September 9, 2010
August 29, 2010 - 11:00am
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Announcements
We’re going to a Nashville Sounds Baseball Game on Wednesday, July 28. Meet at the church at 6:15 p.m. and we should be back by 10:30 p.m. Bring $15 for your ticket and dinner, and invite your friends. In order to reserve group seating, we need to know by Wednesday, July 21, if you would like to join us. Contact Julie Catterton at jcatterton@westendumc.org to reserve a ticket or if you have any questions.
Parents, we do need chaperones and drivers, so please let us know if you can...
Youth Activities Weekend is back and better than ever! It’s still for youth, but we hope more will join us. There will still be activities, and we’ve got some crazy, cool stuff planned. And it’s still a weekend, but we’ve added an extra day. And the best news of all... it will still be a total mystery. You do not want to miss this! Invite your friends to be a part. It’s Thursday, August 5 through Sunday, August 8. The cost is $199.99, and that’s all...
After the May flood in Nashville, it is clear that safe housing can be very tenuous for any of us. But for years, our brothers and sisters in Nashville and around the world have known this. The struggles that homeless individuals and families face every day are visible all around us. What have we done to help? Our church will focus on issues of homelessness and housing for the next couple months. We expect to learn that we have done quite a lot, but we also believe that we are called to...
Led by Food Ministries Director Martha Stamps, A Place at the Table: Food, Faith, and Justice for All, will explore our modern food system: the problems, the hope, and the growing faith-based food system reformation initiative.
Dinner, which will be sourced from local farms, begins at 5:45 p.m. in McWhirter Hall. Program begins at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $10.00/person per session and child-care is available. Reservations are required at least 48 hours in advance by emailing foodservice@westendumc....
Fair Trade Coffee is available for purchase every second Sunday at the 1st floor lobby. Different flavored coffee is available, as well as various teas and chocolates.
The UMCOR Coffee Project is an innovative way to reach out to small-scale farmers in the developing world while enjoying an excellent cup of coffee. As Christians we can address a consumer dilemma by buying coffee that is fairly traded. United Methodist congregations that participate are helping small scale farmers in Latin...
Children’s Council is currently recruiting church members to teach the 2010-2011 Children's Sunday School classes. We have teaching opportunities among all age groups from age 2 through grade 6. We appreciate any time you have to volunteer; just devoting one Sunday per month is all that is required in many of the classrooms. Excellent curriculum and support are provided by the Children’s Ministry, and childcare is also provided for teachers with younger children. Please consider...
Mark your calendar for July 26-30 and August 1. It's time for West End's Music Camp! Children entering grades 2-7 will be learning the show Table for Five.... Thousand! This new musical retells the story of Jesus and the disciples and the feeding of the five thousand. Through beautifully written songs and dialogue, the children will help deliver a message about how living out our faith even in "small" ways can impact our world in very BIG ways.
Camp starts at 9 a.m...
Thank you West End United Methodist for embodying the love of God in response to the historic floods in the Nashville area! By being channels of God’s love to your neighbors you are doing exactly what Jesus calls us all to do. The love channeled through West End to those displaced by the flood has been a remarkable thing to witness.
This congregation generously funded over $25,000 in direct financial contributions and provided over $10,000 in cleaning supplies included in the Flood...
On Maundy Thursday I made my first batch of communion bread, and somewhere amidst the whirling something I call my soul, a little gear latched firmly into place. For a little while, as I sifted, kneaded, rolled and baked, I was a streamlined, well-oiled, perfectly designed creation. That is to say, it felt just right. Cooking can do that for me.
Long ago I realized that cooking can take me out of myself and into a place where I feel a part of a greater whole. When I cook, I sense a rhythm, a...
West End UMC senior minister Michael Williams discusses his graduate thesis on John Dunne and gaining a better understanding of who we are through cross-cultural experience.
