Like Jesus?
LIVING like Jesus, bringing JOY to God
Like Jesus? Lessons on Living from the Sermon on the Mount A new sermon series begins next weekend, April 13/14. Over the next 12 weeks, we’ll dive into Jesus’ most comprehensive teachings on how to live. We’ll explore topics like loving your enemies, worrying, and judging others. Join us as Rev. Kaye Harvey, Rev. Travis Garner, and Bishop Bill McAlilly help us to see how we can become followers of Jesus – not just fans. For more information, go to www.bumc.net/likejesus April 13/14 “From Fan to Follower”... Matthew 7:24-29... Rev. Kaye Harvey
Habitat for Humanity: BUMC’s 2013 Build Is Here! • Volunteer your time, donate money & be part of helping Tarren Seabolt and her 2-year-old son, Jayden, build their own home. • The build begins in Franklin on April 13 (which is Jayden’s 2nd birthday!!) • There are 8 Saturday build days. • Hundreds of volunteers are needed to construct the house, so please stop by the Narthex to sign up and choose a day that works for you.
April 7 - 13 , 2013
A Weekly Newsletter of Brentwood United Methodist Church
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• We also need to raise $70,000. Make your check payable to BUMC and write “Habitat” in the memo line.
Free Parenting Workshops: Wednesdays, April 10 & 17 6:30 – 8:30 pm, in the Chapel April 10: “Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys”, led by David Thomas. David will help us understand and explore the hearts, minds, and ways of boys, and the vital role that parents and caregivers play on the journey. April17: “Raising Girls” led by Sissy Goff. This class journeys into the heart of girls to help adults understand their daughter’s different stages of development: what is normal, what is not, and how to relate effectively.
United Methodist Women’s Songwriters’ Night (benefits Bethlehem Centers) Friday, April 19, 7 pm, Café and Tabernacle Tickets - $10 in advance, $15 at the door; includes homemade desserts and drinks. Songwriters include Victoria Banks, Tim James, and Fred Wilhelm. Tickets available from UMW members, weekday at the church reception desk, and Sundays, April 7 & 14. Questions? Contact Pat Flemming at 516-7185.
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James Wells’ CD: Music for Honduras Features songs from last fall’s Haiti benefit concert. $10 donation per CD requested. 100% proceeds go to women’s hospital in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Available in Breezeway, Outpost (off Narthex) or at the reception desk in the lobby during the week.
STUDENTS 7th - 12th Grades
Sunday, April 7 9:45 am Sunday School 7th - 8th – Jr. High Room 9th-12th – Reunion Sunday in Tabernacle 4:00 pm Rock the Chains Planning Meeting 7th - 9th Grade Schedule: 5:00 pm Snack Supper – Café 5:20 pm Worship & Small Groups – Tabernacle 6:45 pm Jubilation Choir – Jr. High Room 10th - 12th Grade Schedule: 5:00 pm Sonshine Choir – Jr. High Room 6:10 pm Snack Supper – Café 6:30 pm Worship & Small groups –Tabernacle Monday, April 8 6:45 am Manfest @ Dimple’s Deli with Adam 3:30 pm Meet at BUMC for Harvest Hands Tuesday, April 9 6:30 am Tuesday Breakfast Club with Lindsay at Brueggers’ Bagels 4-5 pm Middle School Hang time with Neal @ BUMC 6:15 pm Meet at BUMC for Game Night Ministry at Room in the Inn Wednesday, April 10 3:30 pm Meet at BUMC for 61st Ave. UMC’s after school program 6:00 pm Meet Youth Staff in the Café to walk to dinner 7:00 pm Bible Studies & Youth Confirmation Reunion Sunday for 9th-12th TODAY Sunday, April 7 – we’ll be welcoming our new High School Youth Minister, Adam Jones! New Series Starts Tonight based on the book: Discover the Power of Your Story – Awake: the Book You Can Watch Rock the Chains is Friday, May 3. Band audition forms are available (online registration or paper form) and due Sunday, April 7. Nashville Mission Trip (7th-12th) June 17-20 (daytime), registration is available online. We ware working with Immerse Nashville and McKendree UMC downtown serving in our own community. Lots of adults are needed!
