A Weekly Newsletter of Brentwood United Methodist Church
THE BEAM March 24-30 , 2013
LIVING like Jesus, bringing JOY to God
Lenten Weekend Worship Emphasis The Places that Matter
A Journey with Jesus toward Easter March 23/24 (Palm Sunday) Upper Room [serving others] March 30/31 (Easter) Empty Tomb [new life]
Holy Week and Easter Worship TONIGHT - Preparing for Easter: A Lenten Service of Forgiveness & Grace Sunday, March 24 - 6:00 pm, Sanctuary (Childcare for 3 & Under) Begin the journey of Holy Week with a service of quiet worship to remember and give thanks for the forgiveness offered to us in Jesus Christ and to encounter God’s transforming grace. The Stations of the Cross (Haney Hall) Sunday, March 24, 5 pm – 8 pm Monday - Saturday 8 am - 8 pm Stations of the Cross will prepare our hearts to walk the journey with Christ, understand anew the suffering of Christ and Christ’s people, and anticipate the ultimate joy that comes to us through Christ on Easter Sunday. March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 March 31
7:00 pm............. Maundy Thursday Worship (Bishop Joe Pennel) 7:00 pm............. Good Friday Tenebrae Service (Bishop Bob Spain) 6:00 pm............. Easter Worship (Sanctuary) (Rev. Martin Thielen) 7:00 am............. Easter Sunrise (Revs. Laura Brantley, Kaye Harvey, Rachel Peavyhouse-Fay) 8 & 11 am.......... Traditional Worship (Sanctuary) (Rev. Martin Thielen) 9:30 am............. Awakening Worship (Sanctuary, Worship Band) (Rev. Martin Thielen) 9:30 am............. Blended Worship (Chapel with Worship Band) (Rev. Martin Thielen) 6:15 am............. Sunrise at Trinity Campus 8:30 & 10 am..... Trinity Campus Worship
Fling Open the Doors at Easter! We are blessed to have many, many guests on Easter Sunday. Here are some specific ways you can help us make our guests feel welcome: • Open up spaces by attending Easter worship on Saturday, 6:00 pm in the Sanctuary • Park off-campus & ride the shuttle; Easter Sunday 7 am – 12:30 pm • Volunteer in the nursery (email mspencer@bumc.net to find out how) • Volunteer as a greeter (email jbumgarner@bumc.net for details) Love Offering for Pastor Martin & Paula If you would like to participate in a love offering for Pastor Martin and Paula, please make your check payable to BUMC and write “Pastor Martin Love Offering” in the memo line. You may place it in the offering plate during worship through the end of March or mail it to the church business office.
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Music for Honduras - Available March 31 James Wells, BUMC’s Children & Youth Music director, has released a CD of all the songs he did last August for the Haiti Benefit Concert. There’s no charge for the CD, but a $10 donation per CD is requested. 100% of the donations will go to the Hand’s of Christ Women’s & Children’s hospital in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. CDs will be available beginning March 31in the Outpost (off the Narthex), in the Breezeway, or from the Music Department.
