Resolutions In his book A Journey to Bethlehem, Jason Soroski offers the

following definitions of resolution:

Resolution. Webster defines the word as being "marked by firm determination." The word dominates every New Year's Eve. To the musician, a "resolution" is a harmony line moving from a dissonant tone (one that does not fit the melody) to a consonant tone (one that fits). Harmonies can dance and amaze us with varied complexities for a while, but they must eventually resolve. To the writer, a resolution is the end of a story, the final element of a twisting plot wrought with conflict, finally resolved to an ending where all is well. To the chemist, it is the separation of a chemical compound back into its constituents, or simplest parts. To the statesman, it is an expression of the determined will of an elected body. To the graphic artist, it is the sharpness of the pixel count on a screen, and the quality of the image produced. By any definition, a Resolution is characterized by a return to simplicity, a focus on sharp definition and determination, broken down to its simplest, most harmonious parts. Without resolution, art, science, government, and life in general all fall into chaos. Without resolution, there is no foundation on which to stand.

As we begin the New Year, let us think about the simplest ways

we can return to God and make that a part of our New Year

Kentucky Caller

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | KENTUCKY ROAD CHRISTIAN CHURCH |

JANUARY 2019

Church Events Jan. 1 - Office Closed

Jan. 6 - Connections Class

Jan. 9 - Awana Returns

Jan. 12 - Men’s Breakfast

Jan. 13 - Lori Retirement

Party

Jan. 13 - NYR Info Meeting

Jan. 16 - MOPS

Jan. 18-19 - Youth Group

Retreat

Jan. 19 - Bob Crum Memorial

Jan. 20 - Service Fair 2018

Jan. 20 - Family Bowling

Jan. 21 - CMCE @ KRCC

Jan. 25 - MOPS Game Night

Jan. 31 - Elders and Deacons

Meeting

Staff

Tony Maxwell Lead Minister

573-590-3183 Jacob Davidson Youth Minister

319-361-0257

12/2/18 12/9/18 12/16/18 12/23/18 12/30/18

8:00 am Worship 59 44 49 57 40

10:45 am Worship 96 107 105 97 91

Total am Worship 155 151 154 154 131

Sunday School - 59 61 25 26

General Offering $3819.05 $2386.00 $3942.00 $2339.00 $3,48700

Weekly Budget $3543.00 $3543.00 $3543.00 $3543.00 $3543.00

Difference $306.05 ($1157.00) $399.00 ($1204.00) $56.00

Attendance & Offering

December 2018

Sympathy for the family of Bob Crum..................................Teresa Barnett’s dad

Kaleb Christian………………...........…Paralyzed, morale, Grandson of Beasleys

Paul Keeney……………...….............................................health, husband of Sue

Glenn Mitchell…………………………......………………..in Columbia VA hospital

Debbie Jenkins...............................................lung surgery, Hazel Robert’s sister

Randy Rivers.........................................................................Monica Ruiz’s uncle

Karen Owen......................................health concerns, Jean Frankhouser’s sister

Bill Conklin...........................................................had surgery and still recovering

Linda Mantle..............................................................surgery Dec. 10, recovering

Allen Tallman.................................................................................... relief of pain

Helen Doyle..............................................................................................at home

Debbie Conklin.............................................................Norma Conklin’s daughter

Sherry Mills......................................................................................major surgery

David Loyd.........................................shoulder surgery Dec. 6, surgery went well

Glenda Williams..............................................surgery Dec. 10, home recovering

Team Expansion-Edwards

Gerry Conklin............................................................hip out of socket, recovering

Don Cress.....................................................shoulder replacement on January 2

Janice Holtcamp.................................................................pinched nerve in back

Larry Bradley..............................................surgery recovering, Phipps’ neighbor

Bryan Hampton.......................rotator cuff surgery in January, Son of Hampton’s

Rylan Rhodes.......................................................................................recovering

Jan. 1st - Darrel & Lori Prior

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Jan. 2 - Charles & Betty Ball

Naomi Maxwell

Michael Kleinsorge

Ruth Ann Phillips

Charles Ball

Austin Barnett

Sophia Welch

Gary Wrye

Helen Doyle

David Frankhouser

Micah Maxwell

David Loyd

Emily Coatsworth

Mary Adams

Linda Cress

Lori McPike

Mary Ann Wood

Emily Maxwell

Janis Holtcamp

Carolyn McAllister

Joan Berger

Ellie Simmons

Glen Mitchell

Congratulations to Lydia Van Schyndel on her baptism!

Our annual family bowling night will be January

20th. Come on out with your whole family and enjoy a

night of fun, fellowship, and bowling!

Awana starts back up for the new year January 9th!

We miss all our kids and excited to see them!

January 16– Wacky hair day

January 30– Pirate Day

We are headed to NYR in 2019! We are super excited for this trip. It is one of the best

trips we do! We will be having our first info meeting on January 13! We strongly

encourage everyone who is interested in coming to NYR attend this meeting along with

their parents. There will be lots of information given out and talked about!

NYR is for those entering 6th grade through graduated seniors. If you are under 12

years of age by July 20, your parents or guardian must attend with you, this is a

Colorado state law.

We are having our first ever winter retreat! We will spend

the night at Shelby County Camp and we will talk about

how God wants us to #Loveoneanother! We will have food,

games, speaking, worship, service project, and great

fellowship!

