First press this week goes to recognizing and congratulating Shirley Maschinski, who co-stars with Joyce Dewitt (Janet from “Three’s Company), in “Dearly Departed” at the Nashville Dinner Theatre from September 26, 2008, to October 12, 2008. Davidson AM did a front cover feature on the troop on Friday, September 26, 2008, in The Tennessean. Call 883-8375 for reservations.
Congratulations to Ryann Amity, Taylor Gonyea, and Taylor Vines and the Mt. Juliet Middle School Golden Bears Volleyball Team. The team won 1st place in their league and 2nd place in the Wilson County Volleyball Association for 2008. Taylor Vines served as MJMS captain and was named MVP for the season.
Congratulations to the Mt. Juliet High School Marching Band for their recent awards and honors garnered from area competitions. On Saturday, September 13, 2008, the band competed in the Hendersonville Golden Invitational with 22 bands and won ten awards plus Grand Champions. The ten awards were the Sweepstakes Award, Large Division Champion, Best of the Best Hornline, Best of the Best Color Guard, A Class 1st Place Band, A Class 1st Place Color Guard, A Class 1st Place Horn Line, A Class 1st Place Percussion, A Class 1st Place Drum Majors, Superior Band Award. HCN members of the MJHS Band are Olivia Forehand, Ben Mabry, Andy McCormick, and Dalton Stephens.
Thanks to Dr. Sam Green for planning and directing the fall concerts yesterday morning in The Center. Talented band members included Paul Bolling, David Flint, Ricky Gore, Donny Jackson, Randy Layne, Andy McCormick, Graham Scott, and Michael Waller. Talented vocalists included Lisa Anderson, Jo Apple, Jay Barfield, Dalene Barnett, Dorinda Biggs, Avery Blomberg, Ole Blomberg, Joy Bradley, Sami Chambers, Andy Chaney, Susan Chaney, Joyce Clevenger, Chelsea Crawford, Ashley Crues, Christi Fite, Julie Foster, Beth Fox, Bryce Fox, Anna-Laura Green, Keli Green, Marvin Heath, JoAnn Jackson, Ken Koon, Art Kurtz, Sandra Kurtz, Pam McNeese, Herb McMillan, Miriam McMillan, Mike Orrick, Anna Plummer, Wendell Poole, Bobby Smith, Ken Stegall, Tom Stephens, Emily Sullivan, Tammy Tarter, Brenda Waffird, Mark Washing, and Betty Willis. The band played and the choir sang almost non-stop from 8:00 AM warm-ups to the end of the second concert at 12:00 Noon. Thanks for bringing your neighbors and friends. Many of you found me and introduced me.
How do you say that you loved a Poverty Dinner? There were so many people and actions which made the evening right. When Angela Hisey heard about the dinner, she asked about coordinating a silent auction, which she did with the assistance of Holly Steinmetz, Sandra Hunt, Doris Jordan, and Jill Satterlee. The Early Christian Sunday School Class signed on to bring pots of beans, pots of potatoes, and bread. I think four to five people outside the class contributed food. Jill Satterlee made the tea. Teresa Vines and Rob Mathias coordinated set-up, service, and clean-up. Items for the auction included music, food, art, floral arrangements, home painting, personal training, child care, lawn care, furniture, provided by Beth Fox, Angela Hisey, Norma Jean Stroupe, Glen Detwiler, Becky Evans, Lauren Lavery, Keli Green, Lawana Nelson, Brian and Dorinda Biggs, Alex Whitehead, Julie Foster, Marilyn Keener, Holly Steinmetz, Teresa Vines, Beth Vines, Diane Cater, Tammy Jones, Wayne Hickman, Senior High Students. There was energy and purpose in the building from the moment you stepped into the lobby. It was fun. The purpose of the evening was to raise funds to support ten orphans for one year in the Suvia Children’s Home in Kenya. The goal was $8,400. Money given in two previous weeks and designated for the orphans totaled $1,690. Funds raised on Sunday evening totaled $7,931. Total funds in hand = $9,621. One family has registered online to support a child at http://www.worldservants.org/. If you choose to do that, please let Rondy Smith or me know. If you choose to remain anonymous, put a note in the offering plate. Some of you told me you plan to put money in this Sunday. Our giving is approaching the support of 15 orphans.
Can I tell you two more things before I shift gears from the supper? First, thank you to every person who made last night work. I am not able to tell you how impressed I am at the cooperative spirit of those who assisted in this venture. Second, everything I know about biblical, Christian life is that we should live selfless and care for the powerless in the name of Jesus the Christ. I believe the joy of last night came from doing just that.
Pastor Ken Jewett has worked to make the weekly Tip Sheet and Pastoral Letter available on-line at http://www.hermitagenazarene.org/ by Tuesdays. This may eventually allow us to significantly reduce our copy and mailing costs. See if this works for you and we will survey the congregation after a month.
