Kbf Bulletin Insert-morocco

KENTUCKY BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP

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BUILD UP HOPE IN MOROCCO In 2006, Kentucky Baptist Fellowship began a partnership with the Protestant church in Morocco (Eglise Evangelique au Maroc). Three years into the venture, our shared desire to “Build Up Hope” was realized as seventeen Kentuckians traveled to Morocco for a music exchange with twenty-four students representing the congregations of the EEAM (known as the Voices United Choir). Words do not sufficiently describe all that was shared in North Africa, but the following poem written by the Kentucky choir members tell of the blessing of friendship the Voices United choir received while building up hope in Morocco. We came to Africa with a song and left with...repertoire...a new calling on our lives because of your stories, music, rhythm and passion...a greater sense of joy and passion for being part of the body of Christ...a new face of God...24 new friends whose amazing love for our Lord, Jesus Christ, was given to us so freely and unconditionally...They are the hands and feet in this land...I have heard and seen the face of God and am forever changed...Never have I felt such love divine on this earth...I am blessed...I love them all...Your song ringing in my heart filling my soul with hope and love...a symphony of “Grace’ Divine”...a glimpse of heaven...a love for Africa in my heart ...a picture of God’s heart beating in sync to the rhythm of Africa ...fulfilled dreams...a clearer picture of what God must have dreamed for the world...the song of Africa in my heart...the treasure of remembering the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases and that no matter where you go, your everlasting God is “aupres de toi” - always with you...the gift of dancing in God’s presence...a giant “A-ll-loy-yah!”

“Build Up Hope” The annual Kentucky Baptist Fellowship Missions Offering is about hope. We build up hope every time we form a new relationship as Kentucky Baptist Fellowship. We build up hope when we are the “special people” God has called us to be, working together to accomplish more than we ever could alone. Your offering of financial gifts allows Kentucky Baptist Fellowship to continue to “Build Up Hope” across Kentucky and beyond. Our target date for receiving the KBF Mission Offering is October 11, 2009. Gifts from this year’s missions offering will be divided in three ways: • Mountain Hope, KBF’s rural poverty initiative, part of CBF’s Together For Hope • Morocco Partnership, KBF’s global partnership with the Protestant church in Morocco • Church Start/Re-start, KBF’s ongoing commitment to cultivating Christian community Together we’re building up hope in Kentucky. Together we’re building up hope in communities as far away as Africa. Together...we are building up hope sharing our commitment to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.