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Brothers in Christ are offering a free program from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday at Kentucky School for the Deaf, where boys ages 12-18 can swim, play basketball or volleyball, and eat pizza. Founded in 1998, the Danville-based organization includes men from different denominations whose mission statement is to ?mentor to youth, further God?s kingdom and share Christ without apology,? said member Terry Stevens. A devotion is part of the program, but this event is not just for those connected to a particular church, Stevens said.

STANFORD - You could see the writing on the wall at Grace Fellowship Church on Saturday. In fact, you could see the writing all over the place, on nearly every wall. Members of the church held a wall-raising ceremony Saturday morning, where they spent about an hour writing on the new wall studs of their church with multi-colored Sharpies. The walls had just been raised with the help of the mission organization Carpenters for Christ. Grace Fellowship's pastor Vola Brown said church members heard of Carpenters for Christ through connections with Baptist Builders of Kentucky.

For 100 years, an estimated 2.5 million boys have voiced the Royal Ambassador pledge: "As a Royal Ambassador, I will do my best to become a well-informed, responsible follower of Christ, to have a Christ-like concern for all people, to learn how to carry the message of Christ around the world, to work with others in sharing Christ, and to keep myself clean and healthy in mind and body. " Founded in 1908, the biblically based, hands-on missions program now encompasses RA chapters in 8,000 churches and 14 countries.

Chad Middleton, Jr., 76, of Richmond, died Friday, Oct. 6 at St. Joseph East in Lexington. A son of the late Chad and Maud Smith Middleton, he was a graduate of Crab Orchard High School and Eastern Kentucky University. He was a member of Richmond Church of Christ where he served as an elder for 24 years and was a deacon for many years at the Elizabeth Church of Christ. Middleton taught Industrial Arts and served as Assistant Principal at Elizabethtown High School, was the Director of Physical Plant for 24 years at Eastern Kentucky University, was selected as Kentucky Outstanding Young Educator in 1968, was a former president of the Civitan Club of Richmond where he was named Outstanding Civitan of the Year and received the Student Affairs Distinguished Service Award in 1993.

OLD PINE GROVE HOMEMAKERS The Old Pine Grove Homemakers are having a meeting Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 10:30 a.m. at the Fairfax Church of Christ.

George Dye, 82, of Marion, OH., died Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Marion General Hospital in Ohio. Dye was the son of the late Maggie (Burke) Dye and Ples Dye. He was a WWII Army veteran, owner/operator of George Dye's Trucking and Garage from which he retired, and a member of Richmond Road Church of Christ. He was also preceded in death by a great grandson, Jacob. Survivors include his wife, Florence Siler Dye; four children, Betty (Cliff) Evans, David (Taunda) Dye, Ples (Sandy)

Milton Gale Lake, 61, husband of Katherine Jane Cable Lake, of Mundys Landing Road, died unexpectedly Feb. 21. He was a member of the East End Church of Christ and was president of the Bluegrass Horse Pulling Association. He was born June 28, 1946, and was the son of Marsdon and Agnes Taylor Lake of Harrodsburg. Additional survivors include two children, Missy Lake and Barbie and husband Sonny Roberts, three grandchildren, Kayla, Lakin and Madison Roberts, one sister, Linda Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Roy Hopkins of Lancaster and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sayre, Sr. of Lexington announce the forthcoming marriage of their children, Jessica Ellen Hopkins and Ray Sayre, Jr. The bride-elect is a 1999 graduate of Garrard County High School and a 2003 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a double bachelor's degree in Agriculture and Horticulture. She is also a 2005 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a master's degree in Agricultural Education. The groom-elect is a 1998 graduate of Tates Creek High School and a 2004 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University.

Courtney Walton Creech, 30, of Lancaster, died Wednesday, Nov. 26 at her home. A native of Danville, she was born Sept. 10, 1978, to Wilma Hopkins Lubecki and Stephen Alan Walton of Lancaster. She was a graduate of Garrard County High School and Eastern Kentucky University, employee of the Garrard County Memorial Library, Garrard County School System, and Quick Stop Food Mart of Lancaster, member of Maple Avenue Church of Christ in Lancaster, and had attended the Pentecostal Fellowship Church in Lancaster.

