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KENTUCKY BAPTIST
FELLOWSHIP Equipping & Empowering. Cultivating Partnerships. Engaging in Missions. Kentucky Baptist Fellowship 225 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy., Suite 205 Louisville KY 40222-4929 Phone: Fax: Office email: Website:
502-426-1931 502-426-1612 offi[email protected] www.kybf.org
The Annual KBF Children’s Mission Day planned for March 7, 2009 is CANCELLED. The event will return in the fall of 2009.
Coordinating Council Officers: Moderator: Robert Davis, Louisville Moderator-Elect: Linda Caldwell, Middlesboro Past Moderator: Alice Mull, Elizabethtown Secretary: Treasurer: Susanne Jenkens, Louisville Term Expiring in 2009: Bill McCann, Madisonville; Stanley Crabb, Hopkinsville; Jim Dobbins, Elizabethtown; Lisa Wood, Frankfort; Frank Hatfield, Shepherdsville; Ottis Cave, Stanford; John Owen, Winchester; Pat Ramey, Williamsburg; and Don Mantooth, Morehead. Term Expiring in 2010: Robert Davis, Louisville; Susanne Jenkens, Louisville; Margaret Barlow, Louisville; Kitty Baird, Danville; Nancy Fields, Covington; Patsey Jacobs, Lexington; and Iraline Craig, Midway. Term Expiring in 2011: Bob Coons, Owensboro; Charlotte Benningfield, Owensboro; Jane Brake, Frankfort; Renee Purtlebaugh, Louisville; Don Rogers, Louisville; Amanda Phelps Taylor, Morgantown; Don McFadden, Winchester; and Kristen Terry Nethery, Corbin. Term Expiring in 2012: Dwight Lovan, Owensboro; Clarice Johnson, Owensboro; Laura Albovias, Louisville; Naomi Colliver, Georgetown; Susan Reed, Louisville; David Wells, Shepherdsville; Tim Doremus, Mt. Washington; David Honeycutt, Williamsburg; and Mary Edinger, Middlesboro. CBF Coordinating Council: Barry Birdwhistell, Elizabethtown; Jeremy Colliver, Georgetown; and Lynn Smith, Covington. Coordinator: John Lepper [email protected] Associate Coordinator for Missions: Joshua Speight [email protected] Administrative Assistant: Valarie Shoulta [email protected]
Welcome Valarie Shoulta,
New Administrative Assistant
Valarie Shoulta began work December 1 for KBF as Administrative Assistant. Kathy Cornetet retired at the end of December. Valarie worked with Kathy during December to learn the new job. Valarie is married to Jeremy Shoulta. They are members at Deer Park Baptist Church in Louisville where Jeremy is Minister to Children, Youth and Families.
KBF Memorial Gifts
Bill and Gloria Jones made a contribution in memory of Herman Matthews, pianist of FBC Middlesboro.
KBF News January 2009
KBF News is a newsletter of Kentucky Baptist Fellowship.
Cluster Meetings Successful Two cluster meetings were held in recent weeks. The first cluster meeting was held at First Baptist Church, Shepherdsville with 35 people present, representing four churches. The second cluster meeting was held at Third Baptist Church, Owensboro with 17 people present, representing 7 churches. The Networking and Communication work group of the Coordinating Council is planning and implementing these first cluster meetings in about a half dozen locations across Kentucky. A leader from this work group helps those present brainstorm things the cluster might do in the coming year. It is hoped that clusters will provide more opportunities for people to experience Kentucky Baptist Fellowship relationships, share resources, and collaborate on missions within easy driving distance. The two meetings held in Shepherdsville and Owensboro provided a good time of fellowship and visioning for the future. We shared a meal and also a time of brainstorming. The Shepherdsville/Mt. Washington/Elizabethtown cluster decided to focus on missions and fellowship. One of the churches will plan a “repair affair-like” mission project and the other churches will join them in this project. The idea is that, next year, another church will take the lead. The group also decided to have a Fifth Sunday Night worship service and fellowship. One representative from each of the churches will make up a “steering group” to help evaluate these events and keep the cluster on track for future events. The Western Kentucky cluster also set some priorities for future meetings and selected a steering group to decide on specific events and times. Events might include a joint training conference, a resource fair, a concert and time of fellowship, or a mission project.
