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Crescent Hill Baptist Church

Crescent Hill This Week
Sun, May 11 - Sat, May 17, 2008

Calendar....Spiritual Formation...Children...Youth
... Community Reading Group.... PrimeTime....Music....Missions...Recreation



MARK YOUR CALENDAR

June 2-6, 2008 Elementary Camp .
July 6-11, 2008 Youth (Passport) .


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SUNDAY, MAY 11


  9:00	Fellowship Coffee (Birchwood Lobby)
  9:30	Sunday School
10:45	Worship (Sanctuary)
  5:00	Divorce Support Groups (2nd floor)



MONDAY, MAY 12


  9:30	Body/Soul Exercise (Chapel)
  2:00	Prime Time Ringers (Choir Room)
  9:30	Men’s Softball Game (Watkins MUMC)



TUESDAY, MAY 13


10:00	Women on Mission (Chapel, Parlor)
  1:00	Staff Meetings (Library, Parlor)



WEDNESDAY, MAY 14


  9:30	Body/Soul Exercise (Chapel)
  5:15	Fellowship Dinner (Fellowship Hall)
  5:30	Children’s Recreation (Gym)
  6:00	Break – Youth Activities
	Children’s Activities
  6:15	Prayer Meeting/Congregational Conversation (Fellowship Hall)
  7:15	Chancel Choir (Choir room)
	Adult Sunday School Teachers (Library)
	Finance Team (Parlor)



THURSDAY, MAY 15


  7:30 AM	Men’s Breakfast (away)
  7:00 PM	Reading Group (Parlor)



FRIDAY, MAY 16


  9:30	Body/Soul Exercise (Chapel)
  7:30	Movie Night (Fellowship Hall)



SATURDAY, MAY 17


  8:30	Mission Saturday
10:00	Writers’ Group (away)
  5:30	Wedding (Sanctuary)


SOFTBALL TEAM FORMING

Monday night men’s softball team now signing up for league play. 16 years and older. All games played at Watkins United Methodist Church on Westport Road. For more information contact Brian Bunger (H) 893-6149, (C) 435-6191, brian@sri.win.net. Hurry! Our first game is Monday, May 5th! So get out to the batting cage and get ready!!

PRIME TIME RINGERS PROGRAM MAY 21

The Prime Time Ringers will present a program of handbell music on Wednesday, May 21 at 6:35 PM. Some of their selections will be “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” Spirit of the Living God,” “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” “All Creatures of Our God and King” and “There Is a Balm in Gilead.”

WHEN MORNING COMES, I SING – ELEMENTARY CHOIR PROGRAM May 21

The Elementary Choir will present a program of anthems and songs on Wednesday May 21 at 6:15 PM The selections will encompass the Christian year and will be based on the theme “When Morning Comes, I Sing.” Other selections are “Strike the Cymbal,” “My Faith” and “Lenten Love Song.”Invite your friends, especially those with children, to this program.

Mission Note

Sam Bandela is following God’s call to reach the most neglected of his home country with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He and his wife, Latha, are among the approximately 150 CBF Global Missions field personnel whose salaries, benefits and ministry and operating expenses are covered by your gifts to the CBF Offering for Global Missions. Recently, Sam, along with Indian church planters he helped to train, has seen dozens of villagers profess faith in Christ. Sam and CBF partners also have provided clean water to the mountain communities. Lives have been transformed by clean water and a message of love. A major concern for Bandela and his partners is building self-sustaining work. Often, U.S. pastors will participate by teaching in the church planting seminars and training in Hyderabad. The program, established by Bandela with gifts from Fellowship churches, is now completely led by indigenous Christian leaders. “If India is to be reached in our time and generation, it has to be reached by the Indian nationals…” Sam said. “Christians in America need to join hands together, and say ‘we are with you and we’ll join with you and pray with you.’” Please respond to Sam’s challenge to embrace the world with your prayers and gifts. So far, CHBC members have given $1,737.30 toward our $6,150 goal for the Offering for Global Missions. The national goal is $6,150,000.


FROM THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR TO CHILDREN SEARCH TEAM

Please pass this along to persons you may know who may be interested in this position. Crescent Hill Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky, seeks a full time Associate Pastor to Children who will plan, coordinate, and implement a full fledged ministry to children and their families. This person will also direct the church’s afterschool and summer childcare programs. This position requires excellent leadership, organizational and communication skills. Must have at least two year’s experience working with children, meet KY state requirements for childcare director, M.Div. preferred. Resumes should be submitted to CHBC Children's Minister Search Team, 2800 Frankfort Ave. Louisville, KY 40206 Fax #: 502-896-9855, email: crescenthillbapt@bellsouth.net.

