September 1, 2010 Wednesday Night Fellowship “Kick Off” Pot Luck

Yes folks, not only is it “Football Time” in Tennessee…..it’s time for the Wednesday night fellowship to begin at Hickory Bend UMC.

Dinner, Bible Study, HBUMC Band, and Chancel Choir will be meeting on Wednesday night, so come join us for a terrific middle week rejuvenation of your spirit.

We are going to begin with a “Pot Luck” theme.  A few cooks have already ‘checked” in with entries.

Main Dish

Chuck Wagon Bean Casserole

Chicken Broccoli Casserole

Chicken Rice Casserole

Salad

Layered lettuce salad

Vegetable

Carbohydrate (bread, corn, potatoes)

Desert

1 surprise desert

Sweet and Un-sweet tea, water

Please sign up and let us know what we you plan to bring so we can fill in the gaps.

Dinner is at 5:30. Bible Study at 6:00.

See you Wed. night.

Please join us for this event at Nashville Shores. We understand that many of our friends from Mountain T.O.P. will be there. Tickets are $15 and they are good for the rest of the summer.  Meet us at Nashville Shores, enjoy the day, and then, stay.  After the park closes, we will enjoy a short worship service on the beach as the sun sets.  After that the park is open just for us for about two hours.  Invite your friends.  Let Emalie know how many tickets you need.  For more information, see Courtney.  We need chaperons for this event, so ask your parental units, too.

Van Bucket Tools

We are taking two vehicles, and we need this set of tools for each vehicle.  Your tools make our mission trips possible.  Thank you for your wonderful support!

*This cooler will not stay in your van all week.  You will turn drop it off in the evenings and pick it up in the mornings so the kitchen staff can fill it with your lunch.

Community Tool Shed Tools

The following is a list of tools needed for the COMMUNITY TOOL SHED

and made available as needed to all YRGs throughout the week.  They will be divided out to return with you at the end of the week.

How many times have you looked for a truly inspiring and joyful service opportunity?

We need one more adult who is not too easily annoyed willing to go with our loud and boisterous enthusiastic UMYF group to Mountain T.O.P. for the week of June 6-12.  Your registration is fully paid, and we will be completely amazed eternally grateful to you if you join Mitzi for this assignment.  Mitzi has survived enjoyed each of her mission trips with the youth group.

Speak to Mitzi if you are interested in joining this amazing mission experience.

Call Emalie for counseling more information.

403-8455.

You are invited to join

Club 52!

Members of Club 52 give one dollar a week to support youth missions.  (Club 52 Membership includes Flamingo Removal Insurance.  Remember, we cannot control where these pesky birds land, but removal is free for Club 52 Members.)

We have several youth and one chaperon who have signed up to go to Mountain T.O.P. this summer. Your membership in Club 52 is a powerful investment in the future of our church.

Thank you for supporting our mission projects.

Are you looking for a new career?  Probably not.  Are you looking for a new way to serve the least of these?  Probably so.

Please join us for our last Room in the Inn for the season.  Come and see what innkeepers do.  We would love to have a cadre of innkeepers trained for Room in the Inn next year.  Do you have a couple of hours to come visit and see what we do?  Come to Andrew Price UMC any time after 5:30 Friday night, March 26.  Bring your children or your friends.  Bring anyone who would like to see what happens when you offer hospitality to those most precious to our Lord.  You will be amazed.  You might not find a new career, but the benefits are out of this world!

Call Judy or Emalie

Please come to our rescheduled council meeting immediately after worship, on April 18.  Everyone is welcome, and we have many exciting projects in the pipeline.  Your input is very important.  Come and throw in your two cents.

Do you own a hammer? Join us for a week at Mountain T.O.P.! (The Tennessee Outreach Project) Call Emalie for details. 615-403-8455

Come help Hickory Bend make Room In The Inn!  We have a few more Room In The Inn events this season.

Come help us make beds, serve supper, pass out lingerie, or play games.

We need to train a few more innkeepers.  Have you considered spending the night with us?  We would like to expand our ministry to an additional week next season.  In order to do this we need a few more innkeepers.  Your primary responsibilities are to . . . well . . . to sleep!  Could you spend one night with our homeless guests?  If Hickory Bend could train a few more inkeepers, we could double the blessings.  If you have any questions about the responsibilities of an inkeeper, call Judy at 615-754-4482, or Emalie at 615-403-8455.

Only two more nights this season:
February 26, 2010
March 26, 2010

Perfect timing!  This year, Hickory Bend is making Room In The Inn on Christmas Day!  How exciting that we can actually be with our guests on the night we celebrate the birth of our Lord!  Jesus was born in a stable because there was no room in the inn.  On Christmas night, we will welcome our guests with food, clean linens, and a safe place to spend the night.  We will also be able to take the love and care of Hickory Bend to our homeless guests.  We are so pleased to be a part of this wonderful ministry with Andrew Price Memorial UMC and approximately 150 other churches in the Nashville area. more…