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KENTUCKY 
BAPTIST
FELLOWSHIP
Equipping & Empowering.Cultivating Partnerships.Engaging in Missions.
Kentucky Baptist Fellowship225 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy., Suite 205Louisville KY 40222-4929Phone: 502-426-1931Fax: 502-426-1612Office email: office@kybf.orgWebsite: www.kybf.org
Officers
Moderator: Alice MullModerator Elect: Robert DavisSecretary: Mary RunyonTreasurer: Susanne JenkensPast Moderator: Lynne Huff 
Coordinating Council
Susan Allen, Kitty Baird, MargaretBarlow, Charlotte Benningfield, Jane Brake,James Browning, Linda Caldwell, Ot-tis Cave, Jeremy Colliver, Robert Coons,Stanley Crabb, Jica Crafton, Gwen Curry,Jim Dobbins, Nancy Fields, Larry Haltom,Patsey Jacobs, Mark Johnson, Don Man-tooth, Bill McCann, Don McFadden, KristenTerry Nethery, John Owen, Pat Ramey, JayRobison, Don Rogers, Kimbrough Simmons,Naomi Walker, Howard Wilson, and LisaWood.
CBF Council Members
Bill Ellis, Robert Baker, Lynn Smith
Staff 
Coordinator:John Lepper jlepper@kybf.orgAdministrative Assistant:Kathleen Cornetetoffice@kybf.org
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KBF News
KBF News is a newsletter of Kentucky Baptist Fellowship.
March 2008
Kentucky Baptist Fellowship SpringGathering at Highland Baptist April 25-26
Kentucky Baptist Fellowship will gather for the annual meeting April 25-26 at High-land Baptist Church in Louisville. This year’s theme is “Free to be the People of God:Christian–Islamic Dialogue.” Why? In a post 9/11 world, the need to understand oneanother in the world community has never been more important. Join Kentucky Bap-tist Fellowship in the annual Spring Gathering as we dialogue about Christian–Islamicrelationships, both here, at home, and abroad. Our goal is to open the door to a morecomplete understanding of the basic beliefs of Islam, to look at our shared heritage andto discover ways in which we can build bridges of mutual respect and support.The keynote speakers for the weekend will be Karen Thomas Smith and Jean-LucBlanc. Karen Thomas Smith is a native of Kentucky and currently serves as the Chris-tian Chaplain at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. Karen also serves aspastor of the Protestant church in Ifrane. Jean-Luc Blanc is President of the EvangelicalProtestant Church of Mo-rocco as well as the pastor of the church in Casablanca.Dr. Ghouse Shareef, Chair-man of the EducationCommittee of the RiverRoad Mosque of Louisville,will join us for a paneldiscussion and will leada breakout session on thebasic tenets of Islam. Wor-ship leaders will be Johnand Amy Wiles of Austin,Texas. The Wiles’ willlead us in creative worshipexperiences both Friday andSaturday of our Gathering.
What: KBF Spring GatheringTheme: Free to be the People of God:Christian–Islamic DialogueWhere: Highland Baptist Church,1101 Cherokee Rd., LouisvilleWhen: April 25 -26, 2008
Jean-Luc Blanc,Keynote SpeakerFifteen thousand participants in the New BaptistCovenant convocation arrived in Atlanta Jan. 30seeking unity in Christ and departed Feb. 1 won-dering where their quest will lead. For responsesfrom KBF participants to their New Baptist Cov-enant experience, log onto www.kybf.org.
New Baptist CovenantJanuary 30 - February 1
Karen Thomas Smith,Keynote Speaker
 
Dining With Jesus
By Bob Coons, Pastor, Seven Hills Church, Owensboro, KY
“I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 (NIV)
There was a picture of a group of people standing in a 1920’s soup line.Men, women, and children are holding an assortment of bowls, waiting tobe fed. Most are dirty and rumpled-looking. The boys and girls have onclothing that appear either too big or too small. Many of their faces areturned away. The few which can be seen are unremarkable—just faces inthe crowd.Superimposed above the line of people is a depiction of Jesus, smiling. Itseems to suggest that feeding hungry people is a God-thing, somethingJesus approves and watches over. It surprised no one that Jesus found joyin seeing hungry people fed.The painting hung prominently in the hall where the soup was served.Those who worked in the soup kitchen took great pride in the painting.They began to think of themselves as doing Christ’s work—being Christ,in fact, to those hungry people in the soup line. As they served, theythought of Christ smiling at them. They took a measure of pride in pleas-ing their Lord.One day, a surprising discovery was made. Close examination of the facesin the painting revealed a startling similarity to the face of Jesus. Everyone of the soup-line faces had the features of Jesus—whether boy, girl,woman, or man. This revelation suddenly transformed the servers’ at-titudes. The painting becamea source of humility rather than pride. “Remember,” they would say to eachother as they served, “Jesus will be dining with us today!”For almost two years, Jesus has been dining with us on Wednesday evenings.He comes to our Home Cookin’ soup kitchen. I don’t always remember tolook for Jesus, but occasionally I see him in the faces of those 40-45 peoplewho gather for a warm meal each week.A few of our regular attenders are probably “homeless” (like Jesus). Theyappear to be living in their cars. They come for the food. It may be one of the few meals they will eat this week. Some are unemployed, just trying toprovide for their families until a job is found. Some come to stretch a too-short disability check to cover life’s necessities over a too-long month. Othersare trapped in a cycle of medically-imposed poverty, where prescriptions andother medical costs have left them unable to buy food.A few who gather on Wednesdays could likely afford to pay for their meal.They’re neither homeless, nor poor, nor unemployed. Yet, they are hungry---hungry for human contact, for fellowship (or koinonia to give it a biblicalname). Finally, some are here to serve. They cook, clean, carry trash, and dinewith Jesus. And although they may not come hungry, they, too, find them-selves strangely “filled.” I guess dining with Jesus will do that to you.
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