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NewsMay 7, 2017

SUNDAY, MAY 711:30 a.m. Golden Triangle Worship Committee, Iris Room2:00 p.m. Carillon Ringers concert, sanctuary5:30 p.m. United Methodist Youth, Community Center

TUESDAY, MAY 91:00 p.m. UMW Sarah Circle, Iris Room6:00 p.m. Belmonters for Inclusion, 202

WEDNESDAY, MAY 105:15 p.m. Midweek at Belmont meal, Community Center6:00 p.m. Staff Parish Relation Committee, 2016:00 p.m. Yoga, Parker Hall7:15 p.m. Sanctuary choir, choir room

THURSDAY, MAY 118:00 a.m. Women’s Centering Prayer Group, 12410:00 a.m. 2nd Thursday Book Group, Iris Room

This week at Belmont UMC

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Joys and Concerns

We believe every person is of sacred worth and created in God’s image. We commit to Jesus’ example of inclusive love, care, and intentional hospitality with persons of every race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, faith story, physical or mental ability, economic status, or political perspective. We respect our diversity of opin-ion and expressions of faith. Therefore, as God loves us, so let us love and serve in the name of Christ.

Communion offering will supportGolden Cross Foundation

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Today, please support the Golden Cross Foundation with your Communion offer-ing. Golden Cross Sunday has been a Mother’s Day tradi-tion in Tennessee Conference churches for almost 50 years. Seventy-five percent of the of-fering will go to expand older adult ministries across the Ten-nessee Conference, including local church training to create older adult ministries, grants to

congregations for new or existing older adult ministries, and annual direct grants to United Method-ist older adults in the Tennessee Conference for assistance with a variety of living and cost-of-care expenses. The other 25% of the offering will serve persons with disabilities in the Tennessee Conference through the Health and Welfare Committee and Dis-abilities Committee.

Out of the HospitalMary Jo IrbyJudy Kohler

MemorialsMIKE STUBBS

Donors:Neva Graves

Evelyn Doxey & Danny HazlewoodPatty Murphy

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Vacation Bible School 2017: God’s Heroes

If you could have any super power in the world, what would it be? Explore with us this sum-mer as we look at super powers of familiar biblical characters and discover our own super powers as followers of Jesus Christ! Discover and practice living the super powers of cour-age, fearlessness, faithfulness, loyalty, forgiveness, and ser-

vanthood. VBS will take place on Sun-day mornings in June and July from 9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m. All children, ages 3 year olds–ris-ing 6th graders, will meet in the chapel for songs, movement, and a story about the weekly su-per hero! Children will then go to small groups for crafts and

exploring the day’s hero and super power. Rising 7th graders, youth, and adults are encouraged to vol-unteer as a storyteller, small group leader, by decorating the hall and classrooms, or by being a music leader. Please contact Susan Groseclose ([email protected] or 615-383-0832 ext. 13) if you can help. Carillon Ringers in

concert todayThis afternoon at 2:00 p.m., the Carillon Ringers will present a concert of advanced handbell lit-erature. The concert will include original handbell compositions, arrangements of hymn tunes as well as transcriptions. Several of the selections will include special instrumental guests including flute and strings. We hope you will plan to be present and invite guests who would enjoy this unique event. The concert will last one hour and is free and open to the public.

Summer Faith Adventures

Mark your calendars and plan to participate in Summer Faith Adven-tures! Come gaze at the skies over Nashville; imagine and wonder with stories of our faith; discover your cre-ative side; hike in one of God’s play-grounds; serve our homeless brothers and sisters; and so much more! Fami-lies and adults of all ages are invited to join in these weekly adventures around Nashville as we explore and celebrate our faith this summer. For a complete schedule of events, go to belmontumc.org.

Midweek at Belmont meal extended through May 24

The Midweek at Belmont Wednesday night meal has been extended through May 24! Meal reservations are due by 9:00am on Mondays; contact Anne Hoback (615-383-0832, ext. 15 or [email protected]) to make your reservation. This extension is for the meal only; there will not be programming, children’s choirs, or childcare.

WEB (West End Belmont) Music CampContinued from page 2presentation of the musical, “Moses and the Freedom Fanatics” on Sunday morning. Campers will meet daily at West End UMC to experience singing, drama, choreography, creating props, and working together. We’ll keep things hopping, for sure! Register online at westendumc.org/musiccamp. Registration will close on July 1. All children desiring to audition for lead singing and acting roles will need to attend a brief tryout, either on Sunday, June 11, or Sunday, June 25, at 12:15 p.m. at West End UMC. Be pre-pared to sing a familiar song, like “Happy Birthday,” and read through a short script. For more information, contact Amy Cooper ([email protected]).

