Over the last 12 weeks, we have changed how we have gathered as a congregation. We've worked together to find new ways to be the church to our community. We have adapted continuing ministries and it is now clear that even a global pandemic won't keep us apart. We have held Sunday school and Connection Groups online, created an online worshiping community, and engaged in missional activities in different ways. Calvary UMC has continued to share the love and grace of Jesus Christ and I am

thankful for all of you. The Calvary UMC COVID-19 Task Force and the church staff presented the plan “Safe Steps to the Sanctuary” to the Church Council on June 9th and it was approved by consensus. This plan moves us into a new phase of ministry on June 21st. We have learned this spring that we are safer at home, but now we believe we can be safe in small groups (less than 20 people meeting outdoors) if we follow CDC guidelines. From June 21st to August 15th, we are going to follow the model of the early church in the Book of Acts and form house churches. Acts 2:46-47 says, “Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.” In these house churches, we will study, watch online worship, and pray together. We hope Sunday School classes or Connection Groups will form house churches so that we can meet face to face. If you are not a part of a Sunday School class or Connection Group, you will be given the chance to sign up for a new class or join an already existing group. The groups will be able to sign up for a space to meet at the church (e.g. the covered portico or down by the labyrinth) or they can choose to meet outside at someone’s home and participate in the online worship together. Talk to your small groups this weekend and let Pastor Stephanie know if you would like to try and meet together. This might even be a great time to invite some friends to join you. In Acts, we learn that day by day they added to those who were in relationship with

God. The early church grew while they met in homes. You are also invited to join us for two outdoor worship services on June 28 and July 19 at 6:30 p.m. We are having worship at night to take advantage of shade in the front of the church and to avoid the summer heat (as much as possible). The highlight of the services will be the celebration of Holy Communion. In July, we will honor our graduates. More details to come about outdoor worship, but mark your calendars and join us! Next week, we will send a special edition of From Our Hill that will contain a letter from Pastor B.J., the summer schedule of activities, the results of our recent survey, and frequently asked questions that will lay out our plans for the summer. Above all else, let us spend time this summer joining together with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. Hope to see you soon, Pastor B.J.

Pastor Minister of Discipleship Music Ministry Music Ministry Children’s Ministry Youth Ministry Youth Ministry YCS Director B.J. Brack Libby Baxter Melissa Emerson Kaylon Gilley Stephanie Dunn Kris Lott Olivia Keffer Kathy Ennis

June 14, 2020

Second Sunday after

Pentecost

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Worship is online at

calvaryumc.com/worship

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Lectionary Texts

Genesis 18-1:15

Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19

(UMH 837)

Romans 5:1-8

Matthew 9:35-10:8 (9-23)

(Click lectionary texts above to read!)

Calvary

United Methodist Church

3701 Hillsboro Pike

Nashville, TN 37215

615.297.7562

www.calvaryumc.com

VOL. 167 | NO. 24 | JUNE 12, 2020

Sunday, June 14 Sunday Morning Worship Tune in anytime: Calvaryumc.com/worship 9:00 am Children’s Sunday School via Zoom Contact: Stephanie Dunn 9:30 am Sunday School Classes via Zoom Horizons—Contact: Stephanie Roth Covenant—Contact: Lisa Robertson Ages & Stages—Contact: Vin Walkup Mizpah—Contact: Tommy Leek Cornerstone—Contact: Beth Martin 9:30 am Sunday School Classes via Teams Branches—Contact: Andy Morris 9:30 am Sunday School Classes via WebEx Genesis—Contact: Vicki Herrell 10:00 am Sunday School Class via RingCentral Ambassadors—Contact: Libby Peterson 10:30 am Facebook Watch Worship Service

Monday, June 15

UMYF Youth Mission 12th Grade

6:00 pm Trustees Meeting via Zoom

Tuesday, June 16 6:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting via Zoom Wednesday, June 17 5:30 pm Libby’s Connection Group via Zoom 6:00 pm Children’s Worship with Pastor Stephanie Facebook Watch Worship Service 6:30 pm Bellevue Connection Group via Zoom Contact: Andy Morris 7:00 pm Horizon Sunday School via Zoom Contact: Stephanie Roth 7:00 pm Melissa’s Connection Group via Zoom

