Retired Ministers Retreat set at Glorieta Sept. 19-23

Published: May 12, 2005

More than 400 retirees and their spouses are expected to attend the seventh annual Retired Ministers Retreat at Glorieta Conference Center, Glorieta, New Mexico, Sept. 19-23.

The retreat is sponsored by the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Glorieta Conference Center and Lifeway Christian Resources, Nashville, Tenn.

D.L. Lowrie, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church, Lubbock, will preach each evening, and William M. Pinson Jr., executive director emeritus of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, will lead Bible study each morning.

Music Evangelist Dick Baker, retired minister of music at Prestonwood Baptist Church, Dallas, will be the music leader, and Bill Hanson, retired dentist who was longtime organist at First Baptist Church, Dallas, will be the organist for the retreat.

Special interest conferences each morning will cover a wide range of helps for retirees such as "Practical Finances" and "I Am the Wife and Retired Too."

Also, the retreat will feature a special time of fellowship for retired International Mission Board missionaries.

Cost for the week, including meals and housing, is $368 for a couple, $184.25 for a single with double occupancy, and $282.25 for a single with single occupancy. (Optional meal packages are available.)

For persons not staying in Glorieta-owned housing, there is a conference center fee of $60. Meals are not included in this fee but will be available for additional cost.