Editor’s Note: Everyday Ministry is an occasional feature of Spirit of Abilene, highlighting people who weave ministry into their everyday lives. If you know someone you would like to see featured, email editor@spiritofabilene.com with the name, contact information and a brief description of the person’s ministry. By LORETTA FULTON An email request from the missions minister at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church caught
Read moreJohn Whitten preached his first sermon Sept. 6 as senior pastor of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. He replaces Stan Allcorn, who served as senior pastor since 1998. Allcorn’s last Sunday as senior pastor was Aug. 29. Photos show Whitten preaching, his father, Mark Whitten, presenting him with two Bibles, and the PDBC orchestra, led by Danny Barefield. Whitten, 35, may
Read moreBy CAROLYN NEWMAN I do not go to church in town,I go to church in my nightgown.I do not want to be a crier‘Cause I cannot sing in choir. I’ve done that for 53 yearsSee me holding back my tears?The next best thing for you and meIs pioneerdrive.tv. I do miss my Sunday School friendsMy teacher’s expertise never ends.Our leader
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By LORETTA FULTON “Stan the Man” has earned many honorific titles and humorous nicknames at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church over the past 22 years, but the one he likes best is “Brother Stan.” “We were all born from the spirit of Christ,” Brother Stan said at his retirement party Sunday night, Aug. 30. “We’re all family.” Even Stan Allcorn’s parting
Read moreEditor’s Note: This poem by Pioneer Drive Baptist Church member Carolyn Newman was read during the Aug 30 retirement party for longtime church pastor Stan Allcorn. R-E- T-I-R-E M-E-N- T,STAN ALLCORN IS RETIRING FROM PDBC.WE WILL MISS YOUR SERMONS AND WHAT WE’VE OFTEN HEARD,“WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE READING OF GOD’S WORD?” NO WATERED DOWN SERMONS WITH PATS ON
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By LORETTA FULTON School starts in Abilene Aug. 24, but a bunch of children got a head start Sunday when they received blessings in special services held at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest and at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. “Are y’all ready to pray together?” David Romanik, rector at Heavenly Rest, asked as children and their parents filed
Read morePioneer Drive Baptist Church is staging its annual World’s Largest Garage Sale Friday and Saturday, Aug. 14-15. No preview sale will be held this year. The sale will be at 2554 Barrow St. Hours are 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday. The sale benefits the high school choir program.
Read moreVacation Bible School may have gone virtual this year, but at least one outdoor church activity is still planned. Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, 701 S. Pioneer Drive, is staging Super Week Sunday, July 26-Thursday, July 30. Hours are 6-8:30 p.m. for all youth, including incoming seventh-graders. All events will be outside and mask wearing is encouraged as much as possible.
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Pioneer Drive Baptist Church made it official Sunday, July 12, after a vote of the congregation. Dr. John Whitten is the new senior pastor, replacing Stan Allcorn, who is retiring at the end of August. A search committee had recommended Whitten, who had been serving as pastor of The Gathering at the Church, in May, pending a vote of the
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