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January 2011

A n ewsletter of th e K en tuc k y B aptis t Fel lowsh ip

KBF Spring Gathering: April 29-30

Buechel Park Baptist Church, 2403 Hikes Lane, Louisville, KY

Every spring, our fellowship gathers for a “family re-

union” of sorts which we refer to as our Spring Gath- Kentucky Baptist
ering. We meet in one of our KBF partner churches,
rotating between the eastern, central and western parts
Fellowship Youth
of the state. Each Spring Gathering offers worship, Choir Festival*
informative workshops, and helpful resources from
various ministry partners in KBF and CBF life. This April 29-30, 2011
year’s theme is BUILDING COMMUNITY.
Buechel Park Baptist
Please plan to join us! Event is free and open to the Church, Louisville KY
public. Register online today: http://www.kybf.org/
spring-gathering-registration/ or call (502) 426-1931. *Held in conjunction w/
KBF Spring Gathering
Special Guest: Marian McClure
Taylor, right, Executive Director,
Kentucky Council of Churches
Dr. John W. Campbell,
Choir Festival Director
KBF Leadership Conference:
“Appreciating and Valuing Personal and Director of
Congregational Narratives” led by Steve Choral Activities,
Graham, left, Director, Ministerial Excellence, Cooperative Georgetown College,
Baptist Fellowship; April 29, 2:00 to 5:00 pm. Participants of Georgetown, KY
this workshop will learn to be alive with wonder to the distinc-
tiveness of their own particular narrative as well to discern the The second annual KBF Youth
rich fabric of the congregation they serve. Those who attend Choir Festival will be held in Lou-
will come to understand and appreciate the words of James isville, Kentucky. Youth will gath-
Hopewell when he said: “The idiom of any single church is er on Friday evening for rehearsal
necessarily distinct.” and fellowship time at a church
near Buechel Park (to be an-
KBF Pastor’s Luncheon: With Chuck Bugg, right, retired nounced later). On Saturday, April
Pastor/Professor, Leadership Consultant with CBF/KBF 30, the youth choir will practice
April 29, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
in the morning at Buechel Park
and then participate in the closing
Baptist Seminary of Kentucky
worship of the 2011 KBF Spring
Banquet: April 29, 5:15 to 6:45 pm
Gathering. Youth Choir directors,
Buechel Park Baptist Church; $15
Advance reservations required. Contact Glenda Simpson please look for more information
at BSK office by April 19: 859-455-8191 or glenda.simpson@bsky.org by mail and email. For more in-
formation, contact Joshua Speight
See inside front cover for tentative Spring at 502-426-1931 or josh@kybf.
Gathering schedule and important hotel info. org. Registration Deadline: March
Tenative Spring Gathering Schedule Hotel Information
Friday, April 29 Breckinridge Inn
11:30 am - 1:00 pm – Pastor’s Luncheon 2800 Breckenridge Ln.
2:00 – 5:00 pm – Leadership Conference Louisville, KY 40220
502-456-5050
5:00 pm – KBF Coordinating Council Meeting
Rate: $85.00 (plus tax)
4:00 – 5:15 pm – Resource Fair Open Cut-off Date for Room Block: 4/15
5:15 – 6:45 pm – BSK Banquet
7:00 – 8:15 pm - Worship Wingate Inn by Wyndham
8:15 pm – Business Session 12301 Alliant Court
9:00 pm – KBF Gathering (aka After Party) place TBD Louisville, KY 40299
502-261-0644
Rate: $89.00
Saturday, April 30 Cut-off Date for Room Block: 4/28
8:30 – 9:00 am – Coffee Time, Resource Fair Open
9:00 – 10:00 am – Breakout Workshops 1 Fairfield Inn
10:15 – 11:15 am – Breakout Workshops 2 1220 Kentucky Mills Dr.
11:30 – 12:30 – Closing Worship and Communion Louisville, KY 40299
502-240-6171
1:00 – 2:00 – New Coordinating Council Lunch and Orientation Rate: $94.00 (includes breakfast)
Cut-off Date for Room Block: 4/8

Holiday Inn Express

2011 National Festival

1620 Alliant Ave.
Louisville, KY 40299
502-240-0035

of Young Preachers Rate: $99.00 (plus tax)

