CHICAGO, Illinois--Ministers and wives met here April 26 to 30 for the latest in a series of regional conferences for field ministers.
(For detailed coverage of the field conference format see the Jan. 2 Worldwide News.)
Jim Lee was ordained a pastor, and Phil Perkins was ordained a preaching elder April 13.
With these ordinations comes a change in the St. Louis, Missouri, area pastorates. Mr. Lee pastors St. Louis South and Wentzville, Missouri; Mr. Perkins pastors St. Louis North and Alton, Illinois; and Jim Stokes pastors Belleville and Mount Vernon, Illinois.
David Roenspies is stepping down from the full-time ministry to pursue another career. The Chicago, Illinois, North church is now pastored by Richard Frankel.
Sio Oui Shia resigned from the ministry to make a career change. Steve Brown is the interim pastor of Sarasota and Fort Myers, Florida.
INDEPENDENCE, Kansas--Phil Perkins, pastor of the St. Louis, Missouri, North church, addressed a community service Jan. 13 that honored Martin Luther King Jr.
The Independence church sponsored the service and invited 44 other congregations. About 100 people attended.
The civil rights leader would have been 67 Jan. 15.
The community service came about when Charles E. Rice of the Independence church, who is a member of the Independence Ministerial Association, volunteered to put such a program together.
Robert Wesley, chairman of the Kansas Human Rights Commission, attended the service. Mr. Wesley said: "If your congregation had not done this there would not have been an observance in Independence this year."
THUNDER BAY, Ontario--The Thunder Bay church will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a three-day camp out Aug. 3-5. Included will be barbecues and sing-alongs. The worship service will be followed by a potluck.
Some homes will be available for housing. If you would like to attend, please respond by June 14 to John Linke, 1911 Hwy. 11-17, RR 13, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, P7B 5E4. Phone 1-807-983-2445, or fax 1-807-983-3065.
PUEBLO, Colorado--The Pueblo church will celebrate its 40th anniversary June 15. The Alamosa and Colorado Springs churches were formed from the Pueblo church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Temple in Pueblo followed by a potluck dinner and dance. If you plan to attend and want more information call Sam or Jean Reese at 1-719-545-1619.
LONG BEACH, California--The Long Beach church will sponsor a gala rhythm and blues dance and soul review June 1 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Golden Sails Hotel in Long Beach.
Ron Barksdale will provide music featuring songs from the '60s through the '90s.
Dress is elegant casual and attendance is limited to those 21 or older. Advance ticket prices are $15 per couple ($20 at the door) and $7.50 for singles ($10 at the door).
ORLANDO, Florida--Danielle-Noelle Teodorescu, 14, received a Special Award from the Florida Foundation for Future Scientists (FFFS) and took third place in biochemistry at the 41st Annual State Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) of Florida in Orlando April 10-12.
Danielle, who attends the Sarasota church, is a straight A student in the eighth grade at DeSoto County Middle School, in Arcadia, Florida.
JACKSON, Mississippi--Glen Torres, Human Resources manager for Brown Bottling Group, Inc., and a member of the Jackson church, earned certification as a senior professional in human resources (SPHR).
The certification, awarded by the Human Resource Certification Institute, signifies that Mr. Torres possesses the theoretical knowledge and practical experience in human resource management necessary to pass a rigorous examination demonstrating a mastery of the body of knowledge in the field.
DALLAS, Texas--The Dallas Central church said good-bye to retiring evangelist Norman Smith and his wife, Charlene, April 20.
The Smiths have lived in Dallas for about three years and initially came here because Mr. Smith was pursuing an advanced coll8ege degree. The sight of Mr. Smith taking sermon notes on a laptop computer became familiar to Dallas Central brethren.
Pastor Felix Heimberg gave the Smiths a card made by Melissa Renshaw and signed by the congregation. Frank Lewandowski.
Norman and Charlene Smith
IRVINE, Scotland--The Irvine church organized a coffee morning Feb. 17 to introduce the church to the community. During the event they sold bric-a-brac, old books and magazines and homebaked items.
The event was advertised on radio and by placing posters in shops and a hospital. Members from Glasgow volunteered their support. Our first venture to open ourselves up to the community seems to have been a resounding success. Stuart and Enid Bellini.
HOUSTON, Texas--Richard Henry, son of Winnie Ruth Henry, received the Sammy Davis Jr. award Nov. 18, which he won while performing Sonata III by Mozart with another finalist in piano Aug. 6. The presentation was aired on television Dec. 23.
Richard does special music in the Houston South church. He also performs at neighborhood Baptist churches and retirement and nursing homes. He is an honor student at Step of Faith Christian School. Bertha Smith.
Richard Henry
EDINBURGH, Indiana--Reuben Wilson, 13, is a member of the New World Orchestra, Indianapolis, which is made up of students from throughout central Indiana.
In July the orchestra will travel to Vienna, Austria, to perform at the 25th annual Youth and Music Festival. They will be judged by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Reuben is the son of Tim and Theresa Wilson. He performs special music in the Indianapolis church.
DES MOINES, Iowa--The Des Moines church made quilt sleeping bags for the homeless Jan. 13.
For information on how to make quilt sleeping bags write to My Brother's Keeper Quilt Group, c/o Wheatley, Strawberry Hill Farm, RR 1 Box 1049, Hop Bottom, Pennsylvania, 18824, or call 1-717-289-4335.
NORFOLK, Virginia--Youths in the Norfolk church learned about various U.S. ethnic groups in a Cultural Diversity Workshop series conducted throughout most of 1995 by Gail Singleton Taylor, an assistant professor of multicultural education at Old Dominion University.
The workshops conducted by Dr. Taylor had three goals: 1) to help church youths learn about their own cultural or ethnic group; 2) to help church youths develop more positive attitudes toward different cultural, ethnic, economic and linguistic groups; and 3) help church youths develop cross-cultural competency and view themselves from the perspectives of different groups.
RADIO MEETING--Church officials meet with time buyers May 7 to plan the launch of a two-minute radio program in six to 12 markets in September to reintroduce the church into the radio market. Once established the broadcast will be increased to 30 minutes. From left producer Joe Costantino; Pastor General Joseph Tkach; Mr. Albrecht; Monte Wolverton, marketing and business manager of PTM; Debbie Nickel, executive assistant to Mr. Tkach; and time buyers David Clark, president of KMC Media; and Paul Virts, director of Media Services for KMC Media. [Photo by Thomas C. Hanson]
May 21, 1996, Worldwide News, pages four and 16.
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