Youth Pastor

Vaught-Hudson Larry and Penny Vaught of Danville announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Lynn Vaught, to William Barry Hudson III, son of William Hudson II of Nashville, Tenn., and Lynda Hyder Tolley of Hermitage, Tenn. Vaught is a 1998 graduate of Danville High School and a 2003 graduate of University of Kentucky. She is an employee of Regions Bank in Nashville. Hudson is a 2000 graduate of Hillsboro High School and a 2007 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University.

A year ago Danville's Vision Church of Holiness sponsored a "Youth Explosion," a two-day event that featured speakers from Dallas and Detroit and a panel discussion that dealt with abstinence, the role of the church in the lives of young people, role modeling, and other issues of concern to teenagers and the people who deal with them. "We had 35 to 40 people attend," said the Rev. Yolanda Weathers, youth pastor of Vision Church of Holiness, who organized last year's event. "It was a wonderful experience.

It didn't take long for Edgewood Baptist's new pastor, Steven Sholar to feel welcome. "The people are so friendly; they love you from the minute you walk in the door," he said. The Hopkinsville native, who assumed his new post two weeks ago, replaces Mike Greer, who had been the church's interim pastor. Sholar comes to Edgewood Baptist from Edmonton Baptist Church in Metcalfe County. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and a 1988 graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville.

We had a real good attendance on Sunday, Feb. 3. The scripture for today's message was Haggai 1:3-4. Today was communion day. We will take communion the first Sunday of each month. The bread and wine are in remembrance of the Lord and His sacrifice for our souls. The church dinner was in honor of our youth pastor and his wife, Doug and Lisa McQueen, who have been very faithful in working with our youth and setting them a wonderful example with their love and concern. Thank you, Lisa and Doug!

County Kiwanis Club meets Tuesday night The Clark County Kiwanis Club will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at The Colonel's Lady, West Lexington Avenue. Leadership Winchester exec is Rotary speaker Keith Roberts, coordinator for Leadership Winchester-Clark County, will be the speaker at the Winchester Rotary Club luncheon at noon Friday at the Winchester Country Club. He will be introduced by Winchester-Clark County Chamber of Commerce President Karen Haley. Ventriloquist to raise money for homeless Brent Vernon, a Christian ventriloquist and entertainer, will perform TeenFire's third annual Great Giveaway!

The Unity in the Community week of worship will begin at 6 p.m. today at First Christian Church at 555 E. Lexington Ave.  The Rev. Darrick Briscoe, pastor of First Baptist Church at Second and Walnut streets, will deliver the sermon. Christ the Head Missionary Church will offer special music, and the church nursery will be open to care for young children.  At the same time as the main worship, a separate youth service will be held in the Christian Life Center at First Christian.

Jesus commanded his disciples to go into all the world to preach the good news of his kingdom, Theo Macmillan told a group of youths who joined hands Saturday afternoon at College Park to pray for their community. “The world starts right outside your door,” he said. The Unity Movement rally was the first event organized by young adults and youths from churches throughout the community to try and bring Christians together, regardless of denominations, to address problems of addiction¿ - whether to drugs, alcohol or sexual promiscuity.

The July humidity and body heat from more than 800 teenagers made the inside of the George Rogers Clark High School auditorium steamy Saturday night, but the kids didn't seem to mind. They danced and sang along with Hawk Nelson and other Christian bands at the fourth Summer Slam concert. Youth from all over Kentucky and some other states came to hear the music, watch skateboard and BMX bike competitions, and hear speaker Jeffery Dean encourage them to avoid drugs and other pitfalls and rely on their faith to get them through tough trials.

A small group of ninth-and 10th-grade girls from Wilmore United Methodist Church are on a mission - from God. “We received 21 blankets from the high-school girls' group at the church,” Wilmore fire chief Jimmy Powers said. “Basically, they were donated to us to be given out to anyone who needed them, whether it be a house fire or somebody that's going through a rough time. We've actually let the police department put some in their cruisers in case they run across somebody at a wreck scene who needs one. “It's really generous what these girls did for their community.” The blankets were received by several Wilmore firefighters and the chief during a Sunday-morning service in February after the congregation of United Methodist Church prayed over them.

