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LifeWise Caldwell County, KY, Princeton, KY (2026)

10/08/2026

♦️Meet James Randolph!

Read below to hear his heart for LifeWise Academy👇🏼

I am James Randolph. I am retired from working as an agricultural research specialist at the UK experiment station. I have four children and a bunch of grandchildren and great grands

I have been a Christian and an active church member for many years. Salvation through the blood of Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to me. I love God and I love children. I am pleased to do anything I can to help others learn more about God.

I love seeing the children: eager, interested, smiling, and happy to hear teaching from the Bible. This is such a blessing for me and them. Thank God for Lifewise.

👀Stay tuned for one more day of classroom introductions this week and be on the look out for more introductions of our behind-the-scenes team!

10/08/2026

🔴 Meet teacher number 3, Jerry Horine!

Jerry is also on our leadership board and has been instrumental in getting this ministry off the ground. Take a look at his heart for serving students in our schools👇🏼

I’m Jerry Horine, pastor of First Baptist Church in Princeton, Kentucky. I’ve had the privilege of serving as a pastor for 13 years, and one of the greatest joys of ministry is getting to invest in the next generation and help children know and follow Jesus.

I wanted to be involved with LifeWise because I believe opportunities to share the love and truth of Jesus with children are incredibly valuable. And to be able to do that during school hours to emphasize the importance of the Bible is a really awesome opportunity. When God opens a door for us to pour into the lives of students, I want to be faithful to walk through it.

One of the things I already love about LifeWise is seeing how God brings people and churches together around the common desire to see students encounter Jesus. It has been a blessing to watch this ministry come together and to know that we have an opportunity to plant seeds of faith that God can use for years to come.

I’m excited to see all that God has in story as we get to point students toward the hope we have in Christ!

Fun fact: I’m a husband and dad of five, so a little noise and a bunch of kids is a normal thing for me! 😊

10/07/2026

🔴 Meet our other bus driver, Chris bradley!

✨Chris is joining as a substitute, but has gotten to hang out with us the last two weeks to meet the kiddos! He has a big heart for students and the ministry!

Take a look👇🏼

I currently work for the Kentucky transportation cabinet doing various road maintenance. I have served as sound and lyric tech for the church for several years and filling in where the Lord calls me help and serve.

I have also attended church camps with youth and kids and have watched so many kids grow closer to the Lord and it’s a true blessing to witness that. I enjoy driving the kids back and forth when called to serve making sure they have safe travels to and from LifeWise.

I felt called to volunteer at LifeWise for the kids because growing up I didn’t have an opportunity like this and I believe it is a true blessing to be able to share the Word with children. I would have to say what I love about volunteering for LifeWise is that not only do I get to help spread the Word of God to the kids but I also get to be a smiling, happy, and goofy face they get to see and I get to watch these kids grow spiritually. Deep down I’m just a big kid at heart!!!

A little fun fact about me is that in my spare time I enjoy tinkering with motors and figuring out how mechanical things work.

10/07/2026

Today, we have two VERY important people to introduce! Our bus drivers!🚌

♦️First up, meet Kevin Lane!

Here’s a message from Kevin and his decision to join the team👇🏼

I have held a commercial driver license (CDL) for 29 years this coming November. When I read about LifeWise needing a bus driver for their ministry, God immediately said “Kevin you have all the endorsements and you need to use them”. I knew then what I was supposed to do.

As a former bus driver for the local school system my heart has always been for the students. I currently work as a community access assistant with Blue Atlas Cares where I assist special needs adults out into the community so they can play a role in making our community a better place.

Fun fact about me, I enjoying researching and restoring old cemeteries throughout our county. This is just one of the many things I do with our special needs residents.

God truly blessed me the first week when the students boarded the bus and began to shout, “Are we going to learn about God today?” That is when I knew I was doing what I supposed to do.

10/06/2026

⭐We have another volunteer to introduce this afternoon!

❤ Meet Pat Fralick! 👇

Hi, everyone!
I am Pat Fralick, one of the volunteers with LifeWise Academy here in Caldwell County.

As a retired Caldwell County High School business and computer teacher and District Director of Technology, I had never thought about being in a classroom again until this opportunity presented itself. It’s like a little fire has been rekindled in me that has reminded me how much I enjoy a classroom setting and observing students as they catch the joy and excitement of learning something new or digging deeper into something with which they are already familiar.

Having taught about Jesus to youth and adults in Sunday School for over 40 years, I am so thankful that our public school students of today are allowed during school hours to have this released time away from campus to receive religious instruction about the Bible. In my role as a volunteer, I will not be standing in the front of the classroom teaching; but I will get to interact with, encourage, and show the love of Christ to a wonderful group of children. What a blessing!

🎉We still have some more people that have chosen to serve in LifeWise Academy, so stay tuned the rest of the week!