Ways to Connect Paid Positions Available BUMC has 2 part-time paid staff opportunities: • Children’s Ministry Administrative Assistant, 25 hours / week • Director of Preschool Sunday School, 15 hours / week. Go to www.bumc/employment for more information. To apply, complete the application on the website and send it with your current resume to dstorey@bumc.net. Embracing a Life of Meaning: Discovering What Matters Led by Judith Bone Tuesdays, April 9 - May 14, 9:30-11:00am, Room A391 Best-selling author Kathleen Norris provides a unique exploration of “what matters most,” including our beliefs, the Bible, community, faith and being made in God’s image. Register at www.bumc.net/register or call Paula Cryan, 373-3663. Red Cross Blood Drive The next blood drive is Sunday, April 14 from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm. TWO buses will be available! Our goal is 50 units of blood. ‘Double Red Cell Donations’ are accepted on the bus. Please call Brenda Duncan (373-5637) for more information. Singles In Fellowship: Register at www.bumc.net/register Boundaries Class Wednesdays, April 3 - May 29, 6:30-8:00 pm, B152A. What are boundaries? Why do I need them? How do I get others, and myself, to recognize and respect the set boundaries? Salsa Dance Class 2nd & 4th Fridays beginning April 12, 7– 8 pm, Youth Choir Room. Cost: $6 per class. Summer Retreat to Lake Junaluska, June 7 – 9 Come and join the singles annual retreat in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina! Monte King will join us as our presenter, praise and worship will be led by Cheri Keaggy! For all information, including pricing and instructions on how to register, visit www.bumc.net/SocialEvents. Come and get away with us in the mountains! 2013 Third Sunday Concert Series: Bach to Basics Sunday, April 21, 4 pm, Chapel The Nexus Chamber Orchestra presents “Bach to Basics,” featuring Polly Brecht, harpsichordist. Ms. Brecht is organist at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Nashville. The concert features a wide variety of music from the Baroque period to modern day for harpsichord and string orchestra. Free and open to the public. Living Well Workshop: Attention Deficit Disorder in Relationships Saturday, April 27, 9:00 am – 12 pm, Room A291 (sponsored by Congregational Care) For partners of individuals with ADD. Improve your relationship by learning about effects of the ADD brain on daily life and relationships. Both partners are encouraged to attend. Cost: $60 thru April 24, $50 thereafter. Special arrangements for those unable to afford the full cost. To register contact Terry Huff, LCSW, 615-627-4191. Youth Summer Choir Tours and Mission Trips Songwriter’s Night Friday, May 3, 7 pm Join us at Susan Thornton’s beautiful Brentwood hilltop log home, for a songwriters night, benefiting summer youth choir tours and mission trips. Tickets are $65 for a great meal, beverages, and amazing music provided by Tony Arata, Jimmy Wayne & Pat Alger. Contact Robin Steaban at rsteaban@comcast.net or 615-377-9446. Starting Point: Ready to Take a Real Step Towards Living Like Jesus? Sundays evenings, beginning May 5 Whether you are thinking about membership, a new member of BUMC, or a longtime member who is ready to dig in to a journey in faith at BUMC, we’ve created a 6-week experience, your “Starting Point”, for you to join a deeper conversation about living into your faith. With Dr. Jeff Wilson as guide, you’ll emerge with a stronger sense of God’s next step for you. Contact Judy at jbumgarner@bumc.net. BUMC Foundation Scholarship Applications Deadline May 2 Each year BUMC Foundation awards at least four $1,000 renewable scholarships to high school or college seniors who are participants in the life of BUMC and are planning a career in a “caring or helping” profession. For full details and application go to www.bumc.net/bumcscholarship.
