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The Carpenter’s Christian Church

Volume 20 Issue #6 NEWSLETTER February 2021 1340 US 127 Bypass, Harrodsburg, KY 859-734-0670 www.carpenterschristian.church

th Souper Bowl of Caring is transforming the Big Game into a February 11 1-6pm nation-wide movement inspiring people to give locally and make a Once again The Carpenter’s Christian Church will host a Blood Drive collective impact on hunger. Mobilizing grassroots resources with the American red cross on Thursday, February 11th 1pm-7pm. If including churches, schools, civic groups and caring individuals, you are healthy and feeling well, please make an appointment now to the Souper Bowl of Caring movement has created over $160 donate by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, million worth of support that stays completely local. RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). The American Red Cross faces a severe blood shortage due to an The Carpenter’s Christian Church will be collecting canned soup unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations during this and crackers during the month of February to deliver to the coronavirus outbreak. Christian Life Center. We hope to fill both grocery carts. Each of these carts are loved in both lobbies. While coronavirus has caused concerns about whether it’s safe to go to blood drives and donation centers, the Red Cross has implemented Those who are attending services online can also bring their thorough safety protocols to make the blood donation process even donations to the church office entrance Monday through Friday safer. “Social distancing doesn’t mean social disengagement,” from 8 till 4 pm. You can leave your donations at the door of the according to the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams. office entrance if you wish and we will pick it up.

TCCC Tee Shirts Coming Soon

The Carpenter’s Christian Church will again offer online orders for tee shirts. Shirts in this order will be the I Love My Church, Praying for February 13 at 8am Revival, and God Bless. They will be available in Community Wide Prayer long and short sleeve. Harrodsburg Community Church Watch for more Terry Morrison Hosting information in your Sunday bulletin.

Greg Warren, Senior Minister [email protected]

Continuing Through the Gospel of Luke

I hope you are enjoying our journey together through the gospel of Luke. Let’s make 2021 the year we, as a church family, become more ROOTED IN CHRIST than ever before. Let’s feed on His Word by studying and meditating on it in our private time, coming together to discuss it with one another, and hearing it preached and proclaimed. Most importantly, let’s ask God to help us live it out through the power of the Holy Spirit in us.

Remember that you can join others in discussing what you’ve read by attending the class that meets in the gym from 10 – 10:45 AM each Sunday. Any Sunday is a great time to begin.

Here are the scheduled readings and sermon topics for the month of February…

Week of Weekly reading Sermon text Sermon title

Jan 31 – Feb 6 Chapter 12 Luke 12: 13 – 21 Parable of the Rich Fool

Feb 7 – 13 Chapter 13 John Kesel preaching on love.

Feb 14 – 20 Chapters 14 – 15 Luke 14: 7 – 14 Stay Humble

Feb 21 – 27 Chapters 16 – 17 Luke 17: 1 – 2 Don’t Be a Stumbling Block

Feb 28 – March 6 Chapters 18 – 19: 44 Luke 19: 1 – 10 Jesus and Zacchaeus

God Continues Building His Church

Even in the midst of a pandemic, God continues building His church and bringing new folks to our TCCC family. John and I were delighted to have 15 people join us for the January Next Steps class!

All for Jesus,

Greg

John Kesel, Assoc. Minister [email protected]

Community-Wide Prayer at Harrodsburg Community Church with their minister, Bro. Terry Morrison Hosting on Saturday, February 13, 8 AM. Please let Bro. John know if you plan on attending and if you would rather be connected by conference call.

Never Stop Praying

Like most, when I read 1 Thessalonians 5:17 in the Bible, "Never stop praying", "Pray without ceasing", or "Pray at all times", depending on which translation of the Bible being read, I often think how I would ever even attempt to do that. Someone once challenged me with the following: When your heart is full of praise to God - pray. When you are thankful - pray. When you are worried - pray. When you are afraid - pray. When you are concerned about someone, some situation, or even about yourself - pray. We are privileged to be able to talk with The Creator of the Universe at any time of the day or night about anything. The Bible teaches us to pray in Jesus Name. Author Max Lucado writes, "No other spiritual activity is guaranteed such results. God is moved by the humble, prayerful heart. God is moved by prayer." So always seek the Lord first in every situation in life and remember to - never stop praying.