Sunday, June 21 Sunday Morning Worship Tune in anytime: Calvaryumc.com/worship 9:00 am Children’s Sunday School via Zoom Contact: Stephanie Dunn 9:30 am Sunday School Classes via Zoom Horizons—Contact: Stephanie Roth Covenant—Contact: Lisa Robertson Ages & Stages—Contact: Vin Walkup Mizpah—Contact: Tommy Leek Cornerstone—Contact: Beth Martin 9:30 am Sunday School Classes via Teams Branches—Contact: Andy Morris 9:30 am Sunday School Classes via WebEx Genesis—Contact: Vicki Herrell 10:00 am Sunday School Class via RingCentral Ambassadors—Contact: Libby Peterson 10:30 am Facebook Watch Worship Service

ONLINE EVENTS CALENDAR

Hospice Kirk Ryder

Ongoing Concerns

(Continued)

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CHURCH FAMILY

Fred Beesley Bonnie Benson

Roy Bradley Clyde Brown Francis Ezell

Pat Ezell

Rebecca Ferguson Mary Ann Fowlkes

Penny Garrott Burl Graham Bill Griswold

Carol Hummel Dylan Lott

Len Malone Nancy Malone David Martin

Harold Runsvold Dean Thomas Jane Williams

The YCS has re-opened with COVID19

modifications and procedures including

staff and children wearing masks while transitioning from one place to another, taking temperatures upon arrival and mid-day, staff wearing protective smocks,

additional staff and more detailed cleaning. All is going so well! The children are happy to be back and

immediately adjusted to wearing their masks (proudly!!) and being dropped off and taken into the building by staff as we limit our space to only staff

and children. Well thought out plans have made our new school procedures go seamlessly.

YCS UPDATE

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Please send checks to: Calvary UMC

3701 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37215

or text GIVE followed by the dollar amount,

to 615-257-9800 (example: GIVE50)

or online at app.securegive.com/calvaryumc.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO CALVARY UMC

Extended Family Concerns Ed Dixon (brother of Jackie Dixon)

Isaiah Housewright (friend of Hannah Walkup)

Tammy and Vicky McArthur (friends of the Phillips family)

Pattie Roberts (cousin of JoLee Cannon)

Zach Walker (friend of David & JoLee Cannon)

Our Healthcare Workers

Our Healthcare Workers / Family Karen Amos (daughter of Lynn Greer)

Lindsley Baird (daughter of Tom and Lindi Baird) Emily Brumfield (friend of Gayle Sloan)

Mary Grace Distretti (daughter of Sherry and Bill Yeager) Vanessa Draper (daughter of Sandie Draper) Carrie Faraone (sister of Bernadette Miller)

Dr. Debbi Bostock Herts (sister of Nancy Porter) Kathy Jernigan (daughter of Lynn Greer)

Bradley Mckenzie (caregiver of Billie Yeager) Dan Vossler (grandson-in-law of Billie Yeager)

Beth Williamson (daughter of Billie Yeager) Carol Ann Wilson (granddaughter of Billie Yeager)

ALSO, Please pray for our janitorial workers, who are disinfecting medical facilities and places with confirmed

cases of COVID19.

Prayers for our Service Men & Women Dalton Low Christopher Charles

Our Connecting Congregation The Methodist Church in Ruusmae, Estonia

Missionary Support: Eric & Elizabeth Soard, Tanzania

Ecumenical Prayer Cycle - Week 24 Malawi, Zambia

Congregation in our Conference Lafayette UMC

CHURCH FAMILY

Alison Blandford Amy Bono Paul Bryant

Suzanne Bryant David Charles Amy Charlton Jo Ann Collins Cindy Dorminy

Cathy Fuchs Chris Fuchs

Paul Fuchs Brian Grieb Lori Jordan

Laura Lawson William Lawson

Cathy Linn Baillee Lott Martha Lott

Abby Luffman Margaret Metzenthin

Roxanne Morris

Suzy Murff Harvey Murff

Jen Myers Joe Myers

Emily Nardone Ben Robertson

Debbie Snedegar Cosby Stone

Emily Watson Forrest Williard

The first of our

Listening +

Learning book

series is coming up

on Wednesday,

June 24. We will

meet via Zoom at

7pm (cst). We will

reflect and discuss Just Mercy by Bryan

Stevenson. If you’re not a reader or don’t have time

to complete Just Mercy before June 24, several

streaming services, including YouTube and

Amazon, are currently offering free rentals of the

film. If you would like more information, including

Zoom access information, email Pastor Stephanie

at stephanie@calvaryumc.com.

