July 28, 2013

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Loving and Leading People into a Growing

Relationship with Jesus

3515 Grandview Ave Louisville, KY 40207

(502) 896-8882

Web Site: www.smbclouisville.org

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Growing Believers Update By Vicki Rainbow

Breaking News! Update! This just in!

All of these “attention getting state-

ments” are used to tell us: ”Don’t miss

this. Pay attention! This is important!”

As the Growing Believers Team, we too

have information for you that is impor-

tant, news that you’ll want to hear –

news of how God is beginning to use all

of us at SMBC to live out ministry ideas

from our Growing Believers Team’s

three initiatives.

You may remember our Growing Be-

lievers Team’s initiatives centered

around: (1) Small Group Studies; (2)

Personal Disciplines; and (3) Sacred

Spaces. As we considered each of these

three areas, we then asked, how is our

Mission Statement of “Loving & Lead-

ing People into a Growing Relationship

with Jesus” being fulfilled through these

initiatives?

We asked questions such as: “What

types and groupings of studies can we

provide to help believers grow in their

relationship with God and one another?”

“How can we help believers grow in

their relationship with God through per-

sonal devotions?” “How can we help

draw believers closer to God through our

physical plant and our environment (i.e.,

our sacred spaces at SMBC)?” Every-

thing we talked about, dreamed about

and planned centered on developing and

enhancing an individual’s personal rela-

tionship with our loving God.

Here are just a few things God,

through willing SMBC folks, will ac-

complish in Growing Believers:

* We will be establishing two

“implementation teams” with Growing

Believers. One will focus on Small

Groups and one will focus on Spiritual

Disciplines. Is this an area of interest for

you?

* We will seek to have representation on

the Building and Grounds Ministry Team

for growing believers “through sacred

spaces on campus.” The goal will be to

evaluate every space around campus and

see how we can enhance it to help be-

lievers grow in their faith. Is this an area

of interest for you?

* We want to partner with a Technology

Team to focus specifically on how tech-

nology on campus, and online, can help

believers to grow in their faith. Is this an

area of interest for you?

Just a few other exciting items that

came out of the many “brainstorming”

meetings by the Growing Believers

Team have already been implemented:

* Have you noticed the Bible verses

scrolling on the monitors around cam-

pus?

“Helping teachers, help students.”

It’s not too late to sign up to volunteer to be a Tutor or a Classroom Helper at St. Mat-

thews Elementary School. These duties would require you to work in a specific class-

room one hour per week for the entire school year. If you have been reluctant to par-

ticipate because you cannot be available every week, you can still sign up to serve as a

substitute for one of our regular volunteers on those rare occasions that one is unable to

meet their weekly commitment. You can get an application on Sunday from the volun-

teer at the table outside Fellowship Hall or the Sanctuary, or call Emily Thompson at

the church office at 896-8882.

Also, there are still many options remaining for school supplies to be donated. Please

review the big blue board outside Fellowship Hall or the Sanctuary and decide which

supplies you can contribute. Select a card listing the supplies requested, purchase the

supplies, then place them inside the designated collection boxes outside the worship

centers by August 4. See Growing...Page 3

The Dove Page 2

Children’s Ministry

Sunday, August 4

8:45

Babies/Crawlers & Toddlers:

Holly Norman & Dawn Aulick

2&3&4&5 Year Olds:

Bryan & Amie Dennison

11:00

Babies/Crawlers & Toddlers:

Susan Eiche & Jennifer Moore

2&3 Year Olds:

Michelle & Laura Deaton

4&5 Year Olds:

Nathan & Julie Thompson

Please call Joyce Oliver at 502-608

-8047, if you are able to help.

Invite Cards available! The Growing Our Church team in-

troduced an Invite Card on Sunday,

June 2 during their presenta-

tion. The Invite Card is the size of

a business card and has a picture of

our church and contact information

on one side and our Sunday morn-

ing schedule on the other. The card

is designed to be used when inviting

someone to our church. If you did

not get several of these cards, please

look for them at the Welcome Cen-

ter or in the church office. If you

did receive cards, please give them

away and come get some

more! The purpose of the cards is

to help us become better inviters!

Parent’s Meetings! David Garrard will be leading Par-

ent’s Meetings for parents of chil-

dren and preteens on Sunday morn-

ing, August 25—the first Sunday of

our new church year. The meetings

will be held in room 217 (off the

Chapel) at 8:45 and 11:00

a.m. David will share important

information about the upcoming

year. Please mark your calendar

now and plan to join us.

Fall Retreat for Children! The 2013 Fall Retreat for Children

(grades 4-6) is set for September 27

-29 at Hidden Falls Camp in Bed-

ford, IN! The theme is Tricks and

Truth! Besides being great fun, the

Fall Retreat influences children

s p i r i t u a l l y i n i m p o r t a n t

ways. Don’t miss it! Mark your

calendars now and watch for sign

up information.

Looking ahead

August 18 New Year’s Eve!

Last Sunday in current classes

August 21

Wednesday evening

activities resume

August 25 New Year’s Day!

First Sunday in new classes

Preteen Breakfast

Parent’s Meetings

during both worship services

Jonathan Fletcher, one of our sixth-graders, helping deliver the school supplies collected during VBS to Sunrise Children’s Services. Pictured with him are Ann Duncan (seated) and Cindya Hills.

We are so pleased to announce

Missey McMillan as the Director of

Weekday Preschool Ministries for

SMBC!

