This Sunday, we will have our first opportunity for in person worship since March 8th! We invite you to join us in the front parking lot at 6:30 p.m. for worship, Holy Communion, and physically distanced interaction with your church community. We will have our regular worship experience online and available at 8:00 a.m. We offer this outdoor worship as a chance to fellowship together, but in no way want to hinder your discipleship journey. As followers of Jesus Christ and the ways of John Wesley – we seek first to “Do No Harm.” We

feel this outdoor worship offers the least amount of risk in allowing the congregation to worship together. You will need to decide what risk is acceptable. We hope in time that these steps of safety will be unnecessary. Until that time – we seek to “do no harm” to any who may choose to attend. Here is what to expect when you arrive this weekend: When you pull up to Calvary’s entrance: A parking lot attendant will direct you where to park your car. When you get out of your car: 1. PUT ON YOUR MASK – if you do not have a mask, one will be available at the entrance points. 2. Gather your lawn chair(s) and water and proceed to one of two entrances:

• One entrance will be in the middle of the front parking lot, • the other by the Sanctuary.

PLEASE BE PATIENT AS YOU WAIT YOUR TURN TO ENTER THE ROPED OFF AREA AND REMEMBER TO STAY AT LEAST 6 FEET FROM OTHER FAMILY GROUPS.

When you get to the entrance: • You will be greeted by a Hospitality Team person and given a mask if you do not

have one. A mask is required for everyone over 2. (If you cannot wear a mask, you cannot enter.)

• The Hospitality Team will take your temperature and ask a few health questions. • The Hospitality Team will ask your name and write your name on a sticker. • Please put it in a visible spot on your shirt. (This way we know who has been

checked.) • You will be handed a small pre-packaged communion kit. Each person taking

communion will need their own package. • One of the Hospitality Team will direct you to a designated area to set up your chair(s). • We ask you to remain in your designated ‘bubble’ until each section is dismissed

from your area. Please greet one another from afar.

FAQs: What if I have young children?

For families with younger children, we encourage you to bring a blanket for the grassy area by the office doors. What if I want to stay in my car for worship? We are not currently set-up to allow for participation from your car. Please bring a lawn chair. What if it rains, is there a contingency plan?

In case of inclement weather, we will send an email notification to the congregation cancelling worship by 3:00 pm that day. There is no indoor contingency plan.

What if ‘nature’ calls?

We will have the doors to the narthex of the Sanctuary open for bathroom emergencies, but the rest of the church is not accessible at this time.

We are looking forward to welcoming you back to Calvary UMC! ~ See you Sunday, 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 28, 2020

Fourth Sunday after

Pentecost

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Worship is online at

calvaryumc.com/worship

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Lectionary Texts

Genesis 22:1-14

Psalm 13

(UMH 746)

Romans 6:12-23

Matthew 10:40-42

(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. 26 | JUNE 26, 2020

Sunday, June 28 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 1:00 pm Hospitality Team Meeting via Zoom 5:00 pm 12-Bell Rehearsal (Fellowship Hall) 6:30 pm Outdoor Worship (in person—see details at calvaryumc.com/calvaryupdates) Monday, June 29

UMYF Youth Mission 10th Grade

Tuesday, June 30 6:00 pm Staff-Parish Relations Mtg via Zoom Wednesday, July 1 6:00 pm Children’s Worship with Tiffany 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 Friday, July 3 Office closed for Independence Day Sunday, July 5 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

For corrections to this list, contact admin@calvaryumc.com

EVENTS CALENDAR

Hospice Kirk Ryder Burl Graham

Ongoing Concerns

CHURCH FAMILY

Fred Beesley Bonnie Benson Lydia Bradford

Roy Bradley Clyde Brown Faye Brown Francis Ezell

Pat Ezell Rebecca Ferguson Mary Ann Fowlkes

Penny Garrott Bill Griswold

Carol Hummel Dylan Lott

Len Malone Nancy Malone David Martin

Harold Runsvold Dean Thomas Jane Williams

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Last week, the office sent out a message letting everyone know

that Rev. Libby Baxter’s Retirement Reception has been

postponed due to COVID-19.

We will not get the chance to formally celebrate Libby and her many years of

ministry at Calvary before she retires on July 1st. Just know that we will hold a farewell reception

in the fall when it is safe to do so. The membership will be invited to contribute to a fund and we will celebrate her ministry among us.

Libby has also agreed to preach on the Sunday we have her farewell reception.

Keep watching From Our Hill for future plans.

LIBBY’S RETIREMENT RECEPTION

Calvary Young Children’s School would like to thank Stephanie Dunn for her years of love, care and dedication to our program as she transitions into

her new position in the church.

Stephanie has served as the church staff liaison to the school, sat

on our YCS Board of Directors, and has led Chapel for our Pre-K children using a child-friendly program

to share Bible stories each week.

