August 17th

Potluck @ 6PM in Life Center

August 18th Wesleyan Circle @ 1:30 in Conference Room August 24th Catered Meal @ 6PM in Life Center August 28th Room In The Inn Presentation & Luncheon @ 12PM in Life Center

August 2nd Finance Meeting @ 6PM Lead Council Meeting @ 7PM in Conference Room August 3rd

Potluck @ 6PM in Life Center

August 4th LMT Meeting @ 6:30PM in Conference Room August 7th Johnston Family Luncheon @ 12PM in Life Center

August 9th 160th Anniversary Team Meeting @ 7PM in Conference Room August 10th Catered Meal @ 6PM in Life Center August 14th Promotion Sunday Back to School Bash @ 2PM @ 2nd Campus August 16th BUMS @ 12PM in Life Center

C A L E N D A R “Partnering in Christ to Establish Relationships and Nurture a Community of Faith”

August 2016

Paul’s Ponderings A.J. Cronin was a very successful writer in

England in his day. This Doctor turned writer gave

us such classics as "The Citadel" and "The Keys of

the Kingdom," best-sellers in his day. But there is

an important story behind his success.

The first book he wrote didn't go so well. He

became so frustrated with it he trashed it and then

he took a walk out in the English fields behind the

house he was living in. There he met a farmhand

who was digging in the fields. The farmhand,

Angus by name, asked him how he was faring

with his writing. Cronin explained that he was no

longer a writer.

The farmhand was a silent man, and it was long

before he spoke, but what he said put Cronin back

to pen and paper. "No doubt you're the one that's

right, doctor, and I'm the one that's wrong..." He

paused in his sermon. "My father ditched this bog

all his days and never made a pasture. I've dug it

all my days and I've never made a pasture. But

pasture or no pasture," he placed his foot on his

spade, "I canna help but dig. For my father knew

and I know that if you only dig enough a pasture

can be made here."

Do you want to quit? "...if you only dig enough a

pasture can be made..." Remember the story

Jesus told above? The sower sows seed. Some

come up and others do not. It's not up to the sower.

It's up to the soil. No, he just sows the seed. And

so, let me ask you this question: "What would

happen if he quit?" What will happen if you quit?

In Christ,

Paul A. Fryman

Bob Bruno August 2 Bob Blackmon August 3 Charlie King August 4 Grant Curtsinger August 6 Ken Distler August 7 Cindy Lyvers August 7 Lynda Weeks August 7 Jaclyn Yates August 7 Paden Vernon August 8 John Hood August 11 Pat Cecil August 13 Ed Pile August 13 Lucas Wilcher August 13

Donnie Cecil August 14 Harold Coyle August 14 Roger Hinckley August 15 Henry Wilkerson August 17 Fern Blanford August 19 Ricky Helton August 20 Kellen Schwartz August 20 Debi Goode August 21 Robert Farrell August 22 Tonya Bare August 26 Brooklyn Yates August 26 Cindy Pile August 28 Louise Shields August 28

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Walter & Joan Norton August 1 Ray & Carolyn Lee August 5 Brian & Dawn Seawater August 5 Robert & Jo Matthews August 7 Ron & Jill Clark August 8 Robert & Janice Smotherman August 8 Dean & Betty Skinner August 11 Brent & Sandy Holsclaw August 18 Bob & Terri Bruno August 21 Ben & Susan Breeding August 26 Frank & Leslie Boblitt August 28 Tom & Mary Justus August 29

The Johnstons

The Johnstons; our missionary family currently serving at

Blessing Home in Thailand, will be joining us on Sunday,

August 7th. They will be sharing their wonderful message at both

the 9:02AM & 11AM Worship Services. Additionally, there is a

church-wide luncheon at Noon in the Life Center. We hope that

you will come to hear about their wonderful experiences and share

in a time of fellowship with the entire family during lunch!

Promotion Sunday & Back to School “Bash”

Promotion Sunday for Children’s Sunday School will be on August 14th. The Youth & Children are

then invited to a Back to School “Bash” at 2nd Campus at 2:00PM.