For those of you who know Mis-

sey, you know the Weekday Pre-

school Ministry Team of SMBC did

a fabulous job in hiring her. Missey

has served as Director of our Par-

ents Day Out for the past seven

years. Prior to that Missey was a

Teacher in our Weekday Preschool

for four years. She also has voca-

tional experience and training in the

area of Social Work and Child and

Human Development and served as

Education Manager for the Junior

Achievement Program in Chatta-

nooga, Tennessee where she man-

aged over 350 programs. Missey is

married and has three children. Mis-

sey has been very involved in her

children’s schools volunteering in

various roles including having been

PTA President at St. Matthews Ele-

mentary School and at Barret Tradi-

tional Middle School.

Missey brings a love for God and

for people. She has endeared herself

to everyone who works alongside

her. She often is found extending

care beyond what is expected as she

learns of needs. Her unwavering

commitment to young children, or-

ganizational skills, and hands-on

experience will be a positive asset

to this role.

This “new” role will mean that

she will be Director for both Week-

day Preschool and Parents Day Out.

We will be hiring two Assistants to

the Director: One Assistant to the

Director for Weekday Preschool

and One Assistant to the Director

for Parents Day Out. Each of the

Assistants to the Director will work

Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 –

1:30. Missey and I will be working

on job descriptions and hiring for

these two positions in the upcoming

weeks. Missey will have office

hours here on Tuesday and Thurs-

day from 8:30 – 1:30 and on Mon-

day, Wednesday, and Friday from

8:30 – 12:30.

We are intentionally entering this

next year as a “Transition Year.”

We know that there is much to be

learned as we have one Director for

these two important ministries. To-

ward the end of this Transition Year

the Weekday Preschool Ministry

Team and I will, together with Mis-

sey, evaluate the Transition Year

and decide at that time how to best

structure our Weekday Ministries

for subsequent years. We know that

this year will be unique and we ask

for your help and your prayers as

we all work together in making

SMBC Weekday Preschool Minis-

tries the best place for young chil-

dren and their families!

I also want to express special thanks

to Marsha Stone, Chair of our

Weekday Preschool Ministry Team,

and her team for their gift of time in

this exciting process.

Please join me in welcoming

Missey to this new and expanded

ministry role!

Most sincerely,

Joyce B. Oliver, Ed.D.

Minister with Young Families

New Director of Weekday Preschool Ministries

Summer Treats for St MAM August 4—12

Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt

4600 Shelbyville Road No coupons necessary. Just mention ST MAM when you order and Menchie’s will donate a portion of the profit to help support

St. Matthews Area Ministries.

August HUGG Birthdays

Doris Proctor—3rd

Helen Taylor—3rd

Jim David—5th

Edna Woofter—18th

The Dove Page 3

Hospital List

No members in hospital

At time of publication

Other Care Facilities

Episcopal Church Home

Roberta Tassie—Room A4

HCR Manor Care

Doris Sheppard—Room 108

Sam Swope Care Center

Jackie Jackson—Room 201

Westport Place

Marguerite Rhodes—Room 509

Thank You

St. Matthews Baptist Church,

We got your card today and as

sincerely as we can say it, thank

you, and may God bless each and

every one of you.

We love all our sisters and broth-

ers in Christ, and St. Matthews

Baptist Church has been our home

for over a quarter of a cen-

tury. What an honor to be a partner

in Christ through St. Matthews

Baptist.

In Christ our Lord,

Rick and Helen Caswell

Christian Sympathy to

…the family of Ruth Hustad who

passed away on July 18.

…the family of Albin Lee who

passed away on July 21.

…to Raeburn Horne and family on

the passing of his father, Cleveland

R. Horne, Jr., on July 25.

…to Chris Wilcox and family on

the passing of his mother, Barb Wil-

cox, on July 25.

Congratulations to

...Anita Downs on the birth of great

grandson, Finn Woodward. Parents

are Ashley and Kevin Woodward.

...Justin and Becky Baird on the

birth of daughter, Hadley Baird, on

July 16.

…to Anne Padon on the birth of her

grandson, Ozborne Giles, on July

18.

…to Joosung and Ellen Kim on the

birth of their son, Hilkiel Yunjin

Kim, on July 21.

St. Matthews Elementary On Wednesday morning July 17, a

very hot day, we met at St. Mat-

thews Elementary School on

Browns Lane, ready and eager to

work. The work that day consisted

of spraying and pulling weeds,

spreading mulch, washing windows,

and replacing the doors on a storage

shed and painting it. Thank you to

everyone who participated for your

help in making the day a success.

In 2012, the church saw a com-

munity need and decided to partner

with the nearby school. St. Mat-

thews Baptist Church has supplied

copy paper for the teachers, back-

packs for students, and food for dis-

advantaged children.

Reported by Frieda Curtis-Wheatley

* Did you participate in the prayer

guide written for VBS; or the 40

Days of Prayer guide used during

the time the Growing Teams were

meeting; or what about the prayer

guide we have each week of Sum-

mer Missions? The Growing Be-

lievers Team recognizes the power

of prayer and the difference prayer

makes in growing believers.

* Beginning in September, we will

have a church-wide Bible Study on

Jesus. “Who Is This Man?” will be

studied in small groups and Pastor

Greg will be preaching on this sub-

ject. All ages, preschool through

adult, will be focusing on this spe-

cial emphasis.

It is our prayer that many of you

reading this article are already ex-

cited and ready to get involved in

one or more of these areas. If so,

Terry Seelow or Joyce Oliver would

love to visit with you further. Also,

would you spend some time seeking

God, and His direction for SMBC

as we move ahead together with one

mind and one heart focusing on

growing believers?

Growing Continued from page 1

Elyse Wilcox, Erin Wilcox, Frieda Curtis-Wheatley. Joseph Oh, Joo-sung Kim, Meara Wilcox, and Murel Wheatley help spread mulch at St. Matthews Elementary.

An enthusiastic group took part in the Churchwide Canoe Trip, on the Blue River in Indiana, that took place on Saturday, July 13.