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For more info on all missions call Mike Dennison @324-7222 or Maya Knighten @324-8211. Grace Works Food Bag Collection - Save the Date! On April 21st we will be collecting food bags for the Grace Works food pantry. Our goal this year is to collect 100 food bags and 50 basic needs bags. To make things easy, go across the street to Kroger, grab one of the $20 pre-packed and labeled bags, and pay at the register. Bring the bag(s) back to the church and they will be delivered to Grace Works to help the many in need of food in Williamson County. Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Sign Ups in the Narthex BUMC will begin building a Habitat house in Franklin on April 13. There are 8 Saturday build days. Hundreds of volunteers are needed to construct the house, so please stop by the Narthex to sign up and choose a day that works for you. URGENT NEED - Food Coordinator for Habitat 2013 build. This is a volunteer position for someone that has a special talent and gift for hospitality. Contact Steve Ludwig 615.473.3379, steven.ludwig@live. com or Mike Dennison 615.324.7222, mdennison@bumc.net. Second Saturdays at Graceworks April 14 either 9 am – noon or 1 – 4 pm Go to www.bumc.net/register. Workdays are the 2nd Saturday of each month. Join us to tag and organize merchandise for the thrift store, clean building, move warehouse items, and more. Great family activity! Located at 104 Southeast Pkwy, Franklin by Columbia Dr. Target. Birthing Kits or UMCOR’s Use in Haiti Needed: 200 new receiving blankets (size 30” x 30” or 32” x 32”, no fleece or thermal per UMCOR instructions). A collection bin will be in the church lobby April 7 - 21 with kit assembly on Sunday, May 5, 1-3 pm. Contact Jackie Shields, docshields@comcast.net. Haiti Mission Trip June 15 - 22, 2013 Be part of a 15-member team to travel to Jacmel, Haiti to assist in ongoing projects. First priority will be given to church members who have not been to Haiti previously with Restore Haiti. Parents and teenagers 15 and older welcome. Reservation requires a $200 non-refundable deposit (trip cost is $1,600). Contact: Dan Elkins 615-347-4821.
harvest hands (www.harvesthandscdc.com) Harvest Hands is a catalyst for Christ-centered, wholistic community development working alongside our neighbors to further healthy living, education, spiritual formation and economic development in South Nashville. * Register Online at www.bumc.net/register: * Middle School Tutors Needed on Monday afternoons. Once a week commitment for school year (4-6 pm). Contact Abby at abby@harvesthandscdc.com. * Volunteers needed to participate in renovation of second affordable home! Renovations continue through April. If you’ve been involved with Habitat for Humanity or if you’re a handyman/handywoman we would love to have you. Bill Paris will be leading these efforts. Contact Gabby at housing @harvesthandscdc.com. Snacks and Juice Boxes Needed Donations of snacks and juice boxes for our After-school Program are needed from individuals, families or Sunday School classes. Snack sponsorships needed at $100 each. For a list of approved snacks contact Whitney at whitney@harvesthandscdc.com or 499-4963.
who to contact Adult Studies/Small Grps Judith Bone, 324-7258 jbone@bumc.net Caring Ministry Kaye Harvey, 373-3663 kharvey@bumc.net Children’s Ministry Ellen Garrett, 577-7261 egarrett@bumc.net
Mission & Outreach Mike Dennison, 324-7222, mdennison@bumc.net Single Adult Ministry Shebbie Shields, 324-7240 sshields@bumc.net Student Ministry Lindsay Brooks, 324-7229 Travis Garner, 324-7229 lbrooks@bumc.net tgarner@bumc.net
To Get Connected Jeff Wilson, 324-8208 jwilson@bumc.net Worship & Music Shannon Garrett, 577-7267 sgarrett@bumc.net Communications Carol Bumbalough, 324-7220 cbumbalough@bumc.net