10/06/2026

Up Next:

♥️Meet Jill Boddy! She is a KBC & NAMB Missionary who has come on as one of our teachers!

Here’s a message from Jill👇🏼

Since 2016, I have taught Sunday school and/or Wednesday night class, ages third grade to youth. I can’t help but think that if I had an opportunity like LifeWise when I was a child, I may not have walked away from church as a teenager and made the choices I did as an adult before I surrendered to Christ.

As a follower of Jesus Christ, we are called to share the Gospel. Everyone needs Jesus. We have the opportunity to share Him with tender age students who need to know they are loved, seen, and wanted by God, who created them, has a plan and purpose for them and has prepared a place for them in His Kingdom.

I discovered LifeWise at a ministry event. I was instantly drawn to it and wanted to learn more. I had been praying for God to open the door for this ministry in Caldwell. When I found out He did, I knew I had to be a part of it.

This is a blessing for our community. I’m excited to see how God is going to move through this ministry in our community.

10/05/2026

🔴Meet Chris Sivells!

Chris has joined as a volunteer to help in the classroom, ride the bus to monitor and engage students, as well as doing his part in planning and activities! Here’s a message from Chris👇🏼

I am Chris Sivells. I am a retired Emergency Medical Technician from Lyon County EMS with over 28 years of service. I have also served as Worship Leader in a couple of different churches as well as served as a volunteer at Job Corps in Morganfield.

I chose to volunteer for LifeWise because I believe it is so important for children to begin learning about the Bible at an early age. It was so encouraging to see the excitement on the kids faces when we picked them up from school on the first day and began LifeWise.

Fun fact is that I love the Peanuts Cartoon, especially Snoopy!

Stay tuned for more introductions tomorrow🥳

10/05/2026

As promised, introductions will be posted this week!

♥️Meet Suzanne Boaz!

She has volunteered to be a teacher for LifeWise and has a message about her heart for the ministry below👇🏼

I am employed as a Social Worker for the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. I have volunteered and completed an internship through HR Ministries, which allowed me to serve in the women’s mentoring ministry, children’s mentoring ministry, and Celebrate Recovery on the inside. My family are members of First Baptist Church of Princeton, KY, where I serve on the Worship Team, in the children’s church ministry, in the Greeter ministry, as well as on the Youth Search Committee.

A fun fact about me: the most important thing to me is to live a life that shares how God fully restored me and my family and that I try to live a life that honors Him.

I felt drawn to LifeWise from the first time I heard about it. I knew the Lord kept placing it on my heart and felt called to serve in the ministry in some way. I wasn’t sure how, but I followed the call, and God provided the way.

I feel blessed to be a part of LifeWise. To me, there is nothing more important than teaching a child the truth of God’s Word. As a social worker, I work with children daily, and I see the need personally now more than ever. The world needs Jesus. A moral foundation and mental health are more than we can fight alone. LifeWise provides a guide to the moral foundation, introduces God’s character, the depths of His love, and His grace. It can lead a child to salvation and continue to teach them how to use the Word as a weapon to guard against the struggles they are facing or will face in this world.

God has already blessed me by surrounding me with a team that has a true heart to serve. I am able to work with some of my own mentors who have walked alongside me in my personal journey, and the children’s eagerness and excitement were such an encouragement to me on the first day!

I can’t wait to see how God uses this ministry and how He uses the children throughout their lives who participate.

10/01/2026

Hey LifeWise fam!💛

We are so excited for what God is doing in LifeWise Academy and the opportunity that students now have in a LifeWise class in Caldwell County, KY! Do you have questions about LifeWise? Are you curious about what this truly is? Look no further, we present to you:

✨LifeWise 101✨
♦️LifeWise works as a non-denominational ministry that seeks to tell children in our school system about the Gospel of Jesus Christ! All church groups are welcome- we are simply teaching from the Bible!
♦️It is a community program, separate from the school system!
♦️Students do NOT miss core instruction to attend LifeWise! We coordinate with their school schedules in order for them to participate!
♦️Parents MUST enroll their student ahead of time and then their student can join our class!
♦️It is held at a site off school property!
♦️It is completely and voluntarily community funded by individuals and organizations that have given prayer, time, money, and resources to get this ministry off the ground and have chosen to continue supporting this work for the kingdom. LifeWise funds do NOT come from any school or city budgets!
♦️We have curriculum for all grade levels- we chose to start in the middle, with 5th grade, as we introduce a new opportunity to our community. Our prayer is to grow and expand over time as we move forward!
♦️It is NOT just a First Baptist thing! Even though our host site is at First Baptist, it is open and available for all churches to get involved through teaching and volunteering, donations, bus usage, materials, prayer leaders, etc.!

Our “soft launch” is now under our belt, we have 16 fifth graders enrolled in our first class, and now be on the lookout for formal introductions from our team over the next week and see what God has put on their hearts for LifeWise Academy!♥️

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