Saturday, 6:30pm - YOUTH MINISTRY REUNION
If you were part of the Nashville First youth group from 1983-1991 with Dough Runyan or Bruce Oldham, you and your family are invited to a reunion.  We will gather on Saturday, August 9 at 6:30pm in The Press at Nashville First for a time of fellowship with the Runyans and the Oldhams.  Light snacks will be provided (bring a few dollars to help us offset the cost).  To help in our planning, please contact Tina Diehl to let us know you will be attending.

Sunday, 9:00am - HOMECOMING CELEBRATION
We celebrate 116 years of ministry in Nashville and Middle Tennessee!  Rev. Doug Runyan, former staff pastor and Missionary to Africa, now lead pastor at Oklahoma City Trinity Church of the Nazarene will be preaching. The Pastor's Quartet will be singing.  Former Pastor Dr. J. V. Morsch is hoping to be with us with his family!  It's going to be grand!
 
10:30am- SUNDAY SCHOOL as usual for all!  We did NOT want to skip a week of your bible study and fellowship experience!
 
11:30am - ALL-CHURCH DINNER ON THE GROUNDS - in the Gymnasium and Fellowship Hall.  Those with last names beginning with: A-L  Bring a side dish and salad; M-Z  Bring a side dish and dessert.  The church will provide the meat.  Make plans to be with us! 

Sunday, 5:30pm - EMMAUS FELLOWSHIP - this is your opportunity to serve!  Contact Pastor Bob Milburn for more information

There is NO regular Worship Service this Sunday evening due to the Homecoming Meal and festivities Sunday morning.  See below for a Sunday night fellowship option this week!  We return on Sunday, August 17 AT 6:00 pm with an update on the ministry in Haiti, English as a Second Language, and Emmaus. 

NFCN SOFTBALL - Sunday Night!
Sunday evening, August 10, come out and watch and fellowship with the NFCN softball teams, their families, as well as all the other teams that we play.  We will be providing FREE hot dogs, water, and chips for everyone that comes out.  This will be a great time to watch some awesome softball, fellowship with your church family, as well as fellowship with the other teams and their families! So bring your lawn chair and your entire family out to Two Rivers Park in Donelson, TN to support the NFCN softball teams.  Games begin at 6:00pm.




This past Sunday morning we experienced several moving moments.  We prayed over Andrew Blier on his last Sunday before departing for Parris Island, South Carolina and the United States Marines.  Pray for Andrew!  We celebrated at the altar with Dr. Richard Parrott the reality that the Tennessee District Assembly and the Board of General Superintendents unanimously restored the Elder Credential to Dr. Parrott.  He is an ordained elder among us!  
 
Last week, the new NFCN Theology Team met for the first time.  It includes Drs. Dan Spross, Mike Jackson and Richard Parrott (all Trevecca Professors); Dr. Bruce Oldham and Pastor Ulmet.  This team will be working with Pastor Ulmet and our teaching pastors as we develop future sermon series and Sunday School curriculum.  It was an energetic and exciting meeting.  THANKS TO THESE FAITHFUL PEOPLE in our congregation who are willing to GIVE OF THEMSELVES to the work of God here at NFCN.

Way to go  John Henry Knotts!  John Henry played on the Goodlettsville Ten Year Old Little League All-Stars.  The team finished as runner up at the Southeast Region Tournament of State Champions last week! 

Congratulations to Christy Ulmet, junior at Trevecca Nazarene University, for having an article on the Trevecca Farm published in the newest NCM (Nazarene Compassionate Ministries) Magazine.  Copies were passed out on Sunday evening.
 
Special thanks to Buz Harrison, our MEDIA director, for his assistance in putting together Sunday evening's presentation on the Kenya Partnership!  It was a moving set of pictures and video clips and all were able to experience what we are involved in in Kenya!




I AM RENEWED today after a great weekend of Worship at NFCN.  Here's three reasons why:
 
OUR MILLENNIAL PASTORS - ​When we as a church have such committed, vision-driven and mature young leaders as Matt Dunlap, Andrea Garcia, Scott Oldham and Matt Taylor serving and leading amongst us, how can we not have a future at NFCN!  We are meeting, dreaming and praying about our future in these days, and we are encouraged because of leaders like these.  Pray for them - encourage them - and thank them for leading among us!
 
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH KENYA - Over 160 gathered in Heritage Chapel Sunday evening to hear and see the "Kenya Gender-Based Violence Partnership Story."  What energy there was in that room!  In listing all of the organizations involved in the massive effort responding to human desperation in Kenya, I failed to mention some of them!  From large international to local, here are the principal groups all working together and with NO restriction, indeed encouragement, of our Christian message in Kenya:  The United Nations, UNICEF, the International Rescue Committee, IsraelAID, Africa Region Church of the Nazarene, Africa Nazarene University, East Africa Field Office of the Church of the Nazarene, Nazarene Compassionate Organization (Ministries) of East Africa, Lodwar Church of the Nazarene, Lodwar Regional Hospital and the Turkana Wellness Center for Women, Wings of Hope Center for Women, Crossroads Church of the Nazarene in Chandler, Arizona, and NFCN!  And the "glue" that holds all of this together?  Jim Copple and Strategic Applications International!  We are indeed a fortunate people to have this unusual opportunity to impact lives and situations 8000 miles away.  Praise the Lord!
 
