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Volume 6, Issue 10

THE UNITED METHODIST REVIEW CUMBERLAND DISTRICT

Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson

and parts of Clay, Smith, Robertson, Davidson, and Cheatham Counties

Cumberland District Staff

Rev. Tom Halliburton,

District Superintendent

Ms. Carolyn Bullock,

District Secretary

Scott Hilgadiack, Editor

Cumberland District

Review

Easing Jail Visits for Kids 2

Stop Hunger Now: Have Fun, Make Friends, Save Lives

3

Rez Kids Conference 4-7

Living Into Pentecost 8-9

Hermitage English Language

Program (H.E..L.P.) Begins 5th

Semester

10

Adult/Older Adults in Action and

Service

11

Aldersgate Renewal Ministries

Upcoming Events

12-15

Dedication of Asbury-Babb

House

16

Lebanon FUMC Announcing

New Minister of Music &

Worship

17

Local Church Events 18-21

Inside this issue:

October 2013

From the desk of the DS

Fall is on the way, and the first thing that comes to mind is, Charge Conferences. However, I’ve already said enough about them.

I want to thank all of you that attended our Minister Meeting on September 10, 2013. I know that those of you that were not here had very legitimate reasons. Please know that your presence was missed and I hope all is well.

We had a wonderful turnout for this meeting, and we got to meet some of the newbie’s and wives. The most important thing we did was share about the wonderful ministries that are taking place in the churches around the district. It’s so exciting to see God’s work at hand within the churches and communities that make up our district.

We had praises to report. Terrence Davis, who is serving Westmoreland, has just become the daddy of a newborn son. Jullianne and Jon Snape, serving Dodson Chapel are expecting a little addition.

Those of you that were fortunate enough to be at Annual Conference and participated in the Stop Hunger Now Initiative, know the blessings you received. Good Shepherd is hosting a Stop Hunger party on Saturday, September 28 beginning at 10 am. We are hoping to package 10,000 meals in a two--‐hour period. More details in this newsletter.

Remember in your prayers, Reverend Ben Alexander on the loss of his wife Betty. Betty served in many capacities over the years in the Methodist Church, and was currently serving as the district Lay Leader. All will miss her.

Health concerns for Fred Clinard, serving Luton’s, and Bill Mulroy serving Westland. John Daniels, serving Bethpage is schedule for knee surgery in October.

Finally, remember each other in prayer. We all need to support one another as we win souls to Jesus Christ.

Tom

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Easing jail visits for kids INTERPRETER/MIKE DUBOSE

In 2007, Betty Hawkins was visiting the Sumner County Jail in Tennessee when she noticed children sitting in the visitation room with nothing to do. "It was a very bleak, concrete block environment," says Jim Hawkins, Betty's oldest son.

Betty Hawkins' observation sparked the idea for a ministry in the jail to children who come to visit. She got permission to set up a bookcase, supply cabinet and children's area in a corner of the room where family members video chat with jailed loved ones. Betty died earlier this year, but her ministry through First United Methodist Church in Gallatin, Tenn., continues. Suzanne Glasgow is now the coordinator.

Volunteers — high school students and adults — welcome an average of 15 to 30 kids from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The jail is closed to visitors Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

In its six years, Glasgow says, there have been more than 17,000 child encounters, with many children coming back week after week.

The visitation room has "turned from a place to sit and be quiet to a place where children can color, read and be read to, do puzzles, play with cars and interact with other children," Jim Hawkins says. Children who used to complain about visiting relatives now look forward to seeing loved ones and spending time with the volunteers, who often give donated books as well as gifts at Christmas. Time with the volunteers is both emotionally and intellectually nourishing for the children, he adds.

Children's jail ministry supporters donate toys and money, which is used to buy more toys, books and other supplies at Goodwill. Colorful Play-Doh is a favorite, Glasgow says, and so are the Legos.

"It is rewarding when they run to hug you when they arrive and say thank-you when they leave," says Glasgow. "The other night, one little girl looked at me and said, ‘This is the funnest place.'"

Carrie Madren

To learn more, contact First United Methodist Church, Gallatin, Tenn., 615-452-1922,

[email protected], www.fumcgallatin.org.

Lois McComb, a volunteer with the Betty Hawkins Jail Ministry, keeps a watchful eye on Caydin, 5, and Jayden, 2. Behind them family members visit inmates via

video screens.

http://fumcgallatin.org/




Stop Hunger Now is driven to end world hunger in our lifetime by

coordinating the distribution of food and other life-saving aid and helping

to mobilize the necessary resources to the world's most vulnerable

people.

