Deacon Election Time

          It's the time of the year to elect deacons who will rotate into the active deacon body in 2013!

          Our church is blessed to have men who serve as deacons.  The active deacon body at Calvary consists of men who are elected by the church to serve for a three-year term.  This group of deacons meets regularly to talk about church needs and discuss how they can support the ministry of the church.  They also have an assigned church member who may be elderly or homebound for ministry purposes.  Deacons respond to various needs of the church individually and as a team.  This Sunday (December 16) our church will be voting for those who will join the team in January 2013.  The men that have been nominated are Gene Callaway, Hugo Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez, Paul Monie, Jesus Salazar and Marno Sienes.  You can see the photographs and their brief bio sketches by clicking below:

Deacon Photos and Bios (English)

Fotos y Datos de Diáconos (Español)

          These men were recommended by the congregation and then interviewed by the Deacon Screening and Nominating Committee.  Each of them was found to meet the spiritual qualifications of 1 Timothy 3:8-13 and to be a committed Calvary member.  Our congregation will have an opportunity to vote on each of these by secret ballot this Sunday, December 16 before or after each worship service.  There will be a ballot box in the worship center foyer and another in the plaza area where members can cast their ballots.  Calvary members have the privilege of casting their ballot on Sunday morning as they go or come from worship or Bible Fellowship.  (Ballot casting will begin at 9:15 AM and will end at 2:30 PM).  A member of Calvary is one who has joined the church by either baptism, transfer of membership from another Baptist church or statement of profession of faith and believer’s baptism.  Please pray for this process and for each of these men.

          You may download a ballot and print it to bring with you on Sunday from this blog or from our church web page:

Downloadable Ballot

or

http://www.calvarymcallen.org/?i=14603&mid=7

          Hard copies of ballots will be available on Sunday morning by the ballot boxes also.

          We are grateful to the Deacon Screening and Nominating Committee:  Warren Reed (chairman), Brent McBain, Richard Vaughan, Ignacio Negrete, Betty Flores, David McDaniel, Mark Southwell, Jesus Salazar and Diane Thalman for their hard work, and for the support and participation of Mario Samaniego.