Next Steps Class, Sunday, February 21, 2021, 5 PM, Student Center

This is an informal two-session class led by our Senior Minister Greg Warren and me. During this time, you will learn about the core Biblical beliefs of our church, what it means to be a church member, hear from other staff members, learn about the many different ministries, and even be given the opportunity to discover how God uniquely designed you to serve Him in His kingdom work here on earth. And if you would like, you can even join in on a tour of our church building, including the children's basement area that is currently under construction. If you plan to attend, please let Bro. Greg, me, or Debbie in the church office know, and we will look forward to seeing you there.

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Isaiah 40:11

We at TCCC kicked off Sanctity of We want to thank you for the opportunity to offer this great Life Day in January by handing out ministry. Grief is always hard but during these times of “Bottles of Blessings,” the baby COVID-19 with social distancing and social isolation, even greater bottles to fill with coins, cash and checks for the Haven Care challenges have made the journey of grief harder than ever. Despite Pregnancy Resource Center (you can still pick up a bottle in the the challenges, God’s Holy Spirit has been powerfully present in foyer or give on line). Please return your bottle to the church each and every meeting, comforting and healing broken, grieving no later than February 14th. All funds collected help keep the hearts. We will be coming to the end of this 13-week session on lights on at our Pro-life Center. Thank you Tiffany Johnson, nd th February 2 but will be starting another spring session on April 20 . director of Haven Care, for sharing other details of activities that We meet each Tuesday evening from 6-8PM here at the church. We take place thru the Center! Check out our newsletter are very sorry for the loss of your loved ones and want to help. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU! throughout the year for more information of the expanded Maybe you yourself have come through your journey of grief and services rendered at the Center in the name of Jesus. feel that God wants you to become part of this important ministry by If we have learned nothing else this year, we know ALL Life comforting others with the same comfort with which we ourselves matters; I, as well, have lost a loved one from here on earth. have been comforted by Jesus Christ as 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 tells us. Please, consider giving a gift to Haven Care in their memory! If you have questions and want to participate in the spring session or What a wonderful way to celebrate LIFE!! if God wants you to become part of the leadership team, please Thank you for all that you are about to do in HIS NAME, our contact me at [email protected] or call the church office. giver of LIFE, JESUS!

Blessings, If you have any questions, Carolyn Shook give Linda VanderKamp at call at 859-748-9813. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted

“(Matthew 5:4)

Jacob Bryant, Student Minister [email protected]

We are finally up and running with the students at TCCC! It was a long winter break; one that were not accustomed to. We are finally on the go! Praying for no interruptions! With that said, we would love for your student to be involved with our student ministry! Currently, we are meeting in the main auditorium on the campus of TCCC. If you are confused as to where that is, look for the green flags once you come on campus. We meet every Wednesday night from 6:30-8:00. Because of COVID-19, we open the doors at 6:15 for students to come inside-doors will not be unlocked until that time. Social distancing, masks and temperature checks are still required to enter the building for the time being. This past week, we started a new series that we titled “Back to the Basics”. We are taking the month of February to look at the core beliefs of our Christian faith. One of the big things that we strive for in the student ministry, is to equip the students with the biblical truths that they will need to be the leaders of tomorrow. In order to equip them, we need to make sure their foundation is strong. That is where the new series, “Back to the Basics” comes in to play! This is a great time for you student to be involved with the Student Ministry! If they have not connected with us before, we hope they do now. There have been some who have asked about CIY this summer. As of right now, we are planning on CIY to go on as normal. How that normal will look; we do not know. For now, we are planning on it happening in June. When/If we hear anything from CIY, we will communicate that to you as soon as we are brought up to speed. As always, thank you for the continued prayers for our Student Ministry! We are excited about what February will bring for our Students!

Stacy Davis, Children’s Ministry Director [email protected]

Hard to believe it is already February and we are well into 2021. I enjoy February – this is the month of my daughter’s birthday, the month that’s all about love, and a time for us to look forward to Spring with anticipation and excitement. I am excited for nicer, warmer weather and more sunshine. We took a short break from our Wednesday night TEAM KID, but excited to get back together and enjoy time with one another. We have missed our TEAM KID family and always love when our kids and volunteers can come back together, worship with one another, smile, laugh, and learn more about their Savior. If your child is not attending, please bring them Wednesday nights from 6:30 – 8:00. We will feed them, worship with them, share God’s love with them, and so much more. We have lots of great activities/lessons planned while using our interactive curriculum from Group Publishing, titled “Simply Loved”. Many of you have asked about Children’s Choir and questioned when we may be starting again. Our plan is to get started early Spring on Sunday evenings. Our Children’s Choir has not been together since before Covid and we know we have many children who are ready to sing and ring bells. I will keep everyone updated on our plans going forward, but we hope to begin meeting together again early Spring. For those of you that don’t know or haven’t seen the updated pictures on our TCCC Children’s Ministry Facebook page, progress is being made in the basement with our Children’s Ministry area. They have started framing! Seeing what will be walls going up in the area and being able to see the area that the children will have to worship, sing, laugh, play, spend time with one another, and most importantly learn about Christ, overwhelms me with emotions of all kinds. I can’t wait to occupy this area with our children ages preschool – 5th grade and the children of TCCC have a safe space to grow in their faith. Exciting times are ahead for the TCCC Children’s Ministry. Thank you for your continued love and support for the children of TCCC and this ministry.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Dolls of HOPE

