the BEAM
September 25 - October 1 , 2011
www.bumc.net
A Weekly Newsletter of Brentwood United Methodist Church Growing Disciples of Christ Who Know Him, Love Him, and Serve Him
God
Lessons
from the Great Recession
New Sermon Series Begins October 8/9 “God Lessons from the Great Recession” Our economy is struggling. Expenses rise and incomes shrink or disappear altogether. In the midst of these tough times, what does the Bible have to say about our relationship with money? Find out in Martin’s new four-week sermon series. Come and bring a friend! October 08/09 Don’t Be a Financial Fool October 15/16 Follow God’s Financial Plan October 22/23 Cultivate a Life of Contentment October 29/30 Follow Dr. Green’s Final Prescription Sanctuary 20th Anniversary Concert with Celebration Choir We will mark the 20th Anniversary of worship in the BUMC Sanctuary on October 30th with a concert of gospel music featuring guest artist, Buddy Greene, instrumentalists, singers of our congregation, and a Celebration Choir. Adults wishing to be a part of the Celebration Choir may join Rehearsals on: September 28......6 pm...... Room 292 October 5, 12, 19......6 pm...... Sanctuary Thursday, October 27......Dress Rehearsal For information email Shannon Garrett at sgarrett@bumc.net.
THRIVE It’s Wednesday night! September 28 –– 5:00 pm Meal $6 per person, $24 family maximum
Register for meal at bumc.net/thrive Register for children’s choirs at bumc.net/childrenschoir Register for adult studies at bumc.net/thrive
Menu: roast beef, mashed potatoes, squash casserole, bread, & dessert DINNER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!! See inside for details. Register for the meal by 3 pm, Monday, September 26 online at www.bumc.net/thrive or by email to rtharpe@bumc.net. 6:15 - 7:30 pm • Children’s Choirs & Activities • Extra Mile (5th & 6th) • Student Thrive! (7th - 12th) • “The Lives of Great Christians” (All Adults) Led by Rev. Kaye Harvey • A Work in Progress: Real Questions with Real Biblical Answers; Led By Rev. Dr. Jeff Wilson • MomsInPrayer 6:30 - 7:30 pm C-YA (College & Young Adults) 6:45 - 7:30 pm Boundaries (Single Adults) $21 7:00 - 8:30 pm Adult Chancel Choir
A Work in Progress (See Thrive! Above) Led by Rev. Dr. Jeff Wilson The Lives of Great Christians (See Thrive! Above) Led by Rev. Kaye Harvey Spiritual Travels: A Study of 3 Provocative Books
adult studies Register for adult studies at bumc.net/adultstudies
The Shack, Ragamuffin Gospel, and A Million Miles in a 1000 Years Sundays, through April 22, 5:20 - 7:30 pm. Led by Rick Hotzfeld
A Faithful Heart: A Women’s Bible Study
Tuesdays through November 30, 9:30 - 11:00 am. Led by Judith Bone.
**Last Week to Join** Christian Believer
Mondays through May, 2012, 6:00-8:30 pm. Led by Chuckles Collins.
students 7th - 12th Grades
Sunday, September 25 9:45 am 7th - 8th Jr Hi Rm 9:45 am High School Options 9th - 12th: • Sunday School • Youth Disciple Bible Study – Room A191 • Topical & Current Events Discuss. – Café • Help Teach Children 11 am 7th-12th Sunday School – Jr Hi Rm 11 am Goodbye Party for Anne Porter 4-5 pm Youth Handbells 4:45 pm Café Opens 7th-9th Grade 5-6:40 Snack Supper, Worship, Small Groups 6:45-7:45 Jubilation Choir 10th-12th Grade 5 - 6:10 Sonshine Choir Rehearsal 6:15 - 8 Snack Supper, Worship, Small Groups Monday, September 26 6:45 am Manfest w/Travis @Dimple’s Deli 3:30 pm Volunteer @ Harvest Hands, meet at BUMC Tuesday, September 27 6:30 am Tuesday breakfast club with Lindsay at Brueggers 4-5 pm NO Hangtime for 7th - 8th 6:00 pm Odyssey game night, meet here Wednesday, Sept 28 3:30 pm meet at BUMC 61st Ave. Tutoring 6:15 pm Wednesday to 7:30 Night Thrive (Worship, ministry teams, Disciple Bible) Merge Retreat 7th-8th graders, October 21-23. Register online or outside the youth office. Save money: register by the end of the day TODAY. Registration closes 10/9! Adults needed - contact Neal Wilkinson at nwilkinson@bumc.net! Youth Listening Session with Martin, Wed., 10/5, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Tabernacle. All youth are invited!
