LA 70775
or go by the church office at 12404 La. Hwy. 10.
SULPHUR – Maplewood First church: full-time minister
of education, full-time childrens minister and full-time student minister;
for information, call (337) 625-5899.
Staff Changes
Pastors
BATON ROUGE – Don Hay to Brookstown church coming from
Faith church, Livingston.
Others
PONCHATOULA – Yancy Wilmot to Bedico church as staff
evangelist; Miles Brown as minister of youth; Leo Miller, pastor.
Deaths
MOBILE, Ala. – Robert L. “Bob” Lee, Jr.,who
served Louisiana and Florida churches as minister of music, Jan. 15. He is survived
by his wife, Phebe Mason Lee, and his fahter, a former executive director of
the Louisiana Baptist Convention, Robert L. Lee and his wife Grace, and sisters,
Linda Brian and Kathryn Harless.
Welcome
DEQUINCY – Shane Terre-bonne returns to Louisiana
as pastor of Northside church. He comes
from Dry Run church, George-town, Ky. He was a former pastor of Johnson Bayou
church, Cameron. He and his wife Karen, have two children, Titus and Hannah.