11:15 - Sanctuary


Emmaus Fellowship:  5:30pm - Fellowship Hall - To volunteer to serve, contact Pastor Jimmy Blackman or Corey Garcia. 

SUNDAY NIGHTS @ NASHVILLE1ST: There is no regular Sunday Evening service this week.  





Please be with us for these upcoming Christmas services and events - these are just the highlights!






December 4: 
9:00am service will include a presentation by our Preschoolers
5:30pm NFCN Christmas Carol Sing! Led by Jimmy Blackman of the NFCN campus and David Gant of Bethel Campus, join us for a wonderful Christmas tradition of singing the classic carols!  It is a special worship in combination of our two campuses to remember the good news of the birth of our Lord.

December 11:
9:00am Sunday School 
10:00am Combined Service as our Elementary Children present  "WRAPPING ALL THE WAY"  in the sanctuary
5:30pm The Burchfield Family Christmas Concert featuring Dove nominated duo, Jon and Benji Burchfield!

December 18:
9:00am - "He Shall Be Called" - Christmas Worship Musical Presented by the Celebration Choir, Orchestra, Drama & Tech Teams
5:30pm - NFCN Family Christmas Night - Remember the true 'reason for the season' with the story of St. Nick, family photos with Santa and refreshments. 

December 24:
5:00pm NFCN Campus Christmas Eve Service
11:00pm Bethel Campus Christmas Eve Service

December 25: 
10:00am Combined  Christmas Service (No Sunday School)

January 1:
9:00 and 11:15 Services with a "Mingle In the Middle" breakfast fellowship in between.  (No Sunday School)




There is a new Young Adult Sunday School Class that started on Sunday November, 20.  The class is called Philia, which means brotherly love.  The class is being led by Jon Brooks and Emily Diehl with the help of Tim and Kathy Taylor.  This class will meet each Sunday in Greathouse Room 203.   The focus of this new class is to offer a safe and comfortable place for transitioning young adults where they can build lasting relationships, encourage one another, seek Christ together, and establish a community within the church.  Be in prayer for this group and leaders.

Click on this LINK to see a short THANK YOU from Amanda and Monroe Dunlap, the family of Pastor Matthew Dunlap, who serves as the Branch Community Pastor as one of his roles at NFCN.  If you know someone looking for a church family and feel like they may connect with the Branch Service send them an invite!  If you don’t know what that service is even like, come and check it out sometime for yourself!  Sundays at 11:15am.

We received an update from Dr. Hal and Nancy Cauthron in Oklahoma last week!  Here's part of their email:
I just read your blog in the NFocus for yesterday, Nov 17. It was "spot on" as the Brits often say! Thank you so much for those words of reminder to us... reading the notices about Thanksgiving Breakfast, and the wonderful Christmas concerts and services makes me a bit homesick for NFCN...
Nancy and I are enjoying life and health, and our three grandchildren who live near us. This academic year is my third and final year of transitional retirement. Next May I will fully retire from teaching, and at the same time celebrate 50 years since my graduation from BNC in 1967. That was not intentionally planned. It just worked out that way.  God bless you and sustain you as you lead a congregation that is dear to our hearts.

 

SATURATED WITH THANKSGIVING...

Karen and I send our most sincere Thanksgiving greetings to each of you who read NFocus. We have been of all people most blessed in recent days.
 
We have celebrated our 35th class reunion at Trevecca Nazarene University, with some of the greatest people one could ever hope to spend four years of life with.  What memories and fun we shared.  Karen also got to coordinate the 40th Anniversary of Trevecca's Physician Assistant program at Homecoming, the program she works in at TNU.  It was a joyous weekend.
 
We then were off to Chicagoland where we lived every moment of our week with our daughter Carissa's wedding to the very fullest, six days of lifetime memories our families and some of the best friends anyone could ever ask for.  There were times my eyes welled with tears as I couldn't really express my sense of gratitude to God for all He's given us, and of course the wedding itself was just amazing.
 
We will celebrate Thanksgiving morning with a few hundred of the finest people one could ever minister with at NFCN's 82nd annual Thanksgiving Breakfast, then convene at our daughter Carrie's home in the Columbia area, with a gathering of special people.  And Friday night we will join my sister Peg and brother Bill's family in Lebanon for a raucous evening.  
 
