Annual Meeting Highlights
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2021-22 Our budget for 2021-22 will be revised dramatically this year because of the recent news that we must close our current building by August 31. At left is a link to the document, which was based on the now incorrect assumption that we would be housing mission co-workers.
GIFTS We are grateful for the generous donations from the Women of Beulah Presbyterian Church, the Women of Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church, the Women of Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church, the Synod of Living Waters, the Presbyterian Women In The Synod of Living Waters, the Women of South Frankfort Presbyterian Church, Westport Road Baptist Church, and the Women of the Presbytery of Mid-Kentucky. These 2021 gifts totaled $5,081.50.
CORRESPONDENCE We've heard from several past residents in response to the news of the sale: Sherron George writes, "You will indeed be in my prayers this coming week as you seek discernment and God’s will. You have offered a very important ministry of hospitality and renewal for many people. God will show you the post-pandemic future of this service." Mark Hare shared, "It is very sad to know that that space will no longer be part of the life of the seminary, including the missionary housing.....There are no words for how important it was for us to live there. It is a wonderful service and a beautiful area to live in. Blessings and prayers for you all as well."
Website: We plan to post a note on our website (https://thefurloughhome.org/) to let interested parties know of the impending hiatus as we determine a path forward. We may direct them to other options.
Summer Residents All guests have been notified that they will need to find other accommodations as of July 31 so that we can empty the apartments. We plan to store items that will not be harmed by long-term storage, especially if we are unable to secure climate-controlled space. Some furniture has been identified for sale and will be posted on FaceBook Marketplace. We will have a yard sale of small items and donate anything else that might be useful to local organizations such as New Life Directions, a program that teaches homeless girls life skills and helps set them up in apartments.
Apt. #1NNew Board Members Dr. John Odom installed Jerry Van Marter, Don Seeger, Al and Nancy Pollock, and Debbie Braaksma as new members of the Furlough Home Board of Directors.
5/15/21 to 7/31/21 Currently vacant; Eric & Kimberly Kitchens, a Baptist missionary family of 6 serving in New Guinea, are arriving Saturday. Children: Genesis (18), Providence (15), Caleb (12), Trinity (9). Email: KzKitchens6@gmail.com
Apt. # 2 Brian & Kathryn Lenihan, children Ellis and Mac, renting while remodeling their home.
4/16/21 to 7/31/21 They attend Highland Pres.
Apt. # 3 Tyler and Rochelle Holm and daughter, Mphatso Holm
3/27/20 to 7/31/21
Tyler serves in Ekwendeni, Malawi, at the invitation of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP), Synod of Livingstonia. He serves as a lecturer of systematic theology and church history in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Livingstonia, which prepares future CCAP ministers and community leaders. Contact him at Tyler@tylerholm.com.
Apt. # 4 Jo Ella Holman
7/4/20 to 6/15/21 Jo Ella retired as regional liaison for the Caribbean on September and is here as
she transitions. She can be reached at joella.holman@gmail.com.
Care and Nurture
Care and Nurture Committee
2020-2021
Fay Fedlam and Emily Seeger
The Corona Virus has changed many things in our lives. Since this is a historical document, it would be appropriate to include how the pandemic has affected the Furlough Home. All travel has been halted by the Mission Agency until after June 30, 2021. Even though vaccines are available in the US, many other countries have not begun that process.
The apartments are normally empty during the winter months. At the outbreak of COVID, Mission Co-Workers were given the opportunity to stay in place or return to the U.S. We received many requests for available housing and we have become that “Home Away from Home.” The Seminary requested a two week self-quarantine time for arriving new residents and they were agreeable. Face masks must still be worn inside all buildings, but no longer needed in apartments. Tool kits, first aid and sewing kits have been placed in each apartment to help with needed care.
Because all travel was curtailed for Mission Co-Workers, we have had some of the same residents in apartments since March of 2020. Occasionally there has been an available apartment and we have rented those for short terms. Apartments will be full through the end of Summer now and we are grateful that this gift can be offered. If the Seminary property that is for sale, is sold, there will be many changes, and we continue to seek God’s mission for the facility.
Donations of cash were made by the Presbyterian Women in Mid-Kentucky Presbytery and Crescent Hill Presbyterian Women to help furnish a food pantry for the residents. This was helpful when a snowstorm shut down roads, making grocery shopping impossible. Clothing, toys and books were donated by families and local congregations. New afghans were purchased for each apartment and apartment door wreaths were changed seasonally. Aprons were made and placed in the apartment kitchens. The Synod of Living Waters has made a donation to the Furlough Home as well.
We celebrated residents’ birthdays with cakes and gifts. The Holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas were enriched with Kroger gifts cards and turkey breast. The Furlough Home was gaily decorated for the Holidays with garland on the stairways and a decorated tree in the entry. Each apartment had a tree and donated ornaments. Christmas cookie trays and Easter fruit baskets were delivered to all apartments.
Faye Fedlam and Emily Seeger
according, to the agreement with the Seminary, the Furlough Home Board would enter into negotiations with the Seminary as to the current value of the Furlough Home.
The value of the Furlough Home was appraised at $583,000 in June 2019.
A recent inspection of the Furlough Home structure determined that it was in good condition
While we had hoped to purchase the land under our building, that was not possible.
Treasurer Rick McClain has arranged for the reinstatement of the Furlough Home as a corporation.
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