STEP up
Welcome, Members of the Tennessee Annual Conference! The Tennessee Annual Conference will celebrate its 200th anniversary during this year’s conference held on our Brentwood campus Sunday through Wednesday of this week. We are honored to provide hospitality to the 1,000 clergy and lay delegates who will gather here to conduct the official business of the United Methodist Church in middle Tennessee.
Step Up! 2012 is our year-long emphasis of five core practices that lead to a stronger faith and a more vibrant church. These pactices include: worship, connect, invite, serve and give.
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2012
the BEAM
June 10 - 16, 2012 A Weekly Newsletter of Brentwood United Methodist Church Growing Disciples of Christ Who Know Him, Love Him, and Serve Him
Readings for June 11 - 15: Colossians 1 I Corinthians 1 www.bumc.net/ bumc345
A special thanks to the 100+ BUMC volunteers who serve as greeters, shuttle drivers, snack bar workers, and other jobs throughout the building! Tuesday Morning Prayer Service will be held in the Chapel on June 12 due to Annual Conference. Join us for a quiet time of prayer, music and meditation - a great way to begin your day! The Williamsburg Road entrance will be open for the prayer service.
Step Up to Connect to a group for Christian growth and support New Opportunities for College Students • College Sunday School for college students and 2012 graduates at 9:45 a.m., Room A191 • Summer Groups – Wednesdays from 5:45-7 pm in the Buchanan House. (Optional worship opportunity after.) through August 1. If you’re home for the summer, come with your stories and questions and we’ll continue to explore how God is at work no matter what we face. Facilitated by Eric Burton-Krieger, eburtonkrieger@bumc.net. Register NOW for Summer Adult classes online at www.bumc.net/adultstudies In the Name of Jesus Tuesdays, June 5 - 26; 6:30 - 8:00 pm In the Sanctuary of Women Wednesdays, June 6 - July 18; 9:30 - 11:00 am Curious About Disciple Bible Study? This 34-week intensive Bible study has changed hundreds of lives in our congregation. Come to an information session on Sunday morning, July 22. Time & location to be announced.
Step Up to Invite and welcome others Chancel Choir Patriotic Concert Sunday, June 24- 7:00 pm, Sanctuary BUMC’s Chancel Choir presents a Salute to America. Join us for an inspirational evening of music dedicated to our country. All proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.
Step Up to Serve in the church and/or community The Altar Guild needs volunteers to assist in preparing and decorating the church and sanctuary for worship. Call Kelli Huston in the Worship Office, 324-7227. Teams work on Friday mornings two months a year.
Step Up to Give generously to God’s work
Up Your Sleeve
Rock-N-Roll Up Your Sleeve Blood Drive Today, Sunday, June 10 - 7:30 am to 12:30 pm Two Red Cross blood mobiles are here today. Donor registration is in the main lobby. Requirements to donate: you must be at least 17-years-old; weigh at least 110 lbs.; be in good health; have not been asked by the Red Cross not to donate; and you must have a photo ID or your Red Cross donor card. All presenting donors will receive a Rock-n-Roll t-shirt and be eligible to win a Gibson guitar!
students 7th - 12th Grades
Sunday, June 10 9:45 am Summer Sunday School Middle – JrHi Rm High - Taberacle College - Green Room 11:00 am Girls Summer Book Club with Elizabeth, Youth Prayer Chapel Monday, June 11 Wednesday, June 13 Tennessee Annual Conference Cafe Help still needed! Youth, college age, and adults needed to help serve meals, make coffee, and direct people. You can work one shift or you can work all day! Contact Roseane at 324-7215 M, T: morning, lunch or dinner M, T, W: morning, lunch Tuesday, June 12 6 p.m. Meet at BUMC to go to Odyssey Game Night Wednesday, June 13 6:00 pm Middle School Girls Bible Study ONLY No Intermission Thursday, June 14 4:00 pm Granny White Park Thursdays with Neal & Zack Camp Barnabas Team is serving children with physical disabilities at camp in Purdy, MO June 8-15, please keep them in your prayers! Send an encouraging email to our students and adults while they are at Camp Barnabas with their First & Last Name in the subject line (no pictures) to: camper@ campbarnabas.org.