Cut-off Date for Room Block: 3/29

January 6-8, La Quinta Inn & Suites

1501 Alliant Ave.
Louisville, KY Louisville, KY 40299
502-267-8889
Rate: $79.00
Cut-off Date for Room Block: 4/27
The 2011 National Festival of Young Preachers will be held January 6-8
at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel and Cathedral of the Assumption in down- Microtel Inns & Suites
1221 Kentucky Mills Dr.
town Louisville, Kentucky. More than 100 young people will participate
Louisville, KY 40299
as preachers in the second edition of this unique event. 502-266-6590
Rate: 62.96 (plus tax)
Come Visit KBF During The Festival Rooms are not blocked. Please call
KBF will host an exhibit during the Festival of Young Preachers along- to check availability.
side numerous other exhibitors. Come visit us and help us say hello to
these young preachers while they are in Louisville.
Congratulations to Josh
Preachers Participating in the Festival with KBF Connection: Speight and Becky Caswell-
Allison Hicks, First Baptist Church (Middlesboro) Speight at the birth of
Zach Bailes, Wake Forest Divinity School (Owensboro) Evelyn Bailey Caswell-
Sara Clarke, Melbourne Heights Baptist Church (Louisville) Speight. Evelyn was born
Roger Jasper, Living Faith Baptist Fellowship (Elizabethtown) December 15, 2010 at 12:12
AM. Mother and daughter
Molly Shoulta, Georgetown College (Louisville)
are doing fine and so are
Chris Hughes, Wake Forest Divinity School (Louisville)
Dad and big sister, Ainsley.
Tanner White, Journey:A Community of Grace (Louisville)
Extraordinary Commitment, McCreary Co.
Extreme Need Extreme Build
by Robert and Cheryl Davis, The 6th Annual
Highland Baptist, Louisville Extreme Build will
be held June 10-18,
Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see
2011 in McCreary
Jesus . . .
This was our prayer before embarking on County. Online
a five-day, 10,000 mile trek to and from registration will be
Morocco in November. We arrived to available soon at www.kybf.org.
the welcome sight of Diachari (the new For more information about how
coordinator of the migrant/refugee minis- you and/or your church can partici-
try) and Sevy, our friend and remarkable pate, please contact Josh Speight at
singer/dancer with the Voices United Choir. 502-426-1931 or josh@kybf.org.
We spent Thursday and most of Friday meeting with the refugee/migrant teams

calendar
from the churches in Casablanca and Rabat. It was great to see familiar faces,
like Helge and Christiano, and to meet new friends such as Anne Marie, Angel,
Apollinaire and Renata. These exceptional people have been involved in this
difficult work for many years. Seeing their level of commitment and coming to January 6-8: National Festival of
understand the challenges they face was both inspiring and heartbreaking. Young Preachers, Seelbach Hilton
Hotel and Cathedral of the Assump-
To reach out and touch him, and say that we love him . . . tion, Louisville, KY
Friday morning, our hosts took us to meet with some of the refugees. We had February: Invite a woman to
heard stories of their living conditions, but nothing could prepare us for seeing preach in your church! Martha Stea-
this ourselves. We met a group of 15 young men from Guinea who were shar- rns Marshall Month of Preaching.
ing two incredibly small, cramped rooms. One of them pleaded, “If you can’t For info, visit www.bwim.info
help us today, can you give us hope?” After discussions with our team, we took
a few of the men to a local market to buy some basic staples, such as rice and February 21-23: CBF Church-
oil. Even those familiar with the situation were moved by the desperate need we works Conference, Atlanta, GA
saw and heard.
March 5, 2011: KBF Winter Coor-
dinating Council Meeting, Midway
Open our ears, Lord, and help us to listen . . . Baptist Church, Midway, KY
Friday evening and Saturday we were honored to participate in the EEAM syn-
ode meeting, with about 40 pastors and leaders from across Morocco, including March 11-13: KBF Youth
our friend Karen Thomas Smith. They represent churches in Tangier, Fes, Mar- Mission Weekend, Nada, KY
rakesh, Kinitra, Mohammedia, Casablanca, Rabat, Oujda, Agadir and Meknes.
Though they are small in number, their passion for Christ’s message of love is April 1-2: Mountain Hope Leader-
ship Conference,Winchester, KY
evident. We came to a deeper appreciation of the work they accomplish with
relatively few resources. And we loved the beautiful way this diverse group April 29-30: KBF Spring Gather-
of people, Europeans and sub-Saharan Africans, older and younger, dark- and ing, Buechel Park Baptist Church,
light- skinned found common ground in their faith. Lousville, KY

Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see Jesus. June 10-18: Extreme Build,
The “icing on the cake” was the poignant Sunday worship service in which McCreary County
Samuel Amedro was installed as the new pastor at Casablanca and as presi-
June 22-25: CBF General
dent of the EEAM. That afternoon we met with representatives of the German Assembly, Tampa, FL. For info,
church that is helping fund (along with CBF) the new position for Diachari; he visit http://www.thefellowship.info/
officially accepted this demanding responsibility – a humbling, tender moment Assembly or call 1-800-352-8741.
for all of us.
October 27-28: Kentucky Council
We thank the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship and Highland Baptist Church for the of Church General Assembly, Faith
amazing opportunity to represent you in Morocco! Baptist Church, Georgetown, KY
 225 S Hurstbourne Pkwy. Suite 205
Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: 502-426-1931
Fax: 502-426-1612
www.kybf.org
KBF Coordinator
John Lepper - jlepper@kybf.org

KBF Associate Coordinator for Missions

Josh Speight - josh@kybf.org

KBF Administrative Assistant

Shannan Posey - shannan@kybf.org

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On the Road Again

Traveling Around Kentucky
with our Coordinators
John Lepper, Coordinator

Jan. 3: Louisville Mayor Inaguration Prayer Breakfast Joshua Speight, Assoc. Coordinator for Missions

Jan. 6-8: Festival of Young Preachers, Louisville
Jan. 11: KCC Focus Group, Lexington
Jan. 12: KCC Focus Group, Berea
Jan. 13: Pastor’s Group, Shelbyville
Jan. 16: Ecumenical Worship Service- Pax Christi,
Lexington
Jan. 20: KCC Focus Group, Northern Kentucky
Jan. 3: Louisville Mayor Inaguration Prayer Breakfast
Jan. 6-8: Festival of Young Preachers, Louisville
Jan. 13: Pastor’s Group - Shelbyville
Jan. 16: Crescent Hill Baptist Church
Jan. 20: Peer Learning Group Lunch, Broadway Baptist Church
Jan. 26: Louisville Pastor’s Group, Crescent Hill Baptist Church

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 time of printing.