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KBF eNews February 2010
In This Issue
Church Spotlight
Eight Nada Families to
Receive New Homes
Marriage Mini-Retreat
Clergy / Leader Retreat
Georgetown MinistersConference
KBF Spring Gathering
Youth Choir Festival
Mission Opportunities
ExtremeBuild2010
On the Road Again
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Church Spotlight:First Baptist Church, Corbin
Minister to Youth and Children excited to
be using the Fellowship's Ignite curriculum
Wanting to connect Bible study with current
missional and social justices emphases led
Nicole Farrar, minister to youth and children at First Baptist Church in
Corbin, KY, shown right, to choose the Fellowship's Ignite curriculum to
direct missions study for her youth.
"I do really like the content. I like the reflection questions, and the
biblical background," she said. "With limited teaching time each week, I
feel that striking a balance between Bible Study and the mission
emphasis is important. My goal is always to connect the two and that
requires thoughtful planning."
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This fall, Nicole started with the chapter called "A Mission for the Millennium" that
included a section about the millennium development goals (MDG). After one lesson,
she realized that her youth needed much more background information and a clearer
connection between the MDGs and the Kingdom of God. "So, I pretty much created my
own connection lesson for the following week, using outside resources," she said.
"I think the content and theological perspective Ignite teaches are so important that I
am willing to do whatever necessary to use this material as the backbone of my
Wednesday night teaching time," Nicole said.
Studying about the MDGs while learning more about God's vision for the world is one
benefit that high school junior Meredith Huff has gotten from the Ignite curriculum. "I
really like the lessons we've learned so far," she said. "I've learned how our youth group
and church can work, like others, to really make a difference in the world for God. There
are big challenges, but with God we can meet them!"
"My kids live in a small town," Nicole said. "They need to hear some shocking statistics,
they need to see the photographs, they need to learn about what actual life is like indifferent places around the world. But most kids will only engage with the material when
it is specifically applied to their local setting. So connecting who the least of these is in
their high school is key."
Ignite's missions focus changes each month and therefore provides good variety, Nicole
said. "I feel I am offering my youth choices. Not everybody will be passionate about the
same issue. Perhaps in the course of a year we can find at least one issue or problem
each can be invested in, and I can further help them to connect with organizations who
participate in that type of work."
"Through our lessons so far, I've noticed kids really begin to be thoughtful about the
differences that exist in the world," she said. "I'm sure much of what we've discussed in
these lessons is shocking to them. I try to help them see that the problems need not be
overwhelming and that they can help by joining in work already being done by others."
Nicole said Ignite is the right curriculum for churches that want their students to see the
needs of the world around them and get involved in meeting those needs. "This material
will help teach your young people that holistic mission is an essential part of a dynamic
(and biblical) Christian faith. It will help them see service as something that gives
meaning and purpose to life. It's an important resource for high schoolers especially, as
they are in the process of exploring their options for college and career - it can help
shape the vision of the future that they see."
Eight Nada Families to Receive New Homes in 2010
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Over the Christmas holidays in Nada, four families moved into apartments or moved in
with family in preparation for the demolition of their current home. The hope is that
these four families will move back to Nada into their completed homes in April. Then a
new set of four families will move into apartments or with family in late April or early
May as they await the construction of their homes. An organization will be coming to
Nada to lead three financial counseling sessions with these eight families helping them
to establish an escrow account for their property taxes and homeowners insurance so
that they aren't hit with a high bill all at once.Each home will be 1000 sq. feet with three bedrooms and one bath.Paula Settle will provide classes for these families with the help of the county extension
agent's office. Budgeting, house cleaning, and house maintenance issues are some of
the topics that will be discussed by Paula. By attending these classes, each family will
earn points to enabling them to "purchase" new items for their houses donated by
various churches.
The first four families are:
Carrie Helton and grandson
Tina and Eddie Venters and their two sons
Billy and Minnie Denniston and their grandsonDori Helton and her three children
Please be in prayer for these families, for Paula Settle and Emilee Causey, and the
community of Nada as they adjust to the many transitions that lay ahead for 2010.
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to register: 502-863-7971; [email protected].
KBF Spring Gathering and Auxilary Events: April 23-24
Stanford Baptist Church, Stanford
Special Guest: Robert Parham, left,
Executive Director, Baptist Center for Ethics
KBF Leadership Conference
"Helping My Church Become Missional"
April 23, 2010, 2 to 5 PM
KBF Pastor's Luncheon
April 23, 2010, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Conference & Luncheon Speaker:
Michael Tutterow, Pastor, left,
Wieuca Road Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA
Baptist Seminary of
Kentucky Banquet
Stanford Baptist Church, StanfordApril 23, 2010, 5:15 pm to 6:45 PM
Cost: $15/person; Advance reservations required.
