For the week of August 21, 2003
Potpourri
BATON ROUGE – Stevendale
church: Car show; Aug 23, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Carolina Boys in concert; Aug. 24,
6:30 p.m.; Michael J. LoBrutto, pastor.
WINNFIELD – First church:
Fifth Sunday Singing Concert; Aug. 31, 6 p.m.; John Holland, minister of music;
Lindsey Burns, pastor.
MANY – First church:
Toledo Bend Resort Ministries Volunteer Appreciation Banquet; Aug. 23, 6:30
p.m.; Bill Black, guest speaker; Shekinah Praise Team from Southside church
in Mansfield, music; call (318) 645-6601 for reservations; Steven Kelly, pastor.
BASTROP – First church:
Just Friends, blue grass gospel group, in concert during annual church wide
fellowship; Aug. 31, 5-8 p.m.; Jim Ingram, pastor.
Youth
OAKDALE – First church:
Mt. Olive Associational Youth Rally; Aug. 30, 6 p.m.; Paul Vic, guest speaker;
Broken Vessels, music; Stephen Laughlin, pastor.
Revivals
SLAUGHTER – First church:
Aug. 31, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sept. 1-3, 6:30 p.m.; Paul Taylor, evangelist;
Ramond Taylor, music; Basil Wicker, pastor.
LAKE CHARLES – Boulevard
church: Aug. 24, 10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m.; Aug. 25-27, 6 p.m.; Ronnie Hill, evangelist;
Dan Morgan, minister of music; Elijahs Cry, musical guest on Aug. 25;
Hamilton Praise Band, musical guest on Aug. 26; Mark Stagg, pastor.
Homecomings
MOREAUVILLE – Bayou
Des Glaises church: Aug. 31, 10:30 a.m. with lunch to follow; Jerry Lee, guest
speaker; Buford Skelton, pastor.
JENA – Bellevue church:
Aug. 24, 9:45 a.m. with lunch to follow; Pine Ridge Quartet in concert at 1:30
p.m.; Billy Edwards, guest speaker; Byron Norris, pastor.
COLFAX – Bethel church:
Aug. 31, 9:45 a.m. with dinner to follow and the Pine Ridge Quartet in concert;
James Carson, guest speaker; Ron Nation, pastor.
HORNBECK – First church:
Aug. 24, 9:30 a.m. with pot luck dinner to follow; Jerry D. Key, pastor.
Anniversaries
GONZALES – Ascension
church: 10th; Aug. 23, 4 p.m.; Aug. 24, 10:30 a.m.; Keith Crider, pastor.
SHREVEPORT – Emmanuel
church: Harry Forester, 25 years as education/associate pastor; Bill Stowell,
pastor.
BENTON – First church:
Robert Beadle, ten years as pastor.
SHREVEPORT – Morningside
church: Donnie Lodatto, five years as pastor.
MARINGOUIN – First
church: 75th; Aug. 24, 10 a.m. with dinner on the grounds to follow; Steve Mooneyham,
guest speaker; Jimmy Womack, pastor.
Staff Changes
Pastors
MORGAN CITY – David
Willoughby to First church, coming from Living Waters camp in Loranger as camp
manager.
Others
ALBANY – Mike Burns
to Bethlehem church as associate pastor/student minister; Joe Dunn, pastor.
Available
WEST MONROE – Rodney
J. Sanders available for pulpit supply and interim pastorate; call (318) 396-3199.
BATON ROUGE – Orvin
Lee Marcantel available for pulpit supply and interim pastorate; call (225)
356-3377.
Ministers Needed
MERRYVILLE – Calvary
church: Full-time pastor; send resumes and video tape of message, if available,
to: Calvary Baptist Church, Attn.: Tommy Ackerman, 424 Hwy. 111, Merryville,
LA 70653.
MAGEE, Miss. – First
church: Full-time minister of music and full-time minister of youth/activities;
send resume to: First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 266, Magee, MS 39111; Johnny
Bley, pastor.
POLLOCK – First church:
Full-time pastor; send resumes to: First Baptist Church, Attn.: Pastor Search
Committee, P. O. Box 309, Pollock, LA 71467.
FRANKLIN – First church:
Full-time pastor; send resumes to First Baptist Church, Attn.: Pastor Search
Committee, P. O. Box 1147, Franklin, LA 70538.
Members Sought
n MIAMI, Fla. – Seeking anyone that may have been a part of the Baptist Student
Union, Baptist Student Ministries or Baptist Collegiate Ministries at the University
of Miami, Florida International University, Miami-Dade Community College or
any other college in South Florida for a reunion scheduled for Nov. 15; if interested
in attending or helping plan the reunion, please contact: BCM e-mail: miamibcm@aol.com;
BCM phone: (305) 667-1066; Jennifer Sabin home phone: (863) 635-4661 or e-mail:
jsabin2allstate.com.