The Outreach Committee is hosting a Community-Wide Block Party, which will feature live music, food, Steel City Pops, a small farmer’s market, and games and activities for children of all ages. Free admission and parking, but bring cash to support local vendors.
In many ways, we are now entering the most challenging period of the interim. By the time you read this article, the Ad Hoc Committee will have presented their recommendations to the Deacons who will have a month to think about and discuss the material before voting on their recommendation at the May Deacons’ meeting. This recommendation will come to the Church Business Meeting on May 23.
Please join us for the movie, Wonder, at our new time, 11 a.m. Enter through office door, take elevator to second floor, Room E-204. New this month will be lunch following the movie. For May, we will dine at McAlisters Deli with lunch on your own. Please call the church office at 502.895.2459 by Thursday, May 10, to let us know you plan on attending the movie and/or lunch.
Oaks Day, Friday, May 4, Church Office Closed, Normal Campus Activities Continue
Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, Church Office Closed, Church Campus Closed, All Activities Cancelled
Each summer people from across the state join together with the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship to build a home in McCreary County Kentucky as a part of Extreme Build. Our own Sharon Davis coordinates the volunteers for the build. If you would like to participate any of the days of the build (June 8 – 12) please register at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/extreme-build-2015-registration-15807539777. Contact Sharon Davis for info or questions at Gdavis3@bellsouth.net or 502-939-4682.
Two things have changed dramatically on the religious landscape during my career in the ministry.
First, denominational labels have largely become unimportant to people seeking a church. That’s not always true, but movement across denominational lines when joining churches has become the norm, not the exception.
Second, churches used to ...
If you are new to Broadway or would like to learn more about our history,leadership and ministries, you are invited to attend the New To Broadway class. This group will meet on Sunday mornings at 9:45 in the Family Life Center Multipurpose Room for four weeks beginning April 12. Please RSVP to Susan Reed if you plan to attend susanr@broadwaybaptist.org
The first courtyard concert is scheduled for April 19 immediately following worship. We are very excited about the creative twist for this concert. We have enlisted some of our members here at Broadway, who are music educators within our city, to share their creative knowledge with our children and youth. This is intended to be a child and youth friendly event. So, we encourage families to attend. In addition, please feel free to invite friends within our community who might be students of our music educators. This will be a great treat for us and a good outreach opportunity as well. Cost of the child friendly meal is $5.00 per person. Make sure to make your reservations early!
Each week during Lent we have focused on one of the crosses placed on the window sills within our sanctuary. During Holy Week, please feel free to come by the church during office hours to spend time in reflection and prayer at each of these crosses. We encourage you to reflect on the guided prayer located at each window or even to take the cards home with you for the week.
If you or someone you know affiliated with Broadway are graduating from high school, college, or a post graduate institution, please send in their information to be recognized on Graduate Sunday, May 24. For high school students, please include the high school the student is graduating from, as well as post high school plans. For college and post-graduate information, please include the school and degree attained. This is for all graduates in the Summer of 2014 through May 2015.
Sunday, March 29, at 10:50 a.m.
Just before worship, we will gather outside the front steps of the sanctuary and listen to the story of Jesus’ processional through Jerusalem. Then, we will follow the cross, waving our own palm branches, as we enter the sanctuary for worship. We encourage all who are able to participate.
Thursday, April 2, at 7:00 p.m.
Please join us April 2nd for a special Maundy Thursday service, led by the Chancel Choir and Bells, with communion in the Sanctuary. Nursery/childcare will be available.
Yes! We have found a date in the shortened summer calendar for our Creative Arts Camp: Monday, July 27 -Thursday, July 30 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Because the response was so overwhelming last year, we have decided to limit our age of participation to school-age children: rising 1st graders to completed 5th graders. In addition, we will limit the number of those participating to 40 children. There will be a large group time of choir and several small group/individual offerings, such as; voice, piano, drama, art, culinary arts, etc… Please be on the lookout for registration details and other information and make plans to have your child/children participate. If you can serve as a volunteer during this camp, please contact Robert or Emily.
Would you like to reserve an event on the church calendar? We now have a form that we require you to fill out in order to get an event added to the calendar - both the google calendar and the online calendar. You can find the link here or print copies are available in the church office.
Emily and I would like to thank everyone for caring for us and asking about baby Tessa. We are so grateful for all the kind words and excitement. We feel so fortunate and blessed that we get to raise Tessa at Broadway, surrounded by such a loving and nurturing community.
Grace and Peace,
Chris, Emily, and Tessa Liles.
