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KENTUCKY BAPTIST
FELLOWSHIP
Parenting and Grandparenting
Equipping and Empowering Kentucky
Baptist Churches and Christians.

Cultivating Partnerships.

Engaging in Missions. in the 21st Century

Oct. 20, 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Kentucky Baptist Fellowship Sponsored by Buechel Park Baptist Church, Louisville
225 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy., Suite 205
Louisville KY 40222-4929 Refreshments, Door Prizes, and Lots of Information!
Phone: 502-426-1931
Fax: 502-426-1612
“Meeting Your Child’s Needs”
Office email: office@kybf.org Dr. Wade Rowatt
Website: www.kybf.org
“Developmental Assets: Tools for Success”
Officers Ms. Dodie Fletcher
Moderator: Alice Mull
Moderator Elect: Robert Davis
Secretary: Mary Runyon Raising “Children in Faith”
Treasurer: Susanne Jenkens
Past Moderator: Lynne Huff
Dr. Don Rogers

Coordinating Council “Internet Safety for Youth and Adults”

Susan Allen, Kitty Baird, Margaret Mark Gillingham, KY St. Police
Barlow, Charlotte Benningfield, Jane
Brake, James Browning, Linda Caldwell,
Ottis Cave, Jeremy Colliver, Robert Workshops are for children ages 10 through adult. Childcare and activities
Coons, Stanley Crabb, Jica Crafton, provided for younger children. For more information, contact Katie Anderson:
Gwen Curry, Jim Dobbins, Nancy Fields,
Larry Haltom, Patsey Jacobs, Mark John- 502-452-9541 or Anderson@bpbaptist.org.
son, Don Mantooth, Bill McCann, Don
McFadden, Kristen Terry Nethery, John
Owen, Pat Ramey, Jay Robison, Don
Rogers, Kimbrough Simmons, Naomi
Walker, Howard Wilson, and Lisa Wood. Encountering Islam
CBF Council Members The 2008 Morocco Partnership Trip Sponsored by Kentucky Baptist Fellowship
Bill Ellis, Robert Baker, Lynn Smith
and Baptist Seminary of Kentucky
Staff
An immersion experience . . . learn about Islam . . . study Christian/Muslim
Coordinator: relations . . . reflect on the Church’s response to globalization . . . discover where
John Lepper
jlepper@kybf.org God is working in Morocco.

Administrative Assistant: May 29-June 7, 2008 Estimated Cost: $1700

Kathleen Cornetet
office@kybf.org
Applications may be requested beginning October 1, 2007 from the KBF office
and must be submitted along with a $150 non-refundable deposit by February 1,
2008. Team size is limited; applicants who are 18 or older, in good health, and
who are not BSK students will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis.
KBF News
October 2007

KBF News is a monthly newsletter of Kentucky Baptist Fellowship.

The New Baptist Covenant Celebration

January 30-February 1, 2008 in Atlanta
More than 20,000 Baptists from across North America will gather in Atlanta January 30-February 1, 2008, in
an unprecedented demonstration of Baptist unity. The history-making event will culminate months of planning
by leaders of more than 30 Baptist organizations who laid the groundwork for a new era of cooperation during a
series of meetings at The Carter Center in 2006 and early 2007.

Under the theme “Unity in Christ,” the three-day Atlanta Celebration will feature speakers and presenters who
will address historic Baptist Commitments and explore other opportunities to work together as Christian part-
ners. The Biblical text for the Celebration is Luke 4: 18-19. Themes for the five plenary sessions are:

• Unity in Seeking Peace with Justice

• Unity in Bringing Good News to the Poor
• Unity in Respecting Diversity
• Unity in Welcoming the Stranger
• Unity in Setting the Captive Free

In addition to the plenary sessions, the celebration will

feature 16 special interest sessions dealing with topics
such as racism, religious liberty, poverty, the AIDS pandemic,
faith and public policy, stewardship of the earth, evangelism,
financial stewardship and prophetic preaching.

The New Baptist Covenant is an informal alliance of more than 30 racially, geographically, and theologically
diverse Baptist organizations from throughout North America that claim more than 20 million members. Repre-
sentatives of these Baptist organizations have reaffirmed traditional Baptist values including sharing the gospel
of Jesus Christ and its implications for public and private morality, as well as their obligations as Christians to
fulfill the biblical mandate to promote peace
with justice, to feed the hungry, clothe the
naked, shelter the homeless, care for the
sick and the marginalized, and promote
religious liberty and respect for religious
diversity.