RELIEF DRIVERS NEEDED FOR THE KAREN

There is a need for relief drivers who would use their own personal car to pick up a Karen family to bring them to church and back home. Someone is needed the 2nd, 3rd and possibly the 4th Sundays of November to fill in for a driver who will be out of town. We need someone to pick them up and drop them off one or more of those Sundays. Drivers will be provided with written directions as how to get to their home or are welcome to ride one Sunday in advance. Any one wanting more information can contact Jerry Smith (426-9794) or David Cook (454-7698). We would like to use the opportunity to build a list of relief drivers.

CENTENNIAL ITEMS AVAILABLE

Celebrate the Centennial with a mug, T-shirt, sweatshirt or tote bag bearing one of our centennial logos. Beginning today these items will be available for purchase in the Birchwood lobby. The shirts and tote bags were purchased from a company committed to improving wages and labor conditions for production workers in Latin America by expanding the market in the United States for basic goods produced by fair trade production groups in Latin America. We also have prints of the Dwight Cobb drawing of the church that will be available unmatted or matted. And don’t forget the Centennial Cookbook, which will be available early December!

MEMORIAL GARDEN UPDATE

The Building and Grounds Team is excited about the continuing landscape renovation project, culminating in the Memorial Garden. In order to ensure the garden’s success, we first are addressing drainage issues along the Birchwood side of the Burhans Building. In the meantime, we are continuing to work to fund the project. Donations toward the purchase of plant material and installation costs are welcome. Also, brick sales will continue through the Centennial celebration in May to give those attending the celebration an opportunity to be a part of the garden. Forms for the purchase of bricks are available in the Birchwood Lobby and the church office. If you would like further information on how you can contribute to the Garden, or if you have questions regarding purchasing bricks and/or what you want inscribed on your brick, please feel free to contact Jo Forest (893-6488, jad@gdm.com), or Janet Miller (899-3378, jlm1219@aol.com).

WE NEED YOU!! for 2008 Children’s Camp

Please consider being an adult or youth participant in Children’s Camp this year. Commitments are needed by Sunday, March 30 and a meeting will be held in the Parlor on Wednesday, April 2, 7:00 PM. Please contact Kathy Creech at 893-0567, 852-5660 or Kathy@fabri-k-tions.com for information or questions.

WE ALSO NEED…

… scholarship money for children whose families cannot afford the $175 cost/camper this year. Any donated amount would be so much appreciated and you will bring so much joy to a camper!! quality sleeping bags for some of our campers (donated and/or new)

KENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES

continue to need housekeeping and personal items in good condition for arriving refugee families. With cold weather on the horizon, the priority needs are: bed linens, blankets; winter clothing and boots, especially in children's sizes; stainless steel flatware. Other items are posted on the Global Missions board opposite the church office. Small items may be placed in the tub in Birchwood Lobby. Contact Norm Lytle (894-5414; e-mail norm-martha@juno.com) for further information about large items such as furniture.

SARAH LANIER'S BOOK, FOREIGN TO FAMILIAR

, is available for purchase @$7.00 per copy, personal check made out to "Sarah Lanier", or cash. Contact Norm Lytle if you would like to purchase a copy.

MAKING THE KAREN KONNECTION

Many of you are hungry for resources to know more about the Karen people as you welcome them into our congregation. We recommend as a starting point the new website established by our missionary partners Duane and Marcia Binkley at www.karenkonnection.org. Topics include
* Are the Karen some of the immigrants we hear about in the news?
* How do the Karen get to America?
* Where in the U.S. are the Karen going?
* Why are the Karen refugees?
* Cultural tips and trends
* What happens when the Karen arrive in the U.S.?
* What can I or my church do to assist the Karen?
* What is the Baptist connection with the Karen
* Who are the Karen?
As additional resources are developed, we will make them available to the church.

MEALS ON WHEELS

Do you know a senior citizen who needs Meals on Wheels? Recipients need to be 60 years of age or over, homebound, unable to prepare their own meals, and live in zipcode 40206. Call Kim Michael or Lynn Humphrey at United Crescent Hill Ministries, 893-0346.