Brentwood United Methodist Church Employment Opportunity Brentwood UMC is currently seeking a part-time administrative assistant for our Connectional Ministry, working with Dr. Jeff Wilson. For more information on this position’s requirements, visit the church website at www.bumc.net. Click on “about us” and select “employment”. If you’re interested in applying for this opportunity, forward your resume to dstorey@bumc.net. Permanent Adult Sunday School Teacher needed for a mid-to-late life very active Singles Class. Contact Judith Bone at jbone@bumc.net or 324-7258. UMW Cookbooks “Recipes from the Heart: The ONLY Cookbook You’ll Need” Cookbooks are available in the Outpost for $20 each. They are full of more than 500 favorite recipes of church members. They make great Christmas gifts! New BUMC Orchestra No matter your experience or skill level, bring your instruments and enjoy playing the music of the church together! Sundays 4:00-4:45 in B163, (next to the Chancel Choir rehearsal room). All youth and adults welcome! Contact Patsy at pwade@bumc.net.
upcoming activities Costa Rican Methodist Choir On October 1 & 2, the Methodist School Choir of San Jose, Costa Rica, will perform at all worship services at Brentwood UMC as well as several other local venues including the Grand Old Opry. Members of the BUMC and Trinity Church Costa Rica Mission team met this choir this past summer and will be hosting choir members in their homes. Listening Sessions Listening sessions are opportunities for Martin to learn more about us as a community and to hear our hopes and dreams for the church. October 5: 7th - 12th Graders 6:30-7:30 pm in the Youth Choir Room and Young Adults, 7:30-8:30 pm in Room A292. Find a complete list at www.bumc.net. AARP Driver Safety Program Thursday, October 6 and Friday, October 7 The AARP Driver Safety Program stressing safer automobile driving techniques and tips for adults 50 and over. Held 8 am - 12 noon in Room A291. Limited to 30 participants, cost: $12. Register at www.bumc.net or contact Julie Donley, 324-7254 or jdonley@bumc.net. Red Cross Blood Drive Sunday, October 9, 7:30 am - 12:30 pm Our goal is 50 units of blood. We had a good turnout at the August 14 drive, with 56 registering to donate. We didn’t make our goal in August, but we had a tremendous improvement from the 35 units donated in June. Good work...but we still need more bodies in the chairs…please find the time to donate on October 9! It Takes Two - Marriage Enrichment Workshop - www.bumc.net/marriage Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8:00 pm; October 11 - November 1; A291 For couples newly married and eager for more information about Christian marriage or those in a good stable marriage they care about protecting. Led by Dr. John Fite and Caroline Beavers, LPC (BUMC Counseling Center). Childcare available with reservation. Space is limited, register by October 4 by calling Caroline at 615-371-2550. Single Adult Boundaries Class Wednesday through October12, 6:45 - 7:30 pm, Cost: $21, Singles Space.
Stewardship and Giving information can be found at www.bumc.net/giving.
children Infants - 6th Grade
Sunday, September 25
service opportunities Room in the Inn Sunday School Class Coordinators Meeting Sunday, October 9, Rm A393, 8:30 – 9:30 am and again at 11:00 – 12 noon. The 2011-12 Room In The Inn program, a ministry to homeless men, runs November, 2011 to March, 2012. Each Tuesday night, some Friday nights, and Christmas Eve, a volunteer group such as a Sunday school Class, Bible Study group, or other small group, host an evening of RITI. They take the church bus to the Room In The Inn Campus (Nashville) to pick up 14 men and then come to BUMC gym for a hot dinner, a warm bed, a hot shower, clean laundry, a hot breakfast, and a sack lunch. We encourage a representative from EVERY Sunday School class, Bible Study, or small group that is interested in hosting one or more nights of RITI, to attend one of these meetings. Questions? Contact Scott Gardner at scottgardner.us@gmail.com.
Sunday School 9:45 am Preschool - 6th Grade NEW at 11:00 am Preschool – 3 year olds (by 9/30/11) Room C103 4 year olds (by 9/30/11) thru pre-Kindergarten Room C107 Elementary: Kindergarten – 1st Grade, Room C319 2nd – 6th grade, Room C317
Graceworks Food Pantry is in urgent need of items for the FUEL bags (nutritious food for weekends for students on the free/reduced lunch program). Last week Graceworks provided 211 FUEL bags to 3 elementary schools making supplies low. ITEMS NEEDED: (Individual Serving Sizes only) cereals, pudding cups, gelatin cups, 4 oz. canned fruit cups, 8 oz. shelf – stable boxed milk, tuna or chicken with crackers, microwavable individual meals such as macaroni and cheese, spaghetti and meat, snack packs containing cheese. Bring your donations to the donations bins located in the Chapel Narthex.
