Newsletter - Pennington United Methodist Church
Hilltop Happenings Pennington United Methodist Church 2745 Pennington Bend Road, Nashville TN 37214 Rev. Bud Alexander Phone 931-260-2174 Email: [email protected] Vol. 19 No. 05 March 11, 2015 PRAISE GOD Office Hours M-W-F 8:30am-1:30pm Office Phone 615-883-3074 Church Admin: Judy Dahlgren Church Email: [email protected] In the movie "Taken", Liam Neeson plays retired CIA agent Bryan Mills whose daughter Kim is kidnapped. Kim is hiding under the bed and calls Bryan on her cell phone. Bryan tells her she is about to be taken and to leave her cell phone on so he can listen for clues. One of the kidnappers speaks into the phone, and Bryan tells him to let Kim go or he will track him down. In a famous line of his famous speech, he says, “I have a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career.” He is confident that his skills will allow him to rescue Kim. How would you assess the skills of faith you have acquired, whether over a short or long career? Perhaps you have full confidence in your faith. Or, maybe not. To me, faith is a skill that can be honed by practice, but it is not about the absence of doubt. It is the choice to believe in the face of doubt. Faith is not just an act of confidence, but an act of trusting when you have no confidence, and it is a particular skill that takes practice. It is hard to trust when you do not have confidence. How do you practice faith? Perhaps by placing yourself in places where you are not confident, in places where doubt might be the strongest feeling you have. In Mark 9:24, when asked by Jesus if he has faith, a father with a sick child says, “I believe. Help my unbelief.” I very much relate to that sentence. I want to be like Bryan Mills and have full confidence in my particular set of skills. However, I am much more like the father in Mark. Faith is a particular skill and it can be acquired, honed, and practiced, but I still have the vulnerability of doubt. Even if it takes a very long career to develop it, sharpen your faith. And, trust that faith is not the absence of doubt, but the skill to trust in the middle of doubt. Bud Rev. Harriet Bryan, District Superintendant will preach SUNDAY, March 15. Pot Luck Luncheon to Benefit "Imagine No Malaria" Immediately after Church Service Sponsored by UMCOR & The United Methodist Church Missions will provide desserts Pennington United Methodist Church 2745 Pennington Bend Road Nashville, TN 37214 615-883-3074 www.pennumc.org Note from Virginia Doak I still miss everyone and look forward to receiving my Newsletter. I cannot express how much this communicatiion means to me. My new mailing address: 1801 Data Drive, Apt. 233 Hoover, AL 35244 Thoughts and Prayers, Virginia **************************************************** Friday, March 20 Chefs- Nancy Sawyer, Cherry Jones, Joan Peay Hosts- Nancy Sawyer, Richard Jones, ____________ Driver- Richard Jones WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY MEALS 5:15 pm Please make reservations or changes by 12 Noon on Mondays by calling or emailing the church office. March 11 - Fried Chicken, Apples, Green Beans, Salad & Bread March 18 - Meat Loaf, Macaroni & Cheese, Lima Beans, Salad & Bread Childrens activities & Bible Study will follow. ========================================== Missions ProjectS ROom in the Inn is back at Pennington. Congregational Care Committee and Schedule There is a need for men's warm jackets, hats, Below is the 2015 Schedule for contacting individuals that gloves, single sheets, pillowcases & blankets, are in need of a visit, phone call or card. If you cannot serve Please place the items on the clothes rack in the the month selected for you, call the next person & swap. fellowship hall. Please let Chairman Ray Henderson know of any changes. Second Harvest Please remember to bring cereal Deborah Vines March & September the first Sunday of each month. We need your help Mike Sullivan April & October to fill bowls for those less fortunate. You may bring Louise & Ray Henderson May & November your boxes to the altar during Communion. These Nancy & Sam McGuire June & December boxes are taken to our community Second Harvest Jo & Bill Hardison July Fredia & Br. Ed McClellan August location at St. Phillips Episcopal Church where we **************************************************** have teams volunteering each month. Current needs are empty egg cartons &canned fruit (not Easter Egg Hunt + Saturday, April 4, 10am mandarin oranges). Candy is needed for our Easter Egg Hunt. Please bring If you would like to know more, please contact the candy by Palm Sunday so we can stuff the eggs. Cherry Jones or Andrea Dedman. (Individually wrapped candy) Thank you, Brenda Jansen Community Care Collection boxes are in the narthex. **************************************************** SUNDAY SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE 9:15am Sunday School 10:25am Worship Service 6:00pm UMYF 5:15pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm Wonderful Wed. Meal Bible Study Wonderful Wed. Kids Choir Practice MEN'S MEETING CHURCH COUNCIL POT LUCK LUNCH Room In The Inn GOOD FRIDAY REHEARSAL MEN'S MEETING COMMUNITY CARE PALM SUNDAY GOOD FRIDAY REHEARSAL MAUNDY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY EASTER EGG HUNT EASTER SECOND HARVEST Thursday, March 12, 6:30am SUNDAY, March 15, 8am SUNDAY, March 15, 11.30am Friday, March 20 SUNDAY, March 22, 11:30am Thursday, March 26, 6:30am Friday, March 27 SUNDAY, March 29 SUNDAY, March 29, 11:30am Thursday, April 2 Friday, April 3 Saturday, April 4, 10am SUNDAY, April 5 Monday & Tuesday, April 6 & 7 BOX TOPS for Education Please save the labels from food packages and soup cans. They will be collected for Pennington Elementary School. There is a small container on the table outside of the Church office. BY OUR SERVICE VOLUNTEERS Nursery Beverly Birdsong March 15 Fredia McClellan March 22 Fredia McClellan March 29 Fredia McClellan April 5 Lauren Wood April 12 Registration Pickup * Jo Hardison Sunday Service Greeters * Fellowship Class Church Lockup * Richard Jones Congregational Care * Deborah Vines BY OUR WITNESS • Bearing witness means we remember, but memory is not enough. • Bearing witness means giving testimony, but statements are not enough. • Bearing witness means learning from history, but knowledge is not enough. • Bearing witness must also mean acting against evil. (Robert B. Zoellick)
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