TCCC Dolls of HOPE continue to make dolls for children in Harrodsburg and Danville hospitals, Family Protective Services, and the Harrodsburg Police Department. We use donated and leftover fabric to make quilts for Haven Care Pregnancy Center, MCES, Galilean Home, and Thompson VA The Wonder of It All Center. We are always in need of 100% cotton fabric for the dolls Jesus Loves and Knows Me! and quilts. We also are continuing to ask for help with the knitted or loomed toboggans that will help those in need during the cold winter The big news of the Bible is not that you love God but that God months. We now have a bin in the Mission cabinet near the front loves you, not that you can know God but that God already knows entrance to place donations of cotton fabric and yarn. We will you! His thoughts of you outnumber the sand on the shore. You continue to collect canned goods and non-perishable food items for never leave his mind, escape his sight, flee his thoughts. He sees the Christian Life Center throughout the year. Donations can be the worst of you and loves you still. He loves you with an everlasting placed in the Mission’s bin or delivered to the church office weekdays love.— from Come Thirsty from 8-4pm office hours. We will not be meeting together until further notice, but you can I have a plaque in my home that has a saying that is kind of a twist contact Dora & Martha if you have any questions or would like to on the children's song “Jesus Loves Me This I Know”. The plaque participate in any way. says “Jesus Knows Me This I Love”. This provides a different perspective on our relationship with Him—we are known. "Dolls of Hope" distribution this year was amazing thanks to the ladies in our ministry. In ancient Israel, loving and knowing the sheep distinguished a true Over 400 masks were made and given out as well as: shepherd from a hired hand. The shepherd spent so much time with

his sheep that he developed an abiding care for and a deep 120 dolls knowledge of his lambs. Little wonder then that Jesus tells His own, 76 quilts “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know 14 fleece blankets me.” John 10:14 142 toboggans and head bands 2 crocheted baby afghans with hats As you deal with the ups and downs of life today . . rest and The church passed out masks as the need arose. The other items were delivered to Haven Care, Police Department, MCES, Galilean remember . . the Shepherd of your heart knows and loves you. Home, Thomas Hood Veterans Center, Refuge Ministry, Samaritan Purse, and Willows. Further reading .. Psalm 139 Dora Higginbotham at 265-7548 Martha Lainhart at 734-5893 May you be encouraged by these words today . .

if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give Maryann Strickland generously; if it is to lead do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. Those serving on the Prayer Team: Maryann Strickland, Eileen

Burberry, Larry Camic, Denise Delp, Paul Hensley, Mike Warren, Delmer Warren, Linda VanderKamp, Linda Green, Donna Wright, Jacob Simoneau, Debbie Votaw, Carolyn Shook, Brenda Schiferli, Peg Roy, Michael French, Charlie & Debby Mooneyham, Karen & Paul Dean

Interested in church membership? Want to learn more about The Carpenter’s Christian Church? Join Greg & John Sunday, February 21 at 5pm ‘Souper’ Bowl Food Drive Hollywood and those profiting from Valentine’s business want the It’s here! It’s time for the January ‘Souper’ Bowl Food Drive for the general public to view love as a mushy feeling that causes Christian Life Center! We will be collecting soup and crackers someone to feel warm and fuzzy inside. But real love is an action. through February. Look for the grocery cart in the lobby or office Maybe we should be looking at love from a biblical perspective foyer. The food bank serves Mercer County residents who are hungry rather than a Hollywood version. Listen to the Biblical definition: or food insecure. Last year, the center served 6,985 individuals! The Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not need is great! Remember the drive runs through February! Thanks in brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not advance for your donation! seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a The Missions Team continues to collect the items listed below. wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices Donations can be dropped off in the collection bins in the lobby. with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails; (1 Corinthians 13:4-8).  Haven Care: baby items/clothing, devotionals and women’s clothing. Friends, love is an action that requires work. Sometimes your husband or wife may not be very lovable, and it is in those  Christian Life Center: non-perishable food items and grocery moments we are to love them anyway! That’s real love. It is easy to bags. love someone who loves you back or who is kind to you. But what  Dolls of Hope: 100% cotton fabric. about someone who is having a rough month, is sick, or knows all your faults?  Matthew 25 Ministries: medicine bottles with the labels removed.

