DISCIPLESHIP DAY 2016 - CARING FOR EACH OTHER - TOGETHER
Saturday, September 24, 9:00– 1:00
Fellowship Hall, Nashville 1st Church of the Nazarene
Keynote speaker: Dr. Rick Underwood     
 
Mark your calendars now for this year’s Discipleship Day, an event with life-changing potential for your own life and in the lives of others. We will experience and explore what it means to reach inside and outside our congregation with the love of Christ for people who are hurting. Hear some of Middle Tennessee’s most qualified caregiving professionals leading interactive presentations to help us enhance our caregiving ministry. Here are the bios of our speakers for the day.
CARING FOR EACH OTHER – TOGETHER
DISCIPLESHIP DAY 2016 SPEAKERS AND PRESENTERS
 
Rick Underwood, PhD - Plenary Presentation - "Caring For Each Other - Together"
Dr. Rick Underwood, PhD, NCC, LPC/MHSP is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Mental Health Service Provider, and serves as the Director of the Center for Pastoral Health at Trevecca Nazarene University. Rick received his BS degree at Florida International University, Masters in Counseling and PhD in Counseling at Trevecca, and is certified in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. He is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. Before pursuing clinical counseling Rick and wife Donna were youth pastors in Southern Florida and the Mid-South District; he was also Director of Admissions and Senior Development Officer for Trevecca. Rick’s unique perspective of ministry combined with formal clinical experience enables him to serve individuals and families and as a resource for the church. Rick has private practices in Brentwood and Nolensville assisting families and individuals, specializing in clergy families, adolescents, men’s issues, and compulsive sexual behaviors.
 
Jan Harvey, LMFT - Marriage and Family - "A Secure Marriage: An Antidote to Stress"
Jan Harvey maintains a private counseling practice in Brentwood where she focuses on marital and premarital therapy.  A licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), she deals with a wide range of marital issues and enjoys working in preventative modalities: premarital counseling with young adults and marriage enrichment experiences, both general and more therapeutic week-end intensives. She is a Clinical Fellow in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and holds professional memberships in the Tennessee Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, American Association of Christian Counselors, International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy, and is board member of the Nashville Area Association of Christian Counselors.  She is a national trainer for counseling professionals in the PREPARE premarital assessment; the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis, and IMAGE and regularly facilitates professional trainings. Jan has been a contributing author in three books: Making a Marriage; Lovedecisions; and The Complete Book of Marriage.  
 
Amy Frew, PhD, LMFT - Children and Adolescents - "Tug-o-war, Twitter, and Tantrus: What Your Child Needs From You"
Amy Frew, Ph.D., LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor-in-Training working with children and teens, combining the therapeutic elements of art, sand, and play to provide clients a safe and empowering environment allowing for positive change and growth. Amy specializes in helping children (and parents) in emotional regulation, decreasing anxiety, managing anger and impulse control, and strengthening family relationships. Her experience working with adoptive families, victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse, and families who have experienced death and divorce helps her recognize that behavioral symptoms may often mask the underlying emotional, relational and sensory needs of a child and work with parents, pediatricians, and teachers helps to provide systemic support for each client. Amy received her undergraduate degree from Taylor University and graduated with both a Masters in Marriage and a Family Therapy and Doctorate in Clinical Counseling and Supervision from Trevecca Nazarene University.

Lisa Lawhon, BSN, LMFT - Grief, Crisis and Trauma - "How a Community of Faith Can Step Into the Mess"
Lisa Lawhon is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. Originally from Pittsburgh, Lisa worked as an RN in Vanderbilt’s pediatric intensive care unit before going into therapeutic practice. She earned her BS degree in Nursing from Vanderbilt and a Master’s degree in Marriage & Family Therapy from Trevecca. She sees clients in her Brentwood, TN private practice, utilizing extensive training in trauma and attachment therapies, including EMDR, Brainspotting and Trust-Based Relational Intervention.
 
Bret Reeves, MPAS - Physical Health and Spirituality - "God's Law of Harvest and Your Health"
Rev. Bret Reeves, MPAS, is the Director of Physician Assistant Program at Trevecca Nazarene University. Bret Reeves began his career in the military, receiving many medals and commendations, earned a Master’s Degree as a Family Practice Physician Assistant, accepted a call to ministry, and was serving in Korea when he was ordained. Pastor Reeves started the Ministry of Reconciliation Church in Hopkinsville, KY in 2012.
 
Mike Courtney, PhD - Senior Care and Spirituality - "The Family That Grays Together...Caring for the Aging"
Dr. Mike Courtney has 25 years of experience as a successful pastor and counselor. Mike is the founder and director of Branches Counseling Center, a non-profit counseling center that specializes in people with sexual addiction and couples in crisis in Murfreesboro; his ministries are dedicated to helping Christian leaders “live lives of peace, productivity and principled living.” He authored, “Failure and How I Achieved It,” has appeared on national/international television programs, and taught for the Billy Graham School of Evangelism. Mike graduated with a BA from Trevecca, and holds an M.A. in New Testament Theology and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Counseling from Cornerstone University.  He is a certified Sexual Addiction Counselor, a nationally licensed pastoral counselor, and has spoken for camps, seminars, and conferences across the US, in Israel, and in Ireland.
 
Richard Leslie Parrott, Ph.D. - Emotional and Spiritual Health -  "You Don't Have To Be A Theologian or Therapist; God Will Use You to Heal A Broken Heart"
Dr. Richard Parrott is a tenured Professor of Education specializing in Leadership Studies at Trevecca, after being Director of the Doctoral Program at Ashland Theological Seminary for six years.  He is also an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene, serving for 23 years in pastoral leadership. He is the author of My Soul Purpose and My Soul Purpose: Finding Your Life Path; True and Best: Authentic Living, Better Answers to Tougher Questions; Essentials: The Proven Path of Effective Leadership; Double Vision; When Pastors Pray; and The Reluctant Journey; Fulfilling God’s Purpose for You. Through his organizations Seize Your Life and My Soul Purpose Foundation, he has provided leadership development and educational services for teens at risk.  Richard completed his undergraduate work at Eastern Nazarene College, and holds a Masters in Psychology from the University of Missouri, a Masters of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Education Administration from Oregon State University.
 
To register, click HERE, use the printed forms in your Sunday School class or at the Reed Lobby Info Center, or contact the church office.   You may view and print the registration form by clicking HERE.  Childcare will be provided.
 

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God of the City - A Heart for Greater Nashville - FALL SERIES 2016

A Heart for Greater Nashville - This 5 week series continues to help us understand our urban ministry location and our reach of ministry across Middle Tennessee.   This week, Lesson 3 is REACHING FOR GREATER NASHVILLE - our city is "ripe unto harvest" and we are called to go and proclaim the message of salvation.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
REACHING FOR GREATER NASHVILLE
Jonah 3-4, John 4:34-36 
There is little chance an authentic biblical series focusing on cities would exclude the biblical account of Jonah and Ninevah.  We need to be honest in this message, addressing the fact that sometimes disdain for, fear of and frustration with people in cities colors our view of them.  This can be especially true in times of terror or crime as we now face in cities around the world.  Jonah was also troubled by cultural bias which affected his spiritual view and blocked his personal involvement in the redemption of needy humanity.  This is the message for the suburban dweller as well as the urban dweller, to see people as God sees them, and join Him in His effort to redeem them.  The John passage serves as a powerful visible reminder of the potential of harvest.



9:00am - Sanctuary