Dates/Places for Cluster Listening Meetings Share a meal and dialogue beginning at 6:30 PM! Louisville Buechel Park Baptist Church January 20, 2009
Lexington Central Baptist Church February 26, 2009
Covington Latonia Baptist Church February 3, 2009
Corbin First Baptist Church March 24, 2009
February is Women’s Preaching Month Baptist Women in Ministry invites all Baptist churches to celebrate Martha Stearns Marshall Women’s Preaching Month by making plans now to have a woman preach on any Sunday in February 2009. The event was named after Marshall, who was an eighteenthcentury Separate Baptist female preacher. Acts 2:16-17 reminds us of the words of the prophet Joel: “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy.’” Your sons and daughters will prophesy. We invite you to help give our daughters that opportunity. In February of 2007, fifty-four churches in the United States and one in Japan responded to the invitation, and the voices of women were heard from the pulpits of Baptist churches, proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ. In February of 2008, seventy-six churches invited a woman to preach. Our goal in 2009 is for at least 100 churches to participate. For more information, contact Joshua Speight or visit www.bwim.info.
We are a fellowship of churches and individuals who share a commitment to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.
A Word about Morocco from our Associate Coordinator for Missions: Josh Speight I traveled to Morocco in November to attend the annual Synod of EEAM churches, held in Casablanca. How wonderful it was for me to create my own friendships across the water in Morocco with so many unique Christians whose passion for Christ and his church humbled me beyond words. Morocco truly is a picture of diversity in God’s kingdom; I met person after person from so many different countries and cultures, yet all of us were bonded together in Christ. The running list I kept of countries encountered through new people climbed almost to 30, the majority of course being African countries.
Gift given to Josh by Church in Marrakech. Jean-C (left), Josh, and Jean-Teddy (right).
I was not sure what to expect in Morocco, yet it more than surpassed all my expectations. The partnership that Kentucky Baptist Fellowship has forged with the Eglise Evangelique au Maroc (EEAM) is extraordinary. Beyond the expected results of church to church partnership (shared resources, financial gifts, immersion experiences) is the blossoming friendships emerging between congregations like Lexington Avenue in Danville and the Church in Rabat, or Faith Baptist in Georgetown and the Church in Marrakech, or Third Baptist in Owensboro and the Church in Casablanca.
Many people in Morocco are from Sub-Saharan Africa and are trying to reach Spain. They have left their homes, their lands, and their countries, dreaming of better jobs and better lives for their families back home. For these people, Europe represents the land of continual opportunity, yet they are continually denied entrance to Spain. Forced to stay in Morocco where they are unwanted by the Moroccans, they bounce from place to place unable to find work, unable to find housing, unable to educate themselves and unable to return to their homes where they would rather be in the first place. We partner because these shadows in Morocco need the light of Christ to shine brightly so the world will be reminded of their plight. I was honored to give the sermon at the Church in Casablanca. The church in Morocco is a a picture of God’s kingdom, representing so many nations, faces, colors, all living in the midst of a nation where one church for all protestants exists in a city of almost six million people. I closed the sermon with my favorite image of the Lord’s Supper: God’s large round table, always with enough room, enough food, and always seeking diversity. God is asking us to come to the prepared table, where there is room for so many of us. After my sermon, we shared in the communal meal, breaking the bread and sharing the cup, and as is the tradition at the church, the congregation comes forward to receive the bread and cup by forming a large circle around the table. Such a magnificent picture of the words I had just spoken, visually seeing God’s table come to life before my eyes in Africa... I hope you will prayerfully consider your role with Morocco in the future.
Leaders of Eglise Evangelique in Maroc, our partners in Morocco.