CHBC EMAIL NEWSLETTER

An email newsletter is sent out each Thursday or Friday, including Crescent Hill This Week and other church and religion relevant links. If you would like to receive this newsletter, complete the form below, tear it off and put it in the offering plate OR send your email address to Birkimer@Louisville.edu. Your email address will only be used for the email newsletter.
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Remember Our Service Men and Women

The following relatives/friends of our members are serving our country in locations around the world: (please contact the Cynthia Canada if you have additions or corrections)

Andy Bates - National Guard - formerly Kuwait; formerly Afghanistan; now home
Glen Bellou - National Guard - formerly in Kuwait and Baghdad; now home
Eddie Bolton - John Arnett's cousin - medic serving in Kuwait
Lt. J. Michael Berentz - Greg Robertson's cousin - Kuwait
PFC Jacob Cook - David Cook's nephew - Saudi Arabia
PFC Joshua Cook - David Cook's nephew - Iraq
Rob Dorfner - Ginger Miller's nephew - Marine, Persian Gulf
Lance Cpl. Jon Elliott - Janet Tharpe's nephew - Marine, Hawaii
Art Fogg - National Guard - has been called up
Tom Futral - Guy and Nancy Futral's nephew, Kuwait
Justin Goff - Bill and Louise Goff's grandson - Kuwait
Ronald Holmes - Carol Anne Edwards' nephew - Middle East
Tommy Hanks - Carol Anne Edwards' friend's son - Kuwait
Cpl. Sean Kinnear - Cynthia Canada's son - USS Enterprise, Persian Gulf (base duty station Beaufort, SC)
Lt. Matt Laughlin - Rick & Penny Laughlin's son, U.S. Coast Guard, Miami, FL
Bryan Ludwig - Mary Ludwig's stepson, Navy, Persian Gulf
Chip Ludwig - Mary Ludwig's stepson, Navy, Persian Gulf
Lt Cmdr Paula Morton, USN(R) - Cynthia Canada's sister - not currently deployed
s Lt. Jason Redman - Mary Tomerlin's nephew, Army, Kuwait
Brad Richy - Bobby Powell's uncle
Sheila Schaeffer - John/Beverly Spratt's niece - Navy, California
Wyatt Smith - Jane Kendrick-Lites' son, Marines, Iraq
Robert Spratt - John/Beverly Spratt's son - Navy, Atlanta
Simon Stricklen - Melinda Stricklen's nephew, Kuwait
Alice Tucker - Frances Bewley Tucker's daughter - Navy
Jesse Wester - Bill/Bobbie Thomason's nephew - Afghanistan
Jeremy Woodruff - Lewis/Ginger Miller's step-grandson - Hawaii
Mark Young - Lyle Edward's brother-in-law - Marine Res., Kuwait
Shelly Young - John/Beverly Spratt's daughter - Navy, Central Command, Qatar

list updated 6-19-07


Spiritual Formation

...................................................................Bill Johnson, Minister of Spiritual Formation

COMMUNITY READING GROUP -

CHILDREN and After School

.................................................................................................Josh Bailes, Minister for Children and Youth
.......................................................................see also Children's section

Children Section (new site)

WHEN MORNING COMES, I SING – ELEMENTARY CHOIR PROGRAM May 21

The Elementary Choir will present a program of anthems and songs on Wednesday May 21 at 6:15 PM The selections will encompass the Christian year and will be based on the theme “When Morning Comes, I Sing.” Other selections are “Strike the Cymbal,” “My Faith” and “Lenten Love Song.”Invite your friends, especially those with children, to this program.

ELEMENTARY MISSIONS NEEDS BOOKS

The children in our elementary missions group are collecting new or gently used books and toys for children and youth in poverty situations. Once collected during February and March, we will take some of them to children in our community and send others to a "Stories on Wheels" project in one of the poorest counties in the US. We have been learning about the CBF home missionaries who began the project and are excited about helping them with their dream. WE ASK YOU TO HELP US in our project by donating these items. There will be a container in the hallway near the office for your offerings. Thank you. (It is nice to have books related to a variety of ethnic groups.)



YOUTH and STUDENTS

.................................................................................Josh Bailes, Minister for Children and Youth

Youth News




See this section for more detail


FYI: Our Weekly Student Ministry Events 


Sundays:	9:30	Sunday School (west tower & 211a)
			5:00	Dialogue (gym)
			6:00	Open Gym/Choir 
Wednesdays:	6:00	Youth programs (youth lounge)

See Youth Alumni Directory and
Music Archives for listing of past Musical and Dramatic productions

PRIME TIMERs and SENIORs



MUSIC

................................................................................Louie Bailey, Music Minister and organist

"LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND SING ALLELUIA!"

As we get ready to celebrate our 100th anniversary, this year's theme for the Music Ministry is drawn from the beautiful hymn of praise, All Creatures of Our God and King, based on a poem by St. Francis of Assisi, written around 1425. The hymn uses metaphors drawn from nature to demonstrate how God is praised. Our faith is a singing faith. We have so much to sing about since God has given us the gift of life and the gift of Jesus Christ.
You and your family are invited and encouraged to be a part of the Crescent Hill Music Ministry. Find your place in the Crescent Hill Music Ministry this year. For further information, please contact Louie Bailey, Minister of Music/Organist.

