The McKendree Vine

Volume 22 Number 1 January 2011

Kingdom Focused People!

We begin this New Year w ith a focus toward honoring God!
Honor is a word that God often speaks to us through the Holy Bible.
During the month of January, we journeyed through the gospels of
how God, through Jesus, calls us to honor God, through
relationships, our bodies, time and the words we speak. Although
this life hands us difficulties and challenges, we are given a greater
gift, God’s Holy Spirit to lead, guide and protect our minds and hearts to go where
God is. Jesus honored God in all he did! This year, we ask all of our McKendree
family to pray and lead a LIFE of HONOR and then wait on God to say, “Well done,
good and faithful (honorable) servant!”

In February, we are introducing a provocative sermon series, “Fear No Evil.” We will

focus on the biblical narratives where evil is present, but the grace of God, through
Jesus Christ, is more powerful and comes to eliminate evil’s rule in our lives. Fear
can cripple and drain us spiritually and physically, but Jesus presents an alternative,
the Holy Spirit, one who comes to help deliver us. From what we see, hear and
speak, this evil can consume and distract us from our missional mandate, “to go
therefore and make disciples of Jesus Christ.” God’s faithfulness offers us the
opportunity to be more focused by becoming a stronger, more relevant follower of
Jesus Christ. Join us each Sunday in February to witness how God desires that all
humanity be “delivered from evil.”

Our mission is biblical and clear, “Glorifying God by making disciples of Jesus
Christ for the transformation of the world!”
-- Pastor Handy

McKendree United Methodist Church Non-Profit Org

523 Church Street U.S. Postage
Nashville, TN 37219 PAID
615.271.2600 Nashville, TN
Fax 271.2607 Permit No. 2855

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

 >>> MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES <<<
(1) Men’s Ministry

Super Bowl Party – Sunday, February 6, 6 pm, Christian Life Center,

2nd floor multi-purpose room
Bowling – Saturday, February 19, 3 pm, lanes to be announced

(2) Small Groups – An environment where four different activities occur:

1) Discipleship – learning and teaching how to actively following Christ’s footsteps together.
2) Mission – going out and making disciples for the transformation of the world.
3) Nurturing – strengthening our relationships with one another.
4) Accountability – sharing our lives together and encouraging each other to keep our
commitments.
McKendree’s small groups include:
(1) Traditional adult Sunday School classes, which meet at 10:00 am on Sundays
(2) Extension groups, which also meet at 10:00 am on Sundays. These groups continue the topic of
the morning sermon with open discussion.
(3) Church Bible study groups, which meet Wednesday evenings at 6:30, or Thursday afternoons at
12:30.
(4) Other Bible study/discussion groups, which meet in members’ homes,
or at local businesses. Time and day vary with each group.
If you are interested in joining a small group please fill out the info card
inside the worship guide and place the card in the offering basket. Other
ways to inquire about a small group are by calling the church office at 271-
2600 or emailing Jordan Callaway at mckendreejordan@gmail.com.

(3) Clothes Closet

Socks! Gloves! Men’s Winter Clothing!
Donations are greatly appreciated! Place in the barrel in the back hallway!

