Buechel Park Baptist Church

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1 Buechel Park Baptist Church Louisville, Kentucky January 2017 Newly Elected Deacons: Carrie Bearden, Jan Causey, Nancy Crothers and Charlie Thurman The Diaconate is pleased to announce our newly elected deacons for 2017 Carrie Bearden, Jan Causey, Nancy Crothers and Charlie Thurman. Nancy Crothers and Charlie Thurman will be ordained during worship on Sunday, January 8, The 2017 Diaconate Officers are Carrie Bearden, Chair; Joyce Bell, Vice Chair; Lisa Grady, Secretary-Treasurer; and David Beverly, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer. Thank you to these four who have answered the call to serve. Also, appreciation is given to John Condron, Kathy Leichty and Bettie McCormick for their dedicated service during their three-year term Giving Statements Giving statements for 2016 will be mailed no later than January 31, Please make sure the church office has your current mailing address. or call the church office at (502) with any address changes. Sunday, January 22 5 pm, Church Council Meeting 6 pm, Quarterly Business Meeting Retirement Reception for Howard Aubrey Immediately following worship on Sunday, January 29, please join us for a reception as we honor Howard Aubrey for his many years of service to BPBC as facilities manager. Cards are encouraged!

2 Pastor Paragraphs Back On Track Internally Strong, Externally Focused A new year has arrived. Perhaps, you have one or a few resolutions planned to get you back on track in Maybe your trimming some areas of your life like waist lines or wasteful living. Maybe you are looking to be more involved in your community of faith and family. Maybe 2016 was crazy and this year you just want to slow life down brought many changes in our community of faith. The church went through a challenging intentional interim, an exciting pastor search process, and we all eagerly said hello to new people and solemnly said goodbye to others. We have ended a recovery year following a difficult season of internal derailment. Some great work has been done and it has taken the effort of every church and staff member to put the foundational pieces of these church train tracks back together. Well done Buechel Park! Now, we enter into This year, we are getting back on track together. We want everyone, new members and seasoned members, all back on the BPBC train and moving in the right direction. Even in the midst of challenges, we have kept our missional DNA. We continue to build relationships with our neighbors across the street, across the city and across the world. Our reputation remains as a Baptist community of faith that is externally focused. This is the year we become internally strong while staying externally focused. So, how do we get back on track together? 1. Each member fully participates by giving consistently and generously, finding your place of service and showing up and speaking up. 2. All ministry teams serve under One BPBC by planning events and programs that unite - not divide, focusing on the whole body - not just one part and committing to a ministry team out of love - not guilt. 3. Learn and Grow Together by studying our history and knowing who we are, seeking truth through scripture and the Holy Spirit, and, stretching outside our comfort zones. The next page is a brief summary of what Sundays in the pulpit and Wednesday nights will look like in I encourage you to unite together as we get back on track becoming one community of faith internally strong, externally focused. Grace & Peace, Rev. Erica Whitaker 2

3 2017 Overview January February March Sundays Epiphany: Gospel of Matthew Epiphany: Gospel of Matthew Lent: Old Testament Passages Wednesdays Being Baptist: Who, What, When & Where? Being Baptist: Who, What, When & Where? Ash Wednesday Spiritual Disciplines: The Good & Beautiful God April Lent: Old Testament Passages Palm Sunday: Gospel of Matthew Easter: Gospel of Matthew Eastertide: 1 Peter Spiritual Disciplines: The Good & Beautiful God Maundy Thursday Good Friday May Eastertide: 1 Peter Being BPBC: Who are we? June July August Pentecost: Acts Season After Pentecost: Genesis Season After Pentecost: Genesis Season After Pentecost: Genesis, Psalms Summer Study: Acts The Early Church Summer Study: Acts The Early Church Summer Study: Acts The Early Church Being Me: Who am I? September October November Season After Pentecost: Psalms, Philippians Season After Pentecost: Philippians, I Thessalonians All Saints Day: 1 John Season After Pentecost: 1 Thessalonians Being Me: Who am I? Being Me: Who am I? Planning for Our Future: Beginning the Vision Together 3

4 Children & Family Ministries Wednesday Kids! 5pm, Open Gym l 5:45pm, Dinner l 6:15-7:15pm, Kids Activities January 4 Delta Club January 11 SPARK Missions January 18 SPARK Missions January 25 SPARK Missions Dates to Know: Kids Variety Show Fundraiser Sunday, February 19 Passport Kids Camp July in Maryville, TN Wednesday Youth 5pm, Open Gym l 5:45pm, Dinner l 6:15-7:15pm, Youth Activities WinterJam Concert Saturday, January 7 at Freedom Hall Youth Ministries Join us for a Christian concert featuring: David Crowder, Britt Nicole, Tenth Avenue North, Sadie Robertson, Thousand Foot Krutch, Andy Mineo, Colton Dixon, Newsong, and more! We will gather at BPBC before the concert to ride together and grab dinner. Doors open at 5pm and cost is $10/person at the door. Contact Carrie Bearden to RSVP or for more information! Dates to Know: Youth Missions Weekend March Passport Youth July 3-8 in Greenville, SC 4

