The Triumph Growing Together in Christ November, 2012

Special points of interest:

Sunday Night Studies continue

“Happy Holiday 101” 11/3

Youth Fall Bash 11/3

Daylight Savings Time Ends

Fall Back one hour… 11/4

@ 2:00AM

Election Day 11/6

Operation Christmas Child

11/11

Veteran’s Day 11/11

Thanksgivingfestoffoodfunandflicks

11/21

Thanksgiving 11/22

Union Baptist Church

P.O . Box 1 94 / 1 985 Mt . Zio n Roa d, Uni on, K Y 4109 1

Inside this issue:

Election Prayer Initiative 1

From Our Pastor 2

Children’s News 2

Women’s Ministry 3

Youth News 3

Stewardship Report 3

GAP Toy Drive 4

New Members 4

UBC VIP 4

Toy Drive 4

Calendar 5

Schedule/Birthdays/Anniv 5

Election Prayer Initiative

The United States is clearly a nation in trouble. A battered econ-omy, political divisiveness, the culture wars, racial uneasiness, and a sidelined church, provide the dry tinder for an inflamma-tory national election in November. Many stake their hopes or fears on the outcome.

While believing in and encouraging the importance of exercising our right to vote, we also call the Christians in America to do that which is even more critical in these days . . . to pray! The seriousness of our day requires an intensity of prayer that is

unprecedented. There are only a few days left so let’s make it count!

Our focus in prayer is simple. We are praying for: 1. Revival in the Church-(2 Chron. 7:14) 2. A standard of righteousness to be raised over this nation. (Proverbs 14:34) 3. The elections-that God would intervene. (Isaiah 48:17) This is not a call from one ministry or organization, but from diverse leaders from across the spectrum of the U.S. Church. It is a pleading for all Christians to do some-

thing proactive and powerful. Your vote counts—Pray about it!

GAP CHRISTMAS TRIP It’s that time of year again. Time to head for the mountains and receive the biggest blessing of the holiday season. Our annual GAP Christmas trip has been scheduled for December 9—13th. Infor-mation sheets are available from Miss Pat with a breakdown of what we will be doing each day.

Tuesday is the day we will be needing the most help. That is the day the children shop for their parents. Days are filling quickly! You will want to get your name on the list and not wait until the last minute! If you aren’t able to join us on the trip, you can still be part of the trip by joining us in prayer. We are already praying for the people we will come in contact with, for the children we will have the opportunity to work with, that we will have good weather to allow us to do all that God has for us to accomplish, and most importantly, that hearts will be changed. Please see Miss Pat for details and to sign up.

Sharing the Good News of God’s love with hurting boys and girls is at the heart of Operation Christmas Child. We would like to invite you to pack a shoe box with simple gifts that will bring joy to children in need this holiday season. The boxes serve as reminders that there is a God who loves them and who sent His best gift, Jesus Christ, to be their Savior. Through our Gospel literature and discipleship program, many of

these children are becoming faithful followers of the Lord. Please join us in delivering the blessed hope of Christmas to millions of precious little ones around the world! Thank you! Information sheets for filling a shoe box for a needy child in a foreign land are available on the Special Events desk. Small toys, school supplies, hygiene items, socks, etc. UBC Collec-tion Sunday is November 11th. Don’t forget your label and donation for mailing your box(s).

from our pastor

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Dear Friends, I hope you’ll join us each Sunday in November for a series of sermons based upon the life of David. Entitled “Pursuit: Following God’s Heart,” we’ll journey toward discovering what it means to pursue God’s will and ways in our life. As a child, my favorite character in the Bible was David. I think this happened instantly the first time I heard the story of how this young shepherd boy courageously defeated the giant Goliath. As a grown man, I now see David through a different lens. I now see a man I didn’t know as a boy; a man whose failures were as big, even bigger, than his successes.

Regardless of his failings, the Bible describes David as “a man after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14).” I see in this description a man, who in spite of his woeful imperfections, still had a tender heart for God. This heart did not manifest itself through a perfect man. Instead, it

was often revealed through a man who was cer-tain to make his way back to the heart of God when he wandered off the path. Whether you’re passionately following the heart of God in your life, or you’ve wandered and found yourself off the path, I believe that this series will be a bless-ing to you in your relationship with Christ.

