September 2014 Volume 25 Issue 9

Sunday Discipleship Begins Sunday, September 7 at 5:30pm

Basic. Featuring Francis Chan Because it is vital that you know what you believe about God, we as a church will be examining this through a series by Francis Chan called “Basic.” Through videos and small groups, this series will help us clarify what we believe about God; we will learn together, we will grow together, and God will gift us with hearts for one another (Romans 1:11-12). Youth will meet in the basement. Adults will meet in the Chapel.

Wednesday Discipleship Begins Wednesday, September 10 at 6:15pm

Leaving A Legacy Through Your Marriage facilitated by Jeremiah & Chandra Heath Through this study, you will gain insight to know the barriers we face by taking an honest look at our relationship with God, with our partner and the sin we try to cover up. Once we can look at these topics honestly, we can move toward not only having a strong, healthy marriage, but a marriage that will point people to Jesus...and change the direction for this generation and the generations to come.

Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer facilitated by Paul Lumbatis

Monday Discipleship Begins Monday, September 15 at 6:30pm

Walking By Faith facilitated by Shannon Windhorst & Susan Wilder This women’s study contrasts the evidences of walking by faith and walking by sight and encourages participants to take risks, give God control, persevere through hardship, receive God's gifts, be guided by the Truth rather than feelings, and seek God.

Sign up in the foyer. Nursery is provided for Wednesday and Sunday evenings only.

Making Disciples Who Make

Disciples

Simpsonville Baptist Church is at a critical junc-

ture in our history. The communities in which we live are rapidly

changing and experiencing consistent growth. Demographers

expect that growth to continue as Louisville expands toward the

east. We are located in the "golden triangle" of commerce and

transportation around Louisville, Lexington and Cincinnati.

Louisville and Lexington are major interstate corridors between

North and South and the Midwest.

Simply put, with commercial and residential growth come

greater opportunity, responsibility and challenge for the church-

es of Shelby county. In particular, as a small town grows in popu-

lation and business, culture will likely be challenged as well. Culture is the expression of how we live our life socially,

politically, religiously, ethically, etc. There can be good aspects of culture as well as bad aspects of culture.

Culture is a reflection of the people living in a designated area, region, state or country. People, and therefore

culture, are affected by all kinds of medium: TV, FaceBook, iPhone, email, entertainment, sports, business, etc.

The Bible describes the Church as salt, light, and ambassadors for Jesus Christ.

Since 1830, our church has ministered to the people of Shelby county and Eastern Jefferson county. Will we

continue to be a vibrant and growing witness for the communities in which we live? Will our church rise to the oppor-

tunity and challenge of spiritual and numerical growth? Is God calling for us to increase our responsibility and ministry?

I believe He is. I want to call you and our church to prayer. I strongly believe it’s time to return to two worship

services. One worship service is impeding our spiritual and numerical growth. I believe two worship services could

facilitate outreach and evangelism. The worship services will be identical and we will expect attendees of each worship

service to support children's church, nursery, First Impressions, outreach, ushers, etc. The schedule for Sundays would

be as follows: First Worship: 8:30am; Sunday School: 9:45am; Second Worship: 11am.

Our attendance over the past months has been large enough to push us to the back of the gym, allowing little to

no room for much ease of movement or fellowship. This gathering space in the back of the worship area is important

for hosting guests and greeting members. The fellowship before and after worship is integral to our love and care for

one another.

The following ministries are developing plans and experiencing seasons of growth: women's ministry, home-

bound visitation, deacon visitation, ministry staff outreach, recreation ministry, First Impressions, Adventure Club and

missions. Other ministries are enthusiastically developing and implementing plans for spiritual and numerical growth:

youth, children, college-age, and Sunday School.

Our administrative teams, finance, personnel, stewardship, property, and ministry involvement team, are pre-

paring for spiritual and numerical growth. Their work undergirds and supports the ministries of the church in tremen-

dous ways. Our Master Plan team is beginning to meet regularly to plan for the next building phase of our church. Our

church staff is working effectively and harder than ever. We have begun to increase discipleship, evangelism, involve-

ment, and Sunday School plans.

I have been meeting with the deacon ministry and appropriate ministry team leaders in the last two months and

have asked them to partner with the ministry staff to begin a second worship service. With your help, I expect two wor-

ship services could begin soon. This ministry endeavor will require vision, sacrifice, and commitment. I believe we can

do it with God's help and for His glory! You will hear much more information as we proceed.