Contact Glenda Simpson at BSK Office by April 19:
859-455-8191 or [email protected]
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Lodging
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Danville, KY 40422
859-236-6200
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Cut-off Date for Room Block:
4/5/10
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Best Western
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30 rooms
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Cut-off Date for Room Block:3/23/2010
Kentucky Baptist Fellowship
2010 Youth Choir Festival*
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April 23-24, 2010
Stanford Baptist Church, Stanford, KY
(in conjunction with the KBF Spring Gathering)
Dr. John W. Campbell, Director
Director of Choral Activities, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Festival Repertoire:
Make A Joyful Noise (Benjamin Harlan)
Moto, Moto (arr. by John W. Campbell)
Create In Me A Clean Heart (Carl Mueller)
How Deep The Father's Love For Us (arr. by Larry Shackley)
Cost: $10 per singer ($120 max per choir)
Registration by March 26 through the KBF Office
KBF Cluster Rehearsals (Not Mandatory)
April 11, 2010 - 3-5pm
Louisville: Highland Baptist Church | 1101 Cherokee Road
(Contact - Kathy Collier: [email protected])
Lexington: Calvary Baptist Church | 150 E. High Street
(Contact - Seth Hix: [email protected])
*Open to all church youth choirs, ensembles, and individuals.No auditions required.
MISSION ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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COLLEGE MISSION ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
College students interested in summer internship opportunities can apply now throughStudent.Go. It's a great way to spend a summer to make a difference in our world.
YOUTH & CHILDREN MISSION ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Passport Missions
1-800-769-0210
Passportkids!1-800-769-0210
The Timothy Project1-877-333-9986
Toching Miami with Love 305-397-3857
Additionally, you may contact Josh Speight to inquire about other opportunities withWayside Christian Mission in Louisville, Jeff Street Baptist Community at Liberty inLouisville, Together For Hope in McCreary County, Owsley County, and Powell County,or any other options.
MISSION ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE CBF/KBF
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Field Personnel serve in Kentucky and beyond. There
are many opportunities for you and your congregation to connect with their service.
Here are some ways:
Stay involved with your time - fellowshipportal.ning.com
Support with your gifts to the Offering for Global Missions
www.thefellowship.info/OGM
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Go with your presence - 2010 mission opportunities can be found here and at
www.kybf.org
CBF FIELD PERSONNEL CONNECTED TO KENTUCKYSteve Clark and Annette Ellard (Louisville,
KY) minister in Louisville, KY, among Karen
refugees from Burma. The Karen, who began
resettling in the United States from refugee
camps in Thailand in 2006, have suffered
through nearly 60 years of civil war and
persecution at the hands of Burma's military
rulers. Due to the historic influence of Baptist
missionaries, about forty percent of the Karen
are Christian. Steve and Annette--along with
Crescent Hill Baptist Church where they are
members--are welcoming a growing group of
Karen refugees and helping them adapt to life in
the United States.
Steve and Annette welcome Kentucky Fellowship
Baptists to engage in ministry with refugees
from Burma and other parts of the world by praying, giving and going. Periodically,
we will be collecting items needed in the refugee community. Also, we welcome
individuals or groups to join in targeted projects or to develop long-term relationships
with a refugee family.
We are currently working on a plan to do a canvas of refugee apartments on the
weekend of the time-change to help families learn how to change out batteries in
smoke detectors. We'd love to have churches provide the 9 volt batteries and recruit
volunteers to participate. We would like for this to be an opportunity to do a nice
service and offer to pray with the families and listen to their prayer requests .
Christy Craddock (Miami, FL) is one
of four CBF field personnel serving at
Touching Miami with Love. The center
follows Jesus' example of ministry to the
poor, reaching out to children, youth,
families and people who are homeless by
providing a variety of services - summer
camps, after school programs, a
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Christmas store, tax services and
assistance finding jobs, housing and
social services.
She ministers mainly to youth who've grown up in Overtown, the poorest community
in Florida. Teenagers in this inner city community, many who are raised by extended
family instead of their parents, witness the effects of poverty in their homes and
neighborhood - crime, prostitution, drug trafficking, teenage pregnancy, low
graduation rates, substandard housing.
"I really want to offer them freedom in Christ, and hope that despite harsh
circumstances and surroundings, they can become who it is that they want to be in
life." Craddock said.
Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft (New
York, NY) serves as one of the
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's field
personnel, ministering in New York's
Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, home to
immigrant families and many people
struggling to survive in the city.
Hambrick serves through Metro Baptist
Church and its adjoining Rauschenbusch
Metro Ministries. She is involved inMetro's community ministries, including
the teen center, summer day camp, clothes closet and food pantry.
"I know the person of Christ as someone who wants all people to feel loved and
valuable despite whatever temporary situations they are living in," said Hambrick, a
graduate of the Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond, a Fellowship partner. "I
think it is important to simply be with people, to sit with them and say, 'Life is not
always fair, but even though your life may not look like the person's next to you, you
are still made in the image of God. God loves you and desires for you to know that.'"
Paula Settle (Powell and Owsley County,
KY)serves in eastern Kentucky with Mountain
Hope, the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship's rural
poverty effort in three Kentucky communities:
Owsley County, McCreary County and Powell
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County's community of Nada. Her work is part of
Together of Hope, CBF's rural poverty initiative
in 20 of the poorest counties in the United
States.
"I am working with individual families, reading
to children in the local elementary school,
working in a food pantry, a clothes closet,
women's groups, summer mission teams,
housing repairs, senior adult assisted living
center, and being an advocate for the poor with
the school system and government agencies. I have opportunities to share God's love
with individuals and in group settings," Settle said.
Paula would welcome mission teams, Kroger gift cards, Walmart cards, linens, and
adopt-a-classroom sponsors. During 2010, eight families in Nada will receive new
houses. Household items are needed for these families.
Fran and Lonnie Turner
(Sub-Saharan Africa) invest their
expertise and gifts from CBF to help the
people of Sub-Saharan Africa have
access to uncontaminated water.
They dig boreholes, a form of water
wells, for villagers in Zambia's bush.
With a dependable supply of fresh
water, villagers can do better than
survive seasons of death-dealing
drought. A steady supply of
uncontaminated water is also the
missing ingredient to securing Zambians
against water-borne illness,
from diarrhea to cholera.
"Fran and I grew up with poverty,"
Lonnie Turner said. "As we review our own pilgrimages, we can see the importance of
education in our lives. We also had caring people around us to offer assistance. With
access to clean water, sanitation and primary health care, you can turn around a
community's future. When people have access to certain resources, it gives them and
their families and their communities hope. It can affect a whole nation. As believers
and followers of Christ, we must be people of hope."
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On the Road Again: Traveling
Around Kentucky With Our
Coordinators
John Lepper, Coordinator:
Jan 5: Meet with Steve and Annette, CBF Field
Personnel
Jan 7-9: Festival of Preachers, St. Matthews Baptist,
Louisville
Jan. 10: FBC, Corbin, Ordination of Nicole Farrar
Jan. 11: You've Got the Time meeting, Owensboro
Jan. 12: You've Got the Time meeting, Corbin
Jan. 13: Executive Committee Conference Call
Jan. 17: Living Faith, Elizabethtown, 5th
Anniversary
Jan. 19: You've Got the Time meeting, Immanuel,
Frankfort
Jan. 20: KBF leaders and KCC leaders conversation
Jan.21: Christian Education Conference Focus Group, BSK and KBF
Jan. 22: Spring Meeting Planning Meeting
Jan. 24-25: Western Kentucky pastor visits
Jan. 26: You've Got the Time meeting, Burlington
Jan. 31: Celebration for Christian Unity, Lexington
Feb. 4: Latonia Baptist Church, meet with search committee
Feb. 7-10: CBF Leadership Team Meeting, Charlotte, NC
Feb.14: Preach, DeHaven Baptist Church, LaGrange
Feb. 16: Kentucky Council of Churches Visioning Meeting
Feb. 18: Attend Bluegrass Ministers Peer Learning Group
Feb. 19: Spring Meeting Planning Meeting
Feb. 22-25: ChurchWorks Conference, Nashville, TN
Feb. 28: Speak, FBC, Ft. ThomasJoshua Speight, Associate Coordinator for Missions:
Jan. 5: Meet with Steve and Annette, CBF Field Personnel
Jan. 6: Setup for Festival of Preachers, St. Matthew's Baptist, LouisvilleJan. 7-18: Monrovia, Liberia - PassportLiberia (Staff for youth camp with partner
PassportCamps, Inc.)