CHILDREN (these begin August 26)
Music Friends (ages 3-5)-Sunday, 5:00 PM
Elementary Choir (Grades 1-5)-Sunday, 5:00 PM

YOUTH
Youth Ensemble/Solo Class-Monday, 4:15 PM
(begins Sept. 10)
Orchestra-Sunday, 9:00 AM (TBA)

ADULTS
Chancel Choir-Wednesday, 7:10 PM (begins August 22)
Jubilation Ringers-Sunday, 5:00 PM (begins September 16)
Crescent Hill Orchestra-Sunday, 9:00 AM (TBA)

SENIOR ADULTS (Age 50 and up)
Prime Time Ringers-Monday, 2:00 PM (begins Sept. 9)
Prime Time Singers-Monday, 3:00 PM (begins Sept. 9)
Orchestra-Sunday, 9:00 AM (TBA)


Questions? Contact Louie Bailey, Minister of Music/Organist


Crescent Hill Hymn


see Music Program Section

RECREATION

..................................................................Glen Bellou, recreation team leader

YOUR RECREATION TEAM

Glen Bellou - 985-8881
Lora Lee Diehl - 451-7662
Brian Bunger - 893-6149


Exercise Group

Join our Body and Soul Exercise group that meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall. Improve your flexibility and strength with low impact exercises and improve your well being by participating in an activity with a great group of people.

Recreation Ministries

The following is our list of current exercise opportunities for you to enjoy:

Recreation Volunteer Opportunities

Are you looking for a church ministry to get involved with?
We invite you to become a recreation ministry volunteer.

People are needed for: Contact Glen Bellou at 895-8881(REDDMAN122@aol.com) and get involved!


Recreation Opportunities

MISSIONS..and COMMUNITY MINISTRIES


Collecting for CHOICES:

Social Justice Team is collecting items for Welcome Baskets for residents at Norma's House and Marijane Toney House. Items needed are: new mattress pads for twin and double beds, new twin-bed linens, towels, personal items, an alarm clock, a phone and a laundry basket. The collection box will be in the Birchwood Lobby for the month of February. If you have questions, call Margaret Graves, 895-0778. Thank you!


Upland Holistic Development Project Update

For over 10 years, the Upland Holistic Development Project (UHDP) has provided an appropriate Christian response for rural development among hilltribe people in Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle. The work of the UHDP and CBF Field Personnel Rick and Ellen Burnette with the Paluang and other hilltribes in northern Thailand was CHBC’s premiere CBF partnership.

Over the years, the work of the UHDP has grown from its emphasis on sustainable agriculture and clean water to include many significant initiatives. Read on to learn more about the work that your budget and offering gifts support.

Women's and Gender Issues

As in many cultures, the relegation of gender roles in hilltribe society can limit the participation of women in certain capacities, such as in direct forms of community leadership. UHDP is partnering with upland communities to broaden gender understanding and to strengthen the participation of women in all levels of society.

Citizenship and Related Rights

In the UHDP focus area of 18 hilltribe communities, an estimated 2/3 of the residents still lack Thai citizenship. Large numbers of undocumented persons are also found throughout northern Thailand. UHDP is assisting affected hilltribe partners to obtain proper registration as well as to meet eligibility requirements related to requesting legal residence, citizenship and related rights. UHDP also supports the efforts of the Palaung and Kachin Tribal Networks.

Micro-enterprise / Micro-finance

With limited farmland and without many other viable options for employment, upland people must maximize income opportunities from backyard agriculture and other cottage industry. Micro-finance, managed by community members, can provide a needed financial boost towards establishing small family enterprises such as village stores and markets, livestock feed cooperatives and other backyard sources of supplemental income.

So far, CHBC members have given $1445.25 toward our $6150 goal for the Offering for Global Missions.

MARTHA'S ORPHANS AND INFANTS

Martha Shaw, who with her husband Rick is a CBF missionary in Albania and Macedonia, has a ministry with orphans and indigent children. We have the opportunity to participate in that ministry by providing funds to purchase food and school supplies for these children (checks should be made to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship with the project name and number in the memo line (Martha's Orphans and Indigents #80363) and put it in the labeled box in the office.


FRIENDSHIP INTERNATIONAL - CHILDCARE

Friendship International meets at Walnut Street Baptist Church every Wednesday morning from 9:00 to 12:20. Each week about one hundred and twenty ladies from about twenty-five countries meet to study English, citizenship, Bible, and piano and learn new crafts. They bring about thirty or forty children with them that we care for while their mothers are studying.