See You Sunday, Pastor Kevin

Here it is, my favorite time of year. Fall. I love the brisk coolness in the air and the vivid colors of the leaves, falling from the trees. Each changing season reminds me once again of the awesome and mighty God we have the privilege of serving. The holiday season is quickly ap-proaching and with that comes the hectic pace we each seem to find ourselves caught up in. This Thanksgiving, take time out of your hectic schedule and talk with your kids about all that God has blessed your family with. Then take time to truly thank Him. There isn’t enough room in this news-letter to list all I’m thankful for so I’ll just leave it at this; I feel truly blessed not just to have “my fam-ily” but to have my church family too. I’m also thankful for each person that gives of their time to

go on the rotation each quarter to love and teach the children of UBC about Jesus Christ and for the Sunday School teachers and Awana Leaders and listeners who give time each week to help our kids gain a better understanding of His word. I’m thankful to be able to do a job that I LOVE doing among people that bless me more than I could ever say. Happy Fall! Happy Thanksgiving! Miss Pat

AWANA NEWS Let me start by saying “THANK YOU” for the outpouring of love you showed by your giving of toys for the GAP Toy Drive! I do believe this was the largest amount of toys we have received to date! What a blessing you are, not just to me but to those families that will receive the toys and to the GAP missionaries as well! Thank you so very much.

We have some exciting things coming up! Be sure to mark your calendars! November 7 – Regular Awana night November 14 – Teddy Bear Night – Bring your favorite Teddy Bear to Awana with you November 21 – NO AWANA – “Happy Thanksgiving” November 28 – “HAPPY BIRTHDAY BASH” – On this special night, we’ll celebrate EVERYONE’S birthday on the same night! We have a special opening planned for all and birthday cupcakes for the end!!!

UBC CHRISTMAS POST OFFICE The UBC Christmas Post Office will be up and running beginning November 25 th and will be open through December 19th. This is a great way to pass along holiday greetings to your church family. Please remember when addressing your cards, if the receiver is not presently attending UBC, the cards will not be forwarded to them. This year, the post office will be run by the UBC children and parents. All proceeds will be put in the fund to assist those going to camp in 2012. The cost will be $.25 per card again this year. Please place your card in the “TO BE SORTED” box and we’ll take care of the rest!

HARVEST OF HOPE GIVING TREE

Your opportunity to buy Christmas gifts for needy kids right here in Boone County is back! Later in Novem-ber, Harvest of Hope will be putting up a Christmas tree full of tags with kids clothes sizes and toy wishes. As of now, NKY Community Action has asked us to help 54 kids, ages 3 and 4, who are in the Boone Co. Head-start program. All of these families are low income and qualify for assistance. When you see the tree, please consider taking a tag and make a small child's Christmas a happy one.

Also, if you would still like to give donations to the Adopt a Troop project, we will continue to take those. The first boxes will not be shipped until mid-November and more will be shipped after that. Put them in the HOH barrel and mark the bag TROOPS. Donation lists are still available at the info table. The troop is getting ready to be deployed in 2-3 weeks. Please keep the 128 soldiers in your prayers that God will bring them all home safe.

As always, HOH appreciates your generosity in helping those less fortunate. God Bless from the Harvest of Hope Team!

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It is with great anticipation and excitement that we write this last article of Youth News!! Next month you will be hearing from our new youth minister, Allen! We are so excited and thankful to the Youth Pastor Search Committee for all their hard work and dedication in finding the person God has picked to lead our kids into the future. We have been fortu-nate enough to spend some time with Allen and we are looking forward to what God is going to accomplish in the youth ministry through him! We would also like to take this time to thank everyone for the love, support, encourage-ment, prayers and gifts we have received during our time leading the youth ministry. It has been a challenging and exciting 13 months for all of us, but at the end of the day we couldn’t be more excited about the things God has ac-complished with this wonderful group during those months. If you ever have a spare moment we would love to share with you some of the awesome things God has done and is continuing to do. We have an awesome bunch of youth, and we feel honored and blessed to be part of their lives. Again many thanks to the UBC staff, in case you haven’t realized it yet we have the best staff in the world! You guys have been wonderful in supporting us and loving us through another transition in life!!! Again, many thanks to everyone who has stepped up during this transition time to help the youth ministry to continue its mission! We ask that you join us in working alongside Allen in everything that God has planned for the future!! In Christian Love – Jason and Leish UPCOMING EVENTS Sun., Nov. 3rd – Fall Bash from 7 to 10 at UBC We need lots of volunteers to make this event a success so if you haven’t already let us know you want to help out, please let us know as soon as possible! Wed., Nov. 21st – Thanksgivingfestoffoodfunandflicks 7:30 to 10:30pm at the Wilhelmus’ Guys bring dessert; Girls bring an appetizer EVERYONE bring a 2 liter. Sun., Nov. 25th – No Mini Clusters due to the holiday!