Pre-school Worship (formerly Church Time) at all three worship services.
October MMDR Mission Trip To Haiti October 21 – 27, 2011. MMDR (Mobile Medical Disaster Relief, based here in Brentwood) is currently seeking doctors, nurses, and dentists to complete their 20 member medical team that will provide 5 days of medical/dental clinics and work with an orphanage while in Haiti. Cost is $1,000 plus airfare. If interested in being a part of this medical team, you can apply by going to www.MMDR.org.
First Grade Worship Readiness Classes during Sunday school.
Friends Learning in Pairs (FLIP) needs volunteers, ages 55 & up, to tutor at-risk students in the Williamson County Schools. To learn more about this worthwhile program, contact Angie Pradat at 376-4332 or apradat@fiftyforward.org. Monday Bread Delivery for CTSG For over a year, every Monday morning bread is donated by 3 Publix Stores for our Career Transitions Support Group Monday night attendees. Volunteers pick up, deliver, and set-up the bread each Monday morning between 7 - 9 am (takes approximately 1 - 2 hours). Volunteers are needed to take one or two Monday’s each month. Contact Mike Davis @ 351-9722 or mdavis2191@comcast.net.
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. Gently Used Furniture Needed We are in need of the following new or gently used office pieces: 1) board room table that seats 10 - 12 people, 2) 10 - 12 board room chairs, 3) 5 desks, 4) 9 office chairs, 5) love seat or 2 comfortable chairs, 6) refrigerator and 7) microwave. Please email Courtney with a description and photos if you or your company has any of these items to donate: courtney@harvesthandscdc.com.
who to contact
Nursery 8 am to 12 pm for infants - 3 years
H.I.G.H.W.A.Y. 56 5th & 6th Grades Sunday, september 25 Sunday School Morning Assembly and Praise, 9:45 am. Gym MILEAGE at 5-6 pm Alleluia Choir at 6-7 pm (Adult Choir Room) Visit us on the web at www.bumc.net/children for more Children’s Ministry information.
Adult Studies/Small Grps Judith Bone, 324-7258 jbone@bumc.net
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
Caring Ministry Kaye Harvey, 373-3663 kharvey@bumc.net
Mission & Outreach Juanita Hobbs, 324-7222 jhobbs@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
Sunday Morning Opportunities 8:30 am Worship 9:45 am Classes for Children, Students, and Adults 9:50 am Worship 11:00 am Worship 11:00 am Classes for Children, Students, and Adults Saturday Evening Opportunities 6:00 pm Worship Trinity Church Spring Hill Campus meets at Spring Hill High School 10:00 am Worship
worship Attendance September 17/18 Weekend Total 1,993 August year to date contributions are 95.1% of budget. For additional details visit the website at bumc.net/giving2011.
Congregational care and caring ministries www.bumc.net/support resources
Adoption Support & Orphan Ministry Contact: Charlene Leonard, 221-4041
hospital visitation at bumc
Domestic Abuse Contact: Caroline Beavers, 371-2550.
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.
Emergency Financial & Food Assistance Contact: Juanita Hobbs, 324-7222, jhobbs@bumc.net
groups www.bumc.net/caregroups
Cancer Support: Partners in Hope Contact: Jeanetta Fargo, 435-3716 ejaefargo@comcast.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 Short-term Meal Assistance: Fishes & Loaves Contact: Katy Pat Clark, 218-7934, katypclark@gmail.com Spiritual Counseling with Pastors Contact: Julie Donley, 324-7254, jdonley@bumc.net or Carla Barrios, 373-3663 x252, cbarrios@bumc.net
Stephen Ministry Stressed? Feeling Down? Need Encouragement? Stephen Ministers provide care for people experiencing a major crisis as well as support for people weighed down by the little things in life. Call Sheryl at 373-3690 ext. 394 or Rev. Kaye Harvey at 373-3663.
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 7 pm, Sunday, BH201 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: Richard Ross, 390-7283 CODA (CoDependency) Contact: Herberta Grissom, 347-4900, herta2@comcast.net Divorce Recovery Contact: Shebbie Shields, 324-7240 Grief Support Contact: Alive Hospice, 963-4732. Loss (Widows, Divorced Women) Contact: Herberta Grissom, 347-4900, MS Self Help Contact: Sandie Mountz, 376-5395.
Brentwood United Methodist Church Counseling Center offers services to children, youth & families. Call 376-5910. It is home to experts in helping families and individuals resolve real life problems.