WORSHIP Singing Men of Texas The Singing Men of Texas was organized in 1975 by the Church Music Department of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The group consists of ministers of music, pastors, associate pastors and Baptist university faculty who have a profound desire to share the gospel of Jesus Christ through music in local churches, in our nation and abroad. The Southeast chapter of the Singing Men of Texas concert season is from September through May and includes an annual retreat in late August. Rehearsals and concerts are held Thursdays, and the group sings in churches in the Southeast Texas area. Membership consideration for the Singing Men of Texas southeast chapter can be found at www.smotse.org, or at www.singingmenoftexas.com. First Baptist Church Nederland Celebration Choir The Celebration Choir, under the direction of Rev. Allen Cade, is the heart of the worship ministry of First Baptist Church of Nederland, Texas. Consisting of 50 members, the choir leads congregational music as well as performing anthems on Sundays. This ministry group also performs special Easter, Patriotic and Christmas presentations each year. First Baptist Church of Nederland and the Celebration Choir are committed to serving a multi-generational community and congregation as it has done throughout its 114 years of ministry. Cecile Dagohoy Dr. Cecile Gonzales Dagohoy is a graduate of the West Visayas State University, Iloilo City, Philippines where she obtained both a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences degree and a Doctorate in Medicine. Aside from her involvement at Rice Temple Baptist Church, she is also an active participant in denominational work. She is the Adult Missions Consultant of the Woman’s Missionary Union of Union Baptist Association and has been featured at conferences sponsored by the Woman’s Missionary Union as well as the Texas Baptists Intercultural Ministries. Dr. Dagohoy currently serves as a Gastrointestinal Oncology Business Systems Analyst at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and has coauthored four publications. John Bolin John Bolin has served as Pastor of Worship Ministries at Kingsland Baptist Church since March 2020. Formerly, John was the Minister of Worship and Arts at Houston's First Baptist Church from 2008-2020. John has written and arranged more than a hundred songs for print through Lifeway Worship and is viewed as a leading voice for worship ministries, choirs in worship, multigenerational worship, and family worship. He's been singing and leading since he was old enough to stand and has performed over 1300 concerts nationally and internationally, produced and sang on more than 20 albums, all while leading congregations of people in worship on a weekly basis. He and his wife Paige have 5 children, Grace, Hudson, John Luke, Levi, and Ellie.
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