Step Up to Connect Paid Part-time Position Available Paid, part-time position available. Administrative Assistant, Single Adult Ministries. Questions and resumes to Deltina Storey, dstorey@bumc.net. Nexus Chamber Concert Sunday June 17, 4 pm, Chapel The Athena Trio, comprised of violinist Kristina Siemer, pianist Rachel DeVore Forgarty & cellist Lindsey Smith-Trosle, the Athena performs everything from original compositions, tangos, international music & popular/film music to different genres such as hip hop and brings them all into the piano trio format. Save the Date: Teacher Summit – August 5 If you are a leader, teacher or facilitator of any group for children, youth or adults, you do not want to miss this inspiring event designed just for you. Look for details in the coming weeks. Questions: Leslie Hotzfeld, lhotzfeld@bumc.net. Single Adult Offerings Visit www.bumc.net/singles for full details or contact Shebbie Shields at 324-7240. Single Moms Bible Study: Are you a single mom looking for a Bible study and fellowship with other single moms? Contact Shebbi at 324-7240 to join. Single Adult Book Club June 12 and July 10 Singles Yoga Tuesdays, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Cost: $5, Singles Space, donation goes to Fisher House. “Polishing Your Basics” Bridge, Friday evenings, thru June 22, Cost: $70 Barnabas Friends 2012 - Adult Volunteers Needed! Help us keep our college students connected to our church while they’re away. BUMC’s college ministry, Barnabas Friends, is looking for volunteers to adopt a college student and send them encouraging notes and prayers throughout the school year. Contact Heather Dubuque for more information - 615-300-7893 or Heather@LillianNannyAgency.com. Check out these great books for your “Step Up to Summer” reading! www.bumc.net/summerofprayer - books are available for purchase in the Outpost. • Great Prayers of the Old Testament/Walter Brueggemann: insight and wisdom from the prayers of Old Testament heros. • Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? /Phillip Yancey: Is God listening? If God knows everything, what’s the point of prayer? • Prayer: finding the heart’s true home/Richard Foster: Coming to prayer is like coming home. • Sacred Breath: 40 days of Centering Prayer/David Muyskens: When life takes an unexpected turn, sometimes you have to remind yourself to just breathe. • Fire in the Soul: a prayer book for the later years/Richard L. Morgan: Prayers for help in meeting late-life challenges. • Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers/ Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: It’s not about convincing God to do what we want; rather convincing ourselves to do what God wants.
Serve With Us This Summer helping with BUMC’s VBS J Sign up on the Facebook Event or contact Marjorie Stephenson at Marjorie.Stephenson@ comcast.net.
• Sanctuary: Unexpected Places Where God Found Me/Becca Stevens: Imagine an entire world and our part in it, as a place where God dwells.
Bahamas Mission Team will be serving with the Bahamas Methodist Habitat June 17-23, please keep them in your prayers.
• Faith Breaks I & II /Howard Olds: Pause, take a break, and focus on what really matters: faith, hope, love, God, and family!
• Prayers for the Domestic Church: A Handbook for Worship in the Home/Edward Hays (Forest of Peace Books): A prayer book for families today in real situations and celebrating domestic milestones.
Step Up to Serve
children Infants - 6th Grade
Get your BUMC mission T-shirt! If you are participating in a missions/outreach opportunity through the church, we would love for you to buy one of our new missions shirts which say on the back “The Church Has Left the Building!” The shirts are $6. Contact mbknighten@bumc.net. City-Wide Water Bottle Blitz - July 7 We’ll be organizing families to swarm parks, street corners, outside shelters, and elsewhere throughout the city to give out water to thirsty souls. Helping those around us to beat the heat while spreading the word of Christ. Meet at the Church July 7, 10 am. School Supplies for the Sonshine Choir Missions Project @ New Field School Your help and generosity is needed to aid the Sonshine Choir gather school supplies as they spread God’s love and word to the broken in Chicago. This year they will help with an inner city church’s VBS and would like to also help with supplying school supplies for the children in this improvised area for this upcoming year. They are in need of specific supplies: copy paper, crayons (24 ct.), markers (10-12 ct.), glue sticks, scissors, composition journals (wide-ruled), folders- blue, red and green, Kleenex boxes and #2 pencils. Please, bring donations to the bins located in the Chapel Narthex. Honduras Medical Mission Trip - September 1-8 Doctors, RNs, NPs, LPNs, and PTs with good hearts needed for treating women and children in need. For more information contact Mike Dennison at 615-324-7222 or mdennison@bumc.net. Run with The Nations 5K Run/Walk - Saturday, June 16 East Nashville at Shelby Bottoms Park, benefiting World Relief Nashville. This is a unique event for the whole family to walk or run alongside refugees from around the world and hear the cheers of refugee villagers as you loop the lake. Registration fee is $25. Register online at www.runwiththenations.org. Nashville Rescue Mission Sock & Underwear Drive Nashville Rescue Mission helps hurting people in Middle Tennessee by offering food, clothing, and shelter to the homeless and recovery programs to those enslaved by lifedegrading problems. They are currently in a desperate need of socks and underwear. Donations may be brought to the collection bins in the Chapel Narthex.
