DALLAS—North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear was elected Southern Baptist Convention president June 12 during the 2018 annual meeting in Dallas, two years after conceding a closely contested election to lead the denomination.

The winning word at this year's National Spelling Bee Championships should be familiar to most Sunday School-goers. Last week, 14-year-old Karthik Nemmani, of McKinney, Texas, outlasted 515 other spellers, winning in the 18th round by correctly spelling koinonia.

About six years ago, Kentucky WMU was asked to begin a prayer partnership with NAME (Northern Africa and the Middle East). During these years we have received monthly prayer requests which have been distributed by email to people who requested to be part of the prayer team for NAME.

At graduation our graduates share their fondest memories of their time as a student and we wanted to share a few of those with you. Whether on campus, online or both, these students answered God's call to pursue education for ministry at Clear Creek. Some will continue their education while others are entering full-time ministry. We ask you to pray over them as they continue to follow God in ministry.

Dear Kentucky Baptists,

When I was barely a teenager, my parents divorced and my mother, brother, and I moved from Chicago to Kentucky. My dad was still living in Chicago and wasn't really a part of our lives. My mom found out about this place called Oneida Baptist Institute and sent my brother there. After my brother didn't make it at OBI, my mom then sent me.

GLASGOW—What started six years ago with 40-50 kids has grown to an at-home missions opportunity for 340 kids, grades 6-12, from 37 churches serving 75 ministry sites in three counties from June 3-6. LoveLoud 2018 is sponsored by the Liberty Association of Baptists in South Central Kentucky.