Please note that, starting in March, you will only receive two email updates per month, rather than the weekly and monthly newsletter. This will only affect those of you who receive the online newsletter. You can find church news updated daily here or on the church’s facebook page. We hope this will help you to keep up with all the latest church news in the most concise way possible!
Come join us on Friday, March 20, at 11:30 a.m. in Friendship Hall as we enjoy lunch and the movie, “One Hundred Foot Journey.” This is a warm, humorous movie starring Helen Mirren about accepting other cultures. Lunch is $6 but the movie is free. Call church office at 895.2459 for a reservation by Tuesday, March 17. If you've never attended one of our lunches or programs, come give us a try. You will enjoy the fellowship.
If you are active in a charitable organization that could benefit from a month-long collection through our Love in Action Bins, please contact Betty Allen (502-895-0852) or Susan Reed in the church office. Among groups we will be helping this spring/summer are The West End School and Chenoweth Elementary. We would like to be of service to your group as well.
Beginning March 11, Rev. Robert “Robin” T. Jennings, the former rector at St. Francis in the Fields, will lead the Wednesday night adult programming in Friendship Hall. The four-week session will be based on his book, "May You Live in Christ!: Spiritual Growth Through The Vision of St. Peter." The book will be available at cost ($15.00). The schedule and further information is listed below.
March 11 May you Live in Christ
March 18 Receiving the Vision
March 25 Seeing the Vision
April 1 Living the Vision
With these simple, but powerful words, “May you live in Christ,” St. Peter cast a vision for the early Christians by inviting them to become participants in the divine nature of Jesus Christ. Yes, Peter the impulsive, conflicted, oftentimes stubborn disciple was transformed by the vision of life in Christ that helped him to grow, develop, mature and change right before the eyes of all who walked with him. Out of his human nature a far deeper spiritual nature was revealed because Peter was given a vision to live like never before. This same vision is made available to us right now. It is described in the early writings of Peter and it will provide a framework for our four-week study. During our time together we will discuss: how to receive a vision for living in Christ; where to look for and recognize this vision in our everyday life; and what will help us see our life in Christ grow into a new and more fulfilling life that is not simply mortal but really is eternal.
This Lenten season we are beginning a discernment process. We will be considering God’s
calling for us as a church for the next few years. Primarily, we will be trying to discern how
to build on Broadway’s passions and strengths, but we will also give thought to how to do
this in a changed cultural landscape.
We are in the process of training volunteers to sit down with small groups of members to
pray and to hear people’s thoughts. If you would like to participate in one of these sessions,
please email Susan Reed (susanr@broadwaybaptist.org) so we can arrange a time for you
to meet with one of the small groups.
Once we have heard from all these groups, we will then have a second round of
conversations with congregation members. This second conversation will take things a step
further by reflecting on some of the things we learned in the first conversations, and then
considering more specific ideas that might grow out of what we have learned.
Over the summer, we will distill this all down to a report back to the congregation, and
based on that report, we will begin working through the church’s leadership structure to put
specific plans in place based on what we believe God is calling us to do.
Please be in prayer for this process and for those working with the Discernment Team:
Emily Allen Kirby (Chair), Noelle Bailey, Dick Brown, Ken Cox, Maryanne Elliott, Dawn
Stambaugh, Ryan Williams, Chris Caldwell, and Susan Reed.
Monday, March 16
6 - 8 p.m.
While raising children is a beautiful calling, it is often one of the most daunting tasks presented to our young families. The stress of caring for young lives can cause parents to feel isolated and anxious. Sometimes, it would just be nice to hear someone who has been there before say, “It’s going to be ok.”
With so many generations of parents represented at Broadway, the church is the perfect place to facilitate and nurture such relationships between young families and families with grown children. On March 16, we will kick off the Parent to Parent Mentoring Program with a potluck dinner in Friendship Hall for informal conversation and relationship building. Our hope is that the families will be able to support one another through conversations, meals, and friendship.
Anyone interested in the Parent to Parent Mentoring Program is welcome to attend this dinner. The only cost is to contribute a dish to the meal. Children are also welcome to be a part of the dinner! Contact Emily Holladay at emily@broadwaybaptist.org for more information.
On the second Monday of every month, volunteers from Broadway go to Dare to Care to pack backpacks or sort food donations for families in Louisville. All ages (above 12 years old) are welcome to help! We leave the church parking lot at 8:45 a.m., work until noon and go have lunch together. Our next volunteer date is Monday, March 9.
Location
Broadway Baptist Church
4000 Brownsboro Road,
Louisville, KY 40207-1826
Phone: 502.895.2459
Office and Staff
Office Hours
Monday - Thursday
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday
OFFICE CLOSED
