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Columbia Baptist Church holds Campbellsville University Day

By Linda Waggener
News from Campbellsville University

The Rev. Ted Taylor, transitional pastor at Columbia Baptist Church, introduced Campbellsville University Day at the CBC Sunday, November 14, 2010. It was a day for celebrating the growth of the church, the CU alumni who attend the church and trustees who have served at CU, Hunter Durham and Mary Frances May.

The Rev. Wilburn Bonta, Russell Creek Baptist Association director of missions, presented a certificate of recognition to the Columbia Baptist Church for "a year of record financial giving (including missions support), worship attendance, and number of baptisms, for the year of 2009-2010."



Guest speaker, CU President Michael V. Carter, congratulated the CBC on a tremendous year, adding that the church has supplied Campbellsville Junior College, College and now Campbellsville University with strong leaders like Hunter Durham and, for the last two decades, Mary Frances May who currently serves on the Board of Trustees.

Carter acknowledged May for her special service "on some hard assignments" along the way. He said, "Her most recent service has been as part of the Buildings and Grounds committee and all you have to do to see part of her work is look at the beautiful touches on our campus."

He called members of his Administrative Council in attendance and Taylor to join him in presenting May with the Campbellsville University Leadership Medallion "to express their deep appreciation for her leadership at CU."

It was also a day to celebrate unity as the CBC supported both Campbellsville University and Lindsey Wilson College freshmen collecting gift boxes to donate to Operation Christmas Child. The church paid over $7,000 in postage to ship all boxes from both schools. After the morning services an alumni luncheon was hosted at the home of Dr. Anthony Grant and his wife Keena Jo Phipps Grant who graduated from CU in 1997.

The Rev. John Chowning, vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to the president, spoke of his many ties to Columbia Baptist Church, the first Baptist church he ever attended while a student at Lindsey Wilson College.

He thanked the CBC for being a church closely linked to CU through the past 104 years. He shared an overview of CU today which included:
  • Fall 2010 enrollment is in excess of 3,200 students in this 21st consecutive semester of record enrollment with students from around 100 Kentucky counties, 30 states and 35 nations

  • Being named four years consecutively in the top 25 regional colleges in the south by U.S.News & World Report - and ranked among the nation's best colleges and universities by U.S.News & World Report for 18 consecutive years

  • Being ranked 3rd in the South, and among only 68 of the more than 4,000 institutions in America, by U.S.News among the "up and coming schools"

  • Being named as one of America's Best Christian Colleges(R) four years consecutively

  • Being rated a Military Friendly School for two consecutive years

  • Having partnerships with a number of international universities in South America and Asia

  • Vision 2025 - Preparing Christian Servant Leaders with goals set for continued steady growth over the next 15 years.
CU is offering over 80 academic programs now - 63 options at the bachelor's level, 17 master's, and five post-graduate options.

Regional sites include Louisville, where there are nearly 300 students, Somerset with nearly 100 students, Hodgenville, Elizabethtown and teaching sites in Bowling Green, Pineville and Northern Kentucky.

Campbellsville University is a widely acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with over 3,000 students offering 63 undergraduate programs, 17 master's degrees and five postgraduate areas. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu.


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Gracious Hosts CU luncheon: Dr. Anthony Grant, Keena Grant



2010-11-15 - Photo by Linda Waggener. CU photo. Columbia, KY
Dr. Anthony Grant and Keena Grant were hosts to an after church lunch for Campbellsville University alumni and special guests from Campbellsville University, including University President Dr. Michael V. Carter and Mrs. Carter, following Campbellsville University Day services at the Columbia Baptist Church on November 14, 2010. The event was at Dr. and Mrs. Grant's beautiful home on the old Schuler farm on Fairplay RD. Over 40 were in attendance. The dinner was catered by Barbara Overstreet.