Sunday morning you will pray over us in Celebration Worship as our Team Kenya 2016 of 9 NFCNers will be departing for brunch and then boarding a plane to head to Amsterdam and Nairobi, Kenya for our long-anticipated mission trip as part of our Kenya Partnership.  The doors God has opened for us these next two weeks are truly astounding.
 
SO - yes, we are indeed "so blessed" as we sang last Sunday!  I trust you are thanking Him for your blessings today, and recounting them to others.  Let us be truly saturated with Thanksgiving this year!
 
Pastor Ulmet

 

COMING IN EIGHT DAYS!!  SENIOR ADULT CHRISTMAS DINNER
Thursday, December 1 @ 6:00 pm in Fellowship Hall - there is no charge, a love offering will be taken. 

MUSIC BY SAMANTHA BALCH, PASTOR JIMMY BLACKMAN, AND PASTOR JACK GALLOWAY!!  WITH DICK TORRANS ON PIANO!!

Carlotta Lee is cooking:  Ham and Turkey, Sweet Potato Casserole, Dressing and gravy, Green beans, Cranberry Sauce, Dinner rolls, Coconut Cake, Sugar-Free apple and cherry pie, Decaf coffee and tea
Come to this great annual Christmas event!

RESPONDING TO HURRICANE MATTHEW IN HAITI
On October 4th, Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm with winds of 145 mph, produced flooding, extensive damage, and destroyed the southern coast of Haiti. Per several Haitian sources, over 900 people were killed, an estimated 28,000 homes were destroyed. More than 130,000 children are out of school. We have an urgent need to assist!
Presently, we are working with other organizations to send needed emergency supplies to provide critical assistance to Hurricane Matthew Survivors in the South of Haiti where most of the disaster occurred.  CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF NEEDED ITEMS  Checks and monetary donations can be sent to: 510 Foundation- Memo Line: RBI-Haiti Relief. Address: 510 Woodland Street, Nashville TN 37206.

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Here's a link to the new Missionary Profile for Pastor Bruce and Peggy Oldham from the official site of the International Church of the Nazarene. Click the link below to see it!

Bruce and Peggy Oldham

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Please contact Pastor Corey Garcia for information about volunteering with this year's Room In the Inn ministry.  Thanks to all who have signed up so far - we still have the following dates available:  January 5, March 9 and March 23.

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The Marathon Sunday School Class is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Sunday, December 18 from 9am-2pm

Nashville First Church of the Nazarene and the American Red Cross are hosting an upcoming blood drive.
Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today!
Drive Details:
Site: Nashville First Church of the Nazarene
Address: 510 Woodland Street, Nashville, TN, 37206
Room Name: The Press
Date: Sun Dec 18, 2016;  Time: 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Coordinator Name: Lauren Orser
Click here to make an appointment
The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.
Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross blood program!

KROGER REWARDS RE-ENROLLMENT

Due to your willingness to enroll in the Kroger Community Cares program, Kroger donated $8,122.71 benefiting our Youth Group over the last year! In order to have a chance at that again, we need you to re-enroll on their website. Click HERE to go to Kroger rewards then click enroll and search for Organization # “35793”.

COFFEE ORDERS FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES
If your Sunday School class would like to start getting coffee from the Woodland Cafe Click HERE for an order form.  Drop off at cafe Sunday mornings for pick up before Sunday School.  Contact Pastor Matthew Dunlap for any questions.

WORSHIP MEDIA MINISTRIES NEEDS YOU!
We are currently in search of volunteers to assist with lighting and slide presentation during our worship services.  If you have an interest in learning more about this opportunity, we would love to talk with you!  Please contact Pastor Andrea Garcia or Susan Badley.

INTERESTED IN BROADCAST MINISTRIES?
Did you know that each of our live-streamed services are viewed an average of 200 times?  We hear countless stories from folks on how the option to view our services has touched their lives.  If you have an affinity to technology and would be willing to serve in a rotation with our Broadcast Ministries, we would love to have you!  Please contact Buz Harrison with any questions or stop by the Broadcast room to say "hi" to the team!

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"THE REAL LIFE" - Nashville First Nazarene's televised service on Cable Channel 19 in Davidson County (Public Access television - NECAT), times are:

Monday - 12:00pm