5 Musical Notes Dear Church Family, 2016 was a busy and exciting year for our Music Ministry! From a very busy Lenten season, our first annual choir concert, a very successful yard sale and Arts and Crafts Market, music recital, our Many Moods of Christmas with 50 voices and a 22 piece orchestra, our BP Chorale and many anthems and handbell pieces in between, we had a wonderful year! We will continue to work hard in 2017! We thank each of you for your help and support!! We have a lot of talented people at BP and I truly hope you will consider singing or playing handbells with us this year! "It takes a village," and we need you to help us grow not only the Music Ministry but our church!!! Again, thank you for your support! See you at choir rehearsal at 7 pm on Wednesday, January 11!! David Lindsay Minister of Music Handbell Practice R ESUMES 1:45 pm, Sunday, January 29 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 New Time! 7 p m 5

6 Community and Missions This month s mission projects: Choices, Inc. operates transitional housing services for women and families experiencing homelessness. Choices provides assistance in the areas of goal setting and appropriate referrals to promote successful transition from homeless situations to permanent housing. Each resident attends life skills training and house meetings while in the program. Once a client graduates, she can receive follow up services from a case manager for up to two years for single clients and six months for families. This year, they are needing monetary donations more than personal items in the past. Checks should be made payable to Buechel Park Baptist Church with Choices noted in the memo line. Sitio Clothing Ministry Sitio, pronounced city-oh, means I Thirst in Latin and is a clothing clearing center for Louisville that supports services like Americana. By taking care of the clients needs, Sitio is quenching the thirst of Christ. They have requested help with new and gently-used clothing items, especially for children and adult men. Mainly small and medium sizes for men; children s sizes 3-6 and shoes Drop off the new or clean items in the bins by the Education Building s elevator. No women s clothing is needed at this time. Blankets, sheets, pillowcases, household items and toys are very much appreciated. Coming up in February... We ll continue with the Sitio clothing drive and with our traditional Souper Bowl canned goods collection and valentines for Goldsmith Elementary (to start January 22). 6

7 Community and Missions Missions Update Amy and Bobbie Sparks load up the wrapped shoeboxes - EIGHTY shoeboxes - for Seneca High School and Goldsmith Elementary. We donated enough food items to SEAM for 20 Thanksgiving baskets for medium-sized families (3-5 members), along with a $15 Kroger gift card for a turkey or other meat. The total food items collected was well over 600 items, including 200 hundred perishables such as potatoes, onions, and pies. Bill Grady set up the purchase of many of the perishable items at Valu Market at cost. SEAM was able to provide Thanksgiving baskets to over 300 families in need. In December, the Church donated 60 Christmas shoeboxes for Goldsmith Elementary and another 20 for Seneca High School. Great Work BPBC!! -- Joe Caldwell, Chair Missions & Christian Life 6 pm, Friday, January 27 St. Bartholomew Church 2042 Buechel Bank Road Proceeds benefit SEAM Last year, this fun event sold out! Doors open at 6 pm, trivia begins at 7 pm. Food and non-alcoholic beverages permitted. Concessions will be available. Cost is $10 per person; 6-8 people to a table/team. Get your team(s) together and reserve your table(s) by calling or

8 Garden Ministry This year the Garden Ministry harvested 16,681 lbs of vegetables and delivered them to 3 food assistance agencies, 2 churches, our elderly, and our Bhutanese neighbors. We harvested 16,681 lbs of vegetables, as follows: Cabbage: 5,267 lbs Cucumber: 362 lbs Eggplant: 1,643 lbs Green beans: 1,039 lbs Broccoli crowns: 186 lbs Okra: 179 lbs Sweet potatoes: 1,850 lbs Tomatoes: 2,198 lbs Yellow squash/zucchini: 717 lbs Peppers (sweet banana and bell): 2,106 lbs Greens (kale, collards, turnip greens): 1,134 lbs Seventeen times a group of our church members delivered vegetables to up to 24 households of our church s elderly. Our delivery people included Bettie McCormick, Sarah Condron, Roxie Hoffman, Randy Gibson, Joyce Bell, and Sara Buckner. We made a total of 55 deliveries to South Louisville Community Ministries, Fern Creek/Highview United Ministries, and the Center for Lay Ministries. These agencies, collectively, provide food assistance to over 4,000 people per month. Jeanne Crawford, Carol Thompson, and I made these deliveries. We delivered vegetables monthly to Deer Park Baptist Church and Hikes Point Christian Church. Deer Park provided the vegetables to those who come for their free meal, Clothes Closet, and Food Pantry. The offering of vegetables became an expansion of their Food Pantry. Hikes Point cooked the vegetables for their free meal. These two churches reach over 100 people per month; some of them are homeless. This year we provided garden plots to five Bhutanese families. They have shared vegetables from their gardens and cooked meals for us, and we have shared vegetables from our gardens with them. We also have provided vegetables to a Syrian refugee family a woman whose husband was killed in Syria and her 4 young children. All this has been made possible by the 8-month commitment and effort of Leonard Buckner, Carol Thompson (St. Raphael Catholic Church), Julia Tate, Kathy Leichty, Jim Bearden, Marvin Sparks, and Becky Houston (Deer Park Baptist Church). Glenda Haller and Greg & Kathy Leichty have graciously allowed us to have large gardens on their properties, and we could not grow this large volume without this additional land. Suzanne Shepherd Garden Ministry Coordinator 8