KBF Annual Spring Gathering: April 24-25, 2009 at Third Baptist, Owensboro Hotel Block Information: Days Inn Owensboro 3720 New Hartford Rd. 270-684-9621 Rate: $79.99 Plus Tax Block Rate Released: April 10, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Julie Pennington-Russell Pastor, FBC Decatur, GA Music Led By: Jen Van Camp Youth Pastor Nineteenth Ave Baptist San Francisco, CA
Fairfield Inn Owensboro 800 Salem Drive 270-688-8887 Rate: $79.00 Block Rate Released: April 14, 2009 Ramada Inn Owensboro 3136 West 2nd. St. 270-685-3941 Rate: $89.00 Block Rate Release: April 4, 2009
“Voices United”
Kentucky/Morocco Music Exchange: April 28 - May 8, 2009
The 2009 Morocco Partnership Trip Sponsored by Kentucky Baptist Fellowship will focus on music and worship with our friends from the Eglise Evangelique au Maroc. We will take a choir comprised from KBF churches to Morocco where we will combine with students from Africa in Morocco to lead in worship at many of our partner churches. Additionally we will learn African songs from out partners, teach American worship styles and liturgy and lead workshops teaching basic vocal and instrumental skills to those who are interested at each church in Morocco. Cost: $2100. Applications may be requested beginning December 1 from the KBF office and must be submitted along with a $150 non-refundable deposit by January 15. Choir size is limited; applicants who are 18 or older, in good health, musically inclined or a willingness to teach through voice and/or music will be selected on a first-come, firstChurch at Casablanca choir leading in worship. served basis.
calendar January 20: Louisville Cluster Meeting, Buechel Park Baptist Church, Louisville, 6:30 pm January 30-31: KBF Coordinating Council Winter Meeting, Third Baptist Church, Owensboro February 3: Covington Cluster Meeting, Latonia Baptist Church, Covington, 6:30 pm February 23-25: CBF True Survivor IX Conference for Christian Educators, Orlando, Florida (Annual Current Retreat to meet as well) with Brian McLaren and Joy Yee February 26: Lexington Cluster Meeting, Central Baptist Church, Lexington, 6:30 pm March 6: Appreciation Day and Annual Lecture Series in honor of Dr. E Glenn Hinson, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, Lexington March 24: Covington Cluster Meeting, First Baptist Corbin, 6:30 pm April 24-25: KBF Annual Spring Gathering and Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Banquet, Third Baptist, Owensboro April 28-May 8: “VOICES UNITED”: Morocco-Kentucky Music Exchange Trip May 16: Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Graduation, Lexington June 3-13: Extreme Build 2009 - Kick-off Celebration Friday, June 5th at 6:00 pm July 2-3: CBF General Assembly, Houston, Texas. www.thefellowship.info July 10: Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Golf Scramble August 21-22: KBF Fall Coordinating Council Meeting
Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid Louisville, Kentucky Permit # 976
KENTUCKY BAPTIST
FELLOWSHIP Equipping & Empowering. Cultivating Partnerships. Engaging in Missions. Kentucky Baptist Fellowship 225 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy., Suite 205 Louisville KY 40222-4929 Phone: Fax: Office email: Website:
502-426-1931 502-426-1612 offi[email protected] www.kybf.org
The Annual KBF Children’s Mission Day planned for March 7, 2009 is CANCELLED. The event will return in the fall of 2009.
Coordinating Council Officers: Moderator: Robert Davis, Louisville Moderator-Elect: Linda Caldwell, Middlesboro Past Moderator: Alice Mull, Elizabethtown Secretary: Treasurer: Susanne Jenkens, Louisville Term Expiring in 2009: Bill McCann, Madisonville; Stanley Crabb, Hopkinsville; Jim Dobbins, Elizabethtown; Lisa Wood, Frankfort; Frank Hatfield, Shepherdsville; Ottis Cave, Stanford; John Owen, Winchester; Pat Ramey, Williamsburg; and Don Mantooth, Morehead. Term Expiring in 2010: Robert Davis, Louisville; Susanne Jenkens, Louisville; Margaret Barlow, Louisville; Kitty Baird, Danville; Nancy Fields, Covington; Patsey Jacobs, Lexington; and Iraline Craig, Midway. Term Expiring in 2011: Bob Coons, Owensboro; Charlotte Benningfield, Owensboro; Jane Brake, Frankfort; Renee Purtlebaugh, Louisville; Don Rogers, Louisville; Amanda Phelps Taylor, Morgantown; Don McFadden, Winchester; and Kristen Terry Nethery, Corbin. Term Expiring in 2012: Dwight Lovan, Owensboro; Clarice Johnson, Owensboro; Laura Albovias, Louisville; Naomi Colliver, Georgetown; Susan Reed, Louisville; David Wells, Shepherdsville; Tim Doremus, Mt. Washington; David Honeycutt, Williamsburg; and Mary Edinger, Middlesboro. CBF Coordinating Council: Barry Birdwhistell, Elizabethtown; Jeremy Colliver, Georgetown; and Lynn Smith, Covington. Coordinator: John Lepper [email protected] Associate Coordinator for Missions: Joshua Speight [email protected] Administrative Assistant: Valarie Shoulta [email protected]
Welcome Valarie Shoulta,
New Administrative Assistant
Valarie Shoulta began work December 1 for KBF as Administrative Assistant. Kathy Cornetet retired at the end of December. Valarie worked with Kathy during December to learn the new job. Valarie is married to Jeremy Shoulta. They are members at Deer Park Baptist Church in Louisville where Jeremy is Minister to Children, Youth and Families.