Corey Marlowe has requested a transfer from the US Penitentiary in Pollock, LA, to a USP in Kentucky so that his family might visit more often with less inconvenience. He has now received two denials. Policy requires that he be placed within 500 miles of his home and the USP in LA fits the limits of that policy. It would be a good time to send Corey a note of encouragement for his faith and strength. Your small effort could make a world of difference.
Marlowe 16762-075
USP Pollock
PO Box 2099
Pollock, LA 71467
Since I was a child, my favorite season has always been Fall. Pastor Shane Tarter, who shares the same opinion, said you can only smell the Fall for a week before you get used to it and cannot smell it any more. The scary thing is I understood him. May the Lord bless us with two weeks this year.
In Christ Jesus,
Pastor Howard
Monday, September 29, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
September 22, 2008
Welcome to the seven newest members of Hermitage Church of the Nazarene: Lance Conn; Heather Miller; Steve and Leisha Stride; Gary, Kim, and K.C. Van Atta. The group hails from Alabama, California, and Tennessee with ecclesial backgrounds in the Baptist Church, Catholic Church, Church of Christ, Church of the Nazarene, and United Methodist Church. They asked great questions in membership class and followed them up with emails. Lance is a graduate student at TNU and district licensed minister. Heather is a freshman at Vol State where she plays on the Women’s Basketball Team. Steve is a psychology professor at TNU and Leisha is a stay-at-home mom with two preschool boys (Will and Seth), and a baby on-the-way. Gary is the Women’s Basketball Coach and physical education professor at TNU. Kim is the program manager in TDOT’s Highway Safety Office. K.C. (Kelley Christian) is a sophomore pastoral ministry major at TNU where she plays on the Women’s Basketball Team. Each person brings the gifts and graces of their lives to us and we bring the same to them. In the body of Christ, we belong to one another.
Last Friday night, Mt. Juliet High School played their first home game in their new stadium against Portland. The final score was MJHS: 24, Portland: 6. The Tennessean reported another interesting statistic. Brady Earnhardt rushed for 121 yards for MJHS. Congratulations to Brady, the MJHS Varsity Team, and to MJHS students.
The Tennessean published another great article about HCN in the Friday, September 19, 2008, Davidson AM. Jim Knott was interviewed regarding the organization of Men’s Fraternity on Sundays from 5:30 to 7:00 PM. See the article posted in The Center glass bulletin board.
I am not a golfer so when I talk about golf, it must be significant. Over the last week, I have listened to the hype about the Ryder Cup in Louisville at the Walhalla Golf Club. The Ryder Cup is a golf competition between Team USA and Team Europe played every two years on alternating continents. Team Europe has won eight of the past eleven times. On Sunday, however, Team USA, including two Kentucky boys and six rookies, played their hearts out and won 16 ½ to 11 ½. I told you that to tell you this. One of the Kentucky boys was Kenny Perry. At forty-eight years of age, he played golf all year hoping to be chosen for Team USA. When he won his individual competition on Sunday, his eighty-four year old daddy was there in trademark overalls to greet him and hug him at the eighteenth hole. It was a piece of southern culture. It made me proud.
One more comment about sports: how about Vandy’s 4-0 football team? We’re not here often, folks, so celebrate.
The Staff Team told me that I need to talk about the Sunday Poverty Dinner scheduled for this Sunday evening and the flow of the schedule. Sunday’s dinner is from 5:00 to 6:30 PM in The Center. The menu is Kenyan: beans, potatoes, bread, drink. I need more volunteers who will cook a pot of beans or a pot of potatoes and bread. If you could help, call the church office at 847-3335 and put your name on a list. The purpose of the dinner is to raise money to support ten orphans in Kenya for one year. A box will be available for donations at the food line. The financial goal for the evening is $8,400. That breaks down to: 10 orphans x 12 months x $70 per month. Money has already been given to support two orphans. I have often wondered how I could make a difference in the world for just one child who was hungry and homeless without being taken for a ride by someone who tricked me. I wonder no longer. I have walked in this orphanage building; seen the children; know their desperate need. I am now a beggar on their behalf. Angela Hissey is coordinating a silent auction in the lobby of The Center that will be open from 5:00 to 6:15 PM. At 6:15 PM, the highest bidders will be announced and funds collected with all proceeds going toward the $8,400 goal. Contributions to the silent auction include pottery, furniture, and paintings from local artisans including our own children. If you are not able to attend the Poverty Dinner, you can still donate by writing a check to Hermitage Church of the Nazarene, designating for the Poverty Dinner, and putting it in the Sunday offering plates or mailing it to the church at PO Box 111, Hermitage, TN, 37076. Whatever we do for these orphaned children, we do for Jesus. I want to stand before the Lord and tell him I tried. I believe the same of you. All that I write, I write humbly on behalf of the twenty-two member Mission Africa 2008 Team.
