Volume 12, Issue 4 January 22, 2020

Who We Are… Liberty Road Faith Fellowship is a Multi-denominational gathering of Christians who enjoy traditional worship services.

Where to Find Us… We worship at 2734 Liberty Road. You can find us on the web at http://libertyroadfaithfellowship.org

We Gather for Fellowship

Coffee/Donut Fellowship Time: 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. in room 6, AKA, “The Donut Room” or “Hospitality Room.” Thank you for helping us keep our church clean and tidy by keeping all the food and beverages in room 6 on Sunday mornings. If you need to take

A Word from the Pastor Rev. Lisa V. Wood

Being the scholar and theologian I

am, one of my favorite movies is

“Because of Winn Dixie.” Winn

Dixie is a scruffy old dog who finds

his way into the hearts and lives of

people who have just about given up

on ever finding any happiness. Each

person has experienced some

heartbreaking loss and, rather than

finding consolation in community, they’ve chosen to isolate themselves and

carry their grief like boulders in a backpack. The despair is so prevalent that

one character laments, “…I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an

aching heart.”

Fortunately for the townsfolk – and the movie goers – Winn Dixie bursts onto

the scene with antics that bring lonely and hurting people together in ways that

are healing and helpful. Residents begin to see each other in a new light and

with new understanding of why they behave the way they do. (Even the

preacher learns a thing or two about what truly matters in life.) Yes, there are

tears, but there is also mirthful laughter. And it’s all “…because of Winn

Dixie.”

Someone once said that laughter is like a spiritual GPS system for the soul. If

we can laugh at ourselves, we can forgive ourselves; and if we can forgive

ourselves, we can forgive each other. Laughter soothes our aching hearts, if

only for a little while. It grounds us in a place where we can hope and find

intimacy in our relationships with each other and with God.

Theologian Conrad Hyers wrote, “Faith without laughter leads to dogma, and

laughter without faith leads to despair.”

coffee to another area, please use the coffee lids we are providing. Thank you for being respectful in honoring this request. Come, gather with us!

We Gather for Bible Study The Living Faith Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m. in room 9. Scot Reeves, teacher.

The Adult Bible Study meets at 10:00 a.m. in room 4. Bennie McWain, teacher.

We Gather for Worship Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Hearing Assistance Devices are Available in worship

Please speak with one of our Technology servants in the back of the sanctuary.

Children’s Church: 11:15 a.m. In room 5.

Our Nursery is in room 2.

I hope you allow yourself to laugh this week – not just because you see

something funny, but because you notice two people holding hands, or

someone opening the door for another person, or a child’s giggles at his

mother making funny faces… or a dog’s wagging tail and the wild, wonderful

licking of your face in sheer delight of just being yours. God, in his wisdom

and pleasure, designed us to embrace the sacredness of laughter. So laugh out

loud – in sheer delight in being a child of God.

Blessings of peace,

Thank You! By Ronda May Fiegenbaum

There are people in our lives who are so genuinely kindhearted… …appreciating them just comes naturally.

Words can’t express how truly grateful I am for your prayers and visits

to the hospital. I know that God used you all to lift me up and help me

to get through some very difficult times. Thank you for bringing food

and continuing to keep me in your prayers and on the prayer list. I am

even more grateful that my Mom and Dad have such a wonderful

church family that surrounds them and blesses them each day. You all

represent the hands and feet of God and I have been so touched by you.

Thank you again for loving me and caring so much.

We’re Looking Forward…

January 22 (Wednesday) – Hand Bell Choir Rehearsal resumes at 5:30 p.m. January 22 (Wednesday) – Chancel Choir Rehearsal resumes at 7:00 p.m. January 23 (Thursday) – Companions in Christ meet at 1:00 p.m. in the Library. January 23 (Thursday) – Missions Committee meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Library. January 28 (Tuesday) – Bible Study, “God Heard Their Cry” by Ray Vander Laan, led by Dr. Joanne Fortson, will meet at 1:30 p.m. in Kearns Hall. January 30 (Thursday) – Companions in Christ meet at 1:00 p.m. in the Library. February 2 (Sunday) – Building, Property, Asset Mgmt. Committee meets at 12:15 p.m. in the Library.

Next Legends Speaker Is Mark Whitworth By David Bondurant Pictured are Tyanne and Mark Whitworth

Mark Whitworth, vice president for

intercollegiate athletics at Asbury

University, will speak to the Legends

Breakfast at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday,

February 15 in Kearns Hall.

Whitworth, a 1984 Asbury graduate,

has been in his present position since

March, 2018. He joined Asbury after

serving as Chief Operating Officer at

Knight Eady (a national sports

marketing and event managing firm). He had previously spent 28 years

at the Southeastern Conference in Birmingham.

