Archive for the Category ◊ Youth ◊

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• Sunday, February 05th, 2012
February 12, 2012
12:00 pmto1:00 pm

Eveyone is invited to our council meeting.  Please join us Sunday, April 12, immediately after the worship service.

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• Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Dark, sparkling stars,
Bright lights,
The aroma of frankincense
A sweet, spicy, scent
Lifting our prayer to God.

Gritty sand
Help me move this rock.
Tasting the salt of the earth.
Thirsty, but thirsty for what?
Cool breeze washes away sadness.
More light, but where is that star?

A clock set for Kabul time
Already tomorrow morning there.
Cold and snowy in Kabul now.
I carry a soldier, now,
In my pocket,
But also in my heart.

A map with notes and prayer requests
Asking for Peace,
For people and places
With no sacred spaces.

Where is that star?

by Katelyn

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• Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
February 5, 2012
12:00 pm

Join us on Super Bowl Sunday for soup, salad, and all the fixings.  We are going to have several more meals on Sundays to raise money for Mountain T.O.P. and other mission work.  Many thanks for the support our congregation always shows our UMYF.

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• Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Purchase your Flamingo Insurance Now!  Join Club 52!

Friends, you do not want to be caught without this important protection.  These flamingos can strike without warning, and if this happens to you, you will need the professional services of the UMYF to remove these pesky, plastic pests. For $1.oo a week, or $52.00 a year, you can purchase this important piece of mind. We offer a complete package of flamingo removal services including removing the flamingos and, well, just that. If these terrible hot pink birds invade your yard, call the UMYF Flamingo Removal Professionals at 615-403-8455.  For our especially environmentally conscious customers, we will remove the flock to the ecosystem of your choice.

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• Saturday, January 21st, 2012

We had about 370 visitors to our website last month. Actually, we had 370 visits, not really 370 visitors. I’m assuming some people have visited many times, and others only once.

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• Monday, January 16th, 2012

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• Monday, January 16th, 2012

One of the stations in our sacred space invited our visitors to step out onto the kitchen porch, gaze at the stars, and thank God for the beauty of the earth.  Our visitors stood in the cold, on our back porch, and searched at the sky. Looking for a star.  The star. Most evenings, the sky was quite overcast.  It was hard to find any star, much less, follow one.

As the youth were setting up this station, three deer were grazing in the playground. The kids were thrilled to see these graceful creatures, always reminders that even in our highly developed city, peaceful, beautiful, wild animals might appear, always reminders that God is the Creator.  But it was hard to see the stars.  So it was not clear what we should do.

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• Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
January 8, 2012toJanuary 15, 2012

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.

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• Monday, December 19th, 2011
December 25, 2011
11:00 am

Join us for Christmas at Hickory Bend UMC!

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• Monday, December 19th, 2011

I have to admit that my New Year’s resolutions are not all that new.  This will sound familiar to my friends and my family:

I am going to get organized.
I am going to be on time.
I am going to eat healthfully.
I am going to exercise regularly.
I am going to be more responsible about money.
I am going to stop wearing goofy clothes.

Now, why do I think this year will be different?

Because something is different this year. more…