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University
Baptist Church
February, 2017
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Winter Bible Study
February 18-19
(Saturday Evening & Sunday Morning)
Guest Teacher: Dr. Alicia Myers, Assistant Professor of
New Testament and Greek, Campbell University
Divinity School
Topic: Gospel of John
Saturday, February 18
Sunday, February 19
5:00 pm: Session 1
6:00 pm: Dinner
6:45 pm: Session 2
9:15 am: Breakfast
9:45 am: Session 3
11:00 am: Session 4
Celebrating Forty Years
of Ordaining Women
Last year, the members of UBC worked together to name the foundational values of our congregation—
Inclusive, Inquisitive, Community-Minded, and Loving. While we named these values in 2016, they are a long
part of our congregation’s heritage.
In 1976, just a few years after UBC defined its conviction that the church must be open to people of all races,
the congregation began a discussion about women’s leadership in the church. Later that year, Virginia Lou
Mullins was elected as a deacon and was subsequently ordained in January, 1977. In her ordination, UBC
joined with the earliest communities of Jesus followers in affirming that Holy Spirit calls both women and men
to follow Jesus and equips us all for service in the Kingdom of God.
Over the last forty years, UBC has been blessed by the leadership of many women. Below is a list of all the
women UBC has ordained over the last forty years.
Ordained Deacon
Jane Allison
Kay Behm
Connie Benedict
Mo Conville
Jennifer Courtney
Rosanne Crockett
Darleen Dale
Clara Dennis
Jan Davis
Iris Easterling
Evelyn Gandy
Linda Ginn
Gloria Green
Ellen Hall
Sharon Harris
Amy Hinton
Julia Kelley
Sherry Laughlin
Jeannine Laughlin-Porter
Donna Matthews
Lida McDowell
Betty Mitchell
Virginia Lou Mullens
Peggy Myatt
Myra Myrick
Thelma Myrick
Jennie Noonkester
Lucy Parkman
Marion Poirier
Fern Pearson
Pat Robertson
Lynda Thoms
Karen Walker
Beverly Williams
Rosemary Woullard
Ordained Chaplain
Linda Snell McComb
Ordained Minister
Licensed Minister
Ashley Gill Harrington
Charlotte Ellzey
Every effort has been made to go back through UBC’s historical records for a comprehensive list of ordained women. If someone’s
name has been omitted please contact the church office so our record may be complete.
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UBC in Brief
Join us Sunday, February 6, at 9:30 am as we gather around the coffeepots
for hot coffee, warm doughnuts and fantastic conversation.
Back Door Coffeehouse welcomes Scott Ainslie, Friday, February 3. Don’t miss this one! Details on page 5.
UBC Youth will gather for First Sunday Youth Dinner and a Super Bowl party at Kat’s house on Sunday,
February 5, at 6:30 pm.
MAP Council will meet Wednesday, February 8, at 5:00 pm in the Gallery.
conference room.
On Saturday, February 11, UBC Youth will participate with Habitat for Humanity in the Mardi Gras parade.
We will be handing out flyers for their fundraiser the next weekend, which will be a flag-football game between the fire and police stations.
Join us for the Celtic Worship Service Sunday, February 12, with a community meal to follow.
The Celtic Music & Liturgy meeting will be delayed one week. We will meet on Tuesday, February 21, at
5:00 pm. Everyone is invited to join us and share your thoughts and ideas.
Our monthly business meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 15, at 7:30
pm, after small groups. Please plan to attend.
UBC Winter Bible Study begins Saturday, February 18. Check out the details on the front
cover.
Join us for PrimeTime, Tuesday, February 21. The City of Hattiesburg Park and Recreation
Department will bring our program. Lunch begins at 11:30 am with the program immediately
following.
On Saturday, February 25, UBC kids will travel to Hattiesburg’s own African American
Military History Museum. We will meet at UBC at 11:30 am for lunch and be back by 2:30 pm.
Sign up with Kat!
Semiannual Congregational Conference will be at 12:00 noon, following morning worship, Sunday,
February 26. See details on page 5.
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On Saturday, February 25,
UBC kids will travel to
Hattiesburg’s own African
American Military History
Museum. We will meet at
UBC at 11:30 am and will be
back by 2:30 pm.
Sign up with Kat!
First Sunday Youth Dinner and Super
Bowl Party, February 5, at 6:30 pm at
Kat’s house! Let Kat know if your youth
will be there.
On Saturday, February 11,
UBC Youth will participate
with Habitat for Humanity in
the Mardi Gras parade. We
will be handing out flyers for
their fundraiser the next
weekend, which will be a flag
-football game between the
fire and police stations.
Join us for
PRIMETIME
Tuesday, February 21
at 11”30 am
Join us for PrimeTime, Tuesday, February 21. The City of Hattiesburg Park and
Recreation Department will bring our
program. Lunch begins at 11:30 am with
the program immediately following.