If you know of a Calvary member that is graduating from high school, college, or post-graduate school please let us know. We will include them in a list that will be shared with the congregation.

Please email the name of the graduate, the school they are graduating from, the degree they are earning, and future (college) plans, by Monday, June 15

th to kris@calvaryumc.com.

GRADUATION RECOGNITION

JOIN US!

While you were out, we have been working to improve the safety, appearance, and functionality of our facilities. We replaced the 1980’s worn out, unsafe and very brown treads with new “visually impaired” treads that are much prettier and much safer. I wear trifocals, and with the old treads, it was sometimes not easy to discern where one tread stopped and the other started. These have a ‘grit strip’ near the edge of each tread that helps with differentiating where steps end and also adds a slip resistant component. The confetti color compliments with our building standard colorways. The were funded through designated memorial funds as approved by the Trustees Committee. I am not easily excited, but this one really excites me. We will continue our “While you were out” series in upcoming editions of FOH. ~Dlo

WHILE YOU WERE OUT

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Tennyson’s “Charge of

the Light Brigade” is a

tale of miscommunication

and failure where a

British Light Cavalry unit

was mistakenly ordered

into a full-on frontal

assault against a well-

positioned and prepared

gun battery during the

Crimean War. The Light

Brigade charged valiantly

into withering direct fire

and were forced into

retreat after suffering

staggering casualties and

achieving no tactical

gains.

Calvary has a cavalry of

valiant and loyal

volunteers who earned the moniker “The Light Brigade” when they spent a week converting most of our

church’s fluorescent light fixtures to LED. Failure is not in their vocabulary.

They showed up last week again and unlike their namesakes, they emerged victorious once again.

Tommy Leek, Tom Anderson, Vin Walkup, Terry Carty, Bob Harwell, Andrea Walkup, Ann Walkup and

Jim Vaughter showed up on the Tuesday after Memorial Day to begin an attempt to clean our

sanctuary’s pews. We didn’t necessarily know what their efforts might produce, but we armed them with

cleaning supplies, polyurethane, and a mission and they prevailed! They cleaned and scrubbed all the

pews’ painted white surfaces and polyurethane coated the end caps and pew back tops. This was an

incredibly tough chore, but this bunch persevered and prevailed. The results are stunning. I had not

anticipated such a wonderful result. While the work was more arduous than we had imagined, the

results were worth the effort. I was falling all over myself trying to thank them for their efforts, and I was

told, “It was a labor of love.”

And that is what it is all about. Love is about giving. It is an honor to work in this place that is full of

givers. That is what we have here at Calvary. Thanks to all who helped on this project and thanks to all

who give so tirelessly to make this church work.

Peace, Dlo

LIGHT BRIGADE STRIKES AGAIN

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Are you interested in a new emerging ministry at Calvary? We’re looking for volunteers that would like to learn how to put our weekly worship services LIVE on the internet! You need to possess a willingness to use a computer and learn the basic vocabulary and equipment used in TV production. We’ll provide the training and practice opportunities for you

to become proficient. This opportunity is an excellent way to contribute to Calvary’s worship ministry while we’re not currently worshiping in-person.

Interested? Text or email Andy Morris – 615-479-4413; andy@calvaryumc.com

NEW MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY!

Feeling mission deprived?

Want to help your neighbor?

Want to see some in-person Calvary faces from a distance?

We all know how the price of food has increased in the past couple of

months. Imagine if you had to survive on food stamps to make it to the end of the month.

On June 27th, the Holy Smokers will be hosting our annual June event for Urban Housing Solutions.

We are working with Calvary's Covid-19 taskforce as well as UHS to figure out how to best distribute

meals to the residents of Mercury Court. We will either cook and package the meals at Calvary, or cook

and serve the meals at UHS with social distancing. We will not be setting up tables to eat on like we

have done in the past. We will have more information as we get closer to June 27th.

Again, please save the date, June 27th. If you have any questions, please call Paul Cole at 615.478.1233.

SOCIAL DISTANCING URBAN HOUSING SOLUTIONS