Youth News

Stewardship Report:

Weekly Giving & Expenses

General Total As of 10/21/2012 Offerings Giving YTD Average Weekly Giving $ 10,995 $ 13,655 YTD Average Weekly Expenses $ 11,326 $ 11,326 Weekly Surplus/(Deficit) $ (331) $ 2,329

Saturday, November 3 from 10:30 am—1 pm, our Women's Ministry Outreach Team will be hosting Happy Holidays 101. This is a time to get ready for a happy holiday season! Check out the schedule for this event below. 10:30-11:45 AM Make inexpensive gifts. Decorate Christmas cookies. Make your own cards & gift tags. 11:45-1:00 AM Soup & Sandwich Lunch Worship the ONE who can make us truly happy this holiday season.

Women’s Ministry

Congratulations to Julie and Andrew Bockelman on the birth of their daughter:

Harlie Josephine Bockelman Born: October 19, 2012 Time: 10:37 am Weight: 8 lbs. 1 oz. Length: 20.25 inches

Hailey is proud to be a big sister.

Proud Grandparents are... Maternal:

Aaron & Beth Steinhilber Paternal:

Gary and Cecile Bockelman

The Bockelmans would like to thank everyone for the won-derful meals and everything you have done for them!

Birth Announcement

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Our toy drive will end Sunday, November 4th. You will have an opportunity to present your gift in either morning service . Please remember we are asking for new, unwrapped toys. The greatest need again this year seems to be for the teens, both boys and girls. As for the “Parent Shop”, we are focusing on gifts for Dad this year. We will be taking a load to GAP on Thursday, November 8th and would love to have to schedule a 2nd trip!! Thank you in advance for your generosity!

*If you have any gently used coats in your closet you would like to get rid of, we are taking coats too! You can place them on the floor by the barrel in the narthex! Thank you!

One of the awesome families here at UBC is the Donald-sons. Paul and Cindy have been married for 25 years, and have three children – Kilee (22), Ben (16) and Kelsey (14). They have been members of Union Baptist Church for most of the last fourteen years. In addition to serving faithfully here at UBC, the Donaldsons lead very active lives in many other ways.

Paul is the farm manager for Richwood farms, where he has been for the past thirty years. This means lots of early morning hours, and working most days of the week. Cindy works for the Boone County libraries as a youth services as-sociate. You can usually find her at the Scheben branch in Union on the children’s floor, where she plans storybook hours, preschool activities, and helps parents and children find the resources that they are looking for.

Kilee is a recent college graduate, with a degree in English. It is her desire to one day be involved in publishing, and she is currently working toward that goal. Ben enjoys choir and drama, and is involved in both school and com-munity theater. Kelsey is an avid soccer player, and also enjoys dance and chorus.

Paul and Cindy are too modest to say this about themselves, but they are both awesome cooks. They can cook anything from “good old home cooking” to “firing up the grill.” Their chili is always high up in the rankings at the UBC chili cook-off. Together they enjoy keeping up with their Kio pond in the backyard, and keeping their yard beautiful.

Here at Union Baptist Church, the Donaldsons are serving in many capacities. Ben and Kelsey both love being part of the youth group, and attend every activity that they can. Ben also sings in Grounded with many of the youth. All of the Donaldsons are involved in the nursery rotation, and take time out of their busy schedules to “love on the kids.” Paul is also the teacher of one of our adult Sunday School classes, and is an Awana leader.

The next time you run into the Donaldsons at church, be sure to take a moment to tell them how much you appreci-ate their service here.

Here are the “New Addition”

blessings to our UBC Family.

Introduce yourself and

make them feel welcome!