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SCOTT
AINSLIE
LIVE AT THE
BACK DOOR
COFFEEHOUSE
Friday, February 3,
7:30 pm
AARP Safety Driver Course
An AARP Safety Driver Course will be held at
University Baptist Church on Friday, February
24, from 9:00 am-2:00 pm. The fee for this
course is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers (you only have to take this course
every 3 years). You may qualify for a discount
on your auto insurance up to 3 years. To register call Graham Hales at 601-268-6243.
Blues artist, guitarist extraordinaire and Robert
Johnson authority—Scott Ainslie brings it to the
‘Burg! Doors open at 7:00 pm.
Childcare available on site.
Congregational Meeting
Sunday, February 26,
Immediately Following
Morning Worship
Bring a Pot & Put Something in the Pot.
As part of our work with the Center for Healthy Churches (CHC), the congregation decided to hold semiannual church conferences in the same style of meeting as our gatherings led by the CHC. These lunch
meetings provide a time for congregational conversation and dreaming together about our future.
Please bring food to share for our covered dish lunch (bring a pot). We also invite you to bring a special
donation. After we paid all our expenses for the CHC process, we are just under $1,000 short. Help us
pay off the last bit of those expenses by bringing a special donation to the lunch (put something in the
pot).
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE
DEACON OF THE WEEK
5 Connie Benedict
12 Charles Trout
19 Myra Myrick
26 Dee Bishop
OFFERING COUNTERS
LAY READERS
4 Mary Travis
6 Don Hinton
6 Cindy Hinton
7 Jarrod Colley
10 Donna Dabbs
13 Tom Estes
16 Annelle Ingram
17 Royce Nation
19 Caroline Nurkin
20 Beau Hinton
20 Ed Cox
22 Nell Nation
25 Anne Hutchison
5
12
19
26
Virginia Butler
Mary Travis
Paul Laughlin
Martha Ginn
1st Sun Peggy and Bryant Myatt
2nd Sun Pat Hicks, Shirley McCraw
3rd Sun Al Butler, Bill Hughes
4th Sun Kay Behm, John Alcorn
5th Sun Marion Poirier, Lida McDowell
EXTENDED SESSION WORKERS
5
12
19
26
Kay Behm (Preschool)
Becky Vinzant (Toddlers), Dawn Headley (Preschool)
Kathia Hicks (Preschool)
Mary Ahua (Preschool)
Please check in on your assigned Sunday in the Preschool area so we know you’re here!
Sunday Sermons
Wednesday Nights
5: Luke 7:1-17
12: Luke 7:18-35
1: Small Groups
19: Winter Bible Study *Guest preacher,
from Gospel of John
26: Luke 7:36-50
*Communion
8: Small Groups
15: Small groups
Business Meeting @ 7:30 pm
22: Small Groups
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February Happenings at UBC
For full calendar details, you will find this calendar on our website at ubchm.org. Click
the “News” tab at the top of the page, then click on “Calendar.” From here, you will be
able to double click on any event and see the full details of that particular event.
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Non-Profit Org.
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Hattiesburg, MS
39401-7299
Permit No. 277
3200 Arlington Loop
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Phone: (601) 264-6908
Internet: www.ubchm.org
Rusty Edwards, M.Div., Th.M., D.Min. Senior Pastor
Kathryn Spangler, M.Div., Associate Minister
Taylor Hightower, DM, Minister of Music
Russell Lott, MBA, Church Administrator
Cindy Hinton, Church Secretary
Zhaolei Xie, Choir Accompanist
Willie Holloway, Custodian
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Library Spotlight
The Mississippi Book of Quotations Review
By BIllie Hogan
A new book is in our library. The Mississippi Book of Quotations written by David Crews of Oxford,
Mississippi. The book is filled with quotations from and about Mississippi. Quotations from Mississippi writers, musicians, sports heroes, and everyday Mississippians. Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Fannie Lou Hamer, Oprah Winfrey, Elvis Presley, Archie Manning, Morgan
Freeman, and John Grisham just to name a few.
This is a perfect coffee table book. The book is divided into 65 categories. The 2000 quotations are
comical, sad, and thought provoking. After reading this book you might understand and have more of
an insight to our culture that helps us connect to each other.
The author collected the quotations over his lifetime. When he was a young boy he formed a friendship with Faulkner while stealing apples from his tree. His friendship with Welty was formed by bringing her the New York Times each day. David Crews is a very interesting person himself. He has
walked the 450 miles of the Natchez Trace, climbed the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere,
helped raise over 2 million dollars for a children's hospital and traveled the world. He serves as clerk
for the federal courts of the Northern District of Mississippi. He and his family live in Oxford.