God our Father, we ask for Your wisdom, direction and power to bring You glory and to be faithful to Your

Kingdom. We ask You to give us unity, protection and provision to further Your ministry in the communities in which

we live and beyond. We humbly thank You for the opportunities and challenges before us. We desire to see You

revive and awaken us through Your Spirit and Word. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Steve Boyd

Pastor’s Pen Will you make room for more?

Two services every Sunday 8:30 and 11am

The question that is currently raised for Simpsonville Baptist Church is how will we be instrumental in affecting

the culture for God's kingdom.

Don’t see your name? Or your birthday is incorrectly listed? Let us know and we will add you. Contact angie@simpsonvillebaptist.com

or 722-5246 ext.18

September Birthdays

1 Cindy Lowe, Allie Stumbo, Gabriel Perkins

2 Rebecca Mouser, Kenzie Tingle

3 Veada Metcalf

5 Redd Crabtree, Jason Evans

7 Faithe Axline, Stacy Griggs, Tony Thomas

Carrie Vail

8 Becky Straub

9 Susan Fenton

10 Andy Davis

12 Steve Kovaka

13 Craft Johnson, Kaytlen Mustachia

14 Jimmy Crawford, Hannah Webb

15 Ellie Cline, Anissa Rogers, Rachel Taylor

16 Carly Vail, Willow Winfrey

17 Marsha Chilton, Hallie Elmore

20 Dwayne Zapata

22 Gene Roberts

23 Mike Hammond, Jennifer Miller

24 George Harp, Karigan Tingle, Keegan Tingle

26 Will Cline, Kim Heston

27 Natasha Evans, Sharon Hamilton

Jayden Smith

29 Brandi Pratt

30 Toni Moore, Dixie Taylor

March-August 2014 Welcome to our new members!

By Transfer Clark & Amy Tucker

Stanley & Bonnie Sheehan

Clay Wilder

Jimmy & Heather Winfrey

John, Kara & Jacob Allen

Joe & Debbie Dupont

By Baptism

Megan Evans

Kaden Dugle

Emma Garner

Kevin Gomez

Joe Portman

Carly Vail

Evan Heston

Kyra Christie

Our Crafts for Christ Ministry team is

hard at work, and having lots of fun,

preparing crafts for the upcoming

Missions Chili Supper and Craft Fair

on November 14. Proceeds from the fair are used to fund

our mission trips. If you would enjoy great fellowship and

have fun making crafts, please join us on Mondays at 10am

in the Fellowship Hall.

Wednesday Bible Study and Prayer

led by Paul Lumbatis

Paul will offer several options for Bible study. Come on

September 10 at 6:15 p.m. to help decide the course of study, whether

a book of the Bible or themed approach. Paul is an excellent Bible

teacher and would like to invite you to join him.

Blood Drive

October 7

Student Fall Retreat

October 10-11

Chili Supper & Craft Fair

November 14

Church Family Thanksgiving Meal

November 23

Christmas Village

December 13

Fusion 56 is our student ministry that helps transition

our graduated 5th graders to the student ministry as

middle schoolers. This year the kids went to

Renaissance Fun Park for a great time of fellowship.

Friday, September 5

8:30pm-7am

Signup by August 31. Breakfast included. This event is for

all students from 6th-college.t Lock

Student Lock In

This is a free event sponsored by the North American

Misson Board. Sign up by September 7.

We will leave from the church at 4:30pm

For all students 6th–college.

October 10-12

Guest Speaker Dr. Jim Orrick,

Program Coordinator, General Studies; Professor of Literature and Culture, Boyce College

Held at Edgewater Retreat Center in Taylorsville Sign up by September 14 to receive early bird price of $20

each; afterwards it’s $30.

Youth events are for 6th grade-college. Signup sheets for all events will be in the youth basement.

Walking By Faith: Lessons Learned in the Dark Jennifer Rothschild

Jennifer Rothschild knows not everyone sees 20/20. Although Jennifer is physi-

cally blind, God has taught her to see that living a life based on faith rather

than sight requires us to look at our situations through a lens that filters out what

is seen and, instead, focuses on what is unseen -- those things that are eternal.

Begins Monday, September 15 at 6:30pm in the Fellowship Hall

Facilitated by Shannon Windhorst and Susan Wilder.

Please note that nursery is not provided for this class.

A Mighty Fortress Is Our Basement

The Church Basement Ladies are back in an all-new musical comedy! It’s

1960 and the reformation is underway. Beverly’s getting her first high

heels, Mrs. Engelson’s getting her driver’s license, and through it all these

ladies stand strong in their faith and friendships.