Asbury President Sandra Gray said “Mark understands the unique

mission and atmosphere surrounding Asbury and its athletics

department.” The University is a member of the National Association

of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and competes in 17 sports in the

River States Conference (RSC) and the Appalachian Athletic

Conference (AAC).

In addition to his Asbury degree, Whitworth earned a Master of Science

degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, while serving as a

graduate assistant in sports information and, later, assistant sports

February 3 (Monday) – Barnabas Card Ministry meets at 1:00 p.m. in room #3. February 4 (Tuesday) – Bible Study “God Heard Their Cry” meets at 1:30 p.m. in Kearns Hall. February 5 (Wednesday) – Safety Committee meets at 4:00 p.m. in the Library. February 6 (Thursday) – Bridge Group meets at 12:30 p.m. in Kearns Hall. February 6 (Thursday) – Companions in Christ meet at 1:00 p.m. in the Library. February 11 (Tuesday) – Bible Study “God Heard Their Cry” meets at 1:30 p.m. in Kearns Hall. February 11 (Tuesday) – Finance Committee meets at 1:30 p.m. February 13 (Thursday) – Companions in Christ meet at 1:00 p.m. in the Library.

information director. He is a native of Louisville and is married to

Winchester native Tyanne Whitworth. They have two adult children.

Mark is the son of Dr. Albin C. Whitworth and the late Katie

Whitworth. Dr. Whitworth was formerly the minister of music and

organist at Faith Fellowship. Mark has an identical twin brother, Kent,

who is Executive Director of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Reservations for the Breakfast may be made by signing up on the

bulletin board next to the hospitality room or by contacting Norma

Smither (859) 277-0420 or norma@libertyroadfaithfellowship.org.

Cost for breakfast is $10.00.

Missions Committee By Catherine Cook, Missions Committee Chair

Liberty Road Faith Fellowship seeks to become the hands and feet of Christ in the world through engagement in missions.

We will collect nonperishable items again during the month of January

to help replenish the local food pantry. Please check your pantry

shelves and maybe donate some of those items you didn’t use during the

holidays. (Be sure to check expiration dates.) We will collect them until

the SOUPer BOWL event on February 2. If you want to purchase

items, please buy cans of soup. There is a bin set up in the foyer to

place your donations. (Thank you, Joanne Fortson and Rachel Jones for

dressing up the bin with cheerful a red and white checked tablecloth,

which is much more appealing to the eye.)

February 15 (Saturday) – Legends Breakfast at 9:00 a.m. in Kearns Hall. Mark Whitworth will be our speaker. February 17 (Monday) – Forget-Me-Nots Garden Club meets at 1:00 p.m. February 18 (Tuesday) – Bible Study “God Heard Their Cry” meets at 1:30 p.m. in Kearns Hall. February 18 (Tuesday) – Administrative Board Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in Kearns Hall. February 19 (Wednesday) – Grief Workshop meets at 11:00 a.m. in room #3. February 20 (Thursday) – Bridge Group meets at 12:30 p.m. in Kearns Hall. February 20 (Thursday) – Companions in Christ meet at 1:00 p.m. in the Library. February 25 (Tuesday) – Bible Study “God Heard Their Cry” meets at 1:30 p.m. in Kearns Hall.

Ministers and Connections (Below is a group picture of those who are either ministers or have ministers in their families.)

Front Row: Bob Quisenberry – Bob’s daughter, Susan Allen, is a Chaplain at Baptist Health. Bob is also a direct descendant of James Quisenberry (5x great grandfather), who settled in Kentucky the same time as Daniel Boone. James was an ordained Baptist preacher who lived, served, died and is buried in Clark County from 1759-1830. Ellie Rainwater – Ellie’s father, Rev. George M. Butler, was a minister with the United Methodist Church in the Upper New York Conference. He retired from his last church, Trinity United Methodist, in Oswego, NY, and that is where the family calls home. Sydney Bastin – Sydney’s step-grandson is the pastor of Unity Baptist in Jessamine County.

February 27 (Thursday) – Companions in Christ meet at 1:00 p.m. in the Library. February 27 (Thursday) – Missions Committee meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Library.

Prayer Requests To add a prayer request, please fill out a Prayer Request card, call the church office at 277-0420, or submit a prayer request or update online by going to http:// Libertyroadfaithfellowship.org.

Most requests are left in the bulletin and newsletter for 2 weeks or so and will be taken out as space is needed for other requests. If you want your request to remain in for a longer period...PLEASE provide updates.

Pray for Jeanne Kovatch, sister of Joanne Fortson. Jeanne has had serious complications from cataract surgery last week. Pray for Jeanne as she has to make decisions about her next step regarding her vision, that God will give her discernment.

