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Transitions
ON THE MOVE
Tom Ficklin, to Southampton Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., as pastor, effective June 2.
Greg Smith, to Bethel Baptist Church, Scottsburg, Va., as pastor.
Doyle Hobbs, to Riverside Baptist Church, Castlewood, Va., as pastor.
Arnold King, to Swords Creek (Va.) Baptist Church, as pastor.
Brian Lee, completing his tenure as pastor of Lafayette (N.C.) Baptist Church, to accept the pastorate of Shades Crest Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala.
Pete du Plessis, concluding his tenure as pastor of Oakwood Memorial Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on May 31.
Mike Garner, completing his tenure as pastor of Dover Baptist Church, Manakin-Sabot, Va., on May 12.
Terry Farmer, concluding his tenure as senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Mebane, N.C.
Darrell Boggs, serving as interim pastor of First Baptist Church, Hopewell, Va.
Bruce Herrmann, to Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, Fayetteville, N.C., as associate pastor.
Andrew Kilcup, to West Side Baptist Church, Harrisonburg, Va., as interim minister of worship and children.
Amanda Phillippie, to Wytheville (Va.) Baptist Church, as minister of children.
Amanda Hunter, to First Baptist Church, Carolina Beach, N.C., as music director.
Tyler Burkett, to New Bethesda Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, Va., as associate pastor/minister to students.
Katie Morgan, completing her tenure as minister to children at Greenwood Forest Baptist Church, Cary, N.C., on her graduation from Duke Divinity School.
Brooke Holloway, to Memorial Baptist Church, Arlington, Va., as associate pastor of youth and missions.
David A. Little, to First Baptist Church, South Boston, Va., as minister of children and youth.
Justin Hernandez, to Clemons First Baptist Church, Clemmons, N.C., as minister of youth.
Scot Davis, to Salem Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, Va., as full-time minister to families, children and youth. He has served in a similar position at First Baptist Church, Black Mountain, N.C.
Brian and Joan Clabough, to the Baptist Collegiate Ministries at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., as associate college ministers.
DEATH
Homer D. Carter, a Baptist minister who served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Rockville, Md., for 13 years and served at other churches in the Washington region, died April 29 at the age of 85. After retiring he held several interim posts, including First Baptist Church, Springfield, Va., and Groveton Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va. He is predeceased by his wife, Mary Martha Payton Carter. He is survived by three children, Marilyn Carter, Philip Carter and Christy Carter.
Kudos
RETIREMENTS
Don Retzer, retiring as pastor of Southampton Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.
Karen Willard, retiring as music director of Smithfield (Va.) Baptist Church, effective July 31, following 32 years of ministry there.
ORDINATIONS
Aaron Brooks, ordained to the ministry on May 12 by Yates Baptist Church, Durham, N.C.
Sayward Fletcher, ordained to the ministry on May 5 by Wake Forest (N.C.) Baptist Church.
Krista Mann Manuel, student intern at Tomahawk Baptist Church, Midlothian, Va., was ordained to the ministry by the church on April 2. She is the daughter of Virginia Baptist pastor John Mann and niece of retired pastor Chester Brown.
Dennis K. Myers, coordinator of missions for Southside Baptist Association, ordained to the ministry on May 19 at Oakland Baptist Church, Disputanta, Va.
30 YEARS
Martha Ray, celebrating 30 years as director of music at First Baptist Church, Liberty, N.C.
25 YEARS
Rick Markham, celebrating 25 years as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Danville, Va.
20 YEARS
Rhonda Gailes, celebrating 20 years as minister of education and youth at First Baptist Church, Blowing Rock, N.C.
10 YEARS
Dennis Atwood, celebrating 10 years as pastor of First Baptist Church, Mount Olive, N.C.
Len Keever, celebrating 10 years as pastor of First Baptist Church, Dunn, N.C.
Laura Primm, celebrating 10 years as director of music ministries at First Baptist Church, Mebane, N.C.
Wes Taylor, celebrating 10 years as pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Newport News, Va.
Event
SUN., JUNE 9
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Henrico, Va.; 175th anniversary at 11 a.m.; “Celebrating the Past, Anticipating the Future.”