Sunday, September 14

6pm

Menu: Carved turkey and ham, Derby fried chicken and fish, BBQ chicken,

pasta with Alfredo or marinara, dumplings with pulled chicken,

southern green beans, corn pudding, mashed potatoes with brown

gravy, broccoli with lemon pepper, summer salad, broccoli salad & rolls.

Group Tickets: $37

Sign up in the foyer of the FLC

by Sunday, September 7.

Girls Night Out

Our Best Restaurant Tuesday, September 9

We will leave from the church at 6pm.

Thank you very much to all those that helped! We had a wealth of volunteers to serve and 73 in attendance. Thanks to our cake contest judges: J. Lowe, Lyla Lowe and Andrew Cline.

Grand Prize

Best overall presentation

and creativity

Kelli Baker

Best Tasting

Amber Smith

Best Design

Amanda Adkins

This year’s Christmas musical is called Unspeakable Joy and it features some

incredible music!

Our Christmas Dinner Theater is scheduled for the first weekend in December. We are

excited to begin our choir rehearsals on September 3 and would like to invite those interested in participating to join us. We

will meet in the Fellowship Hall.

I’m praying His name will be lifted up through our music and our fellowship.

Matt Garner

Choir begins

Wednesday,

September 3

at 6:15pm

Music Ministry

Dear Parents, Hello! I want to take a moment to tell you about a wonderful opportunity for you and your children. Beginning Sunday, September 7th from 5:30-7:00pm, we will be kicking off a new year of AWANA. Now, I say “a new” because AWANA will be all new this year. Not only is it on a new night, it will also be a “new thing” compared to what it’s been the last few years. I recently spent some time with the leaders of a large AWANA program in Frankfort, and have come away from there FIRED UP about what God can do in our own AWANA program here at Simpsonville Baptist Church. I have served in AWANA for several years, and never took the time to really learn what the mission and vision of AWANA really is. It is not just another program to entertain kids. It is an intentional two-pronged ministry with the purpose of 1) supporting parents as they train their children in the ways of the Lord and 2) to help children develop a strong Biblical worldview as they memorize Scripture. All of this is done while the kids earn awards, participate in crazy theme nights, have weekly game time and fun fellowship. One of the things that make AWANA successful is the relationships and bonds the children make with each other and their leaders. The children are placed into a small group of 4 or 5 with an adult leader. This group stays together throughout the year and supports, challenges and encourages each other to work hard to accomplish their goals. This small group concept is wonderful but has a hefty downside…it limits the number of children we can take on a weekly basis. If we do not have the adult leaders, we have to turn children away. We want this minis-try to be successful and effective, and to do this we need to keep our ratio small so that the leaders can effectively disciple and lead their groups. Would you prayerfully consider what part you and your family could play in this wonderful ministry? We would love for your children to participate so they can continue to grow in the Lord! Would you be willing to come be a group leader? This would just involve listening to the children in your group quote the verses they’ve been working on and being their cheerleader. I promise, you will be rewarded as you watch these kids grow in the Lord!! Maureen Bland, AWANA Coordinator

NURSERY TEAM: One of the best first impressions we can make with new

guests is to have a well-staffed, nurturing nursery team. Currently we do not

have enough volunteers to do this. Please consider serving once a month

during either Sunday School or Worship. Students must be 16 in order to vol-

unteer with an adult. Please sign up by the Welcome Center kiosk in the

foyer.

CHILD CHECK-IN STATION: We are in need of additional volunteers to check in

our children on a monthly basis. Volunteers must be members and training

will be provided. Contact Cindy Lowe at 722-5249 to help.

ELEMENTARY CHILDREN’S CHURCH LEADERS: We are seeking 2 teams to lead

our elementary children during worship. Contact Steve Boyd at 722-5246

ext. 12.

PRESCHOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER: We have the need to begin an additional preschool class. If you enjoy teaching

young children and are interested in serving, please contact Steve Boyd.

Begins Sunday, September 7 at 5:30pm.

AWANA kids participate in

scripture memorization, kid’s

worship and games.

Enrollment is limited to the number of adult leaders. Book and uniform fees are

$20 per student.

Preschool–5th grade

Recreation

FELLOWSHIP Our recreation team organized a great canoe fellowship in July. We had a wonderful group that spent an enjoy-

able day on the river. Only one canoe tipped over! You’ll have to ask Beanie and Jody Jones who it was...