This Sunday, September 28, 2008, is also the date of the annual fall concert by the HCN Choir and Center Band. There are two concert opportunities: 9:00 and 10:30 AM. Please notice the second concert is not 10:15 AM as usual but 10:30 AM. That gives parking lots time to empty and refill. Please notice also that there will be no Sunday School on Sunday. Please take advantage of inviting your UNCHURCHED neighbors, friends, families, and co-workers to attend one of the services with you. Your risk could change their eternity. The music is dynamic. The singers are gifted. The band is sensational. The Holy Spirit has long ago started talking and wooing the people you need to bring. God is going before you. Invite. Invite. Invite. On more than one occasion over the last thirteen years, I have sat in worship listening to the choir, losing my breath, and thinking about all the people I wish were with me. Invite.
Have I told you lately how much I appreciate the privilege to work with such a gifted, committed staff team of Rondy Smith, Carol Waller, Ronnie Thompson, Sam Green, Ken Jewett, and Shane Tarter? Even the newcomers testified in a recent luncheon of the excellence they observe and experience in the ministry of the team. I encourage you to tell them of your appreciation.
In Christ Jesus,
Pastor Howard
Last Friday night, Mt. Juliet High School played their first home game in their new stadium against Portland. The final score was MJHS: 24, Portland: 6. The Tennessean reported another interesting statistic. Brady Earnhardt rushed for 121 yards for MJHS. Congratulations to Brady, the MJHS Varsity Team, and to MJHS students.
The Tennessean published another great article about HCN in the Friday, September 19, 2008, Davidson AM. Jim Knott was interviewed regarding the organization of Men’s Fraternity on Sundays from 5:30 to 7:00 PM. See the article posted in The Center glass bulletin board.
I am not a golfer so when I talk about golf, it must be significant. Over the last week, I have listened to the hype about the Ryder Cup in Louisville at the Walhalla Golf Club. The Ryder Cup is a golf competition between Team USA and Team Europe played every two years on alternating continents. Team Europe has won eight of the past eleven times. On Sunday, however, Team USA, including two Kentucky boys and six rookies, played their hearts out and won 16 ½ to 11 ½. I told you that to tell you this. One of the Kentucky boys was Kenny Perry. At forty-eight years of age, he played golf all year hoping to be chosen for Team USA. When he won his individual competition on Sunday, his eighty-four year old daddy was there in trademark overalls to greet him and hug him at the eighteenth hole. It was a piece of southern culture. It made me proud.
One more comment about sports: how about Vandy’s 4-0 football team? We’re not here often, folks, so celebrate.
The Staff Team told me that I need to talk about the Sunday Poverty Dinner scheduled for this Sunday evening and the flow of the schedule. Sunday’s dinner is from 5:00 to 6:30 PM in The Center. The menu is Kenyan: beans, potatoes, bread, drink. I need more volunteers who will cook a pot of beans or a pot of potatoes and bread. If you could help, call the church office at 847-3335 and put your name on a list. The purpose of the dinner is to raise money to support ten orphans in Kenya for one year. A box will be available for donations at the food line. The financial goal for the evening is $8,400. That breaks down to: 10 orphans x 12 months x $70 per month. Money has already been given to support two orphans. I have often wondered how I could make a difference in the world for just one child who was hungry and homeless without being taken for a ride by someone who tricked me. I wonder no longer. I have walked in this orphanage building; seen the children; know their desperate need. I am now a beggar on their behalf. Angela Hissey is coordinating a silent auction in the lobby of The Center that will be open from 5:00 to 6:15 PM. At 6:15 PM, the highest bidders will be announced and funds collected with all proceeds going toward the $8,400 goal. Contributions to the silent auction include pottery, furniture, and paintings from local artisans including our own children. If you are not able to attend the Poverty Dinner, you can still donate by writing a check to Hermitage Church of the Nazarene, designating for the Poverty Dinner, and putting it in the Sunday offering plates or mailing it to the church at PO Box 111, Hermitage, TN, 37076. Whatever we do for these orphaned children, we do for Jesus. I want to stand before the Lord and tell him I tried. I believe the same of you. All that I write, I write humbly on behalf of the twenty-two member Mission Africa 2008 Team.
This Sunday, September 28, 2008, is also the date of the annual fall concert by the HCN Choir and Center Band. There are two concert opportunities: 9:00 and 10:30 AM. Please notice the second concert is not 10:15 AM as usual but 10:30 AM. That gives parking lots time to empty and refill. Please notice also that there will be no Sunday School on Sunday. Please take advantage of inviting your UNCHURCHED neighbors, friends, families, and co-workers to attend one of the services with you. Your risk could change their eternity. The music is dynamic. The singers are gifted. The band is sensational. The Holy Spirit has long ago started talking and wooing the people you need to bring. God is going before you. Invite. Invite. Invite. On more than one occasion over the last thirteen years, I have sat in worship listening to the choir, losing my breath, and thinking about all the people I wish were with me. Invite.
Have I told you lately how much I appreciate the privilege to work with such a gifted, committed staff team of Rondy Smith, Carol Waller, Ronnie Thompson, Sam Green, Ken Jewett, and Shane Tarter? Even the newcomers testified in a recent luncheon of the excellence they observe and experience in the ministry of the team. I encourage you to tell them of your appreciation.
In Christ Jesus,
Pastor Howard
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