Bro. Bill Watson cell 502-514-1061 E-mail firstchrist27039@bellsouth.net
or bill2watson@bellsouth.net
Sunday School 10:00 A.M. Morning Worship 10:50 A.M.
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WELCOME To The First Christian Church Web Site
This site is intended as a tool for our membership development.
On the pages behind this one are others designed for information
about our church as we move into the high tech world in which
we live. We estimate that 80% of our membership own
computers and have access to the internet.
You are invited to spend some time exploring the site via the
pages listed. We are very interested in your comments about
how we can improve this site keeping in mind it is not intended
as an evangelism tool. It is primarily a way of improving
communication within the membership.
Please let us know you have checked in by sending an e-mail
to Bro. Bill: bill2watson@bellsouth.net.
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About Our Pastor
Bro. Bill Watson was born in Henderson, Kentucky on June 5,
1942. Within six months his parents moved the family to
Owensboro, Kentucky where he lived the next 17 years.
For seven years he lived next door to the First Christian Church
and joined by confession of faith and baptized when he was
12 years old. The youth groups of Chi Rho and CYF were an
important part of his religious foundation. During a summer
CYF camp, at Camp Kum-Ba-Ya, he first felt the call to ministry.
Bro. Bill graduated from Owensboro High School in 1960 and
was admitted to the Fall freshman class at Transylvania
University and graduated in 1964. For various reasons he
left the church during his freshman year and did not return
for 17 years. During that time he joined the US Navy, worked
a variety of jobs after his enlistment including sales, manage-
ment and as a development person for the National
Benevolent Association, an outreach arm of the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ). During the time he worked for
one of the NBA's homes for older adults, he again heard the
call to ministry. This time he answered and applied for
graduate work at Christian Theological Seminary in
Indianapolis, Indiana. He obtained his MDIV, Cum Laude,
in 1983. He was called to serve as a missionary by the
Overseas Ministry in the tiny Kingdom of Swaziland, Africa.
After two terms working with the Council of Swaziland
Churches in rural development, he returned to the USA
and obtained advanced chaplaincy training at Cincinnati
Children's Hospital.
He served three congregations in Kentucky: Shawnee
Christian Church, Louisville; First Christian Church, Morehead;
and First Christian Church, Owenton. He has been a
volunteer Hospice chaplain for 20 years and is also a
Master Storyteller. He has been on the main stage of two
major festivals and countless other venues.
His training and experience in inclusiveness, diversity, and
aging has helped the church to look forward to the future
where the barriers to physical worship will be something
of the past.
He has ordained ministerial standing status with the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ). This denomination has a long history of
ecumenical relationships and devotion to preaching the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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DIRECTIONS TO OWENTON FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Coming East from Louisville:
Take Exit 53B (Frankfort Rt. 127N). Go 5 mi and turn left on N127
at Holiday Inn. Go 2 mi to 127N (Owenton/Frankfort exit). Turn
left at stop sign at bottom of exit. Go 25.7 mi where 127 dead ends
at a traffic light. Turn left. Just past second traffic light in town,
First Christian Church will be on the right side of the road.
Coming South from Cincinnati:
Take I75 to I71. Go West on I71 to Exit 62 (Glencoe/Owenton).
Turn left off exit (127) and go 8 mi where road dead ends. At dead
end, turn left (still 127). Go 8.5 miles. First Christian Church is
located on the left side of the road about 1/2 block before the first
traffic light you see.
Coming West from Lexington:
Take I64W to Exit 58 (Rt. 60 Versailes/Frankfort). (This is 15.8
miles from where I75 and I64 cross in Lexington.) Turn Right
at bottom of exit and go 4.0 miles to Frankfort/Owenton exit.
Turn left at bottom of this exit (Rt. 127N) and go 25.7 miles
where Rt. 127 dead ends at a traffic light. Turn left. Just
past second traffic light in town, First Christian Church will be
on the right side of the road.
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