Senator McConnell Visits Refugees from Burma, Living in Louisville at CHBC

READ WAVE 3 News story. 

Link to Louisville Courier Journal article on the Senator's visit - Senator Mitch McConnell visits with Louisville's Burmese refugees. The Courier Journal page has some videos including one featuring Steve Clark and Annette Ellard, CHBC members who work full time with refugees.

CHBC to Host Community Meeting with Mitch McConnell about Burma January 21

On January 13-18, Senator Mitch McConnell is going to Burma.  After he returns, he has requested that Crescent Hill Baptist Church host a community meeting so that he can meet with folks from Burma and those in Louisville concerned about what is happening in Burma.  The Senator wants to share his thoughts on what he saw in Burma and to get feedback, particularly from folks from Burma, about what changes they would like to see occur there.  The meeting will be held, Saturday, January 21, at 10:00am.  I hope you will plan to attend in order to demonstrate your interest and concern about United States policy regarding Burma.  This remains a fluid situation and if further information about this meeting unfolds, the latest news will be posted at www.chbcky.org.
 
Also, that weekend...
 
US Campaign for Burma’s Myra Dahgaypaw to Visit CHBC:
Will Speak During Sunday School Hour on January 22nd
 
Myra Dahgaypaw will be with the CHBC family the weekend of the McConnell meeting.  Myra will be meeting with the community from Burma in Louisville that weekend.  She will lead a discussion about what is taking place in Burma at the moment in the sanctuary during the Sunday School hour beginning at 9:30 am on January 22.  She is also available to speak to students, groups, etc. on Monday, January 23.  Please let Jason Crosby, jasonwcrosby@chbcky.org, know if you are interested in securing Myra to come speak to your group.   

Myra Dahgaypaw is a Karen human rights activist from Karen State, Eastern Burma. She was an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) for more than a decade and a refugee for 17 years until she fled to the United States. Myra lost many of the people she knows including but not limited to her own immediate family members, close relatives and close friends due to the oppression, torture, and killing by the Burmese troops.

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Karen New Year Celebration!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Worship at CHBC

Join us for our Christmas Eve Service at 5:30pm Saturday evening.  We will worship Christmas morning beginning at 10:45am following a time of coffee and donuts in Birchwood Lobby that starts at 10:00am.



Let Us Turn Your $50 Charitable Donation Into $100

Did you know that Crescent Hill Baptist will match an individual's charitable donation up to $50 through the end of the year, or until the $15,000 we set aside for this effort is exhausted, to designated organizations? Eligible organizations include those currently listed as a Louisville Metro United Way recipient, United Crescent Hill Ministries, Karen Refugee Committee, Edge Outreach, Exploited Children's Help Organization (ECHO), Choices, Center for Women and Families, Cabbage Patch Settlement House, Free Burma Rangers, the US Campaign for Burma, various Baptist organizations with which the church associates, and others. Just write a check to the designated organization up to the $50 mark and send it to the church (2800 Frankfort Ave. 40206). We will write a check matching that amount up to $50. Any checks received after the funds are depleted will just be sent on to the organization. A notice will be posted on the CHBC website, www.chbcky.org, if and when funds are depleted. For more information, contact the church at 896.4425.