EVENTS
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Current & Coming Events
Personal Finance Study
Beginning Feb. 2, 2025
Joe Dunn and Tish Mayberry Wright
73% of Americans rank their finances as the #1 stress in life. Joe Dunn and Tish Mayberry Wright are looking to create a study group with other interested individuals starting Sunday, February 2nd. Participants will independently complete web-based learning modules on different personal finance topics, and the group will come together following each module to reflect on the content and discuss. The group will meet after church every other Sunday from February 2nd through April 27th. Participants will not be asked to share any personal details of their finances. We are simply hoping to create space for people to learn some of the basics of personal finance together and build relationships.
Maximum cost will be $50 per participant, but we have applied for a grant that will either completely cover or reduce participant costs. If you are interested in participating, complete this survey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JYBT9B3) or contact Joe for more information: 615-946-2090 or joedunn615gmail.com
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Come for a walk with Pastor Darren along the YMCA Greenway.
He will meet you there at 9am on Tuesdays.
SUNDAY SCHOOL HOUR
There is fellowship time in the lobby, immediatley following the worship service .
The Builder/Sharers Adult Sunday school class meets after worship, starting around 10:30am.
The Brunch bunch meets in the front of the sanctuary then determines where to go for Brunch. The Brunch Bunch invites everyone to brunch. Children invited too!
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Previous Events
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Grinch's First Visit - Worship, Sunday, 12/01/2024
As Pastor Stephanie Dunn talked to the children about Grinchy feelings, the Grinch showed up in our sanctuary.
He aggravated our pianist, grabbed our donuts, stomped them then threw the box across the room.
That's some Grinchy feelings on display!
Sat., 11/23, Connection UMC joined with 13 other groups to aid 150 families in need of food assistance for Thanksgiving.
Thanks be to God. Thank you to ALL that worked to make this day happen.
Donelson Heights UMC, WEB Tutorial, Donelson Church of the Nazarene, Donelson Presbyterian Church, Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Stephen's Catholic Community,
Donelson Christian Academy (DCA), Donelson Lions Club, L'Evate M3, Pennington Fellowship Church, St. John's Lutheran Church,
St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee,
Victory Seventh Day Adventist Church
Youth Assemble - UMCOR Hygiene Kits
UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) - from their website "UMCOR comes alongside those who suffer from natural or human-caused disasters – famine, hurricane, war, flood, fire or other events—to alleviate suffering and serve as a source of help and hope for the vulnerable."
One of the ways they do this is by providing hygiene kits to those suffering. To learn more about UMCOR Click Here
Connection UMC collected items for hygiene kits to be sent to UMCOR to help those in need.
Our youth gathered, sorted and assembled the kits.
Connection UMC at Pride Weekend
Connection UMC hosted a booth at Nashville Pride, June 22 & 23, alongside other UMC in our area that are affirming congregations.
Throughout the festival Clergy and laity served Holy Communion to ALL who wish to receive it.
The UMC booths were located next to the Kids & Family area.
APRIL AND MAY 2024
Get inspired to live out the Easter Story by learning how organizations in middle TN are sharing hope with our community.
From Pastor Darren Wright:
I am beyond excited for our sermon series at Connection UMC.
Sometimes Easter and resurrection can feel abstract and hard to really understand. Some of the ways Easter and resurrection are most real and tangible is in loving, serving, and being in relationship with our communities and our neighbors in ways that empower, discover gifts, and work together to meet needs. Each week during our sermon we will welcome a different organization from middle TN to share stories of hope from the relationships they have made, and are making, in our communities.
Apr. 07, 2024, Sunday
Community Resource Center
Tina Doniger
Apr. 21, 2024, Sunday
Trinity Community Commons
Zach Lykins
To view Trinity Community Commons website
Apr. 28, 2024, Sunday
Healing Arts Project Inc.
Lynece Benton-Stewart
To view Healing Arts Project Inc. website
May 12, 2024 Sunday
Nashville in Harmony
Reece Holland (Membership Secr.)
Steve Wolf (President)
To view Nashville In Harmony's website
To learn about any of these Stories of Hope, shared at Connection UMC:
on Facebook CLICK HERE
on YouTube CLICK HERE
Celebrations of UMC General Conference Changes
From Pastor Darren: "I am thankful for generations of folks who have worked for decades for the day when the UMC would remove the walls it built around the expansive and affirming love of Christ.
God, we give you thanks and praise!"
To view TWK's faq page about these changes Click here
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Worship Service
Lent