Our next Bon Air Neighborhood General Membership meeting will be this coming Monday, September 30, 2019 at 6:30 pm in that Buechel Park Baptist Church's "Fellowship Hall." The church is at 2403 Hikes Lane.
Buechel Park has some memory for me. My son was part of Troop 610 that had met at this church, and my wife worked in the church's Parent's Day Out program for a number of years, but my most cherished memory was the time we actually went to church there.
A bad storm had knocked out one Sunday in St Matthews--where we had been going to church and our church was cancelled. We decided that we would check out Buechel Park on this Sunday. The church that we had been going to put song lyrics on the screen. When it was time to sing the song leader said,
Please turn in your hymnals to . . .
My son whispered to me:
Dad, what is a hymnal?
I had to chuckle and feel old and maybe slightly neglectful in educating my son, as the hymnal is (derived from the Greek Hymnos for songs) one of those terms like 900-numbers that does not have meaning to many people anymore.
Nevertheless, Buechel Park Baptist as an institution has been in the Buechel Hikes Point area since the 1920's and has been on its present site since 1958.
It is a part of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (as opposed to the Southern Baptist Convention). It severed ties with the SBC in 2001. It is safe to say that you will find progressive thinking at this church including women in ministry.
The church's current pastor is the Reverend Erica Whittaker, who has definitely made some attempts to reach out into the community, especially with her Bible Studies at Krazy Dave's.
The church has long been a site for senior activities. They have hosted senior nutrition and senior fitness activities. We hope to give them a minute or two to plug what they are doing and what they have to offer the community at our meeting.
Tomorrow, (September 28,2019), they will have an arts and crafts fair from 10am to 3pm if you wish to go and get your decorations for the holidays.
One last note, the church has a huge parking lot to park your car and I hope that you come to the Bon Air Membership meeting, which again will be Monday, September 30, 2019 at 6:30 pm.
Buechel Park has some memory for me. My son was part of Troop 610 that had met at this church, and my wife worked in the church's Parent's Day Out program for a number of years, but my most cherished memory was the time we actually went to church there.
A bad storm had knocked out one Sunday in St Matthews--where we had been going to church and our church was cancelled. We decided that we would check out Buechel Park on this Sunday. The church that we had been going to put song lyrics on the screen. When it was time to sing the song leader said,
Please turn in your hymnals to . . .
My son whispered to me:
Dad, what is a hymnal?
I had to chuckle and feel old and maybe slightly neglectful in educating my son, as the hymnal is (derived from the Greek Hymnos for songs) one of those terms like 900-numbers that does not have meaning to many people anymore.
Nevertheless, Buechel Park Baptist as an institution has been in the Buechel Hikes Point area since the 1920's and has been on its present site since 1958.
It is a part of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (as opposed to the Southern Baptist Convention). It severed ties with the SBC in 2001. It is safe to say that you will find progressive thinking at this church including women in ministry.
The church's current pastor is the Reverend Erica Whittaker, who has definitely made some attempts to reach out into the community, especially with her Bible Studies at Krazy Dave's.
The church has long been a site for senior activities. They have hosted senior nutrition and senior fitness activities. We hope to give them a minute or two to plug what they are doing and what they have to offer the community at our meeting.
Tomorrow, (September 28,2019), they will have an arts and crafts fair from 10am to 3pm if you wish to go and get your decorations for the holidays.
One last note, the church has a huge parking lot to park your car and I hope that you come to the Bon Air Membership meeting, which again will be Monday, September 30, 2019 at 6:30 pm.
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