The Pastor s Pen. Daylight Savings Time Begins on Sunday, March 8, Volume 7, Issue 9 March 4, 2015

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1 Volume 7, Issue 9 March 4, 2015 Who We Are Faith Fellowship of Lexington is a Non-denominational gathering of Christians who enjoy traditional worship services. Where to Find Us Faith Fellowship of Lexington worships in the Seventh-day Adventist Church facilities at 968 Lane Allen Road in Lexington, Kentucky. Our offices have relocated to 365 Waller Avenue, Suite 120, in Lexington. We're at on the web. If you go to you can watch our service live on Sunday mornings. You can also watch archived services by going to the ihigh address above. We Gather for Fellowship Coffee/Donut Fellowship Time: 9:15-9:30 a.m. We Gather for Bible Study Adult I Sunday school meets at by Dr. Bill Turner The Pastor s Pen As we move more deeply into this Lenten Season, these words from Episcopal preacher and teacher, Barbara Brown Taylor, are worth pondering: The church announced a season of Lent, from the old English word, lenten, meaning "spring" not only a reference to the season before Easter, but also an invitation to a springtime for the soul. Forty days to cleanse the system and open the eyes to what remains when all comfort is gone. Forty days to remember what it is like to live by the grace of God alone and not by what we can supply for ourselves. I think of it as an Outward Bound for the soul. Good food for thought - prayerful and soul-searching thought. Daylight Savings Time Begins on Sunday, March 8, 2015 Spring Forward 1 hour Saturday night (March 7) before you go to bed!

2 9:30 a.m. in room 8 (Library). Living Faith Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m. in Room 2. We Gather for Worship Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Children s Church: 11:15 a.m Child care is available. In case of inclement weather stay tuned to WKYT (Channel 27) as to whether or not we will have Sunday morning services. We re Looking Forward March 7 Men of Faith have voted to meet on the first Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. at the Shamrock Grill on Hartland Parkway. See you there! March 8 Daylight Savings Time BEGINS! Spring forward 1 hour! March 10 - Lenten Study at the March 17 - Lenten Study at the March 17 Administrative Board Meeting at 7 p.m. in the Church Men of Faith Meet Saturday, March 7 at 9:00 a.m. by Ron Reaguer Men of Faith will meet the first Saturday of each month at the Shamrock Grill on Hartland Parkway. So, plan to join in this Saturday, March 7 at 9:00 a.m. to have fellowship with your brothers in Christ. Directions: from Tates Creek past Man O War turn left at the stop light on Hartland Parkway. Follow that road till you see the Shopping Center on the left near the Kroger store and Good Will Store. Please RSVP to Ron Reaguer at (859) or to his , jwrblue@aol.com by Thursday, March 5 th if you plan to attend. Care Ministers from March 2 through March 8 Scot Reeves ( ) scottovoce@gmail.com Sarah Reeves ( ) sarahlynnreeves@twc.com Jerrell Teague ( jtteague@windstream.net Dr. Bill Turner (859) bturner@lextheo.edu Care Ministers from March 9 through March 15 Gil Daley ( ) radiology7@twc.com Carolyn Daley ( ) carolynbd@yahoo.com Bob Quisenberry ( ) papaquis@gmail.com Dr. Bill Turner (859) bturner@lextheo.edu

