August 22nd UM Women Mission Study @ 9:30AM at Lawrenceburg UMC

August 23rd DS Reception @ 2:15PM District Conference @ 3:15PM at Lawrenceburg UMC

August 23rd Promotion Sunday for Children’s Sunday School

August 26th Catered Meal @ 6PM in Life Center

August 30th Back to School Bash at 2nd Campus

August 5th Mountain Mission Pickup

August 5th

Potluck @ 6PM in Life Center

August 10th Optimist Club Picnic @ 5PM at 2nd Campus

August 10th United Methodist Men @ 7PM at Georgetown UMC

August 12th Catered Meal @ 6PM in Life Center

August 15th LACE @ 9AM - 3PM at Lawrenceburg UMC

August 16th LMT meeting @ 2PM in Conference Room

August 16th Youth Committee @ 4PM at 2nd Campus

August 18th BUMS @ 12PM in Life Center

August 19th

Potluck @ 6PM in Life Center

August 20th Wesleyan Circle @ 1:30PM in Conference Room

AUGUST CALENDAR

“Partnering in Christ to Establish Relationships and Nurture a Community of Faith”

AUGUST 2015

Jesus told His disciples in Matthew 28:19 “Go and make disciples of all nations.” How do we make disciples? Jesus

is our best model

Christ and His 12 disciples are the picture of how we should make disciples and what that looks like today.

Start with a few people

Invest in a relationship with those individuals

Build them up in the truth and knowledge of God through His word

Equip them to teach and serve others

Those few people will go and start the process with others

It is a beautiful cycle that grows slowly like a tree with its leaves multiplying upon the branches

Disciples - making disciples - who make disciples. You may think: Why not start with a hundred people and produce

more disciples faster? Disciples cannot be mass produced...they are the product of intimate and personal investments.

Jesus was not concerned with programs to reach the multitudes but with men the multitudes would follow! Paul

is a great model of a disciple-making disciple. Remember Timothy and Titus? Paul invested in them, encouraged

them in the truth and equipped them to start the process over again. Paul's version of the great commission was his

personal mission.

(Colossians 1:28-29) “We proclaim Him (Christ) admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we

may present everyone perfect in Christ to this end I labor, struggling with all His energy which so powerfully works

within me.” The message of Christ, that Paul, John, Peter and the other disciples shared with a few, is now shared

today, two thousand years later, moving from disciple to disciple to disciple.

Making Disciples by: Jacque Godbey

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Bob Bruno August 2 Charlie King August 4 Grant Curtsinger August 6 Ken Distler August 7 Cindy Lyvers August 7 Lynda Weeks August 7 Paden Vernon August 8 Pat Cecil August 13 Ed Pile August 13 Lucas Wilcher August 13

Walter & Joan Norton August 1 Ray & Carolyn Lee August 5 Brian & Dawn Seawater August 5 Ron & Jill Clark August 8 Robert & Janice Smotherman August 8 Brent & Sandy Holsclaw August 18 Bob & Terri Bruno August 21 Ben & Susan Breeding August 26 Frank & Leslie Boblitt August 28 Tom & Mary Justus August 31

Harold Coyle August 14 Roger Hinckley August 15 Henry Wilkerson August 17 Debi Goode August 21 Justin Pile August 21 Robert Farrell August 22 Tonya Bare August 26 Cindy Pile August 28 Louise Shields August 28

Birthdays Happy Anniversary!

Prayers and Concerns

Julie Bader

Linda Broaddus

Margaret Churchill

Sandy Holsclaw

Rebekah Hood

Lyda Taylor

Back to School Bash!

Come and join the water fun at BUMC’s 2nd Campus on

Sunday, August 30th! Make sure you bring your bathing

suit and LOTS of towels!

Children will meet from 1:30PM - 3:30PM

Youth will meet from 5:30PM - 8:00PM

Join us September 27 for our 2015 BUMC Fall Service and Chili Cook-Off!

This year, following the annual fall service at the Second Campus, we’ll enjoy our annual Chili Cook - Off

competition for traditional and non-traditional Chilis. A sign-up sheet to enter a Chili will be posted on the

church bulletin board. It’s potluck, so watch for details about how to bring sandwiches or other items to the

event. Our judges will award a best traditional and best non-traditional chili - so plan to enter your best effort!