For more information, go to the website:

http://www.newbaptistcelebration.org/

We are a fellowship of churches and individuals who share a commitment to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.
Our mission is to equip and empower Kentucky Baptist churches and Christians, cultivate partnerships, and engage in missions.
Goodbye from PLEASE HELP
our Associate KBF update our
email database!
Coordinator for
Missions Rhonda Abbott Blevins
KBF Associate
Coordinator
I never imagined I’d say goodbye so soon. After only for Missions
two years and eight months I’m taking the next step on
my journey and saying farewell to KBF. It is certainly
with mixed emotions that I take this leap of faith along with my little family: on
one hand, I feel excited and blessed to have the opportunity to join the family at
the Tellico Village Community Church in Loudon, Tennessee, but on the other
hand I am saddened to leave KBF and a ministry that has been a blessing to me.

When I joined the KBF family in February 2005 I was in a very different place
personally. I often muse that “Kentucky has been good to me.” I met my hus-
band in Kentucky, my son was born in Kentucky, and I’ve found some wonder- Simply, send us an
ful friends and colleagues in Kentucky. Indeed, I have been blessed. However, email confirming
the transitions in my personal life have necessitated a professional change. But your email address:
then, isn’t life just a series of changes? The words of an ancient philosopher
come to mind, “Nothing endures but change.”
office@kybf.org.

I leave confident that KBF is poised to do great things in the name of Christ. I
am proud of what we have accomplished together during my time among you,
and I am thankful to have been a small part in that. May God’s richest bless-
ings be upon KBF, her churches and individuals as you continue to live out the Mailing List
gospel with integrity and passion.
Matters
Name ________________

Search Committee Report Address

City
State
________________
________________
________________
Zip ________________
The search committee for Associate Coordinator for Missions has held its
Church ________________
initial meeting. Numerous leaders have been contacted in order to solicit Home Phone ________________
resumes of potential candidates. The following ad will appear in several Work Phone ________________
places: Fax ________________
Email ________________
The Kentucky Baptist Fellowship is seeking resumes for the position of
 Laity  Clergy
Associate Coordinator for Missions. The person who fills this full-time
position will provide leadership for missions participation and education  I’m getting more than one copy
in Kentucky, engage individuals and churches in hands-on mission work, and the attached label is the one
I would like discontinued.
and network with individuals, groups and churches to develop and expand
ministry possibilities.  I’d like my name deleted from
this mailing list.
Please submit resumes not later than November 2, 2007 to John Lepper,
 Please add the following address
Coordinator, Kentucky Baptist Fellowship, 225 South Hurstbourne Park- to the mailing list.
way, Suite 205, Louisville, Kentucky 40222; jlepper@kybf.org; or 502-
426-1921. Contact same for position description.  Please change the following
address on the mailing list.
 Save the Date calendar
October 27, 2007
Kentucky Baptist Fellowship Spring Gathering BSK/KBF Christian Education
Conference, BSK Campus, Lexington
“Free to be the People of God”
Third Baptist Church, Owensboro January 25-26, 2008
April 25-26, 2008 KBF Coordinating Council Meeting,
Third Baptist, Owensboro
Confirmed Speaker - Karen Thomas Smith
January 29-30, 2008
(Others to be enlisted) Current Retreat, CBF’s Young
Leaders Network, Atlanta, GA
Workshops include: thefellowship.info/current/retreat.icm

• Sharing Your Story January 30-Feb 1, 2008

“Celebration of a New Baptist
• Introduction to Islam 101 Covenant,” Atlanta, GA
• How to get Connected - Extreme Build 2008 www.newbaptistcovenant.org
• What’s New in Owsley/Powell Counties?
• What do you do when Conflicts Arise in the Church? April 25-26, 2008
KBF Spring Gathering
Third Baptist, Owensboro
Special Feature: Inter-Faith Dialogue and Panel Discussion
(Jewish/Christian/Muslim) June 19-20, 2008
CBF General Assembly
Memphis, TN

July 13-19, 2008

Coordinating Council Action Extreme Build 2008, McCreary Co.

The coordinating council met on August 24-25,

2007 at a retreat center near Louisville. Various
items of interest were discussed and acted upon,
including:

A presentation of the future story. Dick Hamm,

KBF visioning consultant, led the council in
responding to this story. A dramatic presentation
of the future story will be shared at a statewide
meeting on September 29, 2007 in Georgetown.
Kimbrough Simmons,
John Lepper, KBF Coordinator, Reports from various work groups and committees Pastor at Masonville
left, and Dick Hamm, Visioning including: Baptist Principles and Church Baptist Church, shares
Consultant, right. Resources; Administration; Missions; a devotional with the
Networking and Communications; Search
coordinating council.
Committee; and Executive Committee.

A part-time position was created: Nada Youth Coordinator. This will Jeremy Colliver,
be a year-round, part-time position. Faith Baptist
The Administrative Work Group will form an endowment team to Church,
communicate and promote the endowment. Georgetown,
left, and Susan
A decision was made to purchase a plot of ground (now three lots) near Reed, Broad-
the site of this year’s Extreme Build. This land would be available as way Baptist
needed for future Extreme Build projects or sold with proceeds used to Church, right.
purchase other Extreme Build land.