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Mason shares spiritual vision as LC AD

By Message Staff PINEVILLE – With the start of Louisiana College’s fall sports season less than two weeks away, Athletic Director Reni Mason shared his spiritual vision for the upcoming school year with individuals attending the monthly First at First Business Leaders Luncheon. “I am responsible for 330 athletes that are just starting their lives and sometimes because of positions and titles they think we’ve always been there, like we’ve never lived what they’ve lived,” Mason said Monday, Aug. 6, at the gathering inside First Baptist Church in Pineville. “My challenge this year is to allow the Holy Spirit to direct me where to show young people some of my pains in my life and how I overcame certain things.” Mason has served as head men’s basketball coach since May 2015, and was promoted to athletic director the following year. During his interaction with LC’s coaches and players, Mason emphasized leading with the right attitude. “One of the things I impress upon our coaches all the time is the example that we set has to be from the heart,” he said. “It doesn’t mean we’re going to be perfect, for we all know there is only one perfect son and that’s Jesus. What it does mean is we have to do the best we can every day to … [Read more...]

Foundation weathers summer market conditions

By Jerry Love, LBF director of planned giving ALEXANDRIA – Excessive summertime heat surrounded the mid-year meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Foundation Board of Trustees on July 24.  However, board members were cool and calm as they took care of the business at hand which proved to be fairly mild, observers noted. Chuck Murray, LBF CPA and controller, reviewed the financial positions for the quarter- and year-to- date. Assets under management as of June 30, 2018 stood at $162,540,914, which is less than the beginning year assets by about $4.5 million. This difference is due to at least one church using funds for a building project, combined with the normal cycle of churches and entities withdrawing funds during late spring and summer months. Murray and Executive Director Wayne Taylor jointly reviewed a summary of the data regarding the performance of the Foundation’s investments for the year, thus far, and reported the following returns: -- Short Term Fund:  1.2 percent actual annualized yield; -- Group Investment Fund, comprised of various market sectors:  0.28 percent total return; -- Diversified Income Fund, conservative income-oriented fund: -0.51percent total return. The funds are all generating … [Read more...]