Upcoming Worship ServicesFourth Sunday of Easter May 14, 2017Heather Harriss preaching 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship services.Jin Kim preaching 10:30 a.m. worship in the Community Center.8:15 a.m. - Communion in the chapel9:15 a.m. - Sunday school 10:30 a.m. - Worship in the sanctuary10:30 a.m. - Worship in the Community Center (in Karen, English, and Thai)Scripture lessons: Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14

Sunday school classes collecting the of-fering for May: Simplicity, Covenant, Seekers

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WEB (West End Belmont) Music Camp

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Spiritual well-being assessment

Make plans to attend the next administrative board meeting on Sunday, May 21. This meeting will also be a charge confer-ence to approve Caroline Archer as a candidate for ministry. The meeting will take place in Parker Hall immediately fol-lowing the 10:30 worship service. Meal reservations are re-quired and can be made by contacting Deborah Arnold (615-383-0832, ext. 20) no later than noon on Wednesday, May 17. Per our Book of Discipline, the purpose of the administrative board is to plan a program of nurture, outreach, and witness; implement the plan; provide an administrative infrastructure; align the plan with the mission of the church; evaluate the ef-fectiveness of the plan; and act as the administrative agency of the charge conference.

Claire Smith will graduate from Harpeth Hall and attend Washington & Lee University as a Johnson Scholar in the fall. She has been a member of BUMC since baptism and has enjoyed participating in youth group, choir, Edgehill tutoring, and church basketball. She is currently vice president of her senior class, president of the Cum Laude Society, a member of the Honor Council, a member of Global Scholars and a National Merit finalist. Claire has a passion for running and has been a member of several track and cross country state championship teams at Harpeth Hall and plans to continue running track and cross country at W&L.

Cullen McAnally is graduating from Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School for the Health Sciences and Engineering on the Historic Campus of Pearl High (yes that’s the actual name) and will be attending Haverford College this fall. He has participated in Belmont’s youth group and the Open Door Singers since the seventh grade and enjoyed being a part of mission trips and the annual choir tour. At MLK, he was part of the school’s writing center, cross country team, and wind ensemble.

Darryl Jackson is graduating from Brentwood High School. His favorite sport to play is basketball, and he has been playing since the first grade. He has been truly blessed to further his education and basketball career at Fisk University. When not playing basketball he loves to hang out with friends and play video games. Darryl also likes to spend time with family and participate in choir and youth. He was born and raised in Tennessee, the oldest of four. One word of advice from Darryl to younger people: “Don’t take time for granted because before you know it you’ll be in the same position as I am, getting ready to walk across the stage to receive your diploma.”

Joe Henry is a senior at Hillsboro High School, where he has been active in Youth in Government, Marching Band, and HHS Players. Joe’s parents, Mollie and David, have been members of Belmont UMC since before Joe was born, and in the past 18 years Joe has been an active participant in the Belmont Week-day School, all Children’s Choirs, Youth Choir, youth group and the boys’ basketball team (Purple Haze!). Earlier this year he earned the rank of Eagle Scout with Troop 217, where his dad is Scoutmaster. He is big brother to Kate and Alex, both students at J.T. Moore Middle School. He will attend University of Chicago in the fall.

Keydo is a senior at John Overton High School. Keydo and his family have been members of Belmont UMC since 2006. As a GTF youth at Belmont UMC, he was an active member in the GTF youth choir and played guitar for the youth meeting and the GTF children’s choir. Keydo did not join any sports team at school, but he played soccer outside the school with other young Karen people. Keydo wishes to continue studying at college after high school.

Matthew Lewis is a senior at University School of Nashville where he played baseball, basketball and wrote for the school newspaper. As a youth at Belmont UMC, he was an active member in the youth choir, coached the junior high church basketball team, and participated in the Appalachian Service Project. He will attend Wake Forest University.

Will Kennon is a senior at Ensworth High School and will be headed to Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, Texas, this fall. Will has been singing in the choir at Belmont UMC since he was 4 years old. He played baseball, tennis and golf during high school and was awarded the Most Outstanding Bill award at Model U.N. He has been involved in scouting for years and earned his Eagle Scout in 2016.

Congratulations to Belmont UMC’s Youth High School Class of 2017!

On Monday, May 22, there will be a pseudo Fifth Monday Lunch at 11:00 a.m. in Parker Hall. Equity actor, Shawn Knight, will perform his one-man show “Lerner and Loewe: We Remember It Well.” One of the most successful duos in American history, Alan Lerner and Frederick Loewe, created five successful musicals together: Brigadoon, Paint Your Wag-on, Gigi, Camelot, and My Fair Lady. The cost is $15 per person. Reservations are required no later than Wednesday, May 17, and may be made by calling 615-383-0832. Pickup from Calvary UMC will be available at 10:30 a.m. for an additional cost of $2.

Pseudo Fifth Monday Luncheonto feature Shawn Knight

Calling all rising 2nd graders-rising 7th graders! WEB (West End Belmont) Mu-sic Camp will take place this summer dur-ing the week of July 17-23, from 8:45am-2:00pm, Monday through Friday, with a

Administrative board/charge conference on May 21

Today is the last day for Belmonters to participate in an adult assessment of Belmont UMC’s spiritual well-being. Hard cop-ies of the assessment form are available in the Iris Room. The assessment can also be completed online at belmontumc.org. By filling out the Assessment of Belmont UMC’s Spiritual Well-Being form, Belmont UMC adults will be enabling the leadership of our church to plan and provide ministries and activities that will enrich their spiritual needs. The assessment is being funded by a grant from Belmont UMC’s Trust Fund. Be part of the formation of Belmont UMC’s future with adult ministry!