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Volume 18
Number 17 Campers stop to pose for the
October 2009 camera at the Kids & Youth Camp
Out on the Rooftop in September

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church news via email mid-month! 2nd: casseroles
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Today
today to sign up!
4th: lasagna
.com 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 knowlede, love, and service of
new scheduling format is that it is Jesus Christ.”
first and foremost Christ-centered,
but secondly it is set up to
The new schedule beginning
the first Wednesday in October will
intentionally build unity between
be as follows:
the many different age groups
5:15 - 6:15p Dinner
and interests represented in the
6:15 - 6:30p Worship
McKendree community” says
6:30 - 7:30p Various Bible Studies
Karen Hattan.
(Chancel Choir rehearsal will be
With its intense Bible study from 7:30-8:30p)
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 (continued on page 2)

October Birthdays 16 – Amanda Barlar, Joe Halliburton, Will Richards

1 – Kevin Wood 17 – Caroline Dickens, Lane Dickens, Phillip Gowan
3 – Pamela Duarte, Lee Ellis 18 – Kristen Tedder
4 – Larry Post, Janice Raines 19 – Katelyn Fraker, Elliott Hardaway
6 – Ruth Holmes 20 – Marcia Cooper, Ann Overfield
7 – Mary Alice Miles 21 – June Dorman
8 – Judy Bianchini, Sergio Velazquez 22 – William Greer, Richard Wells
9 – Michael Binkley, Sharon Sanford 23 – Anita Lewis-Pitt, Elizabeth Marshall
10 – Allen Bates 24 – Sheryl Hall
11 – Brian Johnson, Mary Newberry 25 – Millie Price
12 – Brenda Post 26 – Laura Chambers
13 – Willodeen Spain 27 – Susan Beasley, Margaret Hodges, Barbara Norman
14 – Joe Daws 28 – Sandy Bevins, Blanche Parker
15 – Leigh Jackson 29 – Brad Cummings, Artie Scantlin

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
(karen@mckendreetoday.com, 271.2600)
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.

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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.   by Harriet Vivion
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!
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!
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