Then enjoy watching teams from our two worship services compete for victory in the Retro Games!

Three – Legged Race

Sack Race

Tug-O-War

Egg and Spoon Race

Apple Bobbing

And Others

Watch for details and join us for the fun on September 27th!

Sympathy and Condolences to Ruth Schlegel and her

family at the passing of her son, Scott Schlegel and her

daughter, Susan Schlegel Gordon.

The LMT Spotlight - Worship by: Sean Roby

The lay mobilization team at our church is firmly

entrenched in a study of discipleship. Our team is not

only learning to be disciples individually, but seeking

ways to nurture discipleship in our community of

faith here at Bardstown United Methodist. Our group

has found this study and the growth in understanding

of what it means to be a disciple to be revealing as

well as rewarding.

This LMT spotlight is on the topic of worship.

Revelation, Chapter 4, Verse 11 states "You are

worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and

honor and power, for you created all things, and by

your will they were created and have their being."

Our study in Greg Ogden's book Discipleship

Essentials reveals this core truth: "The functions of

the church have been variously defined as teaching,

fellowship, outreach and worship. Of these

important functions, honoring God through worship

is the church's primary purpose, because it is our

eternal vocation."

God is worthy of our worship. Ogden examines this

worthiness by focusing on the holiness of God and

the problems this holiness attribute creates within our

human nature. Generally speaking, our nature drives

us away from knowing God. In particular, we tend to

form our own perception of who God really is -

which usually involves Him looking like us.

We also refuse to look at God when He reveals

Himself because encountering God in His holiness is

a frightening experience. When considering the purity

and absolute holiness of God compared to our sinful

existence, the gap between God and us is

immeasurable.

The Good News is that while the distance between

God and us seems insurmountable, that changed with

Christ. Ogden puts it this way: "Because of Jesus

Christ and in Jesus Christ we dare to approach the

Holy Creator of the universe and address Him as

Abba, Father."

God our Father desires our fellowship so much that

He gave His only Son to make it possible. Let us seek

God in worship - in awe of our Father's holiness, in

shame before the Absolute Pure and with deep

gratitude for His mercifulness.

Amen!

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Malaria is a devastating disease caused by a blood parasite, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. Each year,

an estimated 219 million people are infected with malaria, causing approximately 600,000 deaths – mostly

children under the age of five.

Malaria is a huge problem in Africa, where it is a leading killer of children. In fact, there are 10 new cases

of malaria every second. Every 60 seconds, a child in Africa dies from a malaria infection and 90% of all

malaria deaths occur in the region. When combined with HIV/AIDS, malaria is even more deadly,

particularly for pregnant women and children.

Nothing But Nets works with UN partners like UNICEF, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Health

Organization to purchase nets and distribute them to countries in Africa. Net distributions are typically part

of a wider public health effort within a country coordinated by the Ministry of Health, the UN and other

local and international organizations.

The Outreach Committee asks you to prayerfully consider making a donation to this cause. Envelopes will

be placed in the sanctuary for donations. Your $10 contribution goes towards the cost of purchasing a long

-lasting, insecticide-treated bed net, distributing it, and educating communities on its use.

Nothing But Nets (The Outreach Committee)

BARDSTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

116 East Flaget Ave. Bardstown, KY 40004 (502) 348-3209 www.bardstownmethodist.org bardstownumc@bellsouth.net

Methodist Mountain Mission

The trucks will be at Bardstown UMC on Wednesday, August 5th.

Current Needs:

Clothing for Men, Women & Children

Underwear, socks & shoes

Dishes, pots, pans & small appliances

Usable furniture and/or any other household items

Woodlawn - Beechfork UMC Community Gathering

Woodlawn - Beechfork UMC has invited Bardstown UMC to their Community Gathering

at their church on Friday, August 7th at 6:00PM. This Fellowship event will include ice

cream, pork chops, a basketball shooting contest, corn hole, and much, much more !

Please come and have a great time with your Brothers and Sisters in Christ!