Hollywood would not like the real picture of love, because the All donations are appreciated! picture painted by Scripture is a selfless love. The beautiful picture we are given is Christ and the church, and the text reminds us that

Christ gave Himself for her (Ephesians 5:25). Real love is about lifelong commitment—not some short-term fling that you can announce on Facebook or Twitter in an effort to gain attention. And real love is about loyalty. Jesus Christ would never cheat on His bride, the church. And we are to follow His example.

Yes, Valentine’s Day is coming. Isn’t it time we demonstrate to our spouses and children what real love is all about? Take some time to Hello Ladies. Happy February and Happy Valentine’s Day. read together Ephesians 5, Song of Solomon, 1 Corinthians 13, and May each of you feel loved and appreciated and may each of you Titus 2. It’s way past time for our children to understand what real receive roses, candy, or a very special meal with all your favorites. love is all about, and not base their relationships on some phony Hint! Hint! Husbands and Boyfriends! Hollywood version. The Women's Ministry Team has decided not to do our annual "Not so Newlywed Game " this year due to COVID-19. Hopefully, next year we can do it up real big! SPIRIT LIFTERS We are hoping to do a Spring Bible Study. We have looked at several and think we have decided to go with one written by Anne Hope all of our Spirit Lifters Graham Lotz, titled "Jesus in Me". This Bible study is all about the are doing well and trying to Holy Spirit. If you get a chance, look at it and give us some feedback. We always pray and allow the Holy Spirit to lead us when picking stay healthy. Our new month each Bible study. “Jesus in Me” is an 8-week study and we are of February is here and for hoping to start around the middle of March. We will announce all the now no outings for this month. details by the first Sunday in March. Please be watching and praying. I just know we would love to We truly miss our ladies and please know that each of us love be on our church bus going you and are looking forward to what God has for us during 2021! somewhere . I miss Church and miss seeing everyone. So thankful for online service. Love to each of you, Sending many hugs your way, Praying for everyone to stay healthy. The TCCC Women's Ministry Team

Joann Harris Marsha Durr, Linda Green, Crystal Gabbart, and Carl Wilson Dear Church Family, Thank you so much for your love, prayers, and support during this difficult time in the loss of my mother, Dixie Huffman. Thank you for the deli tray and the donation of Gideon Bibles in her memory. She would be so pleased that you honored her in this way.

Sincerely, Leonna, Kenny & Family ********************************************************************** Thank you for all of the food and Bibles donated in Berdie’s memory. We have lost someone very special. Thank you for sharing our Grief. Elders Serving in 2021 The Family of Charles Berdie Bugg Ron Cutler (Chairman) ********************************************************************** Maurice Baker (Vice Chairman) I want to say thank you to everyone for your outpouring of love and sympathy for me and my family in the loss of my son, their brother, Brian Bartley David Alan Cole. There are no words to express our Ron Cutler appreciation for the cards, messages, calls and food everyone gave. I want to thank John, who has called me every day to check Aaron Gabhart on us to make sure we had everything we needed and to pray with Don Hill us. Also, for Greg and Larry Camic rushing over as soon as they heard and prayed with me and gave me comfort. As each day goes Chad Ellis by, I am blessed to have my church family reaching out to us still. Delmer Warren You, my friends and Church, make me very humble to have such caring family and Church brothers and sisters. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I feel like words are not enough, but right now words are all I have.

THANK YOU, Linda Cole

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Contact for more Information: TCCC January 2021 Delmer Warren: [email protected] Averages Greg Warren: [email protected] John Kesel: [email protected] Jacob Bryant: [email protected] (6th grade –12th grade) Stacy Davis: [email protected] AM In-service & Online Worship………736 (ages preschool-5th grade) Ron Cutler: [email protected] Offering …...... $ 18,354.31 Chris Shackelford: [email protected] Maurice Baker: [email protected] 2021 Budget …………….$16,715.00 Other LIFE Groups more to come! The Carpenter’s Christian Church NON-PROFIT ORG. US Postage PAID 1340 US 127 Bypass Harrodsburg, KY Harrodsburg, KY 40330 Permit # 49

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