Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and his wife, Maria, stopped at Boones Creek Christian Church in Johnson City on Friday and spoke with participants of a nonprofit program for adults with intellectual disabilities, according to the Johnson City Press. The Brother’s Keeper nonprofit enrichment program housed at the church provides services to 18 participants.
Founded in 2014, Brother’s Keeper offers lifelong training opportunities to people with intellectual disabilities after they graduate from high school. The faith-based program provides participants with opportunities to learn art, cooking, and gardening skills, as well as work on their vocabulary and reading comprehension.
Brother’s Keeper is part of the first lady’s Tennessee Serves initiative, which promotes community service as a way to help transform distressed areas of the state, the newspaper said.
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Dr. Rosalyn Burton Ruffner, 82, of Grayson, Ky., who served as professor and coordinator of student teaching in the Keeran School of Education at Kentucky Christian University for 21 years, died Aug. 9. During her career, she helped place 527 student teachers in area schools. Upon her retirement in 2005 she was named emeritus professor of education and received the President’s Award for Distinguished Service to KCU and also the Lusby Award (the university’s highest tribute). She was both the daughter of a minister and the wife of a minister. She is survived by her husband of nearly 62 years, Dr. Kail Daniel Ruffner; one son; one daughter; one brother; and three grandchildren, among others. Her funeral was Aug. 14. A complete obituary is available here.
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Archived issues of Christian Standard going back to 1978 are now available to readers and researchers. To access these issues, go to our home page and click on “Archived Christian Standard Issues.” We have added about 25 years’ worth of issues since announcing this initiative a few weeks ago.
The archiving of these issues into a digital format has taken a major investment of time and resources, but it continues to be a work in process. We plan is to make digital issues available clear back to 1967.
In that same portion of the CS home page, you also can access classic Christian Standard articles, Communion meditations, and booklets, along with Next Level Studies from Ozark Christian College and Open Network Children’s Ministry Resources.
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Shelby Christian Church of Ripley County, Ind. (southwest of Versailles), dedicated their new worship space on Aug. 13. The church has been in its former worship space since 1908. The new space is on a main highway (U.S. 421) instead of tucked away on a back road. Several former ministers were present for the dedication.
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Great Lakes Christian College is offering its Introduction to Biblical Interpretation class to high schoolers for credit . . . and at a deep discount.
“I share the concern of Restoration Movement leaders over the shrinking number of students preparing for church leadership,” said GLCC president Dr. Frank Weller. ‘This initiative has the potential to put more students in the ministry pipeline and help address the ministerial shortage that Christian Churches and Churches of Christ see on the horizon.”
High school students who commit to the dual-enrollment initiative by Sept. 15 will pay $150 for the class, with other fees waived. High schoolers who dual enroll normally pay $450, and traditional students normally pay $1,185 for this online course.
The seven-week online course is taught by Dr. Samuel Long, GLCC’s professor of Old Testament. The course begins Oct. 17. Learn more and apply at www.glcc.edu.
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Creekside Christian Fellowship in Needville, Texas, has been hosting watch parties as its local baseball team competes in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. On Monday night, Needville (representing the Southwest) defeated the El Segundo, Calif., team (representing the West) by a 3-1 score. Needville is now 4-0 and will play at 3 p.m. today vs. the team from Seattle, Wash. (the Northwest representative), which has a 3-0 record. (Watch the game on ESPN.) Needville has a population of about 3,100. Click2Houston.com covered the story.
UPDATE: The Needville Little League squad defeated Seattle Wednesday afternoon in a 1-0, nine-inning thriller. Needville qualifies for the U.S. Championship game set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday (and televised on ABC) against the winner of a game being played Thursday night.
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First Christian Church, Mason City, Iowa—a small, aging church that will be closing their doors within a few years—would like to pass along their possessions to one or more congregations that would make good use of them for the kingdom. FCC has classroom furniture, office items, a church library, and more . . . even a pipe organ! For more information, contact Paul Boostrom at (641) 210-5911 or [email protected].
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Eastside Christian Church in Jeffersonville hosted “A Taste of Southern Indiana” on Tuesday evening. The annual fundraiser for RSVP Hope Southern Indiana featured more than 25 restaurants. The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) is “geared toward individuals 55 and over,” according to WDRB.com. “The nonprofit has 700 volunteers in five counties working in soup kitchens, libraries and schools, with groups like Flower Power that put together baskets of flowers for hospice patients. Volunteers also help seniors with small home repairs and transportation to medical appointments.”
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