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Mary Frances May addresses CU Day at Columbia Baptist



2010-11-15 - Photo by Linda Waggener. 201 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY
Columbia Baptist Church member Mary Frances May spoke to the Campbellsville University day congregation after being surprised with the presentation of CU's prestigious Leadership Award. May, is a longtime trustee of the school. President Michael V. Carter, far right, acknowledged her service, and that of fellow congregant H. Hunter Durham, who also served on the CU Board of Trustees. Others above, from left, are CU Vice President for Finance Otto Tenant; CU Professor of Theology and Transitional Pastor of Columbia Baptist Church Dr. G. Ted Turner, and CU Vice President for Academics Frank Cheatham and CU Vice President for Church and External Relations John Chowning. The theme of the day was service to others; the "shoeboxes" lined up in front of the lectern are for Operation Christmas Child, a joint effort of Columbia Baptist Church, Lindsey Wilson College, and Campbellsville University.

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Mayor elect lobbies veteran councillor at CU Day



2010-11-15 - Photo by Ed Waggener. 201 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY
Mayor-elect Mark Harris Right, a member of the Columbia Baptist Church, lobbied veteran Columbia City Councillor Linda Waggener prior to Sunday's Campbellsville University Day services. Mayor Harris says he doesn't understand why the meetings are called 'City Council Meetings when the Mayor is there, too. Linda Waggener is Marketing and Media Relations Coordinator at Campbellsville University.

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Pretty Baked Stuffed Pear Appetizer



2010-11-15 - Photo by Linda Waggener. Columbia, KY
A Specialty Appetizer almost too pretty to eat. A baked cheese-stuffed pear on an artfully trimmed kale leaf gives early Christmas color at table. This one is a specialty of Barbara Overstreet served recently at a lunch catered for Dr. Anthony and Keena Grant.

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CU Day at CBC: Bowman and Creasons catch up



2010-11-15 - Photo by Linda Waggener. CU photo.. 201 Greensburg RD, Columbia KY
David Bowman, owner of Columbia Pharmacy, at right, and Larry and Rita Creason from Campbellsville University enjoyed some time together after the service at the Columbia Baptist Church Sunday, November 14, 2010. Before moving to Campbellsville when their children were little, the Creasons lived in the apartment in back of E. Campbell's Store on Jamestown Street and their children and the Bowman's were playmates. Sunday was CU day at the CBC.

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Dr. Ted Taylor accepts Russell Creek Baptist certificate



2010-11-17 - Photo by Linda Waggener. Campbellsville University photo. 201 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY
The Rev. Wilburn Bonta, center, Russell Creak Baptist Association director of missions, presented a certificate of recognition to the Columbia Baptist Church transition pastor Dr. Ted Taylor, left, for 'a year of record financial giving (including missions support), worship attendance, and number of baptisms, for the year of 2009-2010.' Taylor, now in his 17th year as a CU School of Theology professor, and in his second year as transitional pastor at Columbia Baptist Church, received the certificate during Campbellsville University Day at the CBC Sunday, November 14, 2010. At right is Rev. John Chowning, CU vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to president Dr. Michael V. Carter, who spoke at the 10:30 a.m. service. Both Carter and Chowning thanked the CBC congregation for all it has done to support CU. (Campbellsville University Photo by Linda Waggener).

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Darrel Overstreet and Dr. G. Ted Taylor



2010-11-19 - Photo by Linda Waggener. 201 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY
Columbia Baptist Church Deacon and Lay Leader Darrell Overstreet left was recognized Sunday, November 14, 2010, by Columbia Baptist Church Transitional Pastor Dr. G. Ted Taylor as an exemplar of a great Christian servant. The theme of Dr. Taylor's homily on Sunday was serving others.

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Columbia Baptist Church Pastor with CU guests



2010-11-24 - Photo by Linda Waggener. CU photo.. Columbia Baptist Church, 201 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KYColumbia Baptist Church transition pastor Dr. Ted Taylor, left, is pictured at the CU Day service beside Alicia Irwin, mother of Katie Irwin, a senior Master's in Social Work; CU President Dr. Michael V. Carter and his wife, Debbie, at right.
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Beautiful and Big Baptist Church Stained Class Window



2010-11-24 - Photo by Linda Waggener. 201 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY

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