AWAKEN TO AN

Come to Hickory Bend UMC
605 Stewarts Ferry Pike
Nashville, TN 37214

Walk through a Sacred Space and into your own Epiphany.

Youth, children, babies, and adults are most welcome.

January 8-15, 2012
6:00-8:00 each evening

Spend a few minutes, an hour, a lifetime, or an eternity.
For more information call 615-403-8455.

Join us for a simple Christmas Eve service.

This Christmas Eve, Summit Hospital will be almost empty.  The only people there will be patients in ICU, their families, a few families in maternity, and the faithful staff who work so hard to make sure they are given care. For several years, Hickory Bend has taken a holiday meal to Summit Hospital ICU on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Easter.  If you would like to be part of this ministry, speak to Jeannie, Gabby, or any of the Youth.  For more information, call 615-403-8455.

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Dear Friends,

Don’t forget your gently used or new undies for our homeless guests! Please bring these important items for our sweet friends at Room in the Inn. There will be a suitcase in the Fellowship Hall to collect these items.

Emalie

Hickory Bend’s Vacation Bible School Theme for 2011 is:

SHAKE IT UP CAFÉ-

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If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation . . . – 2 Corinthians 5:17a

In this kid-friendly café full of chef’s hats and aprons, pots and pans, checkered tablecloths, and chalkboard menus, kids explore the Bible as a cookbook filled with recipes for living out God’s word. Through interactive lessons, that are easy for kids to apply to their lives today, boys and girls will celebrate biblical festivals that reveal ingredients for being a follower of God.

All Children and Adults are Welcome

Sunday July 24 through Thursday 28^th.

All family members and friends are invited to the Thursday final night Celebration and graduation program and meal.

5:30 light supper served

6:00 to 8:00 break out sections with puppet, music, story, mission, discovery, craft, and games for kids and an adult class following the same theme.

Our SHAKE IT UP CAFÉ Carry Out order:

Take the love of Jesus and share it with everyone.

Join us for four evenings of Shake it Up!  Where we learn to carry out God’s recipe!  We are trying something new at the request of our youth.  They would like to have their own VBS before the children’s VBS.  The youth have said that as much as they love working in VBS being on staff, they don’t want to miss any of the fun or the Bible stories!  Yes.  That’s what they said.  We will study the same Bible stories the children and adults will be studying, but these lessons are named at youth.  We will learn how to be ready for God’s call, give happily to God and others, believe in Jesus as God’s son, and remember Jesus’ life and teachings.  While we are learning, we will also be preparing for the children to come the following week.  God calls us to shake up our lives and follow Him!  Come learn with us how to carry out God’s recipe.

We had the most interesting visitors to the sacred space.

We used a theme of the hobo.  A hobo is someone who is homeward bound.  During Holy Week we are all homeward bound.  Going home to our Father who is waiting for us to come home.

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A hobo is someone who is homeward bound.

During Holy Week, we invite everyone to visit our sacred space, inspired by Lilly Lewin.  Please come any evening during Holy Week, Sunday, April 17th  through Saturday, April 23rd from 6:00 – 8:00 PM each evening.  In addition, we will have the Sacred Space open all day on Good Friday beginning at 8:00 AM.  Everyone is welcome to come and spend as much or as little time as needed.  Of course, there is absolutely no charge.  We hope to have many visitors and friends come share our sacred space.

Hickory Bend UMC
605 Stewarts Ferry Pike

Everyone is welcome.  Remember, like the Prodigal Son, when we come to ourselves, we are homeward bound.  Hobos traveling to our Father.

Come home.

Grace and Peace,

Emalie

Sacred Space opens early Wednesday night for a sacrificial meal of bread and water.  Please come and walk through the sacred space.  Tonight we will open at 5:15 and remain open until 8:00.  We welcome everyone to come and walk through.  We will also be open before and after the Maundy Thursday service, and all day Friday.  Call Emalie for more information.

Hickory Bend will be welcoming more homeless guests to Room In The Inn this season.  Our first evening is November 26th, the day after Thanksgiving.

We will need many of you to volunteer again, and we would love to have new volunteers!  Will you join us for any of these duties?

• serving supper
• bringing part of the meal
• making beds
• handing out lingerie
• making lunches
• doing laundry
• inkeeping
• making breakfast
• cleaning up more…

Here are the top ten gifts of our Youth, according to the Bryant survey:

10. Leadership
9. Knowledge
8. Helps
7. Giving
6. Evangelism
5. Pastor
4. Exhortation
3. Service
2. Missionary
1. Ministry