STUDENTS 7th - 12th Grades
Sunday, March 24 7:15 am New Orleans Mission Trip - load vans 9:45 am Sunday School 7th - 8th – Jr. High Room 9th-12th – Room A191 10th-12th – Church Now No Sunday Night or weekday youth activities this week due to Spring Break. If you are in town, we encourage you to attend the Holy Week services and participate in Stations of the Cross in Haney Hall! Spring Break Mission Trip Please keep them in your prayers this week as they serve in New Orleans doing home repair and clean up March 24-29! No Sunday Morning or Evening Youth Activities on March 31 (Easter) Youth Cafe will also be closed. Reunion Sunday for 9th-12th on Sunday, April 7 – we’ll be welcoming our new High School Youth Minister, Adam Jones! Rock the Chains band is Friday, May 3. Band audition forms are available (online registration or paper form) and due Sunday, April 7. Camp Barnabas (9th-12th) July 30-Aug 6, we have just a few spots open for: 9th girls and 10th-12th guys. All other have a waiting list. We do still need 1 male adult! 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 Position Available Sunday Morning Nursery Workers (must be at least 16) who love to snuggle with the babies and giggle with the toddlers.” Contact Meredith Spencer at 324-7239 or mspencer@bumc.net. 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. Divorce Recovery Wednesdays, May 8 - June 19, 6:30– 8 pm, Single Space. Cost: $30. Support and encouragement given to those adjusting to divorce. Summer Retreat to Lake Junaluska June 7 – 9; Join the singles on our annual retreat to Lake Junaluska in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina! Monte King will join us as our presenter, praise and worship will be led by Cheri Keaggy, and our Singles friends from North Carolina will be meeting us there! We will learn, sing, walk a labyrinth, and even Salsa dance! For all information, including pricing and instructions on how to register, visit www.bumc.net/SocialEvents. Parenting Seminars presented by Day Star Counseling Ministries Seminars are free and open to the public. Wednesday, April 10, 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Chapel Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys. Presenter: David Thomas, counselor and speaker Wednesday April 17, 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Chapel Raising Girls. Presenter: Sissy Goff, counselor and speaker 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. Easter Lily Pick-Up If you have ordered an Easter lily for the altar, you may pick up your lily after the 11 worship service on Easter March 31. If you are unable to pick it up then, they will be available at the receptionist desk beginning Tuesday, April 2.
Worship Emphasis April - June Like Jesus? Lessons on Living from the Sermon on the Mount Weekends, April 6/7 (6:00 pm) thru June 29/30 (8:30, 9:50 and 11:00 am) Messages by Bishop McAlilly, Rev. Kaye Harvey and Rev. Travis Garner There’s no better guide in the Gospels of what it means to live Like Jesus than the Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew. In this 12-week series, we will dive deeply into Jesus’ most comprehensive teaching in the New Testament as we figure out together what it really means to live Like Jesus.
CHILDREN
Ways to SERVE
Infants - 6th Grade
For more info on all missions call Mike Dennison @324-7222 or Maya Knighten @324-8211. Habitat for Humaniy Volunteer Sign Ups Start on Easter Sunday 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 sign up on Easter and choose a day that works for you. Birthing Kits for UMCOR’s use in HAITI, a church-wide invitation from Brentwood United Methodist Women. We invite you to ‘live like Jesus’ by assembling these birthing kits. We need 100 bars of soap (1-2 oz. size, in original packaging; packaged hotel bars acceptable) and 200 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 or Shirley Paris, s.paris@aol.com. Haiti Mission Trip - June 15 - 22 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.
Sunday, March 24 Sunday School 9:45 am - Preschool to 6th Grade No Sunday school on Easter (next week) Nursery 8am to 12pm for infants - 3 years. Godly Play at 8:30, 9:50 and 11 am worship services (Older 3s thru PreK) 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 Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys Presenter: David Thomas, counselor and speaker Wednesday April 17 Raising Girls Presenter: Sissy Goff, counselor and speaker H.I.G.H.W.A.Y. 56 5th & 6th Grades Sunday, March Sunday School 9:45 am in the GYM
iPad Donation We are in need of a new or gently used iPad to use with our micro-businesses of Humphreys Street Coffee Co. and WOW! Soap. Contact Courtney Hicks at courtney@harvesthandscdc.com if you’re able to donate an iPad.
Mileage (5th) 5-6 pm in C304
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.
Alleluia Choir (5th) 6-7 pm in the adult choir room
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, 324-8212 lbrooks@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
Confirmation (6th) 5-7 pm in the GYM
Wednesday, March 13 No Extra Mile Created by God (6th graders) April 4 - 6. Register at bumc.net/ register. Contact Maggie at mjarrell@bumc.net. We NEED small group leaders! These leaders assist and support the kids. Contact Maggie for more information. 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 - Final Service held on 3/27 Prayer Service (Sanctuary)
TRINITY CHURCH 3011 Longford Drive Spring Hill, TN 37174 Sundays 10:00 am Worship
WORSHIP ATTENDANCE March 16/17 1,991
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: 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: 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.
Does the Joy of Easter Seem Far Away? If you are smiling on the outside, but full of pain on the inside, a trained Stephen Minister can help with one on one confidential care and encouragement. Call Sheryl at 373-3690 ext.394 or Rev. Kaye Harvey at 373-3663.