MELISSA GAIL FULKS Melissa Gail Fulks, 33, of Winchester, wife of Joseph Fulks, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at her home. Melissa was born in Lexington on Dec. 4, 1979, to Larry and Shirley Arnold Durham of Winchester. She was a homemaker and a member of the Belmont Church of Christ. In addition to her parents and husband, she is survived by three sons, Justin Saxton, Gary Saxton and Brian Durham of Winchester; two brothers, Brian Durham and Matthew Durham of Winchester; and several nephews, nieces, and cousins.

I usually listen to the Christian radio station on the radio dial WDFB in Alum Springs. It has and continues to give an eternal perspective to those who love the Lord, every day, every week and every month, until he comes again, just like he promised. Children of God have a bond of love for each other as we continue to look to the Eastern sky for our blessed hope. Jesus Christ has arisen into the portals of heaven and he's coming again, just like he promised. M. Wendell Anderson Danville

John 4:27-42: At this point, Jesus' disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?” The disciples marveled, Jesus not only brought them through Samaria, sent them out for lunch, but now speaks with a woman. Rabbis were known to say, “It is better for the law to be burned than to deliver them to a woman!” Jesus did not agree with that prejudiced thinking. He broke through all the boundaries to speak with this lost Samaritan woman.

The story of the birth of Jesus, as more often related from Luke's gospel, provides the well known details of an eventful time. Western civilization shares the common knowledge of this momentous happening, but the Asian world, while certainly aware of the history, is far less involved or intrigued with the birth of Jesus. The “Stable Story” has been pictured in many differing ways through the years and the manger scene has been deployed countless times on church yards, town squares, schools and private property.

Leatha Janis Hoffner, 80, of Granger, Ind., passed away Monday, Nov. 5, in the sanctuary at Holy Cross, South Bend, Ind. Born July 19, 1932, in Nicholasville, Leatha was a daughter of the late Eldie and Roxie (Young) Reed. The family moved to the South Bend area in 1944. Leatha worked at Dodge, Oliver and Studebakers for 14 years and was a member of Northway Church of Christ, where she played piano and was a Bible school teacher for 30 years. She loved to garden and crochet, making afghans, rugs and clothes.

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were   possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. And there was great joy in that city.” Acts 8: 5-8 (KJV) Ryan Dotson has read the book of Acts. Until recently, he had never fully experienced what was recorded in the one of the books of the Bible during a recent crusade.

Some among us don't believe Jesus ever existed. That story, in their view, is nothing but a myth. Some do believe that He existed, but are confounded with the mystery that oftentimes seems to shroud His presence among us.  Those who deny Him do so, at least in large measure, as the result of having no original texts, penned by a known author, who is certified as having lived in places of factual existence during specific years of birth and...

For the third year in a row, Ichthus festival attendees could take a break from the music acts and take their boards and worship to a skate park located at the heart of the Wilmore campgrounds. Friday afternoon as the sounds of nearby music acts drifted across the campgrounds, about a dozen young men in their teens and 20s grinded, kickflipped and ollied across the pavement and ramps, showing off their skills. The park, which was overseen by action sports mission Ride Nature, saw hundreds of skaters over the four-day festival.

LANCASTER - As the humidity changed into rain, and the rain changed into abundant sunshine, the volunteers of Carpenters for Christ continued working as much as possible to frame up the new Lancaster Church of the Nazarene.  Under a nearby tent, other volunteers, some from the church itself, watched the construction as they provided food, water and support. Tonia Campbell, of Lancaster, was one of them and said she recognizes the need for a new church, as the current one is regularly packed.

 Charles Marshall Gettings, 78, husband of Betty Finley Gettings, died peacefully at home in Nicholasville on Wednesday, Nov. 16, surrounded by his family. He was a devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed by those who loved and knew him. Charles Marshall was born in Center Point near Tompkinsville on March 15, 1933, to Burlus Carr and Ada Jane Gettings. Mr. Gettings attended David Lipscomb College and the University of Kentucky and received his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute in 1958.