Members Joined: Baptism - Tom, Angie and Emily Stephenson - Noah Milburn - Carley Wilson Letter - Thom & Barb Golatzki

GAP CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE

UBC VIP – Meet the Donaldsons!

Sunday Schedule 9:00 am & 6:00 pm Truck Stop Services 9:00 am Early Morning Worship 10:00 am Small Group Bible Study 11:00 am Morning Worship 6:00 pm Children’s Choir & Music Makers 6:00 pm Stick Team 6:00 pm Mini Clusters (Youth) 6:00 pm Evening Worship 7:00 pm Adult Choir Practice

Tuesdays 8:30 am Morning Prayer Time 6:30 pm P.U.S.H. (Pray Until Something Happens)

Wednesday Schedule 7:00 pm Youth “Open House” Worship 7:00 pm Adult Bible Study 8:15 pm Grounded Youth Choir 8:15 pm Praise Band Practice

Thursdays 8:30 am Morning Prayer Time

Saturdays 9:00 am Morning Prayer Time

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November 2012

1 Morgan Stephenson Meagan Webster Rusty Craddock 2 Leigh Worley 3 Emily Bixler Peggy Miller 4 Cole Wilson Debbie Brungs 5 Audrea Hendricks Drew Kemper 6 Sam Harney Alana Willis 8 Bert Tanner 9 Robert Long 11 Rani Peffer Lorie Clary Julie Bockelman Steve Brungs 12 Alyssa Scott 13 Kassidy Borchers Holle Custer 15 Melissa Thornton Jon Kemper Heather Forman Jeff Headrick 16 Phil Rutar Samantha Victor 19 Jeff Mallery 20 Gwen Vallandingham 23 Christian Waters 28 Elaine Lillard Larry Davidson 29 Laura Kirby 30 Owen McMillin Lauren Haner

8 Rusty & Debbie Lykes 21 Mike & Marilyn Howard 22 Robert & Judy Long Steve & Jodi Detillian

Birthdays Anniversaries

GROWING TOGETHER IN CHRIST

Weekly Schedule

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

Women’s Ministry

Happy Holidays 10:30am—1:00 pm

Youth Fall Bash

4

Daylight Savings

Time Ends.

Fall Back One Hour

5

Deacon’s Mtg. 7 pm

6 Election Day

(No School)

Baptist Women @

Gerri Turner’s home.

Carpool from UBC @ 1:30 pm

7 8

Outreach 6:30 pm

Stewardship 6:30 pm

9

10

11

Veteran’s Day

12 13 14 15 16 17

18

Lord’s Supper

9 & 11 am

19 20

Preschool

Thanksgiving Celebration

21

Thanksgivingfestof-foodfunandflicks

No school

22

Happy

Thanksgiving

Office Closed

No school

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Office Closed

No school

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Union Baptist Church Address Service Requested P.O. Box 194 1985 Mt. Zion Road Union, KY 41091

Phone: 859-384-3855 Fax: 859-384-7405

Sunday Schedule Truck Stop Services 9:00 AM & 6:00 PM Early Morning Worship 9:00 AM Small Group Bible Study 10:00 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Jr. / Sr. High Youth 6:00 PM Evening Worship 6:00 PM Children’s Choir 6:00 PM Music Makers 6:00 PM Stick Team 6:00 PM Adult Choir 7:00 PM

Wednesday Schedule AWANA 6:45 PM Youth Worship 7:00 PM Adult Bible Study 7:00 PM Grounded 8:15 PM Praise Team/Band Practice 8:15 PM

The Newsletter is now

on our website:

www.unionbaptistchurch.org

Our UBC Staff

Dr. Kevin Milburn Senior Pastor EMAIL: pastor@unionbaptistchurch.org

Arnie Forman Associate Pastor/Worship Leader EMAIL: musicminister@unionbaptistchurch.org

Pat Durham Children’s Minister EMAIL: cm@unionbaptistchurch.org

Allen Brooks Youth Pastor EMAIL: yp@unionbaptistchurch.org

Bobbie Craddock Church Secretary EMAIL: secretary@unionbaptistchurch.org

Jodi Detillian Assistant Secretary EMAIL: secretary2@unionbaptistchurch.org

Union Baptist Church

P.O. Box 194, 1985 Mt. Zion Road Union, KY 41091

Phone (859) 384-3855 Fax (859) 384-7405