KBF Memorial Gifts
Bill and Gloria Jones made a contribution in memory of Herman Matthews, pianist of FBC Middlesboro.
KBF News January 2009
KBF News is a newsletter of Kentucky Baptist Fellowship.
Cluster Meetings Successful Two cluster meetings were held in recent weeks. The first cluster meeting was held at First Baptist Church, Shepherdsville with 35 people present, representing four churches. The second cluster meeting was held at Third Baptist Church, Owensboro with 17 people present, representing 7 churches. The Networking and Communication work group of the Coordinating Council is planning and implementing these first cluster meetings in about a half dozen locations across Kentucky. A leader from this work group helps those present brainstorm things the cluster might do in the coming year. It is hoped that clusters will provide more opportunities for people to experience Kentucky Baptist Fellowship relationships, share resources, and collaborate on missions within easy driving distance. The two meetings held in Shepherdsville and Owensboro provided a good time of fellowship and visioning for the future. We shared a meal and also a time of brainstorming. The Shepherdsville/Mt. Washington/Elizabethtown cluster decided to focus on missions and fellowship. One of the churches will plan a “repair affair-like” mission project and the other churches will join them in this project. The idea is that, next year, another church will take the lead. The group also decided to have a Fifth Sunday Night worship service and fellowship. One representative from each of the churches will make up a “steering group” to help evaluate these events and keep the cluster on track for future events. The Western Kentucky cluster also set some priorities for future meetings and selected a steering group to decide on specific events and times. Events might include a joint training conference, a resource fair, a concert and time of fellowship, or a mission project.
Dates/Places for Cluster Listening Meetings Share a meal and dialogue beginning at 6:30 PM! Louisville Buechel Park Baptist Church January 20, 2009
Lexington Central Baptist Church February 26, 2009
Covington Latonia Baptist Church February 3, 2009
Corbin First Baptist Church March 24, 2009
February is Women’s Preaching Month Baptist Women in Ministry invites all Baptist churches to celebrate Martha Stearns Marshall Women’s Preaching Month by making plans now to have a woman preach on any Sunday in February 2009. The event was named after Marshall, who was an eighteenthcentury Separate Baptist female preacher. Acts 2:16-17 reminds us of the words of the prophet Joel: “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy.’” Your sons and daughters will prophesy. We invite you to help give our daughters that opportunity. In February of 2007, fifty-four churches in the United States and one in Japan responded to the invitation, and the voices of women were heard from the pulpits of Baptist churches, proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ. In February of 2008, seventy-six churches invited a woman to preach. Our goal in 2009 is for at least 100 churches to participate. For more information, contact Joshua Speight or visit www.bwim.info.
We are a fellowship of churches and individuals who share a commitment to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.
A Word about Morocco from our Associate Coordinator for Missions: Josh Speight I traveled to Morocco in November to attend the annual Synod of EEAM churches, held in Casablanca. How wonderful it was for me to create my own friendships across the water in Morocco with so many unique Christians whose passion for Christ and his church humbled me beyond words. Morocco truly is a picture of diversity in God’s kingdom; I met person after person from so many different countries and cultures, yet all of us were bonded together in Christ. The running list I kept of countries encountered through new people climbed almost to 30, the majority of course being African countries.
Gift given to Josh by Church in Marrakech. Jean-C (left), Josh, and Jean-Teddy (right).
I was not sure what to expect in Morocco, yet it more than surpassed all my expectations. The partnership that Kentucky Baptist Fellowship has forged with the Eglise Evangelique au Maroc (EEAM) is extraordinary. Beyond the expected results of church to church partnership (shared resources, financial gifts, immersion experiences) is the blossoming friendships emerging between congregations like Lexington Avenue in Danville and the Church in Rabat, or Faith Baptist in Georgetown and the Church in Marrakech, or Third Baptist in Owensboro and the Church in Casablanca.