"For God loveth a cheerful giver." 2 Corinthians 6:7 A reminder from last month's newsletter: We all face a significant financial challenges in the economy today. God understands our problems, but He really wants us to trust Him and put Him FIRST. Make God first in your financial plan and see how He blesses the "rest of the story!"

Your new Stewardship Team met last week and has tried to put a program together that hopefully educates and facilitates the giving experience. There are more ways to give than cash or writing a check! The Finance team is working on a direct deposit system for giving to the church electronically (ETF). Many people are now paying bills on line and we encourage you to use that method if you are so inclined. Many people feel that this can still be a worshipful experience - almost like passing the plate during the service. As far as other electronic methods are concerned, we feel that this is not the time for a church portal due to security issues.

We will also try to communicate more through Facebook and other new social media formats. No single system is appropriate for all members, but we do want to communicate with our members in the most effective way. For those who completely shun technology, may I remind you that if we always shunned the newest communication technology, we would probably be using smoke signals! LOL

There are many new ways to communicate including a church App or using QR for new information. There is some wonderful literature available that can guide you through regular tithing. We'll prayerfully explore these and other methods throughout the year and we'll see what works!

We will be utilizing more testimonials in the service, encouraging more Sunday School time be devoted to stewardship lessons and most importantly, we will ask you to join us in PRAYER about what God would have each of us to do in the area of giving back to Him for His glory and honor. Thank you for considering your own generosity to Him. Charlie Wallace

Stewardship

Missions

Joy and Dignity at Christmas The Christmas Village Toy Store provides a "hand up" for Shelby County families who want to purchase affordable new toys for their children at Christmas. Rather than simply giving a handout of toys to at-risk families, we believe in em-powering families to purchase Christmas gifts for their own children. We will be sponsoring a Christmas Village Toy Store on December 13 where families can come and shop for new toys at a discounted price. We will start the day out for the families by providing coffee and doughnuts and ending their shopping experience with gift wrapping their purchases.

We are asking you as a church to help provide a dignified Christmas shopping experience for the families by purchas-ing new toys for the Christmas Toy Store. There will be a wish list of toys available on September 14 and a short video about the Christmas Village Toy Store.

For more information contact Shannon Windhorst, Darlene Noble, or Jill Sowder.

Seniors, you can help by providing your

school dance and prom pictures from the

1940-1960’s. Photos can be taken to the

church office.

We are in need of servers! Please contact

Stanalee Gowin at 817-6542 or Dixie Taylor

at 216-8713 to help.

Saturday, September 20 4pm Meet & Greet

4:30pm Dining and Entertainment

Guest Speaker: Marshall Phillips

Senior Adult Ministry

Kenya Missions Update

Poultry Development

Project In 2012 SBC returned to Kenya to follow up on the progress made after our first trip in 2010. The mission team took with them

an egg incubator as a gift for the people of Soy which was donated by one of the couples on the trip. They felt strongly that

making this additional tithe gift could indeed change lives. The following is an update provided by the Soy poultry development

coordinator, Nathan Osiemo. Our first incubation had an impressive performance with 587 chicks out of 733 eggs hatched. These chicks were given to various groups of people but after some research we decided in January 2013 to concentrate on using the chickens to help alleviate a very serious health condition in Soy, jigger infestation. Jiggers are small parasites related to fleas that infect the hands and feet. Jigger infestations naturally occur in homes with low sanitary conditions and in extreme poverty. Those infected with jiggers find it very difficult to walk and hold things and thus difficult to walk. Many are ostracized due to their infestations which is always grossly visible. More importantly, the use of needles to remove the jiggers contributes to the spread of HIV when the needles are shared by a community. By providing chicks free of charge we were able to break the cycle of poverty in 47 out of 60 homes. The chickens not only provided necessary nutrients through the meat and eggs but also a source of income. The manure is naturally high in nitrogen and is used to fertilize our nitrogen-poor fields.

All the chicks and eggs given out free of charge had one condition attached to the offer. The condition was that after the flocks were established, they too were to donate some products to their neighbors. By September 2013 we had given out 1,400 chicks to jigger-infested homes, widows with no source of income and other needy families. We have many adult chickens that have proven to be natural incubators so the ministry is continuing to grow.

We have done some research and created a new breed of chicken which starts producing eggs at four and five months old. The roosters of this breed are heavy meat–producers at nine months old. We have named this breed in honor of the couple who donated the incubator. By February 2014 we had given out 6,861 of this new breed to needy families. Through select breeding, we have also improved our indigenous chickens so much so that they are now beginning to lay at 6 months of age.