We will leave January 18th at 5:00 from KRCC and return to

KRCC at 5 the 19th.

Cost is $10 on Jan. 6th (must also turn in permission form)

or $15 after Jan 6th.

Willing Workers - January 7 at 10am

Willing Workers is a group of ladies whose primary

purpose is to sew quilts for the children of Shiloh

Christian Youth Home. Feel free to join them whether

you know how to sew or not. Bring your own lunch.

MOPS - January 16 at 9am

If you are a mother with children from pregnancy

through preschool, come see what we are all

about. This months the meeting is a week early

due to thanksgiving.

Fishes & Loaves - January 1, 15 & 29 at 6pm

Fishes & Loaves is our outreach to those in need of a good, hot meal. This takes place every month on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays starting at 6:00pm.

Men’s Breakfast - January 12 at 8 am

Men, come enjoy a great meal and

fellowship with one another. Short devotional

following meal.

Retirement Party for Lori - January 13 at 12 pm

Please join us and let Lori know how much we

appreciate her 10+ years of devoted service to

Kentucky Road Christian Church as our janitor.

Family Bowling - January 20 at 4 pm

Come join us for a time of fellowship outside of the

church walls. This is an annual event you will not

want to miss. The cost is $3.75 per person, per

game. Shoes rental will be free.

Oldies But Goodies - January 17 at 12 pm

This is a lunch and bible study that all are

welcomed to attend. We are currently going

through Timothy. Bring food to share.

CMCE - January 21st at 6:30 pm

CMCE is a church planting organization located in

Central Missouri. They meet monthly at various

churches throughout the region. There is a free meal

and a speaker at each meeting. This month we are

Service Fair 2019 - January 20 at 9:30 am & 12 pm

Information about where you can serve the church

will be held at this fair.

Elders and Deacons Meeting - January 31

Church leadership team meeting. Anyone is

welcome to attend.

Submitted by Don and Judy Hampton

“Love is the root of missions; sacrifice is the fruit of missions”

Roderick Davis

Edwards Family—Taiwan— Cole, a Jr. in Hi School, went to the Philippines for a week-long mission trip in the slums of Manila. Cole experienced extreme poverty conditions and the working of God’s Spirit in a way he had never experienced before. Read about one of his days on the Mission Board. Allyson has gone home to Taiwan for the Christmas break from Ozark CC. Caitlyn will be spending that time with family in the States. Please continue to pray for our team—for vision and unity as we head into the New Year. Sanchez Family—Manzanillo, Mexico— The caravans. You maybe have heard about them. We were in Mexico City when they first arrived there. As far as we can tell, no one from the congregation in Honduras joined. Yet the financial situation has gotten desperate. We know the desperate situation in Honduras. We lived there in 2004. We have kept in contact with our friends there since. We have committed to send funds to help pay a preacher so they can use their money to purchase property for a building. Since the surgery expenses have been met, we once again are able to meet this commitment. We don’t have the complete results of Isaac’s testing yet. Shiloh— This past summer at camp, there was a young girl who is a diabetic. Her alarm would go off each night to remind her to take her medicine. She would sometimes sleep through her alarm. Shiloh’s Abigail, one of the sweetest kids we’ve ever had here, slept near her. Abigail could hear the alarm so she would wake up the girl to take her medicine. Abigail inconvenienced herself to provide care for another, making a big difference in someone ’s life. Thank you for helping Shiloh care for Abigail and others. Jay Craig The Willing Workers sent 8 quilts and $5.00 individual gifts to the youth at Shiloh’s Clarence site. Show Me— The Christmas cards designed by their children are on the Mission Board. Also a couple of ornaments they have made. Central Christian College of the Bible – The Bible is a required textbook for many of our courses. This year we started a pilot program to send each new student their very own leather NASB Bible. A family covered the cost with a memorial gift in memory of a loved one. We mailed the Bibles with personal notes and their names written in it. When the fall semester began, it was great to see the new students carrying their Bibles around campus. They agreed receiving the Bibles in advance made them feel welcome at Central and more interested in learning when they arrived. David Fincher, Pres. “May the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with all of you. (2 Thess. 3:16) Ozark Christian College – OCC recently turned 75, and with age can come a fading memory. But at OCC we still remember who we are: a Bible College. I’ve described what we do with the acronym BRAND—a Biblical, Relational, Affordable, National, Doable education. We teach God’s Word in a Christ-centered community for an affordable price at a doable pace, and we want to do it so well that we are nationally known. That’s our brand. We know who we are. Matt Proctor, President OCC’s annual report is on the Mission Board. CMCE—Once again in January, KRCC will be hosting this monthly meeting of our church-planting group. The new church plant in Dexter has been running around 70 attendees and has had a couple of baptisms since launching in September. The minister is also preaching at a new church plant in Poplar Bluff. Christian Campus House – On December 15, Lance and a group of 25 students from CCH went to Barbados to labor with the Windward Islands School of Evangelism. This is the 9th visit to help the Caribbean Bible College with facilities improvement and ministry partnership. Six days later he will take a group of 40 to Israel for a first ever CCH trip to the Holy Land. The eleven-day trip will take them to many Biblical sites as well as places where social and political views will be heard. Missouri Christian Convention –March 22-23, 2019 at Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks. Seth Wortman of Springfield, MO, and Tom Claibourne of Winchester, OH, will be the main speakers.