Rev. Richard Dwyer – Richard was ordained in 1981 at Calvary Baptist in Lexington, Kentucky. While at Calvary, he served as Minister of Youth, minister of Pastoral Care, Minister to Singles, Minister of Music and Organist, and the Director of Interfaith Samaritan Counseling Center. He served at Centenary UMC from 2001-2007 in part-time positions: Minister of Music, Organist and Director of the Handbell Choir. He then served at First United Methodist Church, Andover from 2007-2014 as Minister of Music before coming to Faith Fellowship of Lexington, now Liberty Road Faith Fellowship, as Minister of Music and Organist, as well as the Director of the Handbell Choir. Richard also had a 5th Great Uncle who was a minister and one of the founders of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Rev. Reuben Ross was born in 1776 in North Carolina and died in 1860 in Russellville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Baptist Convention was founded in 1837. Rev. Marty Singley – Rev. Singley was ordained in 1975 and served in churches in Massachusetts and Tennessee. Back Row: Dr. Joanne Fortson – was a Hospice Chaplain, worked with Women’s Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, the International mission Board (SBC), and the North American Mission Board (SBC). Kinch Query – Kinch’s uncle, Marin Kincheloe was a Methodist Minister in eastern Tennessee—Morristown/Johnson City. Her childhood memories of going to their house were that all their magazines had the alcohol and cigarette ads ripped out. His wife did that before she would let him read the magazine. Kinch says, “She scared me!” Rev. Lisa V. Wood – Pastor Lisa’s paternal grandfather, Rev. Willian Richard Vestal, Sr., was ordained in Searcy, Arkansas in the late 1920’s and preached in Baptist churches throughout Arkansas. Lisa was ordained at Immanuel Baptist Church in Frankfort, KY, after having attended Louisville Presbyterian

Pray for Amy, Marsha Oakley’s son’s significant other of 7 years, who has a lesion on her brain that is causing dizziness and weakness. She has battled cancer for a year and was doing well. Marsha asks for your prayers for Amy and her son, Billy. Pray for Ronda Fiegenbaum, daughter of John and Valda May, who developed blood clots in her leg, arm and lungs while recovering from surgery that resulted from a serious dog bite. Last week she developed pneumonia in one lung and other clots had formed. But praise God for the power of prayer! She still has multiple clots in her lungs, one in her leg and one in her arm, but she is better. She went back to work recently but is still having some pain from the clots. Please continue to pray for her as it will take time for all the clots to dissolve. John and Valda are so appreciative of your prayers on her behalf. Pray for the family of Joan Kindy, who passed away on January 14. (Anderson)

Seminary and received a diploma in Pastoral Studies. She earned her Master of Divinity degree (with a certificate in Pastoral Care and Counseling) from Baptist Seminary of Kentucky. She served as Children’s Music Director, Children’s Minister, Youth Minister, Minister to Senior Adults, and now serves as Senior Pastor at Liberty Road Faith Fellowship. Dr. Ann Crowe – Ann’s late husband, William C. Crowe, was a United Methodist minister in the Louisville Conference. Her father, Keith Huffman, was an ordained Minister of Music. John May – John’s father, Rev. T. T. May, was the founder of Richmond Road Community Church that evolved from Smiley Memorial Church of the Nazarene and Richmond Road Community Center in 1966. In 1988 the church relocated and built the beautiful facilities owned by Liberty Road Community Church, which is now Liberty Road Faith Fellowship.

Pictures of Our Pets By Sarah Reeves

We want to feature our pet families in

The Current each week. If you would

like to have a picture taken of you and

your pet(s), pick up a registration form

from Sarah Reeves on Sunday. We

want to see the animals that we love,

whether that means a dog, cat, donkey, mule, horse, guinea pig, bird,

etc. Our pets truly become members of our family. We want to see

your pet and hear from you as to why your pet is so special to you.

Hope you’ll play along!!!

Pray for the family of Karen DeLong, who facilitated the donation of our church’s choir robes years ago. She passed away after a long illness. Pray for Marquetta Hensley, who is fighting cancer. (Anderson) Pray for the family of Dr. Jim Orr, who died on December 31, 2019. His son, Jimmy, lives at 4216 Mattea Court, Lexington, KY 40514-1343. Pray for the family of Dorothy Crutchfield, who went home to be with the Lord recently. Her nephew is Richard Potts. Pray for Michelle Hudnall, daughter of Mitch Borders, who is dealing with addiction. Mitch is very concerned and appreciates your prayers on her behalf. Pray for Roger Blair, who has completed Cyberknife treatments. He will have a scan in January and he appreciates your prayers as he awaits the scan and results. He recently fell and injured his back.

Our Administrative Board for 2020

Front: John Leindecker, Liz Peters, Marsha Oakley (Board Secretary), Rachel Jones and Ann Lucas. Back: Roger Blair (Former Board Chair and Ex-Officio), Wayne Sullivan (Current Board Chair), Richard Baber, Ann Crowe (Church Treasurer), Scot Reeves, John Mays, and Paul Engelbrecht. Pictured below are Les Anderson and Hope Spoonamore, our other Board members who were not available for the group picture.

