Saturday, October 11, 1997

Out Front: Upcoming religious events

Gold City Quartet

Gold City Quartet, a nationally known Southern gospel singing group, will perform at the Paramount Theater Oct. 24.

The group is being brought to Abilene by Heritage Baptist Church, 3050 Buffalo Gap Road.

Also performing at the concert will be Heaven's Jubilee and The Calvin Wills Family Singers.

Tickets are on sale for $6.50 general admission or $10 reserved seating. They can be purchased at Bible Book Store, The Love Shop, the Good News Book Store or Heritage Baptist Church.

Gold City Quartet was named Singing News Group of the Year an unprecedented six times from 1988 through 1993.

Gold City has been honored by the Gospel Music Association with Dove Awards, including the 1993 award for Southern Gospel Song of the year, "There Rose a Lamb."

Friend to Friend

Members of local and area congregations are invited to a training session beginning Monday for a new Friend to Friend Care Team Ministry.

Training will be in the multi-purpose room of Windcrest Alzheimer's Care Center, 6050 Hospital Dr. behind Abilene Regional Medical Center.

Care Team is a new concept that will allow volunteers to respond to individuals and families with special needs. Teams will remain in place at all times and ready to serve when called upon.

The training will begin at 8 a.m. Monday at Windcrest. Ministerial staff from area churches are invited to attend a continental breakfast and an introductory presentation.

At 7 Monday evening, A Care Team orientation will be held for congregational members who are interested in participating in a Care Team. On Wednesday, an orientation will be conducted at 9 a.m. for those interested in serving as Care Team leaders or co-leaders.

For more information, Call Debbie Beard at 692-1533.

Harpist to perform

Greg Buchanan, a world-class harpist from California, will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Clyde.

Buchanan, who frequently conducts international worshops, began playing the harp at age 9. As a young man he spent four years in the United States Naval Band stationed in Washington, D.C.

He later experienced professional success in the music scene of southern California but his personal life took a downward spiral as he dealt with alcohol and drug addiction.

Buchanan attended a Christian concert with a friend and experienced the grace of God. From then, Buchanan began his new career and is now one of the most sought after Christian performers in America.

In concert Buchanan plays a harp with a Salzedo Art Deco design and a Celtic folk harp as well as a lyre.

Admission to the concert is free but an offering will be taken.

Missions site

A site on the World Wide Web created by the Department of Missions at Abilene Christian University contains missions information from several continents.

"This site is envisioned as a place where elderships and missions committees around the world can learn something about missions from their own Internet connection at home," said Bruce Terry, a missionary-in-residence at ACU.

The 700-page site contains information on mission principles, anthropology, bibliographies on missions, statistics on mission work and articles by faculty and staff.

It also contains links to other resources on the Internet.

http://www.acu.edu/missions/