During Advent Vesper services, there will be several opportunities
for each of us to offer gifts to Christ and to the world.

Hanging of the Green on Sunday, December 2nd @ 6:00 pm. KBC will be collecting children’s books to be sent to Sowing Seeds of Hope in Alabama.
(Sowing Seeds of Hope is where Allison Lange served as a summer missionary.)

Handbell Vesper Concert on Sunday, December 9th @ 6:00 pm. KBC will be collecting items for a “Birthing Kit Ministry” in Africa. Collections will be overseen by KBC Global Women.
(See page 4 for more details.)

Many Moods of Christmas on Sunday, December 16th @ 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm. KBC will be collecting canned goods for Kirkcare and the KBC Food Pantry Ministry.

Advent is a wonderful time to invite friends and neighbors to KBC.

Sunday morning (8:00 & 10:30), November 18

Born in California as part of the post-war baby boom (11/8/45), Jerry Berlyn Cain spent part of his early years in Texas before moving with his parents and two brothers to New Mexico, where he did most of his growing up. In 1964, he graduated from Lovington (N.M.) High School, where he was active in student government and athletics.

In 1968, he graduated from the honors program of Eastern New Mexico University with a Bachelor of Science degree in religion and psychology. Three years later, he received the Master of Arts degree from Baylor University’s department of religion where his focus was historical ethics. Additional graduate education included studies at Midwestern Seminary, St. Paul’s School of Theology in Kansas City, and Regent’s Park College, Oxford, England. He has received honorary degrees from William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo. (Doctor of Sacred Theology), Central Baptist Seminary, Kansas City, Kan. (Doctor of Divinity), and Nigeria Bible College and Seminary, Lagos, Nigeria (Doctor of Humanities).

After a four-year inner-city and youth ministry in Albuquerque, N.M., Dr. Cain began a career in higher education, serving at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Tex.; New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.M.; and William Jewell College, before becoming president of Judson College in 1998. He has served in capacities including admissions, alumni, campus ministry, classroom teaching and vice president.

Active in the community, Dr. Cain is a member of the First Baptist Church and the Noon Rotary Club of Elgin, Ill. He serves on the boards of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, EAL (Educational Assistance, Limited), EIIA (Education & Institution Insurance Association, and American Baptist Churches, USA.

Dr. Cain has been married to Linda Powell Cain, a native of Southern Illinois, since 1968. Linda holds degrees in elementary education and library science. Their oldest son, Michael, works for Garmin Industries in suburban Kansas City and is married to Sheri Smith Cain, a music teacher and violinist. They are the parents of Madeline Opal and Rebecca Ryanne. Their second son, Jeffrey, currently serves at the University of Southern California in the School of Art. Jerry and Linda share hobbies, which include, cooking, reading, spectator sports, traveling and gardening.