Our meal packaging program provides volunteers the opportunity to

package dehydrated, high protein, and highly nutritious meals that are

used primarily to support education programs and to save lives in

developing countries around the world. More than 250,000 volunteers

have participated in our fun, exciting and rewarding activity. Stop Hunger

Now meal packaging provides volunteers the opportunity to have an

exponential and sustainable international impact right from their own community.

Stop Hunger Now operates meal packaging locations in 18 cities throughout the U.S. and international

locations in South Africa, Malaysia, and Italy. Two new locations are slated to open in 2013 including

Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth.

More than 250,000 volunteers have packaged meals through Stop Hunger Now's meal packaging program. It

is a fun, hand's on mission project that is suitable for all ages.

Stop Hunger Now’s assembly process combines rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and a flavoring mix including 21 essential vitamins and minerals into small meal packages. These meal packages are shipped around the world to support school feeding programs and crisis relief. The food stores easily, transports quickly and has a shelf-life of two years.

September 28th: 10am-12pm

We need you to sign up for our Stop Hunger Now Food Project. You will be blessed!!!

We need teams of 6 or individuals and $20 per person. If you want to help but can’t be there to

support we are looking for donations in any amount. To sign up email Sean at

[email protected] or call the church at (615) 822-4531 For more info go

to:http://www.stophungernow.org/

Stop Hunger Now: Have Fun, Make Friends, Save Lives

http://www.stophungernow.org/





Register online at: http://tinyurl.com/m56hw42 .


To: District Lay Leaders Certified Lay Speakers and Lay Servants

Dear Colleagues in Ministry:

As we continue serving in the ministry of Jesus Christ, we want to share with you an opportunity through which we can enhance our skills and sensitivity in leadership. We hope you will accept our invitation to be part of…

Living Into Pentecost A Training Seminar on

Diversity and Inclusiveness

Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the Tennessee Conference Center in Nashville

8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Built on a Biblical perspective, participants will acquire tools for addressing assumptions about racial-

ethnic diversity and identify, create, and practice being an inclusive community.

The 2010 Tennessee Annual Conference passed a resolution that Inclusiveness Training be included in lay speaking and lay ministry training programs; and be required for all first time pastors. [See attached copy of the Resolution and the Flyer with the Registration Form.]

We sincerely hope you will join us!

Holly Neal Betty Jo Forkner Joaquin Garcia Conference Lay Leader Director, Lay Speaking Staff Consultant



Hermitage English Language Program (H.E.L.P)

Begins Fifth Semester

On August 27, 2013, Hermitage

United Methodist Church began its

fifth semester of H.E.L.P. with 42

adults and 16 children enrolled. This

ministry is administered with

approximately 20 volunteers and

several staff members. Many of these

individuals are returning so that they

can continue to learn better English.

When asked what their primary

reason for learning English, they

answered:

To help their children with

homework;

Communicate with teachers,

grocery store employees, and others

in the community;

To communicate and understand

medical providers when their children

or family members were ill or hurt; and

To earn a GED.

This program has also served as an outreach ministry because several families

have participated in HUMC’s Vacation Bible School, Worship services, Fall

Festival, Pumpkin Patch, Breakfast with Santa and other activities.

The H.E.L.P. has touched the lives of both the students and HUMC members.

Recently, Rev. Enrique Hernandez-Vigil joined the staff of HUMC. It is their

desire to continue and expand this and other ministries with their Hispanic

sisters and brothers.



Aldersgate Renewal Ministries’ purpose is to equip the local church, through the power of the Holy Spirit to be filled, gifted, empowered and led in ministry to the world. In addition to the events promoted here, ARM seeks to do this through varioius renewal events for the local church. We have taken these events to churches all across our nation and internationally to other countries. We currently have an ARM Phillipines branch and an ARM UK branch with the same purpose for their countries and others. The local church renewal events we can bring to YOUR church are:

Lay Witness Mission, Lord, Teach Us to Pray, Life in the Spirit, Pathways to a Praying Church, Worship in Spirit and Truth ; and our newest event, Supernatural Ministry

Call the ARM office (615-851-9192) and speak to Dr. Frank Billman, Director of Church Relations to schedule or to just talk about which one might best fit your church where they are now. ARM also seeks to encourage clergy and laity through several events on-site in Goodlettsville, TN:

Minister’s Retreat (April 22-24, 2014) Minister and Spouse Retreat (April 7-10, 2015) Worship Conference (September 20-22, 2013) Women’s Day Apart (March 7-8, 2014) The Methodist School for Supernatural Ministry (Session Six coming up in February)

DVDs of all sessions of the Methodist School for Supernatural Ministry are available through our bookstore. They are being used in churches, at retreats, by individuals, Sunday School classes and small group study groups all over the world. Order yours today at: aldersgaterenewal.org/store or by calling Darlene at 615-851-9192! We also sponsor an annual conference on Spirit-filled living and just returned from Aldersgate 2013 in Lexington, KY! WHAT AN AWESOME TIME! DVDs or CDs are available of any or all of the sessions by contacting the ARM office (615-851-9192) to order! God is not done with our United Methodist Church! The Lexington Convention Center’s Bluegrass Ballroom was FULL with mostly United Methodists desperate for more of the Lord in their lives, their families and their ministries, learning how to rest in “First Chair” to minister FROM God instead of FOR God. Equipipng sessions equipped people to return to their churches to shine for Him! As we rest in His presence and hear Him say “I Am . . .”, we can respond with “You are. . .” (fill in the blank – ‘my healer’, ‘my provider’, ‘my redeemer’, and on and on). THEN the world sees “He is”! Missed Aldersgate 2013? No problem! Register for Aldersgate 2014 to be held in Springfield, IL July 17-20, 2014! Visit aldersgaterenewal.org for more information on any of the awesome programs offered or to just get to know us better!

Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Upcoming and Sponsored Events

Located at 121 East Avenue, Goodlettsville TN 37072 | 877-857-9372 | aldersgaterenewal.org | [email protected]





Dedication of Asbury-Babb House

Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.

2102 Lebanon Road

Lebanon, TN

The historic Asbury-Babb House is designated as historic site #72 by the Methodist Church as a shrine to Bishop Francis Asbury, the father of American Methodism. In 1815, the Tennessee Annual Conference met at Bethlehem Meeting House, October 20-28, with Bishops Asbury and William McKendree co-presiding. It stretches the mind to realize that circuit riders came from as far away as Louisiana and Illinois to attend this meeting! Though nobody knew it at the time, it would be the last annual conference at which Asbury would ever preside. He died in

the spring of 1816.

The cabin was the home of William Babb who hosted the Bishops in the upstairs room. After opening the conference and preaching on the Sabbath at Bethlehem, Asbury returned to the upstairs room for the rest of the conference. It was said that he was so feeble that the conference came to him when Bishop McKendree called on him to preach the ordination of elders.

The original location, both for the church and the Babb house, was on top a nearby hill known locally as “Hickory Ridge”, about a mile south of the present location. The log dwelling was given to the Tennessee Conference by the descendants of William Babb and was moved intact down Bethlehem Road to the present location in 1971. Since then, the logs and chimneys had begun to deteriorate. The Commission on Archives and History began the process of restoring the cabin in 2007 with volunteer labor and is pleased to announce the dedication of a restored 1815 version of the cabin.

Today, you will find in the cabin historical documents and books concerning Asbury and the Methodist Episcopal Church, circuit rider’s saddlebags, mourning benches, and many other pictures and portraits displaying Methodist history. Period furnishings in the cabin include a rope bed in the upstairs bedroom.


Lebanon FUMC is announcing the new Minister of Music & Worship,

Charlie Overton. Rev. Overton is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church and is called to both music and worship ministry. Charlie has earned the Master of Sacred Music degree from Perkins School of Theology at SMU, the Bachelor of Science in Business and the Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from Lambuth University. He is a participant in the Academy for Spiritual Formation, and he has held positions at Hillcrest UMC in Nashville, TN, First UMC in Jackson, TN, and Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church in Dallas, TX. Rev. Overton is married to Melanie and they have a 3-year old daughter, Anna.


Local Church Events

Lambuth United Methodist Church:

If you are looking for some great fellowship look no further! Come join Lambuth United Methodist as we kick off the fall of the year with three wonderful events. The first will be our Annual Bazaar on Saturday, October 12, 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The day will start with a country ham breakfast from 7:00 to 10:00, during this time and after you can enjoy shopping the assortment of vendors with everything from Jewelry to homemade baked goods, Christmas decorations and much more. There will also be popcorn and cotton candy, and lunch will be served from 11:00 on, so grab your Christmas list, and shopping bags and join us for a fun filled day. Now that you know right where we are you can come and join us the following day, Sunday, October 13, at 11:00 a.m. as we celebrate our four legged friends (and others), with our “Annual Blessing of the Animals”. This is a wonderful event enjoyed by many walks of life. Please join us, and bring your pets, but have them leashed or crated for safety. But most of all it is an opportunity for us to give back to the local animal shelters so feel free to bring any pet foods, cleaning supplies, blankets etc., and we will make sure they get delivered. Now that we have taken care of your shopping needs, filled your tummy with the amazing baked goods, blessed our animals and aided the less fortunate animals in the shelters we will enjoy another night of fun right here at the church again on October 26, at 5:00 p.m. for our “Annual Fall Fling”, where we will have a chili cook-off, hot dogs for the kids, games, and pumpkin carving, a family event for all. If you need further information please call us at 615-452-3715, or just join us for all or any of our events at 1042 Hartsville Pike, Gallatin, TN 37066.

Lebanon First United Methodist Church:

Women’s Bible Studies: Sunday Night: 5-7 pm. Currently studying Beth Moore’s Sacred Secrets; Monday Morning 9-11 am, Christ in Genesis: The God of the Nation. We look at the faith-building examples of God’s work in the life of Joseph and the nation of Israel. Both meet in the Thackston Room. All are welcome. Our Annual Fall Festival is Sunday, October 27, 2013, from 4:30-7:30 pm. This is an event that brings not only

children from our church, but many families from the community. We will serve hot dogs and popcorn, have

various games and activities, a haunted woods, and trunk or treat.

Weekly Schedule

Sunday School at 9:45 AM for all ages!

Traditional Worship - Sunday Morning at 10:55 AM

Bible Study each Monday night at 6:00 p.m.

Hispanic Church meets every Monday and Thursday at 7:00 PM

Lafayette United Methodist Church 506 Bratton Avenue P.O. Box 122 Lafayette, Tennessee 37083 Phone: 615-666-3497 E-mail: [email protected]


Liberty United Methodist Church located at 1130 Liberty Lane Gallatin, Tennessee will celebrate its

175th homecoming anniversary, October 6th, 2013 at 11:00a.m. Bishop McAlilly will bring the message and Lambuth Choir will present special music during service. A FREE catered lunch will follow and there will be a time to visit with the Bishop. Different ones will be performing after lunch and it will be a time of celebration for all. If you have questions feel free to call Lee Swafford at 230-0692.Liberty UMC has a raffle that is ongoing until day of our 175th Homecoming on October 6, 2013. Please email swaffos@att if you are interested in information on purchasing raffle tickets . The tickets are $1.00 each or 12 for $10.00. The following items are being raffled: A homemade prayer shawl, 2 Ralph McDonald prints, a Vera Bradley bag, Mr. Coffee ice tea maker, clock and picture frames and a Bavarian China lemonade set. The drawing will take place at the homecoming. Mail checks payable to Liberty UMC at 1130 Liberty Lane Gallatin, Tennessee 37066 for the raffle tickets. We will fill out the ticket and enter for drawing. Thank you, Liberty UMC. We need to borrow a tent and folding chairs. Call Lee Swafford at 504-0532 with information on tent and chairs.

mailto:swaffos@att


UMCOR: Good Samaritans in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon

Since March 2011, the Syrian conflict has claimed over 70,000 lives and displaced 4.24 million people internally, including more than 1.6 million Syrians who are being hosted in foreign countries.

Around 500,000 people have fled from Syria to neighboring countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq to find refuge. Jordan is also hosting thousands of Iraqis fleeing the ongoing violence and insecurity in Iraq.

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) has provided:

26,322 health and school kits to Syria

21,980 birthing, health, layette, and school kits to Jordan

22,148 health, school, and layette kits to Lebanon

Gifts toward these relief efforts may be given to: International Disaster Response, Advance #982450.


Third Annual Gallatin Community

Trunk or Treat

Everything is Free!!!

Sunday October 27th 4:00—7:00 pm

Candy - Inflatable’s Live Music

Dinner - Drinks Door Prizes

At Newton Nissan in Gallatin 1461 Nashville Pike

Sponsored by Gallatin First Untied Methodist Church and Newton Nissan

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 477 Hendersonville, TN 37077

District Office Location: 525 New Shackle Island Rd Hendersonville, TN 37075 (Inside Good Sheppard UMC)

C U M B E R L A N D D I S T R I C T U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H

Telephone: 615-822-1433 FAX: 615-822-3729

Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open Doors.

Prayer Request:

Deadline for the next Cumberland

District Review, October 18, 2013.

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to be printed in this edition to

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