Empower Conference meals set

Weathersby to speak at CP luncheon

Ken Weathersby, vice president for convention advancement with the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, will serve as the keynote speaker for the annual Cooperative Program luncheon Tuesday, March 1, held during the Empower Conference. Tickets for the luncheon are available online and at the event’s ticket booth for $15 each. The luncheon is slated for 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Weathersby, the first African-American to hold an EC vice presidential position, joined the staff in April 2013, where he works to increase ethnic participation and grow relationships with demographic subsets within the SBC such as young ministers and pastors of small churches and mega-churches, along with overseeing the EC’s Global Evangelical Relations ministry. Prior to that, he served in various roles at the North American Mission Board, including presidential ambassador for ethnic church relations, associate vice president for multi-ethnic mobilization, vice president for the church planting group, senior strategist for the evangelization group, and senior director of the church planting group’s equipping team. 

Weathersby has also served as a church planting professor at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He has planted and pastored churches in Alabama, Ohio and Louisiana.

To register for the luncheon, visit sbtexas.com/ec16

 

Southern Gospel groups slated to sing at senior adult luncheon

Three musical groups—Brian Free & Assurance, the Mark Trammell Quartet, and The McKameys—will provide entertainment for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s luncheon honoring senior adults, Wednesday, March 2, during the Empower Conference. The luncheon is set for 11:50 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., and tickets can be purchased for $10 online at sbtexas.com/ec16 or at the event’s ticket booth. 

Brian Free & Assurance consist of Brian Free, tenor; Bill Shivers, lead; and Mike Rogers, baritone. Brian has been involved in Southern Gospel music since 1982. The group won Dove awards for Southern Gospel Performance of the Year in 2006 and 2014.

Mark Trammell has been singing Gospel Music for more than 40 years. In 2002, he formed the Mark Trammell Quartet, which focuses on evangelism through Southern Gospel music and preaching. Today, the quartet consists of Blake Buffin, tenor; Nick Trammell, lead; Mark Trammell, baritone; and Randy Byrd, bass.

What began as a trio of sisters in 1954, the musical group The McKameys have shared God’s love through song for more than 60 years. Today, the group consists of Peg McKamey Bean and her husband, Ruben; their daughter Connie, who is joined by her son, Elijah; and Sheryl Farris, who is also Peg and Ruben’s daughter. With more than 30 albums produced since 1981, the group has had 30 number one songs.

 

2016 Empower Conference Meals

Monday, February 29

Women’s Dinner  • 4:15–6:00 p.m.
Speakers: Jennie Allen, Shari Rigby & Jennifer Rothschild
Ticket: $15

Men’s Dinner • 4:30–5:45 p.m.
Keynote: Michael Catt, “Raising Up Men of Urgency”
Ticket: $15

Asian Dinner • 4:45–6:15 p.m.
Ticket: $15

 

Tuesday, March 1

Cooperative Program Luncheon • 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Ticket: $15

African American Fellowship Dinner • 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Ticket: $15

 

Wednesday, March 2

Senior Adult Luncheon • 11:50 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Ticket: $10
Tickets can be purchased online at sbtexas.com/ec16 before Feb. 19. All remaining tickets will be sold at the conference ticket booth on a first come first served basis.

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