Our new breed was brought to the attention of a television reporter, Karuga, who purchased 1,000 eggs with incubation and electricity fees. He later resigned from his prestigious position to begin poultry farming. Karuga has since inspired many and there has been a growing number of people developing their own poul-try farms, one of them being a 75 year old lady who is raising 55 chicks to pay the school fees for her or-phaned grandchildren!

Beginning in March, we decided to start selling day old chicks to the community members to begin other projects. It is now a policy that 30% of the sales goes to the Scholarship Fund which is helps the bright stu-dents from needy families. I believe that education is one of the strongest weapons in fighting poverty. We are in the process of beginning a Rural Development Foundation which will help us to launch into other minis-try areas with the profits. We have also sold many chicks and eggs to our neighboring Republic of Malawi.

We are excited about our progress but we do continue to face some challenges. The first of which is our farmers inabil-ity to purchase commercial feeds. This causes slow growth with less egg production. We also deal with the ever present need of electricity. The frequent blackouts affect the incubation of eggs. Viral diseases, such as Newcastle also kill many of our chickens because they are unvaccinated. My intent is to purchase a refrigerator to begin storing vaccines and to continue to develop poultry further by coming up with new breeds that are suitable for poor communities.

This SBC couple were hoping their additional tithe offering of an incubator

would change a few people’s lives. But God took their gift and changed an

entire community. Their gift gave hope to those without hope and purpose to

those without purpose. God magnified his gift to reach those who needed an

education. The people of Soy are realizing that they are endlessly blessed by

their willingness to give and share with one another.

One of our other mission team members on our 2nd Kenyan mission team also made additional tithe

gifts to support Nathan’s community ministries. Nathan writes “Today my heart was touched to see a man who has been grounded for more than thirty years. He is unable to both walk and speak. Most families see such persons as a curse. Hilary was abandoned by his mother and is now in the care of his grandmother. I was able to purchase his first

wheel chair thanks to your generosity.” The pictures are not the best but you can clearly see the joy and

excitement upon Hilary’s face! Only God knows the impact that these faithful, obedient offerings will

produce in the Kingdom.

New breed

Child infected with jiggers

Newly hatched chicks

From reporter to poultry farmer

September 2014 1

Labor Day

Church office

closed

2 3

10am Prayer Group

6:15pm Choir Begins

Student Ministry

4

10am Crafts

5

8:30pm

Youth Lock In

6

8am Adventure

Club Training

7

8:15am First

Impressions Meeting

9:15am Sunday

School

10:30am Worship

1pm

Hispanic Worship

5:30pm AWANA

Basic Discipleship

Student Discipleship

8

10am

Craft Group

9

6:30pm

Ladies Night Out

10

10am Prayer Group

6:15pm Choir

Student Ministry

Children’s Ministry

Begins

Discipleship Begins

11 12 13

Simpsonville

Fall Festival

14

9:15am

Sunday School

10:30am Worship

1pm

Hispanic Worship

5:30pm AWANA

Basic Discipleship

Student Discipleship

Ladies Derby Dinner

15

10am

Craft Group

6:30pm

Women’s

Discipleship

16 17

10am Prayer Group

6:15pm Choir

Student Ministry

Children’s Ministry

Begins

Discipleship Begins

18

Student Missions

Conference

19

Senior Social

set up

20

4pm

Senior Social

21

9:15am

Sunday School

10:30am Worship

1pm

Hispanic Worship

5:30pm AWANA

Basic Discipleship

Student Discipleship

22

10am

Craft Group

6:30pm

Women’s

Discipleship

23 24

10am Prayer Group

6:15pm Choir

Student Ministry

Children’s Ministry

Begins

Discipleship Begins

25 26 27

28

9:15am

Sunday School

10:30am Worship

1pm

Hispanic Worship

5pm

Church Family Picnic

29

10am

Craft Group

6:30pm

Women’s

Discipleship

30

6:30pm

Mission Meeting

Simpsonville Baptist Church PO Box 56 Simpsonville, KY 40067

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

5PM

CLEAR CREEK PARK IN SHELBYVILLE

Our annual church family picnic provides a great opportunity for the

whole church to gather together for great fellowship.

We provide grilled hot dogs and hamburgers and each family is asked

to bring a dish and a 2-liter. Our picnic provides some of the best

eating you will experience!

We will have an assortment of fun things to do for all ages.

This is a large event and we could use some help with set up, clean up and serving drinks etc.

Please sign up in the foyer of the FLC to help serve.