BUSINESS MEETING

& POTLUCK MEAL

Sunday, February 19 after worship

This month we will welcome Elizabeth King as our new pianist. She will join us for the first time at Wednesday night’s choir rehearsal on February 15. Elizabeth’ s hiring ends a long, three-year search for a permanent pianist. During that time, Judith Williams has graciously given her dedication and talents to playing for the choir, congregational singing, and instrumental pieces during worship. She will still play some from time to time while returning to singing with the choir. Thank you for continuing to share your gifts and calling with us, Judith!

Elizabeth King, a native Scott Countian, is currently the pianist for Newtown Christian Church and a freshman at the University of Kentucky, working toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music (Flute) and a Bachelor of Business Administration degrees. She was awarded two scholarships by the University of Kentucky and has held leadership roles in several volunteer organizations, including as a mentor in the Adopt an Art program where she taught dance, music, and visual arts, both virtually and in person, to children in gifted and talented programs and children in foster care. She is also a private instructor in flute and piano at King’ s School of Music. In total she has fourteen years experience playing piano and eight years experience playing flute.

We are delighted to welcome Elizabeth to our church staff and are eager for everyone to meet her!

What's more exciting than a business meeting? A potluck business meeting! Our next quarterly business meeting will be in the RA with a potluck like we did before COVID. So bring a dish and let's get down to business!

It is hard to believe that we are already a month into the new year! There are so many wonderful things happening in the life of our church and I am excited for all that is to come. As we enter into February and into the season of Lent, we are preparing our hearts and minds again for the mystery of Easter. It is a time for all of us to reflect and wonder about the gift that God has given us in the life, death, and ultimately resurrection of Jesus. In the children’s Godly Play time, they will walk with Jesus through his ministry on earth learning about his miracles and love.

We began our year with Music With Ms. Kathy. The children had a wonderful time gathering at Pastor Amanda’s house for some singing and playing instruments with Kathy Fraley. We ended our time together sharing our hopes for the upcoming year and eating ice cream sundaes!

Wednesday Nights at church will resume on Wednesday, February 1, as we all gather in the RA to celebrate being back together and watching the final night of the Virtual Winter Olympics.

The next two Wednesday nights (February 8 and 15) the children will remain in the RA to share a Bible study time with the adults titled “The Gospel According to Bluey.” Many children are familiar with this lovable blue heeler and will enjoy introducing her to the adults. This will be a meaningful time for children and adults to share their thoughts and discoveries about how God is working in their lives. This will be led by Pastor Amanda and will be a fun evening as everyone explores the Bible together!

The children will begin their own Wednesday night gatherings on Ash Wednesday, February 22, and continue to discover together what it means to follow Jesus.

Children are invited to remain after church on Sunday, February 26, to continue exploring beautiful Bali and the two missionaries there who are sharing God's love through art, music and dance. Children will need to bring a lunch and can be picked up at 1:30 pm.

We are starting something new with our very own Arts Academy. With the idea that we encounter God the best using all of our senses and talents, we are going to be gathering two Sundays a month. One Sunday we will use visual art to talk about and learn about God, and the second Sunday we will use our drama skills! All children are welcome to bring a lunch and stay!

Visual Art: February 12, March 12, April 16

Drama: February 19, March 19, May 7 serve in

Indonesia, with an emphasis on spiritual expression through the arts.

Finally, mark your calendars for a Breakout Games-style adventure on February 17. We'll meet at the church at 6 p.m. for a pizza dinner and then have some fun together! We'll wrap things up by 8.

It’s a big month for our youth and our church! February 17-19 will be Disciple Now for our youth concluding with Youth Sunday! Our theme is Called to Follow. Disciple Now is an in-town retreat where the youth stay the entire weekend at someone’ s house. They will be led in Bible studies by Georgetown College students and then our youth will lead worship that Sunday!

How can you be involved in this great weekend? I glad you asked! We need to feed the youth! We also need people to pray! And we need people to be in worship Sunday, February 19, to support our students!

If you would like to help with meals, please contact Sharon as soon as possible. We will need people to provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday for two different houses. If you would like to commit to pray, contact Sharon to get specific things to pray for as the weekend progresses. Everyone can begin praying now for our youth, our host homes (the McConnaughhays and the Feltons), our Bible study leaders (Ragan Welch and Carter Felton), and our youth as they prepare to lead in worship. I’m so excited to see God work during this weekend!

All youth are invited to a Super Bowl party on Sunday, February 12, starting at 6 p.m. in the youth room! Bring your favorite football-watching food to share.

We had a fun night at the Fraleys’ with our college students in January! Thank you Fraleys for opening your home and loving on our students!

We had a great turnout for our JOY Lunch in January as new Mayor Burney Jenkins shared his dreams for Georgetown with us. We are so appreciative of Mayor Jenkins taking time to speak to us!

Our February outing is a movie night! Everyone is invited to go see 80 for Brady at Theatres of Georgetown on Tuesday, February 7. The movie starts at 5:10 p.m. so we’ll meet in the lobby around 5 and then go in together. Tickets are $6 and you can get a free popcorn with the purchase of a drink since we going on Free Popcorn Tuesday!

We hope you will join us for our JOY Luncheon this month! It will be on Monday, February 20, at 11 a.m. in the RA. The Senior Adult Committee will be providing a variety of soups for lunch. You are invited to bring a side dish or dessert if you are able. Our speaker will be Michele Carlisle, Executive Director the AMEN House, and she will talk to us about Project Prom Dress, a ministry that provides prom dresses, accessories, and minor alterations at no cost. Project Prom Dress is held at Faith and many of our members are volunteers.