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Wed. Night dinner menus: 1st: covered dish 2nd: casseroles 3rd: sandwiches 4th: lasagna 5th: (if applicable) bring your own (please RSVP by Tuesday - donations accepted 2-4th Wednesdays)

Wednesday Nights at McKendree come aLIVE! New ‘Wed Night Live’ scheduling to usher in opportunities for all ages With the addition of our new Children & Youth Coordinator Karen Hattan, an influx of new servants from the McKendree community rising up to help, and an ever-growing congregation Wednesday nights at McKendree (known as “Wednesday Night Live”) will return to more of a family atmosphere with ministry opportunities and programs for all ages.

“The exciting thing about the new scheduling format is that it is first and foremost Christ-centered, but secondly it is set up to intentionally build unity between the many different age groups and interests represented in the McKendree community” says Karen Hattan. With its intense Bible study groups already in place and with the addition of even more, Wednesday nights at McKendree can best be described in this mission summary: “Bringing our diverse community into the

October Birthdays 1 – Kevin Wood 3 – Pamela Duarte, Lee Ellis 4 – Larry Post, Janice Raines 6 – Ruth Holmes 7 – Mary Alice Miles 8 – Judy Bianchini, Sergio Velazquez 9 – Michael Binkley, Sharon Sanford 10 – Allen Bates 11 – Brian Johnson, Mary Newberry 12 – Brenda Post 13 – Willodeen Spain 14 – Joe Daws 15 – Leigh Jackson Home Groups update: for Mom’s only! Announcing McKendree’s newest home group, the Home Group for Mom’s. The goal of this Home Group will give a chance to gather together (while fathers are at home with the kids!) to engage in vital conversations and support one another as mothers all under the heading of a Christ-centered study session. Initial plans for this Home Group is to meet every other Sunday evening from 5-7p. The first meeting will be October 18 from 5-7p at the home of Lisa Dowling. Contact Karen Hattan for more details ([email protected], 271.2600) 1

knowlede, love, and service of Jesus Christ.” The new schedule beginning the first Wednesday in October will be as follows: 5:15 - 6:15p Dinner 6:15 - 6:30p Worship 6:30 - 7:30p Various Bible Studies (Chancel Choir rehearsal will be from 7:30-8:30p)

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16 – Amanda Barlar, Joe Halliburton, Will Richards 17 – Caroline Dickens, Lane Dickens, Phillip Gowan 18 – Kristen Tedder 19 – Katelyn Fraker, Elliott Hardaway 20 – Marcia Cooper, Ann Overfield 21 – June Dorman 22 – William Greer, Richard Wells 23 – Anita Lewis-Pitt, Elizabeth Marshall 24 – Sheryl Hall 25 – Millie Price 26 – Laura Chambers 27 – Susan Beasley, Margaret Hodges, Barbara Norman 28 – Sandy Bevins, Blanche Parker 29 – Brad Cummings, Artie Scantlin Room In The Inn begins in November Our annual involvement with the Room In The Inn ministry resumes next month in November. We will host a handful of men who are displaced but also actively working jobs on Wednesday evenings. We will need help from all corners of the McKendree community to provide essential living items for these gentlemen, breakfast and bag lunches for Thursdays (this year the men will be invited to join the congregation for Wednesday night dinner and worship), bus drivers, and gentlemen to spend the night on Wednesday nights. Sign-up sheets will soon be available on Sunday mornings.

Weekly Bible Readings Sep. 28 - Oct. 2 Job 1:1; 2:1-10 Psalm 26 or Psalm 25 Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16

Oct. 5 - Oct. 9 Job 23:1-9, 16-17 Psalm 22:1-15 Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31

Oct 12 - Oct. 16 Job 38:1-7, 34-41 Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45

Oct. 19 - Oct. 23 Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Psalm 34:1-8, 19-22 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52

Oct. 26 - Oct. 30 Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44

Next Sunshine Group outing, Tue., Oct. 6: A tour of the Rose Mont House Plantation built from 1836-1842 by Joseph Guild (cost is $4). Lunch will be at The Lunchbox in Gallatin please bring extra money for lunch! Meet at 10:30a at the old Home Depot Expo Center Parking Lot (Powell Ave. near 100 Oaks Mall). Contact Mary Alice Miles: 292.3814.

