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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.
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ABOUT OUR MINISTER
If You Call Me "Bill"
Hello. My name is Dann Masden. I am sitting in your minister's office.
The very same office in which you saw Brother Bill every Sunday and on
those times when you needed pastoral care or just a good ear and
shoulder. It is odd for both of us for me to be here. Though I have
heard of Owenton through the years, I confess I know very little about
your community. In spite of the fact that your congregation is one of
Kentucky's strongest Disciple churches, I have heard no gossip about
you. So I come to this office with expectancy and joy. I look forward to
getting to know each of you better and to work with you while the
Search Committee completes its task of discerning whom God will call to
sit here on a more permanent basis. Until that time.......
You and I are beginning a new ministry. We will learn each other's
name. And if you slip and call me "Brother Bill" rather than "Dann" I
won't be offended. In fact I will be complimented since you are
associating me with your pastor; someone who gave you love and
support for ten years. Now if you call me "Kevin" or "Rusty" or heaven
forbid - "Proctor" -- I will worry a little more about what that may mean -
for both of us!
To help you get to know me, I am retired from a ministry in Paducah,
Kentucky at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). I began my
ministry at the age of 20 outside of Nicholasville at the Bethany
Christian Church. I have two married daughters, Deanna and Mandye.
Deanna earned her M.B.A. at UK and now lives in the Houston-Galveston
area of Texas. She works in marketing and communications. One of
her more interesting accounts is the Space Coalition working with NASA.
She and her husband are the parents of our 4 month old grandson
Mason. My other daughter is pastoring the Burgin Christian Church in
Mercer County. They have two children Ben who just turned 8 and
Callie who is 5-1/2. Mandye began her ministry in the same small
congregation outside of Nicholasville as I did. Bethany survived two
Masdens and is still functioning.
My wife Debbie is from the large metropolitan area of Paint Lick,
Kentucky. Her parents still live there on the Madison County side of the
creek. Debbie is a high school mathematics teacher at Boyle County
High School. I have served churches in Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky.
I have been trained in Interim Ministry and have served the Harrodsburg
and Shelbyville churches most recently. I grew up just south of
Louisville in the small town of Shepherdsville. As a youth I was
influenced by a group of academics in the big city. They drew me in to
their community which many people in this area consider to be a
controversial influence. So I confess to you that they did leave their
mark on my life. You see I am a University of Louisville graduate. But
I did later see the light and I enrolled at Lexington Theological Seminary.
I think through the support of my wife and daughter both UK graduates,
I have been able to adjust. I do still cheer for UofL over UK. Other
than that I am relatively normal.
I look forward to meeting you. I anticipate a great time together brief
though it may be. Join me in keeping our church and our Search
Committee in our prayers.
In Christ's Ministry Together,
Dann Masden
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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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