Many people in Morocco are from Sub-Saharan Africa and are trying to reach Spain. They have left their homes, their lands, and their countries, dreaming of better jobs and better lives for their families back home. For these people, Europe represents the land of continual opportunity, yet they are continually denied entrance to Spain. Forced to stay in Morocco where they are unwanted by the Moroccans, they bounce from place to place unable to find work, unable to find housing, unable to educate themselves and unable to return to their homes where they would rather be in the first place. We partner because these shadows in Morocco need the light of Christ to shine brightly so the world will be reminded of their plight. I was honored to give the sermon at the Church in Casablanca. The church in Morocco is a a picture of God’s kingdom, representing so many nations, faces, colors, all living in the midst of a nation where one church for all protestants exists in a city of almost six million people. I closed the sermon with my favorite image of the Lord’s Supper: God’s large round table, always with enough room, enough food, and always seeking diversity. God is asking us to come to the prepared table, where there is room for so many of us. After my sermon, we shared in the communal meal, breaking the bread and sharing the cup, and as is the tradition at the church, the congregation comes forward to receive the bread and cup by forming a large circle around the table. Such a magnificent picture of the words I had just spoken, visually seeing God’s table come to life before my eyes in Africa... I hope you will prayerfully consider your role with Morocco in the future.
Leaders of Eglise Evangelique in Maroc, our partners in Morocco.
KBF Annual Spring Gathering: April 24-25, 2009 at Third Baptist, Owensboro Hotel Block Information: Days Inn Owensboro 3720 New Hartford Rd. 270-684-9621 Rate: $79.99 Plus Tax Block Rate Released: April 10, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Julie Pennington-Russell Pastor, FBC Decatur, GA Music Led By: Jen Van Camp Youth Pastor Nineteenth Ave Baptist San Francisco, CA
Fairfield Inn Owensboro 800 Salem Drive 270-688-8887 Rate: $79.00 Block Rate Released: April 14, 2009 Ramada Inn Owensboro 3136 West 2nd. St. 270-685-3941 Rate: $89.00 Block Rate Release: April 4, 2009
“Voices United”
Kentucky/Morocco Music Exchange: April 28 - May 8, 2009
The 2009 Morocco Partnership Trip Sponsored by Kentucky Baptist Fellowship will focus on music and worship with our friends from the Eglise Evangelique au Maroc. We will take a choir comprised from KBF churches to Morocco where we will combine with students from Africa in Morocco to lead in worship at many of our partner churches. Additionally we will learn African songs from out partners, teach American worship styles and liturgy and lead workshops teaching basic vocal and instrumental skills to those who are interested at each church in Morocco. Cost: $2100. Applications may be requested beginning December 1 from the KBF office and must be submitted along with a $150 non-refundable deposit by January 15. Choir size is limited; applicants who are 18 or older, in good health, musically inclined or a willingness to teach through voice and/or music will be selected on a first-come, firstChurch at Casablanca choir leading in worship. served basis.
calendar January 20: Louisville Cluster Meeting, Buechel Park Baptist Church, Louisville, 6:30 pm January 30-31: KBF Coordinating Council Winter Meeting, Third Baptist Church, Owensboro February 3: Covington Cluster Meeting, Latonia Baptist Church, Covington, 6:30 pm February 23-25: CBF True Survivor IX Conference for Christian Educators, Orlando, Florida (Annual Current Retreat to meet as well) with Brian McLaren and Joy Yee February 26: Lexington Cluster Meeting, Central Baptist Church, Lexington, 6:30 pm March 6: Appreciation Day and Annual Lecture Series in honor of Dr. E Glenn Hinson, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, Lexington March 24: Covington Cluster Meeting, First Baptist Corbin, 6:30 pm April 24-25: KBF Annual Spring Gathering and Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Banquet, Third Baptist, Owensboro April 28-May 8: “VOICES UNITED”: Morocco-Kentucky Music Exchange Trip May 16: Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Graduation, Lexington June 3-13: Extreme Build 2009 - Kick-off Celebration Friday, June 5th at 6:00 pm July 2-3: CBF General Assembly, Houston, Texas. www.thefellowship.info July 10: Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Golf Scramble August 21-22: KBF Fall Coordinating Council Meeting
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