Saturday, November 29, 1997

Local Church Notes

By JAN WOODWARD

Staff Writer

SPECIAL SPEAKER

Pioneer Drive Baptist Church will feature Dr. Omer Hancock as guest speaker in all three morning worship services Sunday. Dr. Hancock is a member of Pioneer Drive and professor of Church Ministry at Hardin-Simmons University's Logsdon School of Theology.

The evening service will feature the annual "Deck the Halls" service where the sights, sounds and symbols of Christmas will be celebrated. Pioneer Drive is located at 701 S. Pioneer Dr.

NEW SERVICE

St. Paul United Methodist Church has scheduled a "New Service" at 7 p.m. Sunday. Featured will be special artist, Jamie Merrel, who will share his musical talents Sunday evening. Merrel is a native Abilenian and has released his first full length CD this year. The church is located at 525 Beech.

FRIEND DAY

Calvary Baptist Church, 1165 Minter Lane, will celebrate "Friend Day" in services on Sunday. All members are invited to invite a friend to church.

NEW RADIO HOME

The Sunday morning service from First Baptist Church will be broadcast on a new radio station, KMPC-AM 1560.

The broadcast, which airs at 11 a.m., has been on the air continuously since originating on KRBC radio in the 1930s.

The service also is broadcast live on KTAB-TV. WEDNESDAY MASS

St. Francis Catholic Church, 826 Cottonwood, has started a Mass at 12:10 p.m. each Wednesday.

The mass is in consideration of people working in the downtown area who may not be able to attend on Sunday. However, anyone may attend. CELEBRATE THE SEASON

Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1741 Sayles, will present the Sights, Sounds and Smells of Christmas from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. The chancel choir will present their Christmas cantata during the 10:50 a.m. service on Dec. 14.

ACU PROF ACCEPTS PULPIT

Dr. Jim Mankin, an associate professor of Bible at Abilene Christian University, has accepted the pulpit ministry for the Westgate Church of Christ.

He will continue to teach at ACU. Mankin succeeds Doug Reeves, who resigned last June to become head of a church-sponsored preacher training school in the Ukraine.

Mankin, who has filled the Westgate pulpit on an intermittent basis since June, has served as an elder of Highland Church of Christ since 1988. He resigned that position to accept the ministry at Westgate.

Prior to joining the ACU faculty in 1987, Mankin served as minister for churches in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn.

SENIOR ADULT LUNCHEON

South Side Baptist Church, 1425 S. 7th, will have a senior adult luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. James McCloud, Pastor of Rising Star First Baptist Church, will be the speaker. He and his wife Cindy will also sing.

NEW LIGHT CHOIR

New Light Baptist Choir will sing at 6 p.m. Sunday at Fairmont United Methodist Church, 1101 Palm.

The public is invited.

NEW STAFF MEMBER

Molly Fullerton has joined the staff of First Christian Church, 1420 N. 3rd. Her focus will be calling on individuals and couples who are homebound or in alternate care facilities.

MISSION WORKSHOP

A Mission Workshop will be presented at 7 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 at Baker Heights Church of Christ, 5382 Texas Ave. Sessions will be conducted by the elders and focus will be on present mission efforts and possible future mission involvement. A continental breakfast will be served. Activities will conclude at noon.

GIFT BOOSTS MONASTERY EFFORT

Philanthropist Eva Camunez Tucker has given $100,000 to begin fundraising efforts of the cloistered Carmelite nuns of San Angelo for a new monastery.

The San Angelo Catholic Diocese takes in much of the Abilene area. The new monastery will be built on land given to the nuns by Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Holt near Christoval.

The sisters currently reside in a house in San Angleo. The Carmelite Sisters spend about eight hours a day in prayer throughout the day and night.

The new monastery will be named "Our Lady of Grace and Fairest Love" to honor a request of Pope John Paul II.

An account has been established for donations to the monastery fund. Anyone interested may write to Our Lady of Grace Monastery #1 St. Joseph Place, San Angelo 76905.