Sunday, April 7 Sunday School 9:45 am - Preschool to 6th Grade Nursery 8am to 12pm for infants - 3 years. Godly Play at 8:30, 9:50 and 11 am worship services (Older 3s thru Pre-K) Vacation Bible School June 24 - 27 registration is now open. bumc.net/register Parenting Seminars presented by Day Star Counseling Ministries 6:30 - 8:30 pm Wednesday, April 10 & April 17. See front for details. We Need You!! It is time to sign up to Teach a Summer Sunday! Volunteers for Preschool and Elementary Sunday School. In order to give our schoolyear teachers a break during the summer, we ask volunteers to fill our summer teaching needs (May 26-Aug 4). To help this summer contact Beth (Elem.), blentchner@bumc.net, or Holly Fisher (Presc.), hfisher@bumc.net. All materials are provided and curriculum is easy to follow. H.I.G.H.W.A.Y. 56 5th & 6th Grades Sunday, April 7 Sunday School 9:45 am in the GYM Mileage (5th) 5-6 pm in C304 Confirmation (6th) 5-7 pm in the GYM Alleluia Choir (5th) 6-7 pm in the adult choir room Wednesday, March 13 6:15 pm in C305 Bridge Retreat (current 4th - 6th graders) July 25-28
Brentwood
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
309 Franklin Road Brentwood, Tn 37027 615-373-3663 www.bumc.net
WORSHIP Saturday Evening 6:00 pm Casual Traditional Worship in the Chapel Sunday Morning 8:30 am Traditional/Blended Worship with Youth Choir 9:45 am Classes for Children, Students, and Adults 9:50 am Contemporary Worship with Worship Band 11:00 am Traditional Worship with Adult Chancel Choir 11:00 am Classes for Adults Wednesday Morning 6:45 am Prayer Service (Sanctuary)
TRINITY CHURCH 3011 Longford Drive Spring Hill, TN 37174 Sundays 10:00 am Worship
WORSHIP ATTENDANCE Holy Week & Easter 6,160
CONGREGATIONAL CARE AND CARING MINISTRIES www.bumc.net/encouragement RESOURCES
Adoption Support & Orphan Ministry Contact: Vanessa Bonner, 832-5343 Cancer Support: Partners in Hope Contact: Jeanetta Fargo, 435-3716 ejaefargo@comcast.net Domestic Abuse Contact: Caroline Beavers, 371-2550. Email Intercessory Prayer Team Contact: Bill Fleenor, bfleenor@comcast.net Emergency Financial & Food Assistance Contact: Maya Broaden-knighten, 373-3663, ext. 211, mbknighten@bumc.net Encouragement Cards: GraceNotes Contact: Beth Frankenberg, bethfrankenberg@me.com Financial Coaching (Trained Mentors) Contact: Rev. Kaye Harvey, kharvey@bumc.net Home-centered Visitation Contact: Rev. Erin Racine, eracine@bumc.net Home Health Product Assistance Contact: Scottish Rite, 259-3434 Home Repairs: Handy Man Ministry Contact: 373-3690, x398, handyman@bumc.net Infertility Support Contact: Gretchen Voyles, gvoyles98@hotmail.com Memory Loss Caregiver Respite: Sunny Day Club Contact: Katie Anderson, 370-9467 Patient Advocate Ministry Contact: Rev. Kaye Harvey, 373-3663 kharvey@bumc.net Short-term Meals: Fishes & Loaves Contact: Katie Winstead katie_winstead@yahoo.com Spiritual Counseling with Pastors Contact: Julie Donley, 324-7254, jdonley@bumc.net or Carla Barrios, 373-3663 x252, cbarrios@bumc.net Brentwood United Methodist Church Counseling Center for children, youth & families. www.bumc.net/counselingcenter It is home to experts in helping families and individuals resolve real life problems.
HOSPITAL VISITATION AT BUMC The Pastoral Staff of BUMC visits area hospitals on a regular and rotating basis. Hospitals do not inform the church when its members are admitted. Please let the church know if you (or a family member) are hospitalized by contacting Julie Donley, jdonley@bumc.net, 615-324-7254.
GROUPS AA Groups 1 pm, Monday-Sunday, BH 102 9 am, Monday (For Women Only), BH102 8:30 am, Tuesday & Thursday, BH102 7 pm, Tuesday & Thursday, BH201 7 pm, Friday (For Men Only), BH 101 11:30 am, Mon, Wed, Fri, BH102 ADHD Adult; Spouse Workshops Contact: Terry Huff, 627-4191 Al-Anon Tuesdays, 7 pm, Buchanan House 102 Alzheimer’s Contact: Barbara Jones, 373-1941 or Sue Dill, 970-8393 Career Transitions Each Monday, 6:30 pm - Haney Hall Contact: Hal Hassall, 972-5119 Divorce Recovery Contact: Shebbie Shields, 324-7240 Eating Disorders Anonymous Sundays, 4 pm, Buchanan House 102 Contact: Courtney Muse, 594-8552 Grief Support Contact: Alive Hospice, 963-4732. MS Self Help Contact: Sandie Mountz, 376-5395.
When Life Seems Dreary and Spring Seems Far Away . . . Spring may have arrived, but life can still seem cold and dreary for those who have suffered a loss or experienced a crisis. Our Stephen Ministers are trained to provide confidential emotional and spiritual support during tough times. Call Sheryl at 373-3690 ext.394 or Rev. Kaye Harvey at 373-3663.