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February
2004
BCA News
Dishin'
with Doug
Come
Discover the Spirit of St. Louis, April 15-17
Officers
Meeting Overview
BCA
Officer Nominations Being Accepted
Awards
Entries to Receive Thorough Examination
Share
Your Skills with Fellow Members
Grapevine
New
Members
Share
News!
Dishin’
with Doug
2003-2004
BCA President
Much
has been said this year about St. Louis as the site of BCA’s first
organizational meeting in 1954. But Fort Worth, Texas, played a significant
role in our history as well, for it was there the first annual workshop was
held on February 17-18, 1955. In his wonderful book about BPRA/BCA’s history,
James Cox wrote: “A program format was established then which has essentially
been followed at almost all subsequent annual meetings. It consists of serious
program content, including plenary and shirtsleeve sessions in small groups,
coupled with a generous mixture of free and fellowship time.”
That
proven formula will once again be used this April 15-17, as we gather for our
fiftieth annual workshop. Your officers and committees have been working hard
for many months to plan an exciting and worthwhile time of celebration,
education and fellowship. It will be a time of looking back and looking
forward, of honoring our past and dreaming about the future.
I
want to especially highlight two events. At our awards dinner on Thursday
evening, we’ll have the rare opportunity to hear from Wilmer C. Fields,
longtime public relations secretary for the SBC Executive Committee, for whom
our awards are named. Then on
Saturday, we’ll be able to put our communications skills to work as we
minister to children and youth at the East St. Louis Activity Center. You’ll
want to read the rest of this newsletter to find out all the details about the
workshop, but suffice it to say, it will be an experience you won’t want to
miss!
My
advice to you – get your taxes done early. You don’t need that
responsibility hanging over you as you get ready to attend the workshop. This
year, don’t think of April 15 as Income Tax Day, but as BCA Day! Don’t
delay – registration is now open.
One
other note – you’ll see later in this newsletter the obituary for Leonard
Holloway, a BPRA charter member and former president. When asked in 1987 to
reflect on his year of leadership (1955-56), he wrote, “These were the years
Southern Baptists were getting comfortable using the term “public
relations” to identify a SBC ministry and a vocational career…It was a year
of being patient but constantly talking about public relations as a viable
Christian ministry.” His passing is another reminder of how the path we are
walking along today was cleared by many who came before us. I’m grateful for
committed communicators like Leonard Holloway and others who built a strong
foundation upon which we can serve the Lord today.
Doug
Rogers is Communications Coordinator for the Alabama Baptist State Board of
Missions and has been a member of BCA since 1987. Contact him at drogers@alsbom.org.
Come
Discover the Spirit of St. Louis, April 15-17
Having
met for the first time in St. Louis, Missouri, half a century ago, BCA members
are meeting in St. Louis again, with workshop presenters in a variety of
communication tracks such as print, photography, electronic media, and graphic
design. Keynote speakers will focus on crisis communications.
The
workshop is a perfect opportunity to learn from fellow members and share ideas.
Plus, it's a great place to adopt mentors, make contacts, and meet new friends.
A special “family reunion” programming track is scheduled for longtime
members and former members who want to just gather and fellowship during the
professional development seminar times. A printable workshop registration form
is on the BCA website at:
http://www.baptistcommunicators.org/workshop/workshop.htm
The
Westin-St. Louis is serving as the workshop hotel. This elegant property is
located blocks away from the Gateway Arch and across the street from Busch
Stadium. Special workshop rates have been negotiated at $119 for single/double
occupancy. Be sure to make your hotel reservations now by calling
1-800-Westin-1 or the hotel direct at (314) 621-2000. Mention BCA for the
workshop rate. The hotel will release the BCA bloc of rooms back to the public
after March 24.
Other
highlights of the conference include a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game on
Friday evening and the opportunity to share our communication skills at the
East St. Louis Activity Center on Saturday. Come discover the spirit of
communication, the spirit of BCA past and the spirit of St. Louis!
Officers
Meeting Overview
BCA
Officers met February 23 at LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville. President
Doug Rogers reported Teresa Dickens, communications minister at First Baptist
Church in Madison, Miss., will assume communications vice president
responsibilities after the recent resignation of Sara Horn. Rogers also
outlined suggestions for amending the current bylaws to reflect electronic
forms of communications.
Program
vice president Paul Huse reviewed the schedule for the BCA workshop with
officers. Huse confirmed that a Cardinals baseball game and a visit to the East
St. Louis Activity Center are integral parts of the workshop program. Awards
Chairman Cathy Humphrey discussed the preliminary awards banquet program and
shared a list of those judging the awards on March 13. Historian Chip Turner
updated officers on the 50th anniversary CD-ROM which will be
distributed in St. Louis. Jan Kelley, BCA president-elect, discussed the
costing requirements of a special workshop giveaway item.
Winners
of the student and professional scholarship programs were presented by
scholarship committee chair Polly House. Brian
Koonce, a journalism student at Oklahoma
Baptist University, won the Al Shackleford/Dan Martin undergraduate
scholarship. Chris Turner, a BCA
member and employee of LifeWay Christian Resources, won the Shackleford/Martin
graduate scholarship. Turner will begin class work on his masters in corporate
communications at Austin-Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn., in the
fall. Hae Yun Park, a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary student,
is the winner of the Alan Compton/ Bob Stanley international-minority
scholarship. Sean Copley, graphic
designer for the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware,
will attend the BCA workshop as the winner of the professional scholarship.
