Greetings to all!
This Sunday, October 2, is Ecumenical Sunday at Walnut Hill, an opportunity
to celebrate and explore our identity as an ecumenical congregation. The
Preamble to the Walnut Hill Church Constitution and By-Laws provides a
starting place for our reflection:
We, the members of Walnut Hill Church, an ecumenical church, of Lexington,
Kentucky, do hereby organize for the purpose of providing public worship,
the apostolic ministry of word and sacrament, religious instruction, pastoral
care and counseling, and in general a witness to the community of the need
for life and work in the name of Jesus.
We accept for membership with us all those who profess the Lord Jesus and
who share with us an appreciation for the historic creeds, sacraments, the
historic canon of scripture of the Old and New Testaments, and the historic
apostolic ministry. We also include in our fellowship those who, while seeking
truth, may not be prepared to accept as yet the fullness of the above stated
standards. We, as a church, are a fellowship of believers who wish to bring
together all men and women as children of God and do not wish to make an
obstacle in creed and dogma to fellowship with God's people. We believe that
the true basis of Christian fellowship is love, which is greater than all our
differences, and without this love we have no claim to Christian fellowship.
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Our special guest for Ecumenical Sunday is Dr. Greg Earwood, president
of the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky. Dr. Earwood has earned degrees from
Mississippi College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to his
service at BSK, Dr. Earwood spent 27 years pastoring congregations in Kentucky.
Ecumenical Sunday Schedule
10:00am - Sunday Conversation - An informal time of conversation with
Dr. Earwood. Childcare will be provided.
11:00am - Morning Worship and Holy Communion - Dr. Earwood will
present the sermon for the day. An offering will be received to benefit the
Kentucky Council of Churches. Childcare and Sunday School will be
provided.
Noon - Refreshments and Fellowship
Other News
Thanks to all those who supported Walnut Hill's participation in last Sunday's
Lexington Area CROP Walk. Nineteen persons walked with the Walnut Hill
team and several others sponsored our team with special donations. Over $800
was raised by Walnut Hill walkers and sponsors! These funds will be distributed
to God's Pantry and Church World Service.
Host Needed - A host (s) is needed for this Sunday's (October 2) refreshments.
Use reply email to volunteer for this Sunday, and/or check the sign up sheet in
the Sanctuary foyer to host a Sunday later in the year.
Peace to all.
Mike Ward
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