South Elkhorn Christian
Church
Life Together by Mickey Anders
What a wonderful experience Vacation Bible School was last week! It was so exciting to see so many children singing their hearts out, sharing snacks, making crafts, doing recreation, and hearing Bible stories. Holly counted over 125 people involved. It took an army of great volunteers to make something good like this happen. My thanks to Holly for overseeing VBS, to all the adult and teen volunteers, and to the parents for bringing their children.
Last Sunday, many of our members went to Alan Murphy's ordination service at Crestwood. What a moving and emotional day! Alan is such a fine young man and an excellent student. It was so touching to see his parents, Richard and Pat Murphy, and his brother add their blessings as he enters the ministry. Then Communion was served with Alan issuing the Words of Institution and our elders, Dick and Pat, saying the prayers at the Table. Alan has recently been called as the pastor of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Carlisle, Kentucky. We will add our prayers of support and follow Alan's ministry with great interest.
The Christian Church in Kentucky's camping program involves almost 1,000 kids in summer camps at Wakon' Da-Ho and Kum-Ba-Ya. Holly will be a counselor next week at the WKDH senior high camp, and I will be one of the leaders for sailing camp at KBY the following week.
Last Sunday, the Outreach Team once again presented checks from our budget to worthy organizations beyond our church. The first check in the amount of $500 was presented to James Trader, Curator of Cane Ridge MeetingHouse. James invited us to attend the annual Cane Ridge Day on Saturday, June 27. This event will feature the sounds of singing, clapping hands, tapping feet, dulcimers, guitars, banjos and an antique reed organ. The entire day is dedicated to music from pioneer days. Dr. John Opsata, pastor of First Christian Church, Frankfort, and a professional musician and leader of the Kentucky Men’s Chorus, will give a presentation on historic music at Cane Ridge. Among the musicians scheduled to perform are Jane Johnson, organist for Crestwood Christian Church, Lexington, who will play the reed organ in the Meeting House and accompany group singing. Others include The Dulcimer Dames from Paris, KY; The Winchester Men’s Quartet from First Christian Church, Winchester; and the Backroom Bluegrass Band from Crestwood Christian Church. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the program concludes mid-afternoon.
The second check in the amount of $1,000 was presented to President Jim Johnson of Lexington Theological Seminary. Dr. Johnson reported that our church has given over $56,000 to LTS since 1984! As many of our congregation are aware, the seminary is going through a major transition. About ten of our interested church members met with Dr. Johnson several months ago to give feedback from a local congregation regarding improvements and changes needed at the seminary. The re-visioning process is about complete, and the seminary has posted a video on their web site describing the coming changes. I watched the video and was very impressed. I would recommend that all our members go to www.lextheo.edu and click on the box that says "Click Here for the Future." I think you will find the changes to be very interesting.
Mickey