OUR TEENS AND PARENTS - this past Sunday, after Sunday School, Karen and I walked through a gymnasium packed with full tables of teens and families, as Pastor Matt Taylor ​led this annual gathering.  I saw there families with roots generations deep at NFCN, and I saw brand new families who have only come to NFCN through our Recreation Outreach ministry in the past year.  I saw diversity of race, background and economic level.  I saw families from the suburbs, Nashville and East Nashville.  I looked full into the face of our present ministry and our future hope, and I came away smiling.  Our youth ministry looks and feels different than just a few years ago, and that means we are reaching new people and families.  
 
Three reasons to rejoice this week.  I hope you're rejoicing with me as we prepare to gather on Homecoming Sunday this weekend!  Blessings!  Pastor Ulmet

  

SENIOR ADULT DINNER THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 7
Senior Adult dinner will be Thursday, August 7 at 6:00pm in the Fellowship Hall.  Enjoy an evening of music by Ida Harrison, Jack Hunt, and the Cumberland River Boys.  Invite your friends and bring a side dish to share. Click here to request more information. 

Tennessee Titans Parking
Football season is here!  If you plan to go to several Titans games this season you can pick up your season parking pass at the Information Desk this coming Sunday.  There will also be game passes for each regular season game made available on game days if you plan to go to any games before or after church.  If you have any questions please contact Matthew Dunlap

EVANGELIST MICHAEL BENSON, A SON OF NFCN - will be preaching for us on Wednesday evening, August 13, during Pastor's Worship and Prayer Hour beginning at 6:30pm.  Michael is in Nashville to see his mother, Peggy,  and we have invited him to speak for us!  Mike is an evangelist in the Church of the Nazarene and  teaches part time at Olivet Nazarene University.  He preaches more than 100 times annually around the country at churches, conferences, and retreats.  About one-third of his time is devoted to evangelistic efforts among the biker culture and at motorcycle rallies.   Don't miss this special occasion!

AUGUST, A MONTH OF MISSIONS
Next Sunday night, August 17, we will hear an update from Haiti and from local groups including ELL and Emmaus.  On August 24, our guests will be Nazarene missionaries Barry and Charlie Carney who work with church development, work and witness and the Jesus Film in Bolivia and Paraguay.  There will be no evening services on  August 10 (Homecoming) and August 31 (Labor Day Weekend). A new series in evening worship begins in September.

NEW SUNDAY NIGHT SERIES
Beginning September 7, Pastor Ulmet will begin a new Sunday night series,entitled "Holy Influence:  Courage To Be..."  We are called to be people of Holy Influence in our world.  Do you have the courage...to be?  Join us on Sunday nights as we examine God's Word together.

WOMEN'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY
Women of all ages are invited to join the Wednesday Night Bible studies from 6:00 to 7:30pm in Reed Building, Room 100.  The study is by Jennifer Rothschild: Walking by Faith:  Lessons Learned in the Dark.  There is a $12 fee for the book used in the study.   This is an inspiring and heart-touching study on God's strength and guidance through loss and adversity.  At 6:00pm this Wednesday night, come to registration for a time of fellowship, refreshments and prayer.  The introductory DVD will begin at 6:50pm and lasts about 25 minutes.  Next week, small groups will form and meet in break-out rooms from 6:00 until 6:40pm.  Small group leaders will be Lori Carawan, Lois Oliver and Gwen Tuttle.   Contact Gwen Tuttle for more information. 
Studies for the fall:
August 6 - September 17:  Walking by Faith by Jennifer Rothschild
October 1 - November 19: Hebrews:  The Nearness of Jesus by Lisa Harper

COUNSELING REFERRAL MINISTRY
Everyone struggles.  Sometimes it helps to talk about it.  Did you know that Nashville First Church of the Nazarene offers resources to connect you to caring Christian counselors?  All of the counselors are part of our church and ministry.  Did you know that the cost may be reduced or fully covered by our Life Ministries?  To request the list of counselors and how to contact them or for more information, click here.

KING'S MEN MISSIONARY CHAPTER WELCOMES CYR FAMILY
On Saturday, August 16, 2014, King's Men will meet at 8:00am in the Fellowship Hall as they welcome special guest speakers.  Monte & Bethany Cyr (pronounced 'Sear') are Global Missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene on the Mesoamerica Region (formerly the Caribbean and Mexico/Central America regions).  Monte serves as the Regional Coordinator for Discipleship Ministries since March 2011. His main responsibilities include training leaders and Pastors, and working with districts and churches to develop relevant and effective discipleship strategies to make Christlike disciples in the nations.  EVERYONE is welcome to come for breakfast and the meeting. 


DISTRICT WOMEN'S RETREAT
It’s time for the annual District Women’s Retreat!  This year it will take place at Garner Creek Retreat Center from September 19-21 and feature speakers Kim McLean and Devon O’Day   Registration forms can be picked up at the Connection Center, and you may contact Sabrina Jones for more information.

Come to the Fire 2014 will be held in Grove City, OH on October 2-4 at the Grove City Church of the Nazarene. This is the annual holiness women's conference and we are forming a group to travel up for this event. For more information visit cometothefire.com. If you are interested in attending this event, please contact Pastor Sabrina Jones.

 "THE REAL LIFE" - NFCN's television show on Cable Channel 19 in Davidson County (Public Access television - NECAT), times are: