Hillcrest Highlights - Hillcrest United Methodist Church

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Hillcrest United Methodist Church
5112 Raywood Lane
Nashville TN 37211
Phone: (615) 832-0157
Fax: (615) 832-9442
Preschool: (615) 831-1001
info@hillcrestumc.org
www.hillcrestumc.org
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A Publication of Hillcrest United Methodist Church
October, 2013
March 2016
Hillcrest United Methodist Church is a family of diverse people, with a variety of gifts, called to discipleship,
led by one spirit, and united in service and mission to God.
A Message From Keri
Hillcrest Worship
JOIN US ON SUNDAY MORNING
COMMUNION 8:30 AM
WORSHIP 10:15 AM
SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 9:00 A.M.
Church Staff
Senior Pastor: Cherie Parker
Minister of Music: Mike Castellaw
Minister of Children & Youth: Keri Cress
Director of Lay Ministries & Outreach: Bud Whipple
Organist: Carl Hester
Pianist: Sarah Williams Andrews
Director of Nursery Ministries: Debbie Rhoads
Nursery Workers: Leah Watkins and Lu Rhoads
Administrative Assistant: Martie Rader
Turner Leadership Scholar: Allison LeBrun
Pre-school Staff
Preschool Director: Robin Dyer
Teachers: Teresa Parsons
Jennifer Allman
Brett Parsons
Heather Hobbs
Christi Fidler
Ashlee Jesse
For information about the preschool call 615-831-1001.
Our building is maintained by Jan-Pro.
If you find any area of the building in need of attention please let us know by calling the church office.
Mark your calendars! March 20 is our Easter Egg Hunt! Not only is this a great time of fun and fellowship for our Hillcrest family, this is also one of our church wide neighborhood outreach
events. We hope that in opening our doors and inviting our neighbors we will have opportunities to
introduce our visitors to Hillcrest, have moments of authentic conversation, and demonstrate the
love of Christ in the community where we gather to worship. We hope they will come for the candy
and the hotdogs and stay because there is a family here that would be better with them. While we
have a sign up list with plenty of tasks to complete, this is a mission! The tasks include help facilitate opportunities for relationships. Our tasks involve donating stuffed eggs (no chocolate, please),
working in the kitchen, helping guide groups to the age level areas, and hiding eggs. Our mission is
about fishing for people and introducing them into the life of this body of Christ. What if we
learned someone’s name and invited them to Worship, or our Sunday School class! What if this person came for Worship or Sunday School and we invited them to lunch! I once heard it said that the
moment someone enters the community of a church, the whole dynamic changes, or it does when
we make room! Room for people to live into a life Jesus called us all into, a life that involves the gifts
and talents of each member working towards the common goal of living into the kingdom of God.
This is an exciting time of new life and new beginning, in our journey towards Easter and in the
world around us, I pray we will share this hope with our friends and neighbors on March 20th I
hope you will find your place to serve and be at the Easter Egg Hunt this year!
Look for the sign-up sheet in the Welcome Area!
Peace, Keri
Upcoming Dates:
Easter Egg Hunt
Vacation Bible School
March 20th
June 5th-9th
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HUMC Calendar of Events
Our nursery (for Pre-K and younger) is open for Sunday School and Sunday Worship with no reservations needed. Additionally, we seek to provide
childcare for parents attending Bible studies or meetings. Leaders, please reserve your event two weeks in advance. Highlighted (*) events have childcare provided. For other events, parents must call the church office at 832-0157 to reserve a space for your child. Although we always try to accommodate last minute situations, we need your reservation 48 hours in advance.
Tuesday March 1
9:30 am ESL to Go
10:00 am Widows Helping Others
8:00 pm AA/Alanon
Wednesday March 2
9:00 am Staff Meeting
10:00 am Dulcimer Group
12:00 pm Lenten Luncheon at Tusculum
Hills Baptist Church
6:00 pm Ballroom Dance Class
7:00 pm Wesley Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, March 3
8:30 am Citizenship Classes
9:30 am ESL to Go
7:00 pm Men’s Volleyball
Friday, March 4
4:00 pm Room In the Inn
Saturday March 5
8:00 pm AA/Alanon
Sunday, March 6
8:30 am Communion
9:00 am *Sunday School
10:15 am *Worship
5:00 pm PUSH (youth)
Monday, March 7
6:30 pm Men’s Bible Study
6:30 pm Cub/Boy Scout Troop 1161
Tuesday,
9:30 am
5:15 pm
6:30 pm
7:00 pm
March 8
ESL to Go
Valor Basketball
Trustees Meeting
E. Tusculum Neighborhood
Watch
8:00 pm AA/Alanon
Wednesday, , March 9
9:00am Staff Meeting
10:30 am Coasters
Hills Baptist Church
Thursday, March 10
9:30 am ESL to Go
6:00 pm Dan Beard District Mtg.
Saturday, March 12
4:00 pm Boy Scout Pack Pine Wood
Derby
8:00 pm AA/AlAnon
Sunday, March 13
8:30 am
9:00 am
10:15 am
5:00 pm
Communion
*Sunday School
*Worship
PUSH (youth)
Monday, March 14
6:30 pm Cub/Boy Scout Troop 1161
Tuesday, March 15
9:30 am
10:00 am
6:00 pm
8:00 pm
ESL to Go
Honeys
Finance Meeting
AA/Alanon
Wednesday, March 16
Cumberland Presbyterian
Thursday, March 17
9:30 am ESL to Go
Friday, March 18
4:00 pm Room In the Inn (final weekend)
Saturday, March 19
Wednesday, March 23
5:30 pm Holy Week Meal and Bible
Study at Tusculum Hills Baptist
Church
Thursday, March 24
9:30 am ESL to G
7:00 pm Maundy Thursday Service at
Church
Friday, March 25
7:00 pm Good Friday Tenebrae Service at
Hillcrest UMC
Saturday, March 26
8:00 am Men’s Breakfast
8:00 pm AA/Alanon
Sunday, March 27
6:00 am
8:30 am
9:00 am
10:15 am
Easter Sunrise Service
Communion Service
*Sunday School
*Worship
Monday, March 28
8:00 am Justice for our Neighbors(JFON) Tuesday, March 29
8:00 pm AA/Alanon
9:30 am ESL to Go
8:00 pm AA/Alanon
Sunday, March 20
8:30 am
9:00 am
10:15 am
4:00 pm
Communion
*Sunday School
*Worship
Easter Egg Hunt
Monday, March 21
10:00 am United Methodist Women
Tuesday, March 22
Friday, March 11
4:00 pm Open Table Resource Center
Committee
8:00 pm AA/Alanon
9:30 am ESL to Go
10:30 am Honeys
6:30 pm Staff Parish Relations
Wednesday, March 30
10:00 am
10:30 am
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Dulcimer Group
Staff Meeting
Ballroom Dance Class
Wesley Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, March 31
9:30 am ESL to Go
We have a choice about how to face whatever
happens to us in life. I can choose to respond
negatively, or I can choose to find something to
be grateful for in the situations in my life. Is there
something, somewhere in what is happening to
me, that I can find grace or a reason for gratitude?
So, frost bit flowering quince can reframed
become: "What a gift to have that first glimpse of
spring color and beauty in the middle of winter?”
And my frustration with my delayed and cancelled
flights home reframed becomes: “How wonderful
that I get to spend another night with my daughter instead of in the Chicago Midway terminal.”
And, regarding the rain? Reframed it might be:
“How good this isn’t snow closings school and
messing up traffic again.”
Youth
Our youth have been challenged to allow this season of
Lent to be a time of reflection and refocusing! We challenged our young people to have dedicated time each day
to spend in pray and scripture reading. During Sunday
night PUSH (or UMYF) this past week, we were introduced to different practices of prayer and scripture reading. We walked a labyrinth, meditated on scripture using
art journaling, considered fasting, and we practiced silence.
This season is a reminder of so many things as well as a
Think of your own disappointments. Can
reminder of the path that Jesus walked from kingship to
they be reframed? During these last few weeks of
servant to execution to the resurrection. Our youth began
Lent, I invite you each day, each moment -- to
a journey at Warmth in Winter considering a life of followlook for gratitude – to name it – to express it -ing Jesus. The journey continues as we prepare for iD
and to feel it. . .
Weekend when we take a deeper look at The Way-the way
I am challenging myself to look for some- of following Jesus.
thing to be grateful for in the situations I find my- iD Weekend is April 1-3 and will be here before you know
self in. When faced with a disappointment, I will it! During iD Weekend our Senior High youth will be takreframe it in such a way that I recognize in it
ing on the leadership and teaching. The Senior High will
something I can be thankful for. When I get dis- be leading our youth in worship, prayer, and in their servcouraged about a matter, I will flip it and find the anthood. Each Senior High youth will have an opportunigood that is in it somewhere. When I experience ty to give a talk and share with their peers about the action
something negative, I will seek to find within it
of God in their lives. The other aspect of iD Weekend is
something to be grateful for. I hope you will do
that the youth feels the support of the church; it is an exthis with me. Together maybe we can start a new perience of rooting our young people in the life of the
way of looking at life.
body of Christ. The Leadership Team has met and is in
In closing, I offer these words about grati- the beginning of recruiting adults to be present in small
tude from the apostle Paul:
groups, seeking a kitchen crew, playing instruments, taking
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing;
photos, baking cookies, and being in the prayer chapel
give thanks in all circumstances;
over the weekend. If this is something you are interested
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for in, please contact Keri. Look for information in the Welyou. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
come Area about how you can get in on this powerful experience!
Blessings in this Holy Season!
Upcoming Dates:
iD Weekend
April 1-3
Alleluia Auction
May 1
Graduation Breakfast
May 15
Mountain TOP
June 19-25
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A Message from Cherie. . . .
Our Lenten luncheons are underway. We have had two at Hillcrest UMC. Our next two are at
Tusculum Hills Baptist Church (March 2 and 9) and the last two are Tusculum Cumberland Presbyterian Church (March 16 and 23). Several folks from the other two churches have come to Hillcrest
for the first two of these gatherings. I hope we have a good crowd from Hillcrest show up at the
next four. If you would like to carpool over to Tusculum Hills Baptist, let’s meet at Hillcrest at
11:40 on Wednesday, and ride over together. Please be sure to contact Tusculum Hills Baptist
Church, 615-833-6519 by Tuesday noon to make a reservation to eat lunch.
At our first Lenten Lunch, I offered the following meditation. I offer it now for those of you
who could not be present:
Awhile back I made a confession in one of my sermons. My confession was and is that I am a
glass-half-empty kind of person. I’m not sure how I came to be one. A case can be made for it being
genetic or environmental. However it came to be part of who I am, I experience this outlook on
life every day. . . . “Oh look, that flowering quince was blooming last week; too bad it got bitten by the frost.” “Oh
no, my flight from Omaha to Chicago was delayed, and then my connection to Nashville was cancelled. Now I won’t
get home tonight.” “It’s raining. . . .again!”
When I have been focused on the negative for too many days in a row, I realize it is time to
go have lunch or coffee with a friend of mine who is most definitely a glass-half-full kind of person.
She consistently looks at life with gratitude no matter what her circumstances.
She recently went through foot surgery and had six weeks at home staying off her foot. This
meant she could not walk at all, she could not take a shower on her own, she had to rely on others
to get her food or anything else around the house. She has managed to live through these days of
dependence with pain and discomfort, but also with grace, humor and with a lot of gratitude. She
truly is an inspiration to be around.
As she said, “Being grateful (in such moments) means the same thing it does as when
you are capable, strong and independent, and can do everything you want to do for yourself
or have everything going your way. It means looking for the graces in your life, the abundance and goodness that are always there for you, and it means focusing on what you have
in your life rather than focusing on what you don’t have.” (Susan Ragsdale, “How to Teach
Yourself to Live with Gratitude”)
She calls it “reframing” how you experience life. For example, as she said:
“I can’t walk on my own two feet” but . . . I am ever so grateful for knee scooters to help me get around
(now) in a playful, fun way that makes me smile AND mobile at the same time.
“I can’t take a shower on my own” Reframed becomes: I am grateful I am married and have someone
living with me who can help me. THAT is a blessing.
“I have to rely on others to get food for me.” Reframed: I am blessed to have family and friends who are
willing to bring me a meal or fix something for me.
“I have to rely on others to run errands for me” Reframed: I am blessed that others are willing to go to
the bank or the post office while they’re doing their errands. I am experiencing abundance and
grace.
“Reframing is how you begin the practice of implementing gratitude into your daily life. It’s
the starting point.” It might even be called “flipping” the situation – that is looking within a difficult, challenging, trying situation for what is good, however small it may be, and then giving thanks
for it.
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Happy
Birthday
Sharon Steeley
Caleb Potter
Jamie Powell
Lynn Booker
Jim Barker
Brett Parsons
Adam Dyer
Sue Conder
Allison Carter
Charles Tate
Lin Webster
Tammy Smith
Mike Worden
Ruth Gower
Carla Richards
David Kline
Jerry Strickland
Sandra Kihm
Charles Parsons
Amaris Liana Diaz
Ed Pyles
Joyce Ogu
Myra Powell
Hugh Stills
Sarah Krogman
Roger Rhoads
Kaitlynn Vaughn
Mark Coleman
Norman Corea
Andrew Joyce
Parker Austin
01-Mar
02-Mar
03-Mar
04-Mar
04-Mar
06-Mar
06-Mar
07-Mar
07-Mar
09-Mar
09-Mar
11-Mar
12-Mar
13-Mar
13-Mar
14-Mar
15-Mar
16-Mar
17-Mar
17-Mar
22-Mar
22-Mar
23-Mar
24-Mar
26-Mar
27-Mar
28-Mar
29-Mar
29-Mar
31-Mar
31-Mar
Joe & Sheyl Reed
02-Mar
David & Elaine Kline
06-Mar
Jerry & Debbie Reeves
13-Mar
Bob & Jamie Powell
14-Mar
Marcus & Robin Stewart
14-Mar
Willie & Louise Ryan
15-Mar
Prayer Concerns
The following requests were received from our Hillcrest family.
You may add a concern to this list by filling out a Prayer Concern
form located in the pew and placing it in the offering plate or in
the prayer box at the front of the church. In order to keep our
Prayer List current, please contact the church office when it is
time to remove a name from the list.
Jerry Reeves
Wanda and Bud Seagraff
Doc and Barbara Barton
John Burke
Mike Webb
Ruth Gower
Judy Sircher
Reba Brown
Charlie and Joann Tate
Christina Smith
Village Church
Emma Richards
Betty Poirier
Norma Tekell
Maurice and Rita Rowland
Trish and Martin Collier
Cathy Brashears
Stephen Webster
Jamie Powell
Gradie Darter
Julie Campbell
Janice Elliott
MacKenzie Carson
Diana Hanvy
Dot King
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Please, add to your prayer list our
Active Duty Veterans:
March 14, 2016
10:30 am
Risen!!
Movie and lunch
(movie optional)
Meet at the church to ride the bus
for lunch at Peter D’s in Murfreesboro. Remember to sign up in the
Welcome Center.
Coasters
March 9, 2016
P. Connor Worden, (USAF) Son of Mike Worden &
Grandson of Betty Worden.
Connor is now stateside.
He arrived safe and sound!
Joseph Strickland, (USAF) Son of Sandra & Jerry
Strickland,
Brad Pyburn, (Colonel - USAF) Jackie’s husband & Son
in law of Anita & Jack Wheeler
Mike Howard, (Brigadier General – US Army) Son in
law of Reba & the late Robert Brown and husband of
Robert’s daughter Ester.
03/01 - WHO meeting
03/02 - Lenten Luncheon at
Tusculum Hills
Baptist Church
03/09 - Coasters Luncheon
03/09 - Lenten Luncheon at
Tusculum Hills Baptist Church
03/15 - Honeys
03/15 – Finance Meeting
03/16 - Lenten Luncheon at Tusculum
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
03/20 - Easter Egg Hunt
03/21 - United Methodist Women’s meeting
03/22 -Staff Parish Relations Committee
03/23 - Lenten Luncheon at Tusculum
03/23 - Holy Week Meal and Bible Study at
Tusculum Hills Baptist Church
03/24 - Maundy Thursday Service at
Tusculum Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
03/25 - Good Friday Tenebrae Service at
Hillcrest United Methodist Church
03/27 - Easter Sunrise Service, Easter
Communion and Worship Service
If you know of other Active Duty Veterans, please let us
know so we can put them on our prayer lists. These are
the folks and ones like them that make sure we can continue to enjoy the freedoms we sometimes take for granted. Please pray that God will keep them safe wherever
they might be.
Community Lent and Easter Schedule
Wednesday - March 2 and 9 at noon
at Tusculum Hills Baptist Church
4930 Nolensville Road 615-833-6519
Wednesday – March 16 and 23 at noon at
Y’all mark your calendars! The TwangTusculum
town Players are going to play for us at Coasters
477 McMurray Drive 615-833-0742
in March.
Holy Week Services
The Twangtown Players are the Dulcimer
Wednesday – March 23, Holy Week Meal and Bible
Group that comes and plays/practices here at
Study
will be held at Tusculum Hills Baptist Church
Hillcrest nearly every Wednesday morning from
at 5:30 pm
10:00am until noon. That’s why I like to work
March 24 – Maundy Thursday Communion Service 7
on Wednesdays. Come and fellowship with us,
pm at Tusculum Cumberland Presbyterian Church
stay and have lunch and enjoy the music of the
March 25 - Good Friday Tenebrae Service will be
Twangtown Players. We gather at 10:30am, we’ll
held
at Hillcrest United Methodist Church at 7 pm
enjoy the music and we’ll eat lunch around
11:30am.
March 27 – Easter Sunrise Service,
Sunday morning at 6 am at Hillcrest UMC
As always, lunch is $3.00 each. So Mark
your calendars and we’ll look for you on March
March 27 – Easter Communion Service,
9th.
Sunday morning at 8:30 am at Hillcrest UMC
March 27 – Easter Sunday Service,
Sunday morning at 10:15 am at Hillcrest UMC
Robert Brown
Memorial Bible Study
The Robert Brown Memorial
Bible Study is currently meeting on
Monday evenings in Room #14
from 6:30 - 8:00pm.
All men are invited!
How To Submit Information
for the Newsletter
Information for the newsletter may be submitted
by e-mail or by completing an Activity/Event
information form and leaving the completed
form in Administrative Assistant’s mailbox.
Please note that the deadline to submit information is firm. Any submission received after the
deadline will be published in the following
month’s edition. If the submission is time sensitive, it will be published in the daily e-mails and
bulletin. Activity/Event forms are located in the
outer office on the book shelf to the right of the
copy machine, and on the church website
(www.hillcrestumc.org).
Our Tithes and Offerings as of February 21
Worship Attendance
160
Weekly Offering
$6,873.00
YTD Offering
$55,959.00
Weekly Wattie Fund Offering
$465.00
YTD Wattie Fund Offering
$4,185.00
Hillcrest Highlights
Newsletter Publication Schedule
Time Period Covered
Deadline for Information/Articles
For the period covering
April 2016
Articles need to be submitted by
March 24, 2016 at noon. Newsletters will be mailed on
March 31st
For the period covering
May 2016
Articles need to be submitted by
April 26, 2016 at noon.
Newsletters will be mailed on
April 31st.
Please email articles to:
martie@hillcrestumc.org

Hillcrest Highlights - Hillcrest United Methodist Church

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