Jan. 21: Christian Education Conference Focus Group, BSK and KBF
Jan. 22: Spring Meeting Planning Meeting
Jan. 26: You've Got The Time - Burlington, KY
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Feb. 2: GenNext Bible Study Leader, Broadway Baptist, Louisville
Feb. 7: Preaching - Immanuel Baptist, Frankfort, KY
Feb. 13: Tour McCreary County - Woodland Baptist Church
Feb. 15: Owsley County
Feb. 19: Spring Meeting Planning Meeting
Feb. 22-25: ChurchWorks Conference, Nashville, TN
John Lepper and Joshua Speight are available to speak/teach/lead at your church.
Please contact the KBF office at 502-426-1931 for information and availability.
Schedule seen here was up-to-date at the time of delivery.
CALENDAR
February 5-6: "The Secret of Marriage" - A Marriage Enrichment Workshop led by Rev.
Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. Host: Broadway Baptist Church
February 22-25: ChurchWorks Conference sponsored by Current - Nashville, TN
March 12-13: Mountain Hope Community Development Meeting/Summer Teams
Introduction - Nada
March 19-20: CBF of North Carolina General Assembly, First Baptist Church, NC
April 11-16: Five-Day Academy for Spiritual Formation: Spirituality and the Modern
Prophet - A Retreat for Clergy and Lay Leadership - Atlanta, GA
April 16-17: CBF of Missouri General Assembly, University Heights Baptist Church,Springfield, MO
April 23-24: 2010 Kentucky Baptist Fellowship Spring Gathering - Stanford Baptist,
Stanford, Kentucky
April 23-24: CBF of Florida Spring Gathering - Location TBD
April 23-24: CBF of Arkansas - Together for Hope Site, Helena, AR
April 23-24: CBF of South Carolina General Assembly - Pelham Road Baptist Church,
Greenville, SC
June 6-12: Footsteps of Faith on the Civil Rights Trail - Sponsored by Alabama CBF
June 23-25: 2010 CBF General Assembly - Charlotte, North Carolina
July 28-August 1: 20th Baptist World Congress - Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu,
Hawai
KENTUCKY BAPTISTFELLOWSHIPEquipping & Empowering.
Cultivating Partnerships.
Engaging in Missions.
Phone: 502-426-1931
Fax: 502-426-1612
Office email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.kybf.org/
KBF STAFF
Coordinator: John [email protected]
Associate Coordinator for Missions: Joshua [email protected]
Administrative Assistant: Valarie Shoulta [email protected]
KBF COORDINATING COUNCIL
Coordinating Council Officers:
Moderator: Linda Caldwell, Elizabethtown (Laity)
Past Moderator: Robert Davis, Louisville (Laity)
Moderator Elect: Don Rogers, Louisville (Clergy)
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Secretary: Mary Edinger, Middlesboro (Laity)
Treasurer: Susanne Jenkens, Louisville (Clergy)
Term Expiring in 2010:
Robert Davis, Louisville (Laity)
Susanne Jenkens, Louisville (Clergy)
Margaret Barlow, Louisville (Laity)
Kitty Baird, Danville (Laity)
Nancy Fields, Covington (Laity)
Patsey Jacobs, Lexington (Clergy)
Iraline Craig, Midway (Laity)
Term Expiring in 2011:
Bob Coons, Owensboro (Clergy)
Jane Brake, Frankfort (Laity)
Renee Purtlebaugh, Louisville (Clergy)
Don Rogers, Louisville (Clergy)
Amanda Phelps Taylor, Morgantown (Clergy)
Don McFadden, Winchester (Laity)
Kristen Hope Grubb, Louisville (Laity)
Term Expiring in 2012:
Dwight Lovan, Owensboro (Laity)
Clarice Johnson, Owensboro (Laity)
Laura Albovias, Louisville (Laity)
Susan Reed, Louisville (Clergy)David Wells, Shepherdsville (Clergy)
Tim Doremus, Mt. Washington (Clergy)
David Honeycutt, Williamsburg (Laity)
Mary Edinger, Middlesboro (Laity)
Term Expiring in 2013:
Nibby Priest, Henderson (Laity)
Richard Mason, Owensboro (Laity)
Bill Thomas, Madisonville (Clergy)
Jeff Stone, Georgetown (Laity)Larry S. Curtis, Winchester (Laity)
Carole Cook, Elizabethtown (Laity)
Tara Edwards, Horse Cave (Clergy)
Adam Schell, Carlisle (Clergy)
Beth Parker, Middlesboro (Clergy)
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Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council:
Barry Birdwhistell, Elizabethtown (Laity)
Jeremy Colliver, Georgetown (Clergy)
Lynn Smith, Covington (Clergy)
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