(4) Room in the Inn

Room in the Inn includes over 170 congregations of many faiths that provide hospitality, shelter and
meals to men, women and children in middle Tennessee. The program runs from November 1 through
March 31. McKendree Church has participated in Room in the Inn for many years. Each Wednesday
night, we pick up 14 men at the RITI campus. We provide a warm bed, supper, a shower, breakfast
and a sack lunch. But this ministry cannot exist without the congregation. For the remainder of the
winter, we need:
Innkeepers – Jan. 26; Feb. 9, 16; March 9, 16, 23, 30
Dinner – Feb. 9, 23; March 9, 16, 23, 30
Breakfast – Feb. 9, 16, 23; March 16, 23, 30
Sack lunches – Jan. 26; March 16, 30
Please prayerfully consider how you and your friends can serve. Call Ruth
Baggett in the church office if you are interested in serving in this ministry.
 >>> Upcoming Special Events <<<
Update your calendar!
Tuesday, January 25, 10:30 am – Lydia Circle Meeting, Room 107 (Martha Estes
Room)
Tuesday, January 25, 6:30 pm – District Leadership Training, Brentwood UMC
Thursday, January 27, 6:30 pm – Trustee Meeting, Room 209 (Archives Room)
Sunday, January 30 10:00 am – Fifth Sunday Combined Worship Service
Sunday, January 30, 5:00 pm – Hannah UMW Circle Meeting, Holly Long’s home, dinner provided
Thursday, February 3, 6:00 pm – Communications Team Meeting, Pastor’s office
Sunday, February 6, 6:00 pm – Men’s Super Bowl Party, Christian Life Center, second floor
multi-purpose room
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Weekly Bible Readings
January 3-9: Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17
January 10-16: Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-11; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42
January 17-23: Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1, 4-9; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18;
Matthew 4:12-23
January 24-30: Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31;
Matthew 5:1-12
January 31 – February 6: Isaiah 58:1-9a; Psalm 112:1-10;
1 Corinthians 2:1-12; Matthew 5:13-20
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Mission Team News
Did you know that two of our Church members have participated in hands on mission projects? Steve
Kohl spent a week in Cuba with a Volunteers in Mission Team (VIM). Harold Edwards spent a week at
the Sager Brown Resource Center for the UMCOR in Louisiana, and plans to go back for another week
leaving on February 4th. Keep him in your prayers. We will be planning a time to hear of the
experiences of both of these missioners.
The Community Care Fellowship and McKendree's Mission Team wishes to thank you for your
donations of the paper towels and the laundry detergents. We had 55 rolls of paper towels and 4
bottles of detergents.
Also, thanks to all who have already taken part in the Room In the Inn ministry-- those who have
prepared the dinners, brought sack lunches and items for breakfast, the innkeepers and the bus
drivers. There are still opportunities for you to be a part of this important mission and to receive a rich
blessing as you serve, eat, and visit with our guests. Sign up on the board in the back hallway. Ask
one or more friends to assist you with a meal.
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Do You Want to Go to the Holy Land?
Have you ever been to Israel? To walk through Jerusalem, take a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee,
see Bethlehem and Nazareth? We’re thinking of taking a trip, but we’re just in the planning stage. If
you’re interested in going, please call Ruth Baggett in the church office. We’ll have a planning meeting
when we see how many people want to go. Your life will never be the same!
 >>> LEARNING OPPORTUNITY <<<
Nashville District Leader Training – Open to everyone!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 6:30-9:00pm
Brentwood UMC
All team/committee members are encouraged to attend!
No reservations needed! Sessions Include:

Leadership: Ministry That Matters

Children’s Ministries: Intentional Faith Development
Christian Living the United Methodist Way
Communications: Spreading the Word
Radical Hospitality: Are We Really a Welcoming Church?
Passionate Worship: Letting God Move among Us
Risk-Taking Mission and Service: The Flood & Beyond
Staff-Parish Relations Committee: We’re in Ministry Together
Trustees & Safe Sanctuary: Taking Care of God’s Own
The Stewardship of Money! And What about Apportionments?
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Wednesday Night Supper
Resumes February 2
Supper will be at 5:30 pm
Cost will be $5.00
Reservations and payment will be made on Sunday morning.
If you’re not here on Sunday morning and want a reservation, please
call the church office on Monday morning.
No one will be refused if unable to pay for the meal.
Resources are available for those who need financial assistance.
Please contact Ruth or Annie Ruth in the church office.
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UMW News
Happy New Year! I am praying for and looking forward to a great year for the United Methodist
Women. Thank you for all you did in 2010.
If you have not made a pledge for 2011 please do so at your next Circle meeting
or send your pledge to support the work of UMW and local mission agencies to
our treasurer, Sharon Swinney. As you are planning your programs, please
include the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial Service, the World Thank Offering,
and Pledge Service for 2012. We will be scheduling our Mission Studies in the
near future.

Scheduled Circle meetings:

Lydia Circle – January 25th at 10:30 a.m. in the Martha Estes Room
Hannah Circle – January 30th at 5:00 p.m. at the home of Holly Long
Susanna Wesley Circle – February 19th at Windlands at 10:00 am.
On February 12th at Glendale UMC there will be a training session for officers of local units. If you are
an officer in our unit, please mark your calendars and plan to attend. Registration will be at 9:00 a.m.
with the meeting at 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
 Prayer Concerns (as of 1/21/11)
J.P. Blanchette – home from Baptist Hospital
Harriet Vivion – Baptist Hospital
Gwen Lockridge, Sherley Lockridge’s mother – Summit Hospital