3 Office. March 24 - Lenten Study at the March 26 Missions Committee Meeting at 7 p.m. in the Church office. March 29 Fifth Sunday Musicale at 4:00 p.m. March 31 - Lenten Study at the April 2 Maundy-Thursday Service at 7:30 p.m. April 5 Easter Sunday service at 11 a.m. Happy Easter! April 7 - Lenten Study at the April 9 Women of Faith at 7:00 p.m. Location TBA. April 21 Administrative Board Meeting at 7 p.m. in the Church office. April 23 Missions Committee Meeting at 7 p.m. in the Church office. Mission Moment by Marsha Oakley Faith Fellowship of Lexington seeks to become the hands and feet of Christ in the world through engagement in missions. When someone is hungry, their stomach rumbles with a gnawing feeling. If this physical signal is ignored, the body sends more serious indicators in the form of lightheadedness, headaches, and irritability. Now imagine that you are experiencing hunger, and there is no next meal, as you just used your last few dollars to put gas in the car, buy diapers, or pay a school fee for your child. What do you do? These words, from the God s Pantry Web Site, put into perspective words found in Matthew 25:34-41: for I was hungry, and you gave me food. This is why it is important that we support the needs of those who are without, especially children and seniors. Our 1 st of the 2015 Six Sundays of Sharing was held this past Sunday, March 1 st. For those of you who gave, we thank you so much. At the request of Dr. Turner, we will continue to collect non-perishable food items for the Sd-A Food Bank and monetary donations to God s Pantry this coming Sunday, March 8 th. Collection will be taken prior to the service at the entrance into the church. If writing a check, please make it out to Faith Fellowship, place God s Pantry on the memo line, and place it in the offering plate. For every $10 donated, $100 worth of food can be made available. Please share with those who are in need. Thank you. Missions Committee

4 Prayer Requests To add a prayer request, please fill out a Prayer Request card that can be obtained at the Welcome Center; call the church office at , or submit a prayer request or update online at Diana Sisk requests prayer for her sister, Angie Walk. She is having trouble cognitively with coming up with words for her thoughts and remembering. She is only 55 which is young for symptoms of dementia. Her mother was diagnosed with Parkinson s at about the same time in her life. Her sister saw her doctor Monday morning to get a referral to a Neurologist. Please pray that her doctor can figure out what the problem is and get a good treatment to halt or reverse the progression Lenten Home Study continues come join in! by Dr. Carolyn Purcell Join us for a home study in my home, 2109 Island Drive, from 10 to 11:30 AM to study The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard. You may have read this classic before, but it is worth repeating. To register for this study contact Carolyn Purcell at cpurcellret1998@gmail.com or as soon as possible so that books can be ordered. Also, a sign-up will be available Sunday at church. Our study will begin the Tuesday before Mardi Gras and conclude on the Tuesday after Easter Sunday. We will look at the classic spiritual disciplines and see how they change our lives by leading to a closer relationship with God. By beginning a week early we will have the opportunity to choose a discipline to practice during the Lenten period which begins with Ash Wednesday, (today), and ends Easter Sunday, April 5. Our meeting on the Tuesday after Easter will be a luncheon, wrap-up, sharing of what we learned or experienced by our practiced discipline. Please consider joining me in this journey to Easter. Bonhoeffer Class with Billy Ray continues by Rev. Billy Ray Jennings The Bonhoeffer Abridged book study continues this Wednesday (7 p.m.) - Thursday (10:30 a.m.) with Billy Ray Jennings at Southern Hills UMC in the Fireside Room. We ll go over Chapters 4-6 in the study book (Chapters 5-10 in the original 2010 volume). Books available at $12 per copy.