WEST LIBERTY - About 130 miles and two-and-half hours separate Southside Christian Church in Harrodsburg from tornado-torn West Liberty Christian Church, but the distance has been less meaningful during a painful last week. Matthew Riley, youth pastor at Southside Christian, came back to his native Harrodsburg from West Liberty about two months ago with his wife Rachel, after serving in the same position there for almost six years. They got the news last Friday an F3 tornado had swept away much of the first town in which they lived, including the 100-year-old church where they spent so much of their time.

At The Cairn, visitors can expect live music, local art and plenty of conversation. And, of course, a good cup of coffee. A project of Calvary Christian Church, The Cairn is designed to be a place to bring community members together and offer local teenagers a safe place to hang out. “It just kind of evolved and snowballed into the vision it is now,” said Dan Jackson, project manager for The Cairn. Jackson moved to Winchester in January from Port Huron, Mich., to oversee the project during the renovation phase and develop programming for the shop after it opens.

Jesus commanded his disciples to go into all the world to preach the good news of his kingdom, Theo Macmillan told a group of youths who joined hands Saturday afternoon at College Park to pray for their community. “The world starts right outside your door,” he said. The Unity Movement rally was the first event organized by young adults and youths from churches throughout the community to try and bring Christians together, regardless of denominations, to address problems of addiction¿ - whether to drugs, alcohol or sexual promiscuity.

The Unity in the Community week of worship will begin at 6 p.m. today at First Christian Church at 555 E. Lexington Ave.  The Rev. Darrick Briscoe, pastor of First Baptist Church at Second and Walnut streets, will deliver the sermon. Christ the Head Missionary Church will offer special music, and the church nursery will be open to care for young children.  At the same time as the main worship, a separate youth service will be held in the Christian Life Center at First Christian.

County Kiwanis Club meets Tuesday night The Clark County Kiwanis Club will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at The Colonel's Lady, West Lexington Avenue. Leadership Winchester exec is Rotary speaker Keith Roberts, coordinator for Leadership Winchester-Clark County, will be the speaker at the Winchester Rotary Club luncheon at noon Friday at the Winchester Country Club. He will be introduced by Winchester-Clark County Chamber of Commerce President Karen Haley. Ventriloquist to raise money for homeless Brent Vernon, a Christian ventriloquist and entertainer, will perform TeenFire's third annual Great Giveaway!

"The freest you'll ever be is when you actually forget about yourself. " The lead vocalist of Tenth Avenue North, Mike Donehey, delivered that message to a crowd of teens on Saturday night at Summer Slam. With hands in the air, and eyes closed, the crowd joined the band in singing "I'm Yours Tonight. " The mood was set as more than 530 teens and parents sang along with the band as the words appeared on the auditorium wall of George Rogers Clark High School. The fifth annual Summer Slam was sponsored for the third time by the youth committee of Winchester-Clark County Christians United Against Drugs, or WCCCUAD.

Hazlett inducted into honor society Rebecca Lauren Hazlett of Stanford, an undergraduate student at University of the Cumberlands, was inducted as a lifetime member into the university's chapter of Psi Chi, which is the National Honor Society in Psychology. Hazlett is majoring in psychology with a minor in political science. Danville student receives scholarship Matthew Overing, a senior from Danville, is the winner of a $4,000 Ichthus scholarship to Asbury College. Overing was nominated by his youth pastor, Julie Breitenbach from Centenary United Methodist Church.

By Aline Matlock Services on Sunday, March 1 at Waynesburg Family Worship Center were excellent. The music was very good and we also observed Communion. We always seem to want to humble ourselves in prayer. Guests were here from Louisville to speak about a drug rehab center being established in Hustonville called "Turning Point. " The center is to help people turn away from drugs, which is badly needed in this day and time. Coming with the group was a young lady named Nicky Campbell.