Our love and sympathy go out to the family and friends of:
-- Lorraine Gordon, Betty Wood’s sister-in-law, who passed away Friday, November 12 in
Champaign, Illinois. Betty said she and Lorraine were more like sisters than sisters-in-law. Betty
stayed with one of Lorraine’s children this summer while her house was being repaired from the flood.
-- Barbara Johnson, Al Mance’s sister, who passed away November 13 in Durham, North Carolina.
Barbara was the oldest of eight siblings.
-- Lt. Col. (retired) George H. Brown, Jr., brother of John Brown, who passed away Tuesday,
November 16 in Jasper, Florida. He was the best man in John and Imogene’s wedding in 1969.
-- Lura Richardson, who passed away November 17. Lura was 103 years old, and had been a
member at McKendree Church since 1982.
-- Doris Turner, who passed away on Sunday, December 19. Doris had been a member at
McKendree Church since 1985.
-- Bill Foster, Linda Foster’s husband, who passed away January 7.
-- Lois Russell, Lucille McCall’s sister, who passed away January 18.
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Memorials
McKendree has received gifts in memory of Doris Turner, from The Martha Estes Class, Mary Frances
Chappell, Nancy Clymer, Mary Frances Earheart, Ruby Mai Farrar, Jerry & Rose Harris, Betty Hill,
Mary Ann Ledsinger, Bill McGill, Mary Alice Miles, Jessica Morgan, Mary Evelyn Myers, Dot Sexton,
and Vivian Williams.
Thank you so much for your gifts.
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Birthday Blessings!
The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift
up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Numbers 6:25-26

January Birthdays

January 1 – Richard Weakley January 22 – Carole Baker, David McGill,

January 2 – Nina Wesley, Nancy Wood Edith Woosley
January 3 – Rick Barton, Tamara Campi, Bill McGill January 23 – Anne Marigza
January 4 – Miguel Brady, Angela Sikes January 24 – George Perkins
January 5 – Caitlin Congdon January 25 – Caroline Cooper, Paul Riggan
January 7 – Mark Hattan January 26 – JoAnn Beauchamp, Donald Wood
January 8 – Edna White January 27 – Shelley Handy
January 10 – Gerald Bolden, Gracelyn Kelly January 28 – Becky Bolden
January 17 – Amanda Botner, Terry Hampton, January 29 – John Blackman, Cynthia Bourdon,
Wyatt King, Heather Marshall, Louise Short Jessie Carmack
January 18 – Elaine Bell January 31 – Robert White
January 19 – Matoka Blackman, Rodney Diggs
Rachel Work
 February Sermon Series

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Weekly Events & Activities
McKendree Campus
Main building: 523 Church Street, 37219
Christian Life Center: 520 Commerce Street, 37203
McKendree Parking Center, 140 6th Avenue North, 37203

Sunday
8:30 Prayer Time, sanctuary
everyone welcome
9:00 Worship Celebration
9:30 THIRST Children
10:00 Thread Youth
10:00 Extension/Bible Studies
11:00 Worship Celebration
5:00 Thread Youth, meet in CLC gym
Monday
9:30 Third Place Ladies’ Bible Study,
(The St. Paul, 5031 Hillsboro Pike)
9:30 Art Group, Room 304
5:00 Home Bible Study Group,
(Viridian Condo, #1012)
Tuesday
9:00 Art Group (Room 304)
11:30 Community Lunch on Front Lawn
5:30 Third Place Men’s Group
(Bel-Aire Salon, 17th & Jo Johnston)
Wednesday
5:30 Dinner (starting February 2)
6:00 Room in the Inn
6:30 Bible study groups
7:30 Choir rehearsal
Thursday
11:00 Jubilate Choir rehearsal
Noon Al-Anon, Room 207
Noon Lunch, (bring your own) Fellowship Hall
12:30 Bible Study, Fellowship Hall
4:00 Meal for Displaced, Fellowship Hall
6:00 Scout Troop 219, Fellowship Hall
Saturday
7:00 AM Prayer-fest (4th Saturday each month)
9:00 Choir Rehearsal

Building bridges of hope

through the love of Jesus Christ!

Get to know the McKendree Staff

Stephen Handy, Pastor mckendreestephen@gmail.com
Ruth Baggett, Administrative Secretary mckendreeinfo@gmail.com
Jordan Callaway, Administrative Pastor mckendreejordan@gmail.com
Adrienne Harrell, Children’s Coordinator mckendreeadrienne@gmail.com
Austin Jones, Youth Director mckendreeaustin@gmail.com
Cindy Ligon, Day Care Director mckendreecindy@gmail.com
Annie Ruth Griffin, Secretary mckendreeannie@gmail.com
Anthony Mangin, Worship/Arts Coordinator mckendreeanthony@gmail.com
Rodney & Zenola Diggs, Marriage Enrichment Counseling onefleshm@yahoo.com