We have three nursery rooms: bed babies, toddlers, and three to five year olds. We are desperately in need of help. We need three additional helpers, one for each of the age groups. The volunteer should be a church member who has had some experience working with children and should be recommended by someone in our church who knows him or her. We do also have limited funds to pay minimum wages to one or two people. If you are interested, please contact Mary Neal Clarke, Sharon White, or Kathy Springs.


HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NEEDS your HELP!

The Louisville affiliate of Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers who are experienced in money management skills and are willing to tutor future homeowners. Habitat for Humanity also needs a person willing to produce a monthly newsletter for owners of Habitat houses. If interested in either of these positions, please contact maryluke@habitatlky.org or 583-6599 ext. 25. YOU can make a difference!



Kenya Reflection

I have never experienced anything else like it: the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya. The land was beautiful. The sunrise and sunset (which I actually saw every day during my visit) were absolutely breathtaking, enough to bring tears to your eyes. The animals that we saw would strike fear and awe into your heart and the people: they could inflame passion in your soul. The Masai people are some of the most amazing and interesting cultures in the world. Their diet consists primarily of water and cow's blood and they live in houses that have ceilings no higher than four feet. The idea that people can survive in that environment is stunning to me: shows what I know. These people, like all the others I met in Kenya, look at life so positively for having so little. They take nothing for granted, and yet, greed has not left them to their own devices completely. The camp we stayed at during our visit, the Sarova Mara campground, is owned by five Masai who are now very rich because the entire profit that comes out of that business goes to them. None of it is shared with the extremely poor Masai villagers. How can this be? How could such a disease as this exist everywhere in the world? How could it infect every culture, every country-every single mind on the planet? Perhaps not every mind. If given the opportunity, would these poor Masai villagers take from others to gain for themselves? Or would they find better ways to get ahead? Well, what if Americans served as their example? ... Uh-oh.

Samuel Adams; October 8, 2003


Louisville's
Coalition for the Homeless
"Everyone deserves a place to call home"
Snapshot of homeless

United Crescent Hill Ministries

Benevolence Offering/UCHM Food Closet

The Community Ministries Committee reminds you to bring food contributions the first Sunday of each month (when communion is served) for the UCHM Food Closet. Collection points are near main entrances. A benevolence offering will also be taken. Please support UCHM and our church's benevolence ministry with a generous gift.


CHBC's Habitat for Humanity Project

....................................................................Tim Baker, Project Coordinator
see also CHBC Habitat Page


Thailand Mission Trips

Darrell Adams and Laura Henderson -- trip to Thailand -- Jan 2005
to install water purifiers.

e-mail from Darrell


See also Chiang Mai for more detail

E-mail from Thailand Missioners - 2002


Karen Mission School Towers

The church apporved a request from missions committee to raise up to $2,000 to replace two collapsed water towers at the Karen mission school in Thailand, and that anything in excess of $2,000 be used to defer costs of the next mission trip to Thailand.


Chiang Mai Report - 2001

Take time to read Clayton Williams Chiang Mai Trip Report.



CHURCH SNOW POLICY: A REMINDER

The day most affected is Wednesday. If public schools are canceled on Wednesdays, there will be no evening activities at church. On other week days when it snows and a meeting is scheduled, it is at the discretion of the appropriate leaders and the staff to cancel the event. When public schools are canceled, our Afterschool program will NOT be open due to inadequate registration numbers. On Sundays we tend to proceed with services unless weather conditions are extremely bad. The answering machine will be updated to reflect changes in scheduling. As always, however, we ask you to exercise your best judgment about getting out. If services are canceled on Sunday morning, we shall seek to announce this on radio and television.


Staff Telephone Extensions

For your convenience when you call the church after hours to leave a voice mail message for one of the staff, following are the individual extensions.

Greg................	140
Bill....................	121
Louie................	135
Jason.................	126
Wendy.................	125
Carolyn...........	124
Afterschool....	132

2007 CHURCH OFFICERS ELECTED

Last Wednesday evening the following persons were elected by the church to serve as officers for the coming year:
Moderator:........................... Barry Creech
Vice-Moderator:................... Katherine Williams
Church Clerk: ...................... Tom Sherwood
Assistant Church Clerk....... Barbara Knight
Church Treasurer................ Allen Bartlett
Church Historian................. Andy Rawls
Church Trustees.................. Clarence Thompson, Bill Van Hoose and George Walton



This page updated April 19, 2008


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