9 Once Around the Park... Bereavement Ministry Team The Bereavement Ministry Team will begin January 1, The team will make arrangements to provide either a meat and cheese tray to the funeral home at the time of visitation or a light lunch at the church to the families of deceased members. The team is requesting church members who are willing to provide food for luncheons to please let one of the team members know or call the church office. There also is a sign-up sheet outside the church office. Bereavement Ministry Team members are Susan Clifton, Chair; Janice Hedgespeth, Vice Chair; Sasha Hawks, Sondra Murphy, Sara Buckner, Hospitality Team and Ex-officio members, Joyce Bell and Carolyn Boblitt. The team thanks Carolyn Boblitt, Joyce Bell and the members of BPBC for providing food and kindness to grieving families for many years. Mimi s Café 6:30 pm, January 27 To help ring in the New Year, everyone is invited to our Friday Night Friends (FNF) dinner on Friday, January, 27, 2017! We will be going to dinner at 6:30 pm at Mimi s Café on Hurstbourne Lane. FNF is a time to go out to dinner with friends from church and get to know people that you sometimes only see on Sunday morning. Singles, couples, children, adults, young and old alike are all welcome! RSVP by signing up outside the church office or sending Kellie Hicks, kelliehicks@hotmail.com, an by Monday, January 23. 9

10 With Thanks and Gratitude... To all my wonderful Buechel Park friends: Thank you so much for your many beautiful cards and letters. In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, Jeanne Crawford My beloved church family, Thank you so much for all the prayers, cards, phone calls while I have been ill. I appreciate my church family so much - I love everyone. Pauline Gibson 1 Betty Cresap, Helen Dietz 3 Hallie Logsdon 4 Charlotte Bariteau 5 Jameika Embers 6 Shirley Brown, Brenda McDade, 7 Steven Forsting, Leonard Waddell Swihart 8 Cherylyn McAlister 9 Michael Arnold, Sarah Condron, Bill Grady, Andrew Oakley, Elizabeth Ott, Beverly West 10 Martha Means 11 Maria Davis 12 Elmer Vogel 15 Bryan Giltner January Birthdays 10 Thank you so much for all the cards, visits and prayers. A very special thank you to Kathy Leichty and Ruth Thompson and to my Shepherds, Jim and Susan Spillman. I truly appreciate each of you. Bless you, Margaret Miller 16 Jennifer Hoeft, Frank McAlister 19 Carrie Bearden, Fannie Hayse 21 Jack Rohleder 22 Janice Burns 24 Rhonda Martin, Robert Mattingly, Helen Webb 25 Jane Hjermenrud, Madelyn Phelps 26 Jennifer Condron 27 David Brown 29 Sarah Martin, Mike West, Bonnie White 30 Gladys Palmer, Edith Scott 31 Michaela Vest

11 Women on Mission... January 10 s Guest Speaker: Kate Husk, South Louisville Community Ministries On Tuesday, January 10 at 11:15 am, Women on Mission will welcome Kate Husk, Deputy Director of Client Services, at South Louisville Community Ministries (SLCM). Our Garden Ministry has made regular vegetable and plastic bag deliveries to SLCM for the past six months. Ms. Husk will be speaking about the various ways SLCM helps the people living in south Louisville. Everyone is invited to attend! We would like to show our support for South Louisville Community Ministries by bring donations of personal care items and plastic bags to the January 10 program. Personal care items include toilet paper, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, bar soap, laundry detergent, dish detergent and feminine care products. We hope to see you there! Office Hours Church Office Hours: *Monday - Thursday: 9 am - Noon & 1-5 pm Friday: 9 am - Noon Saturday-Sunday: Closed Senior Pastor Office Hours: Monday: 10 am - 5 pm Tuesday: 9 am - 5 pm Wednesday: 1-8 pm Thursday: 9 am - Noon Friday: Sabbath *Closed Monday, January 2,

12 Buechel Park Baptist Church 2403 Hikes Lane Louisville, KY (502) Ministers All Members Church Staff Rev. Erica Evans Whitaker Senior Pastor Rev. Sara Clarke Turpin Associate Pastor of Spiritual Formation David Lindsay Minister of Music Leonard Buckner Treasurer Nicole Davis Parents Day Out Director Leigh Meers Administrative Assistant Kevin Vest Organist and Music Associate FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: Friday, January 13, 2017 Submit articles and photos to 12