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 Bus Driver Needed to drive a 15 passenger bus to transport elementary-age students on our summer field trips. Once a week commitment on Fridays for the months of June and July, 12:30-5:30pm. Driver will be required to take a driving test. This is an immediate need. Contact Courtney Hicks at 499-4963 or courtney@harvesthandscdc.com. Summer Elementary & Youth Program Needs Volunteers: once a week, June and July, 1-5 pm, Mon-Fri. Donations: sleeping bags, tents, sleeping mats, head lamps, etc. to use for our youth camping trips. Sponsorships: $100 to buy books for the youth program are also needed. If interested in these opportunities please contact Abby Buter at 615-499-4963 or abby@harvesthandscdc.com.
who to contact Adult Studies/Small Grps Judith Bone, 324-7258 jbone@bumc.net Caring Ministry Kaye Harvey, 373-3663 kharvey@bumc.net
Sunday, June 10 Sunday School 9:45 am Preschool - 6th Grade Pre-school Worship at all three worship services. Nursery 8am to 12pm for infants - 3 years. Vacation Bible School June 25 - 28, 9 am to 12 pm. Children ages 5 (by 9/30/12) through 4th grade (currently). Registration is now closed.
H.I.G.H.W.A.Y. 56 5th & 6th Grades Sunday, June 10 Sunday School Meet in the GYM 9:45 am
HWY 56 Summer Activities Check out bumc.net/ highway56 or contact Maggie Jarrell at mjarrell@bumc.net for more information! June 14 A Day in the Park July 12 5th Grade Movie Night July 19 A Day at the Zoo July 26-29 Bridge Weekend Retreat
Children’s Ministry Ellen Garrett, 577-7261 egarrett@bumc.net
Single Adult Ministry Shebbie Shields, 324-7240 sshields@bumc.net
To Get Connected Jeff Wilson, 324-8208 jwilson@bumc.net
Mission & Outreach Mike Dennison, 324-7222, mdennison@bumc.net
Student Ministry Travis Garner, 324-7229 tgarner@bumc.net
Worship & Music Shannon Garrett, 577-7267 sgarrett@bumc.net
Brentwood
United Methodist Church
309 Franklin Road Brentwood, Tn 37027 615-373-3663 www.bumc.net
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 Tuesday Morning 6:30 am Prayer (Sanctuary)
trinity church meets at Spring Hill High School Sundays 10:00 am Worship
worship Attendance June 2 & 3, 2012 Weekend Total 2,052 For information on giving visit the website at bumc.net/give.
Congregational care and caring ministries www.bumc.net/encouragement resources
Adoption Support & Orphan Ministry Contact: Charlene Leonard, 221-4041 Cancer Support: Partners in Hope Contact: Jeanetta Fargo, 435-3716 ejaefargo@comcast.net Domestic Abuse Contact: Caroline Beavers, 371-2550. Emergency Financial & Food Assistance Contact: Maya Broaden-knighten, 373-3663, ext. 211, mbknighten@bumc.net Encouragement Cards: GraceNotes Contact: Rachael Melton, roystermelton@yahoo.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: Tammy Hakim, 480-0357 thakim@paministry.org Short-term Meal Assistance: 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 offers services to 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 Eating Disorders Anonymous Sundays, 4 pm, Buchanan House 102 Contact: Courtney Muse, 594-8552 ADHD Adult; Spouse Workshops Contact: Terry Huff, 627-4191 Alzheimer’s Contact: Barbara Jones, 373-1941 or Ruth Randolph, 385-2323 Career Transitions Each Monday, 6:30 pm - Haney Hall Contact: Hal Hassall, 972-5119 Divorce Recovery Contact: Shebbie Shields, 324-7240 Grief Support Contact: Alive Hospice, 963-4732. MS Self Help Contact: Sandie Mountz, 376-5395.
Sometimes it’s Hard to Ask for Help . . . We sometimes try to keep our struggles stuffed deep inside but often that doesn’t work so well. Stephen Ministers Can Help! If you are going through a difficult time, a Stephen Minister can bring God’s warm love back into your life through their one on one confidential care. Call Sheryl at 373-3690 ext.394 or Rev. Kaye Harvey at 373-3663.