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KBC Offers Free Upward Family Fun Night Nov. 16
10/25/2010
LEXINGTON – The Kentucky Baptist Convention is sponsoring an "Upward" Family Fun Night Nov. 16 for players, coaches and parents involved in Upward Sports. It will be held during the dinner break of the KBC Annual Meeting at Immanuel Baptist Church, 3100 Tates Creek Road in Lexington. Click here for a map and driving directions.
The event, to be held from 6-7:30 p.m. at The ROC on the church campus, will feature music, inflatable games, carnival games and pizza.
The children and coaches will also be a part of the evening session of the convention when they escort Caz McCaslin, Upward Sports founder and president, to the platform at 7:15 p.m.. McCaslin will be the featured speaker for the evening session which begins at 7 p.m.
McCaslin was serving as a recreation minister in a Southern Baptist church in 1995 when he launched the Upward Sports ministry with seven churches. Today, Upward equips some 3,200 churches in 46 states in offering basketball, flag football, soccer and cheerleading leagues to children as a way to share the gospel in their communities.
Upward Family Fun Night is free but churches need to RSVP to ensure that enough pizza is on hand. Please contact Sharlena Ralph by e-mail at sharlenar@ibc-lex.org or by phone at (859) 685-3305 to register your group by Nov. 12.
Immanuel Baptist Church is located at 3100 Tates Creek Road in Lexington.
For more information about the 173rd Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, visit www.kybaptist.org/annualmeeting.
The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of nearly 2.400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. A variety of state and worldwide ministries are coordinated through its administrative offices in Louisville, including: missions work, disaster relief, ministry training and support, church development, evangelism and more. For more, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
Release prepared by Dannah Prather, Marketing & Media Relations Associate