We wish Stephanie well and will always consider her a part of our YCS staff.

THANK YOU FROM YCS

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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 Zita & Dan Elrod (former YCS teacher & husband)

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) Deborah Wells (sister-in-law of Karin Smith)

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 26 Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda

Congregation in our Conference Lebanon Circuit UMC

Our love and sympathy to Kaylon Gilley

and family in the death of his aunt, Helen Bonds, on June 24, 2020.

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 Karen Jenke 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

During these months of

working from home, I have

truly missed our staff, our

congregation, and the

children from YCS coming

down the halls. I am

grateful that I have been

able to work from home,

and serve this church that I

have come to love so well,

but there are days when it has been really hard,

and my anxiety in all that has been happening

gets the better of me. But I have found

something that truly helps, and it has become

my go-to every day: The Daily Word of

Encouragement that our ministerial staff has

been providing. These daily emails have done

more than encourage me; they have lifted me

up, comforted me, helped me be mindful,

deepened my understanding, given me

goosebumps, made the tears flow, and blessed

me with peace in troubled times. I am truly in

awe of the beauty and wisdom that lies in the

hearts and minds of our pastoral staff and am

deeply grateful to work with them and have

them in my life. If you aren’t receiving these

daily devotionals — The Daily Word of

Encouragement — from our staff, you are

missing something wonderful, and I hope you’ll

sign up to receive them! You can sign up

here: https://www.calvaryumc.com/news. Peace

be with you.

~Love, Bernadette

A NOTE FROM CALVARY’S ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

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Just a reminder that our Hilltoppers gatherings

are still suspended. We’ll be sure to let you know when we are able to resume!

BEEN WONDERING? JOIN US!

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This annual international gathering, originally slated to be hosted at Calvary UMC this past May, has been reimagined as a two-session webinar. During these webinars, Methodists from all over the USA and Estonia will gather to share reports and

updates on the church in Estonia. The events take place on

June 26th and 27

th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM CST.

Participation is free. Register at https://FriendsOfEstonia.org/gathering.

The sessions will also be live-streamed on Facebook. Search for Friends of Estonia and ‘like’ the page on Facebook

for more info.

POSTPONED FRIENDS OF ESTONIA GATHERING RESCHEDULED

This week’s #TuesdayToast is a biggie. Rev. Libby Baxter, we love you and are grateful for you!

Libby’s love for people and scripture has shaped each and every person at Calvary in deep and transforming ways. She taught us how to love God and love one another more fully

through her masterful way of contextualizing scripture in teaching, study, and worship. At the end of June, Libby will celebrate a significant milestone as she retires. We grieve that

she won’t be with us regularly and we celebrate that she’s an inseparable part of who we are.

Because we can’t say it enough, Libby, we love you and give God thanks for you and your ministry with us!

In between resting up and napping, we have been working on things that look like they needed attention. With the help of Tom Anderson with an assist from Jim Vaughter, we refinished the Chancel steps and painted the risers. This project lasted over a week, and I hope all will notice the improvement.

Peace, Dlo

WHILE YOU WERE OUT

Join Kris Lott and Alison Moore for a new Calvary Mental Health Podcast. In the

latest episode, they discuss how anxiety affects and breaks down our communication

skills. They discuss how anxiety takes us out of being present and creates confusion

and uncertainty as we try to communicate our thoughts and concerns, the importance

of listening, and what it means to be a compassionate communicator. We challenge

the listener to find ways to incorporate empathy and validation into their

communication skills.

Kris and Alison would love to hear your feedback and any ideas or themes for future episodes. Feedback can be

emailed to kris@calvaryumc.com or through comments on the Calvary Facebook page.

Click here to listen!

NEW PODCAST: How Anxiety Affects Your Communication

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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

JUST A COUPLE MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

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 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 also need homemade brownies or cookies in baggies!

Bring them to the CLC kitchen between 1 and 3 PM on Saturday.

Volunteers meet at Calvary at 3 PM on Saturday.

If you have any questions, please call Paul Cole at 615.478.1233.

SOCIAL DISTANCING URBAN HOUSING SOLUTIONS

Tennessee’s next statewide election is August 6, 2020.

Eligible Tennesseans can request to vote absentee by-mail. Those eligible to vote absentee by-mail include (but are not limited to):

• Tennesseans age 60 or older

• Tennesseans with a physical disability & an inaccessible polling place

• Tennesseans who are hospitalized, ill, or disabled and because of such condition, cannot vote in person

• Tennesseans who are the caretaker of a person who is hospitalized, ill, or disabled

• Tennesseans who will be outside the county of registration during the early voting period and all day

on election day

Note: If you live in a nursing home, assisted living, or home for the aged within the county where you are registered to vote,

you will vote in person, either at the center or at a polling location. You cannot vote absentee by-mail.

For more information and to request a ballot, go online to https://sos.tn.gov/products/elections/absentee-voting.