2008 Restoration Tour

Friends of the Restoration Tour
June 16 - 22, 2008

The Restoration Tour has been confirmed. We have additional seating, but time is limited to reserve a room. There is room on the bus, but we cannot guarantee that a motel room can be reserved. The cost is $679.00 due now. This is per person in a double room. Please call Tom Childers at 731-989-9347 or 731-608-2301 if interested.

Scott Harp, Guide
Scott is minister of the Buford church of Christ, Buford, GA, Instructor of Restoration History at Georgia School of Preaching, and Webmaster of www.therestorationmovement.com.

MONDAY JUNE 16
6:30 a.m. - Depart Goodman Oaks church of Christ in Southaven, Miss. with a pick-up stop in Henderson, Tenn., at the Henderson church of Christ and Nashville, Tenn., at the Hendersonville church of Church. Lunch before arriving at the Comfort Inn Motel (859-299-0302) in Lexington KY for three nights. We will have dinner in the area.

TUESDAY JUNE 17
Breakfast in our hotel
8:30 a.m. - Depart our hotel for the Lexington Cemetery and Ashland, the home of Henry Clay. A sack lunch will be provided before we arrive at the Historic Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill for a self-guided tour. We will meet at "The Meeting House" for the music program at 4:30 p.m. After the program we will walk as a group to the dining room for dinner.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 18
Breakfast in our hotel
8:30 a.m. - Depart our hotel for Frankfort, KY and the Frankfort Cemetery, the site of Daniel Boone's grave. Afterwards, we will make a drive-by tour the Christian Church in Frankfort.

11:30 a.m. - Arrive at the Toyota Plant in Georgetown, KY for a tour. Georgetown is also the home of Bacon College and the house of John T. Johnson. We will visit the library at Midway Collage to view the melodeon. We will have lunch before arriving at Cane Ridge for our midweek devotional in the Cane Ridge church building and a tour of the area. We will return through Paris, KY where Barton W. Stone was baptized. We will make a drive-by tour of the historical marker of the Main Street church of Christ in downtown Lexington where Alexander Campbell debated N. L. Rice. Our dinner will be in the area of our hotel.

THURSDAY JUNE 19
Breakfast in our hotel
7:30 a.m. - Luggage out

8:30 a.m. - Depart for Williamstown, WV, with a stop for lunch before arriving at Fenton Glass Company for a tour of the plant. The next two nights we will be in the Hampton Inn in Wheeling, WV (304-233-0440). Dinner in the area. Optional shopping at Cabela's Retail Showroom near our hotel. For more information, go to their website at www.cabelas.com.

FRIDAY JUNE 20
Breakfast in our hotel
8:00 a.m. - Depart for Bethany College with a tour of the Campbell Mansion, Alexander Campbell's home, grounds, cemetery, Old Main, and Bethany church of Christ meeting house.

1:00 p.m. - Lunch will be served at Bethany in the 1840 style of Alexander Campbell's day. We will visit to Brush Run, the site of the first church in the area, and the printing press that produced the Declaration and Address in Washington, PA. Dinner will be served before returning to our hotel.

SATURDAY JUNE 21
Breakfast in our hotel
7:00 a.m. - Luggage out

8:00 a.m. - We will depart for Cincinnati, OH with a stop for lunch and a visit to Spring Grove cemetery. We will be staying at the Hampton Inn in Bardstown, KY (606-928-2888). Pizza will be served in the hotel lobby.

7:30 p.m. - Depart for our evening entertainment - The Stephen Foster Musical Production.

SUNDAY JUNE 22
Breakfast in our hotel
7:30 a.m. - Luggage out

8:30 a.m. - We will depart for home with a stop at Abraham Lincoln's birthplace at the National Historical Site. We will have lunch before arriving in Nashville, Henderson, and Southaven.

CONTACT PERSON
Tom Childers, minster, Southside church of Christ, Dresden, TN, teacher at Freed-Hardeman University, and Webmaster of www.freed-hardeman.com. Home phone: 731-989-9347; Cell -731-608-2307; Email - tlchilders@gmail.com.

COST
The cost is $679.00 per person with two persons per room. There is limited seating. The seating will be on first-come, first-served basis. The $679.00 is due at the time of registration.

PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO TOM L. CHILDERS AND MAIL TO:
Tom L. Childers, 923 John Brown Road, Henderson, TN 38340

INCLUDED IN TRIP

Motor Coach Transportation
Six nights lodging
Luggage handling all points

All Tours and entrance fees for Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Ashland, Henry Clay's Home, The Toyota plant tour in Georgetown, KY, Stephen Foster Production, tour and shopping at the Fenton Glass Company, Bethany College and church, tour of Alexander Campbell home and grounds, Wheeling, WV, Washington, PA, Cincinnati, OH, Lexington, KY.

Ten meals: Six breakfasts, lunch at Bethany, a sack lunch, dinner at The Shaker Village and a pizza supper.

Friends of the Restoration at FHU

Friends of the Restoration at FHU
Monday, February 4, 2008

8:00 - 8:40 a.m. - Don Deffenbaugh "Rue Porter: Editor, Preacher, Debater" - GC 102

8:50 - 9:30 a.m. - R. J. "Sonny" Taylor "Hymn Writers of the Restoration Movement" - GC 102

9:40 - 10:20 a.m. - "Questions and Answers" - Tom Childers, Scott Harp, Sam Hester, Ancil Jenkins, Wayne Kilpatrick - GC 102

11:30 a.m. - Friends of the Restoration Movement Luncheon
David L. Lipe - "The Debates of Thomas B. Warren" - GC Educational Conference Room - Contact Sam Hester, 731-989-6625, for tickets

J. C. Choate passes

J.C. Choate entered the promised rest on February 1st at 12:20 PM. Visitation will be at the Oliver Funeral Home in Winona, Mississippi, February 4th from 5 to 8 PM. The funeral will be in Winona at the church building on Highway 82 W on Tuesday, February 5th at 2:00 PM.

In lieu of flowers, and in keeping with his single-minded focus on the Great Commission, it is requested that memorials be made to the World Evangelism Fundation (PO Box 72, Winona, MS 38967) toward the cost of training a new generation of missionaries in the World Evangelism School of Missions -- J.C.'s dream for many years.

O.D. McKendree was born May 25, 1918 and died December 23, 2007. Brother McKendree, age 89, of Benton, Ky., died Sunday, December 23, 2007, at Britthaven of Benton in Benton, Ky. He was a member of Benton Church of Christ. He was the son of the late Arvil McKendree and the late Roxie (Edwards) McKendree.

He is also survived by his three daughters: Sharon (McKendree) Austin - husband Philip of Evansville, Ind., Hyburnia (McKendree) Shepeard - husband Phillip of Benton, Ky., Octavia (McKendree) Roberts - husband Jim of McKenzie, Tenn.

Two sisters: Mary Nell Hamlin of Calvert City, Ky., Betty Reed of Michigan

Funeral service was held at Collier Funeral Chapel at 1:00 PM Thursday, December 27, 2007 with Gary Knuckles and Lexie Ray officiating. Interment was in the Jackson Starks Cemetery in Benton, Ky.

Memorial contributions may be made to: Freed-Hardeman University, Bible Department, 158 East Main Street, Henderson, TN 38340.