5 John Compton s niece, Deanna Fraam, age 48, is desperately ill in an Ohio Hospital, with pneumonia, diabetes and other complications. Please lift her up in prayer. For the family of Jim Bassett from Georgia, Susan Booker's 1st cousin who passed away. Susan asks for prayers for Jim's brother, Larry, son, Bruce, daughter, Bonnie Robinson, 6 grandchildren and many cousins. Pray for Margie Butler, a pastor s wife with stage 4 cancer. She only has days to live and is in terrible pain. Pray that her pain can be controlled and she can be made comfortable while she passes. She is only 50 and her husband is very stressed with her care. He needs prayer for strength and peace during this time. (Diana Sisk) Pray for Lizzie Hendrix and Fred Thomas who lost both their parents, Sarah Kissling Hendrix and Kevin Hendrix in Corbin, Kentucky on February 11. They also lost their half sister, Gracie Hendrix, who was also murdered. WISDOM to Feed Your Soul - Deadline to sign up is March 11 Presented by the Lay School of Theology Taught by Dr. Margaret Ralph, Director of Master of Pastoral Studies Program In this three-week course, we will examine the books of Job, Psalms and Proverbs in order to discover how God s beloved people had the courage to ask hard questions and, through faith and reason, find wise answers. Our trip through these pivotal books promises to help us grow in wisdom too. Join us for a thought-provoking series with Dr. Margaret Ralph, a excellent teacher, scholar and author. WHEN: March 14, 21 and 28 8:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast 9:00 a.m.: Class LOCATION: Lexington Theological Seminary 230 Lexington Green Circle Suite 300 Lexington, KY REGISTRATION FEE $60 (But for Faith Fellowship folks-- thanks to an anonymous donation to our Education fund the fee is only $15.00 per person for the three-day class.) CONTACT INFORMATION: Norma Smither, (859) (Faith Fellowship of Lexington office) norma@faithfellowshiplex.org

6 (Ann Lucas) Pray for Jimmy Lail who is recovering from a stroke at home and is improving. Pray for the Robert O. Gonzalez family who died recently. He was Sean Smith s cousin s fatherin-law. Pray for Karen DeLong who is recovering from hip replacement surgery on February 23. (S. Booker) Pray for Al Smith as he continues to deal with pulmonary issues. Pray for Joyce Evans who is receiving treatments for cancer in her one remaining lung. Pray for Mary Frances Sehlhorst who is now at home, but will continue home and outpatient therapy. For Joan Pickett who is having a knee replacement on March 10. (Compton) For Joan s son, Todd Pickett, who needs a kidney ASAP! Faith From the Front Porch by Jackie Bondurant The poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends. Proverbs 14:20 My childhood home which ironically is located across Richmond Road from our house on Desha also had a front porch. I have many great memories of catching fire flies, playing tag, and just sitting listening to grown-up talk on the porch. In between my Victory Avenue home and Desha Road, I lived in houses where there was no outdoor front room. People gathered on patios and decks at the back of their house. In reflection, I believe this architectural difference greatly changes the interactions of the neighborhood. A few months after I married, I received some interesting advice from a former professor. Because you are working, you don t have to be friends with everyone in your neighborhood. And, this was true until we moved to Desha. Opening our porch each spring also opens our lives and our hearts to everyone who walks by and stops to visit. How blessed is that? Soldiers Faith Afield Here are the names of the service people we currently know about.

7 SSGT. Jamen Berry, son of Andy Berry Capt. Ginny Iskandarov niece of Ginny Berry Elnur Iskandarov nephew of Ginny Berry by marriage SSGT. Cameron Smith brother of Sean Smith Airman Benjamin Engelbrecht son of Paul Engelbrecht Please send Ginny Berry any updates on the status of these persons change in rank, address, new assignment Her address is Warming up We are so fortunate to have an Adult Choir that is dedicated to the music ministry of this church. They love to sing to honor God and they give of their time and talents so that others will be blessed through the melody of praise. Thank you to our choir and to our esteemed Music Minister, Rev. Richard Dwyer. We appreciate your loyalty! Current Administrative Board for Ron Reaguer, Chair Mitch Borders, Treasurer Andy Berry, Board Secretary Roger Blair Jackie Bondurant Denny Bonner Charlotte Krasinski Kinch Query Bob Quisenberry Sarah Reeves Adam Rudder Sue Thompson

8 Patricia Wilson Volunteer Skill Bank Contact Information Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Church Office: Other times, call: Liz Berryman: Andy Berry: If they cannot be reached, call: Mary Anne Pollock: or Deadlines Prayer requests, committee news or announcements, and personal interest stories should be submitted by Noon on Monday for inclusion in the next issue of The Current. Please send them by to Announcements for the Sunday bulletin should be sent to Norma by noon on Wednesdays at Rev. Richard Dwyer, Minister of Music and Organist warming up on Sunday morning.

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