Membership
vice president Randy Cowling distributed a brochure his committee is designing
to help recruit new members. Officers discussed further ways to reach students
and local communications ministers.
In
other news, officers approved a year-to-date financial statement and voted to
increase BCA administrative coordinator Keith Beene’s salary by $5 to $20/hr.
Officers learned an audit has been completed and will be presented by the audit
committee at the business meeting during the workshop. Program vice
president-elect Allen Spencer shared three hotel proposals for the 2005
workshop in Denver.
Items
tabled for further discussion included the site for the 2006 workshop, the
feasibility of a corporate membership, creating a mentoring committee and the
expansion of current professional development group offerings. The next
officers’ meeting will be held Thursday, April 15 during the BCA workshop. If
you have an item of business that you would like the officers to discuss,
contact BCA President Doug Rogers at drogers@alsbom.org.
BCA
Officer Nominations Being Accepted
Candidates
for the Baptist Communicators Association 2004-05 slate of officers are now
being accepted. Positions to be filled for 2004-05 are: president-elect,
program vice president-elect, membership vice president, communications vice
president, treasurer, awards chairman, historian, mission vice president and
professional development coordinator. Officers will be elected at the 2004
workshop. If you would like to nominate someone to serve as a BCA officer or
would like to be considered for a position, call Tim Yarbrough, nominating
committee chair, at (770) 410-6207, or email him at tyarbrough@namb.net.
For detailed information about each position, please visit www.baptistcommunicators.org.
Award
Entries To Receive Thorough Examination
The
entries in this year’s Wilmer C. Fields Award Competition will be judged
March 13 at First Baptist Church in Duluth, Ga. BCA received 305 award entries
from 89 members. Grand-prize winners will be chosen in seven divisions
including public relations, interactive, audio/visual, photography, feature
writing, news writing and design. The awards banquet is being held April 15 at
the St. Louis Zoo. Reservations for the awards banquet is included in the
conference registration price. Guests need to make dinner reservations by
contacting Keith Beene at bca.office@comcast.net.
Share
Your Skills with Fellow Members
Communications
can be a tough job. We all need help from time-to-time. With over 300 BCA
members, there’s a mentor for you out there. Maybe you’ve written a how-to
article you could share? How about a why-it-works white paper? Have
you ever written a critique on photography or know a html shortcut? If you have
an article that would help your fellow communicators, submit it for
consideration. Our BCA community is not only a benefit of membership, but it is
a responsibility for participation. If you have a professional developmental
need or know a great resource, let Mark Snowden, professional development
officer, know about it. Contact Mark at msnowden@imb.org.
Let's see what we can do together! Check out the great resources already listed
on the BCAweb at: http://www.baptistcommunicators.org/prodev.htm.
Grapevine
CHARLES
RICHARDSON, director of media relations, Hardin-Simmons University,
Abilene, Texas, has been endorsed as the first volunteer chaplain for the HSU
Police Dept. by the Chaplaincy and Pastoral Counseling Endorsement Board of the
Baptist General Convention of Texas. Richardson has been a member of BCA since
1965. He’s completing his 29th year of total time with HSU, with stints at
the Baptist Standard of Dallas,
Texas; Biblical
Recorder of Raleigh, N.C.; Baptist
General Convention of Texas; and Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill
Valley, Calif. crichard@hsutx.edu
KEN
SATTERFIELD is the advertising/marketing
coordinator for Word&Way in
Missouri. He previously served 14 years as media consultant with the Missouri
Baptist Convention. ksatterfield@wordandway.org
Charter
Member Leonard Holloway Dies
Leonard
Holloway, 80, died Aug. 13, 2003 in
Kerrville, Texas. Holloway was a former president of the University of Mary
Hardin-Baylor and the University of Corpus Christi. He also was vice president
of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. For the past 18 years Holloway served in numerous leadership roles
with the H. E. Butt Foundation Ministries in Texas. BCA’s top news writing
award in its annual awards competition is named after Holloway. He is survived
by his wife of 60 years, Betty; daughters, Sha Cowan and Jamie Aven; and four
grandchildren.
New
Members
ANY
BEACHUM is the production
manager for the SBC Executive Committee. abeachum@sbc.net
ERIN
CURRY is a Staff Writer for Baptist
Press in Nashville. ecurry@sbc.net
MICHAEL
FOUST is Assistant Editor of Baptist
Press. mfoust@sbc.net
TODD
HAMPSON is the Web Coordinator for the
Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware. thampson@bcmd.org
ED
JOHNSON is an Associate Professor of
Mass Communications at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C. johnsone@mailcenter.cambell.edu
JOHN
KYLE is the Director of Cooperative
Program Development for SBC Executive Committee. jkyle@sbc.net
KEN
WALKER is a Freelance Writer living in
Louisville, Ky. kenwalker33@cs.com
GOT NEWS TO SHARE?
Send items for the BCA newsletter to Keith Beene at bca.office@comcast.net.
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