Room In The Inn

We would like to invite everyone to join us on Sunday, August 28th at 12:00PM in the Life Center

for lunch and a presentation on Room In The Inn. The presentation will help communicate with the

church about what is happening with Room In The Inn, not just within the church, but also in the

community. The presentation will close with a Question and Answer session. We encourage you to

come and fellowship with our Team!

Charge Conference Dates

Charge Conference is COMING!

This year, the Conference is on Sunday, October 23rd at 6:00PM at Springfield UMC.

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Leonard Fairley Elected and

Assigned as the Kentucky

Conference Bishop

We welcome Rev. Leonard Fairley to the Kentucky

Conference as our New Bishop starting on

September 1st when Bishop Davis formally retires.

Rev. Fairley, 59, was elected July 13th at the

Jurisdiction’s Quadrennial meeting at Lake

Junaluska, North Carolina.

“My request for you, my brothers and sisters, is to

pray for me that I might live into the fruit of the

Spirit,” he told the delegates. He added that he

believes The United Methodist Church’s best days

are still ahead.

Fairley was the third bishop, and the second

African American, elected in the Southeastern

Jurisdiction.

Fairley has been the superintendent of the Capital

District since 2015. As the Capital District

superintendent, Fairley served as the chief

missional strategist and spiritual/administrative

leader for 96 churches and 134 pastors in a

geographic area that included the state capital of

Raleigh, North Carolina.

A native of Laurinburg, North Carolina, he was the

third of nine children born into poverty. He told

delegates that his neighborhood was the sort that

police were reluctant to visit, but church

members did, and they invited him to

Vacation Bible School as a youngster.

He said in his official biography he is

“water-washed and Spirit-born,” and God

has led him “to this great work of

ministry, learning daily to see the

possibilities and live the promise.”

Fairley graduated from Pfeiffer University

and from Duke University’s Divinity

School with a Masters of Divinity. He has

served numerous churches as well as being

assigned as the District Superintendent of the

Rockingham District for seven years.

He has published a book of poetry, “Who Shall

Hear My Voice.” He also was a contributing writer

to “The Day the Earth Moved Haiti: From

Havoc to Healing.”

Rev. Fairley has served on numerous boards and

agencies in the North Carolina Conference and has

participated in Mission Work Teams in Costa Rica,

Jamaica, Montserrat, Zimbabwe and Haiti, as well

as the domestic mission of the Appalachia Service

Project.

He was married to his lifelong soulmate, Priscilla

Ann Russell, before she died in 2013. He has two

adult children and three grandchildren.

As a United Methodist bishop, Rev. Fairley is

elected for life. Typically, a bishop will serve a

specific Episcopal area for eight years and, as stated

in the Book of Discipline, will be responsible to

“guard the faith, order, liturgy, doctrine, and

discipline of the Church.”

We welcome Bishop Fairley in his new position!

B A R D S T O W N U N I T E D

M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H

116 East Flaget Ave.

Bardstown, KY 40004

(502) 348-3209

www.bardstownmethodist.org

34th Annual Golf Tournament

On Friday, September 16th, the Kentucky United Methodist Homes for Children and Youth will be

holding their 34th Annual Golf Tournament. The tournament will be from 8:00AM to 1:30PM at

The Brook Golf Club in Versailles. This year Outback Steakhouse will be catering lunch and a new

scoring format will allow for additional prizes to be given away to more golfers than in the past.

You can register online at http://www.kyumh.org/Golf_Versailles.html.

NEW Sunday School Class!

Aaron Boggs will start a new Sunday School Class on the 14th of August @ 10:00AM in the upstairs,

3rd Floor, Sunday School area. This class will be a very casual, discussion based class using Dr. Kalas’

“Grand Sweep” curriculum that helps the class read through the entire bible with an interactive

exchange of views and ideas.” Aaron will be starting out with the Gospels and everyone is invited; we

encourage you to come and try it out!!