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I was in Cincinnati visiting and we attented some theatre seating type of service with rock and roll, strobe light and smoke. There was a young preppy guy that wore the latest jeans and clothes that was preaching. They had free food and coffee and a huge play land. The place they were in use to be and old home depot. How do these religious groups get the money to fund such a spectical. It seemed cult like. Do rich people throw money at this church to keep it going. It seemed like alot of higher class people like to attend this thing as a social gathering.
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I know many churches have been searching for a way to get more people involved and attending church. One way is to create an atmosphere like the one you mentioned. My question about it would be was the preaching scripture based. I think that if a church feels it has to use lures to get people in the door, it had better make sure it is providing the appropriate message once inside.
I know many churches have been searching for a way to get more people involved and attending church. One way is to create an atmosphere like the one you mentioned. My question about it would be was the preaching scripture based. I think that if a church feels it has to use lures to get people in the door, it had better make sure it is providing the appropriate message once inside.
I'm moving to Lexington, Ky and i want to rent a house. What part of town should I live in?
Beth t
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This is long, but I hope some of this helps:
I really enjoy living in Lexington, lived here 16 yrs. My husband who has lived in big cities (Chicago, Milwaukee) likes it too. In 2004, Lexington made the top 10 for best cities to be a SAHM, a lot of it had to do with the financial aspects of being able to afford to stay home.
Real Estate...Personally I like the SW end of Lex best, known as SW 4 on Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors page. Homes inside the New Circle Rd are older and cheaper. Homes closer to campus more expensive.
http://www.lbar.com/
Also, lots of folks are also spilling over into surrounding counties. Northern Jessamine Co. (county seat: Nicholasville) is almost like a Lexington suburb. Woodford Co. is lovely, lots of horse farms (county seat Versailles [said Ver-Sales...lots of French words in the area aren't pronounced the way you'd think]). Housing is more expensive to buy or rent in Lex than other areas of KY. Which is why some live in another county, but work and play in Lex.
Schools...there are public schools with magnet programs/tracks, a few private schools, several parochial schools, and a couple home school groups. Many of the local high schools have held state championships for band and girls H.S. basketball the last few years.
Things to do...
-Lexingtonians love to eat out! Most places happily welcome kids, having kids eat free nights or some other kind of specials.
-Basketball is a kind of religion in Lex. Just accept that we "bleed blue"...let's just not talk about this past season
-Two city "nature" parks, McConnell Springs & Raven Run, and the University's arboretum
-The horse park (International Equestrian Games will be here in 2010), horse farms, distillery/farms, and Toyota all offer local tours
-Wonderful state parks near by: Cumberland Falls, one of the only 2 places globally you can see a Moonbow, is 90 mi. south; Natural Bridge 52 mi. SE, great place to hike; Lake Cumberland is 2hr. drive but nice to house boat on
-Cincinnati, 80 mi. N has an aquarium, zoo, train museum, natural history museum. Louisville, 80 mi. W has Louisville Slugger museum, the Derby (though I lived in KY 36 yrs and never been).
-Lots of movie theaters. Also the local Opera House gets some good Broadway and ballet if you like that. Louisville and Cincinnati also have national touring companies come through
-If you're a reader, you must check out Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Huge selection, kids reading program, and a cafe with an outdoor patio overlooking a pond with ducks (one nested on the patio 2007), geese, and fish. Nice place to take the kids on a spring day.
-Shopping: Fayette Mall and Hamburg Place offer many shops. Fayette Mall is one of the largest indor malls in the state. Hamburg Place has in-line stores and free-standing restaurants and shops.
http://www.shopfayette-mall.com/
http://www.hamburgplace.com/
If you have kids: Gymboree Play & Music, Kindermusik, several great city park pools (Southland and Woodland Parks specifically), children's museum locally.
Weather...summer tends to be hazy, hot, & humid. Big drought in 2007. Winter tends to be cold and icy. Big snow is unusual. This spring seems colder and wetter than usual. But hey the grass looks healthy!
This is long, but I hope some of this helps:
I really enjoy living in Lexington, lived here 16 yrs. My husband who has lived in big cities (Chicago, Milwaukee) likes it too. In 2004, Lexington made the top 10 for best cities to be a SAHM, a lot of it had to do with the financial aspects of being able to afford to stay home.
Real Estate...Personally I like the SW end of Lex best, known as SW 4 on Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors page. Homes inside the New Circle Rd are older and cheaper. Homes closer to campus more expensive.
http://www.lbar.com/
Also, lots of folks are also spilling over into surrounding counties. Northern Jessamine Co. (county seat: Nicholasville) is almost like a Lexington suburb. Woodford Co. is lovely, lots of horse farms (county seat Versailles [said Ver-Sales...lots of French words in the area aren't pronounced the way you'd think]). Housing is more expensive to buy or rent in Lex than other areas of KY. Which is why some live in another county, but work and play in Lex.
Schools...there are public schools with magnet programs/tracks, a few private schools, several parochial schools, and a couple home school groups. Many of the local high schools have held state championships for band and girls H.S. basketball the last few years.
Things to do...
-Lexingtonians love to eat out! Most places happily welcome kids, having kids eat free nights or some other kind of specials.
-Basketball is a kind of religion in Lex. Just accept that we "bleed blue"...let's just not talk about this past season
-Two city "nature" parks, McConnell Springs & Raven Run, and the University's arboretum
-The horse park (International Equestrian Games will be here in 2010), horse farms, distillery/farms, and Toyota all offer local tours
-Wonderful state parks near by: Cumberland Falls, one of the only 2 places globally you can see a Moonbow, is 90 mi. south; Natural Bridge 52 mi. SE, great place to hike; Lake Cumberland is 2hr. drive but nice to house boat on
-Cincinnati, 80 mi. N has an aquarium, zoo, train museum, natural history museum. Louisville, 80 mi. W has Louisville Slugger museum, the Derby (though I lived in KY 36 yrs and never been).
-Lots of movie theaters. Also the local Opera House gets some good Broadway and ballet if you like that. Louisville and Cincinnati also have national touring companies come through
-If you're a reader, you must check out Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Huge selection, kids reading program, and a cafe with an outdoor patio overlooking a pond with ducks (one nested on the patio 2007), geese, and fish. Nice place to take the kids on a spring day.
-Shopping: Fayette Mall and Hamburg Place offer many shops. Fayette Mall is one of the largest indor malls in the state. Hamburg Place has in-line stores and free-standing restaurants and shops.
http://www.shopfayette-mall.com/
http://www.hamburgplace.com/
If you have kids: Gymboree Play & Music, Kindermusik, several great city park pools (Southland and Woodland Parks specifically), children's museum locally.
Weather...summer tends to be hazy, hot, & humid. Big drought in 2007. Winter tends to be cold and icy. Big snow is unusual. This spring seems colder and wetter than usual. But hey the grass looks healthy!
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