His address is 1917 Blairmore Road, Lexington 40502. Pray for Elle, 12-year-old granddaughter of Gail Hart, who is dealing with a neurological disability. Pray for Chris Burchette, who has been transferred to an acute care nursing facility in Winchester. Bobby’s home address is 957 Village Green Avenue, Lexington 40509-2255. Pray for Marie Haithcox, age 4, who will have another scan in January. Cards can be sent to 784 Statesman Way, Lexington, KY 40505. Pray for Elmer, cousin of Kevin Maudsley, who continues chemo for pancreatic cancer.

Pray for our soldiers…Faith Afield Pray for our service men and women who are active and for our veterans who deal with difficult health issues every day as a result of their service to their country. Here

List of Services Continues to Grow!

Whether you need some knives sharpened, or a mountain

hideaway in Gatlinburg to take your family on a week’s vacation, or

someone to do odd jobs around your house, or maybe you’re hankerin’

for some sweets… our Service Auction is your answer! Watch for a

complete list of offerings in the next two weeks of The Current and plan

to attend the SOUP-er Bowl luncheon on February 2 immediately

following the worship service. Then, stay and bid on your favorite

items being auctioned.

There is still time to let Lisa know that you’d like to contribute

your service to the auction, but she needs to know the specifics as soon

as possible so she can make your tag for the bulletin board.

Proceeds from our auction will be applied to some of our

church’s much-needed maintenance projects.

The Lord bless you and keep you;

The Lord make His face

Shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward

You and give you peace.

Numbers 6:24-26

are the names of the service people we currently know about. Elnur Iskandarov – nephew of Ginny Berry by marriage, is in the 10th Group, Special Forces Unit in Ft. Belvoir, VA. Major Ginny Iskandarov – niece of Ginny Berry, is now stationed at Ft. Lee in Virginia. Luke Pepperl, grandson of Jim Pepperl, is in the Navy stationed in San Diego, California.

Please send Ginny Berry any updates on the status of these persons…change in rank, address, new assignment…Her email address is momb1@twc.com.

Martha Ministry Team members for January are

Pat Host, Rachel Jones, Vicki Kirn, Ann Lucas and Frances Lawson.

If you cannot serve, please contact Valda May at (859) 619-9305 and she will be glad to reschedule you for another month.

Church Family Pictures…

Above are choir members: Frances Lawson, Ann Crowe and Carolyn Purcell (Gloria Compton is behind Ann.)

Below are Les Anderson, who sometimes directs our music when Richard is away and is also a member of FanFare, our Brass Ensemble; Liz Peters, who is one of our pianists; and Dr. David Kirn, who plays the organ and the piano. We have so many gifted members!

Current Administrative Board for 2019 – 2020 Wayne Sullivan, Chair Ann Crowe, Treasurer Marsha Oakley, Secretary Les Anderson Richard Baber Paul Engelbrecht Rachel Jones John Leindecker Ann Lucas John May Liz Peters Scot Reeves Hope Spoonamore

Deadlines... Prayer requests, committee news or announcements, and personal interest stories should be submitted by NOON on Monday for The Current and by NOON on Wednesday for the bulletin. Please send them by email to norma@ libertyroadfaithfellowship.org Ann Crowe posts events/dates on our website calendar, so if you have an event that needs to be posted please notify her at annhcrowe@gmail.com by NOON

Iran, Iraq, and the Bible…

Last week on January 14, Dr. Joanne Fortson taught about what the Bible has to say about the countries of Iran and Iraq. There were about 20 people in attendance. I was not able to attend, but I looked over the handout that Joanne provided

and thought it was interesting that Iraq is called, “The Cradle of Civilization” and that scholars agree that other than Israel, there is no other area that plays a greater role in biblical history nor is named more in biblical prophecy.

That and a lot of other interesting information was given by Joanne.

Joanne wrote adult missions education curriculum for the North American Mission Board and was the editor of the R.A. (Royal Ambassador) materials for a while. She also wrote children's Sunday School and adult discipleship training curriculum for Lifeway Christian Resources, wrote missions education curriculum for WMU (Woman's Missionary Union) and was the editor of Missions Mosaic magazine and other adult mission activity publications for 6 years. Also, for 5 years she designed the content and was the managing editor of the week-long studies that went with the Lottie Moon Missions Christmas offering for the North American Mission Board and the Annie Armstrong Easter offering for the International Mission Board. In all, she had about 200 pieces that she wrote published, not counting the publications of which she was the editor.

on Wednesdays. Thank you for honoring these requests.

For the Lord your God is gracious

and compassionate.

He will not turn His face from you

if you return to Him.

2 Chronicles 30:9b

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