Wednesday Nights (continued) Corporate Worship The newest feature for Wednesday night will be the corporate worship time before everyone disperses from the Fellowship Hall to their Bible study of choice. The current Bible study led by Stephen Handy, now known as “Dinner & A Study,” will immediately follow worship time and will stay in the Fellowship Hall. Those wishing to attend the former “Community Groups” (now to simply be known as “Wednesday Night Bible Study”) will dismiss to their study of choice after worship time. Initially, we will offer Women’s Wed. Night Bible Study, Men’s Wed. Night Bible Study (these groups will continue with the studies previously started), and a new Young Adult Wed. Night Bible Study. Children & Youth The biggest addition to Wednesday night will be for the kids and teenagers. “Let Loose” from 3:00-5:15p every Wednesday at the Christian Life Center will be for children, middle school, and high school youth (THIRST & Thread ministries). Initially this will be a time for supervised games, sports, and activities. Eventually we aim to offer various classes and after-school workshops in addition to a place to come and play when school is over. At 5:15p all will be escorted to the Fellowship Hall to eat dinner with their church family. At 6:00p the children and youth will be dismissed from dinner to start their Wednesday night programming at The Attic (area currently where children & youth meet on Sundays). From 6:00-8:00p kids and youth will engage in praise and worship, fun activities, and Bible study. Child Care As with all church events held at McKendree, the Thrive child care ministry will be available until 8:30p for any families needing child care for ages 5 and under. We are excited to roll out the new Wednesday Night Live and together grow into the knowledge, love, and service of Jesus Christ. Please be in prayer over this new opportunity for our church. As with any new ministry there will be growing pains, lessons to be learned, and much needed support. What opportunities we have at McKendree!

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New date for Charge Conference McKendree’s Charge Conference date has been changed from October 6 to Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 6:30p. Please adjust your calendars accordingly! Halloween Event at The Loft McKendree’s rooftop venue The Loft Nashville will hold its First Annual “Fall Tailgate” event this year on Halloween, October 31. This day will be filled with football on the rooftop (watching, not playing!), special guest country music artists in concert, and because of the holiday - wear your costumes! Times and artists to perform will be announced very soon. However, Vanderbilt has a big home game against Georgia Tech and UT plays South Carolina in Knoxville. Ministry recap: Evening At The Archives On September 24, the Friends of Metro Archives had their first meeting under the new leadership of historian Dr. Bill McKee of Cumberland University, who is excited about presenting programs this season under the title "An Evening at the Archives." If the size of the crowd in attendance last Thursday is any indication of interest, the series should be quite successful.   The first event was a presentation of the histories of five of the downtown Nashville churches: McKendree, Downtown (First) Presbyterian, First Baptist, Christ Church Cathedral, and St. Mary’s Catholic. It was a special honor to be asked to tell about McKendree's history, one which parallels that of our state and nation. The first Methodist society in the Cumberland Settlement (Nashville) was organized in 1787, the same year that the United States Constitution was signed - 222 years ago! This was one and a half years before

George Washington was inaugurated as our first president! For our presentation we organized the developing history around the seven different churches this congregation has erected, including the one we occupy today. The first three buildings were simply called the Methodist Church in Nashville; then four have been named McKendree for our first American born Bishop after he preached his last sermon in the church. McKendree Methodist Church's history is so much more than buildings. It’s the congregation which has come to serve and worship. We owe a great debt to those who have gone before to remember what they have accomplished in service for ourselves and for others. In 2012 McKendree will have been organized for 125 years. That also will be the year of the Tennessee Conference Bicentennial, which will provide us with a rich opportunity to recognize the accomplishments of both in seeking to serve as Christ would have us serve. It provides us with a time to remember and also to celebrate all the exciting ministries and growth we are experiencing today. Who is to say how many more years McKendree will be serving in downtown Nashville! by Harriet Vivion

Prayer Requests (as of 10/1/09) Alice Carpenter (McK Day Care teacher, leg infection - Baptist) Mary Ellis (home) Memorials McKendree has received gifts in memory of Jane Jarvis, sister of Dannie Jarvis, from Mary Frances Chappell and Mary Thomas from Harold Edwards and Bobby and Brenda Boyd.

Weekly Calendar Sundays 8:30a Prayer Team (MR) 9a New Wine worship (WC) 9:30a THIRST Children (Attic) 10a Thread Youth, x10sion & Bible Studies 11a Sunday worship (WC) 12:30p McK Ministry Classes

Tuesdays

9:30a Art Group (3rd Fl main) 11:30a Front Lawn Community lunch

Wednesdays

11:30a Prayer Meeting (WR bring own lunch) 3p Let Loose (CLC) 5:15p Dinner (FH)

6p THIRST & Thread ministries (Attic) 6:15p Wed. Night Worship (FH) 6:30p Bible Studies (various) 7:30p Chancel Choir Reh’l (CR)

Thursdays 11a Jubilate Choir Reh’l (CR) Noon Kairos Bible study (FH bring own lunch)

4p Meal for the displaced (FH) 6p Open Gym (CLC) 7p Praise Team Reh’l (WC)

Saturdays

9a Open Gym (CLC) TBD Marriage Ministry Legend: AR (Archives room), CLC (Christian Life Ctr), CR (Choir room), FH (Fellowship Hall), MR (McKendree room), WC (Worship Ctr), WR (Work room)

Home Groups & Third Place Groups: Mondays 9:30a Third Place Bible study (The St. Paul, 5031 Hillsboro Pk.) Tuesdays 6p Third Place Conversation group, men (Haddock Barber Shop, 17th & Jo Johnston) More to come! 3