Woods New Hope Baptist Church: June 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Club VBS 2009

A Great Week At Club VBS

June 21-24, 2009

Friday, June 19, 2009

Deacon Ordination

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Deacon Ordination of

Mike Woods

With Special Message from

Dr. Bill Everett

10:00 Bible Study / 11:00 Worship / 12:Noon Luncheon /1:00 Deacon's Counsel / 1:30 Ordination Service

Monday, June 15, 2009

Texas Historical Marker Dedication

Marker Unveiling

May 31, 2009

Texas Historical Marker Dedication

May 31, 2009

Afternoon Dedication Service

Texas Historical Marker Dedication

May 31, 2009

Afternoon Luncheon

May 31, 2009

Morning Worship

Texas Historical Marker

Dedication

Texas Historical Marker Dedication

May 30, 2009 Tent Set up

Our pastor, Rodney L. Puryear and his family came to WNHBC in the Fall of 1998 after serving as Minister of Activities, Education, Youth and Associate Pastor for some 27 years in churches in Alabama and Texas.

Brother Rodney was born and reared in Beaumont, Texas. He received his BS degree in Christianity, Speech and Church Recreation from Houston Baptist University and a C.P.E. certificate from the Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. He serves as certified Victim Chaplain and as the Chaplain for the Woods Fire Department. Brother Rodney has served on the board of the Panola County Chamber of Commerce and is serving as a board member for the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. Our pastor has served on the Executive Committee of the Rusk-Panola Association and the East Texas Baptist Area Committee since 1999 to present.

He and his wife Mary have two grown children. Rebekah "Lynn" born in 1982, who serves as a Minister of Children in Carthage, Texas and a D.Min. student in Children's Ministry at NOBTS. John Ellis born in 1987, and is a doctoral student at the School of Pharmacy at Union University in Jackson, TN. The Pastor's wife Mary, is employed by Austin Bank in Timpson, Texas.