For the week of January 11, 2001
Potpourri
BAKER – First church: Common Good in concert; Jan.
21, 10:30 a.m.; Ralph Parks, minister of music; B. K. Miller, Jr., pastor.
POLLOCK – Pleasant Hill church: The Down East Boys
in concert, Jan. 18, 7 p.m., with a special appearance by In Christ. Lyndon
Marcotte, pastor.
BASTROP – First church: The Hoppers in concert;
Jan. 14, 6 p.m.; Dick Day, minister of music; Mark Strum, pastor.
BATON ROUGE – Woodlawn church to host Evangelism
Explosion Clinic, Feb. 7-11; Ray Castro, speaker; for information, call the
church office at (225) 753-1667; Tommy Middleton, pastor.
LAFAYETTE – Northside church: “Ministry Arts
Tour” clown ministry featuring Duane Laflin and J. T. “Bubba”
Sikes; Jan. 19, 6 – 10 p.m.; Jan. 20, 8:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.; for details, contact
Sheri Young at (337) 237-6956; Wayne Sistrunk, pastor.
RUSTON – Calvary church: “Gospel Music Extravaganza”;
Jan. 13, 6 – 9 p.m.; sponsored by Joe Aulds Evangelism Association; David Hastings,
pastor.
SHREVEPORT – Summer Grove church: “A Changeless
Gospel for Changing Times” 2001 Louisiana Baptist Evangelism Conference;
Jan. 22-23; Roy Fish, Alvin Reid, Waylon Bailey, Rick Ousley, George McCalep,
Jr., Wayne DuBose, Landrum Leavell, John Sullivan and Ralph D. West, speakers;
Rod Masteller, pastor.
SHREVEPORT – Heritage church: “Biblical Inerrancy”
fourth annual Ark-La-Tex Regional Southern Baptist Founders Conference; Feb.
1-3; Tom Nettles, featured speaker; Tommy French and Leon Hyatt to speak; for
costs, registration or information, call Martha Durham, conference secretary,
at (318) 635-0459; Bill Ascol, pastor.
Anniversaries
PINEVILLE – First church to celebrate its 90th
anniversary throughout the month of January. Special recognition will be given
each Sunday. Worship services are at 10:50 a.m. For information, call the church
office at (318) 448-8221. Gary Baldwin, pastor.
Dedications
LONGLEAF – Longleaf church: dedication of activities
building addition; Jan. 14, 2 p.m.; Mike Hein, pastor.
Youth
HORNBECK – First church: youth revival; Jan. 14-17,
7 p.m.; David Crain, evangelist; Jerry D. Key, pastor.
Revivals
HAYNESVILLE – First church: Jan. 21, 11 a.m. and
7 p.m.; Jan. 22-24, 7 p.m.; Sid Woodruff, evangelist; Shelby Cowling, pastor.
Retirements
SULPHUR – Maplewood First church: full-time minister
of education, full-time childrens minister and full-time student minister;
for details, call (337) 625-5899.
Deaths
PINEVILLE – James A. Young, 76, Dec. 13. He served
as chairman of the Religion Department of Louisiana College for 19 years before
retiring in 1989. He is survived by his wife, Nora Lee Young, a son, James A.
Young, Jr. and a daughter, Susan Young Fowler.
Correction
WASHINGTON – Last week, it was reported Ed Long would serve as
evangelist at Jan. 13-16 revival at Washington church. Actually, Ed Lacy will
be evangelist for the meeting. Services are Jan. 13 at 7 p.m., Jan. 14 at 11
a.m. and 7 p.m. and Jan. 15-16 at 7 p.m. Louis Charrier, pastor.