South End United Methodist Church
Thursday, February 23, 2012
5042 Edmondson Pike Nashville 37211
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OutreachROOM IN THE INN Since 1990 South End United Methodist Church has been comitted to this program of offering overnight respite to about 12 homeless men on first, third and fifth Friday nights of the months of November through March. Our volunteers drive the men to and from the downtown center to our church, stay over night with the guests, cook and serve dinner, prepare breakfast, prepare a sack lunch, clean up, and wash sheets and blankets.
Our volunteer coordinators are Jenny and Rob Dodd. Contact the church office to volunteer. [ Read more]
HABITAT UNITY BUILD For the last several years, South End has been a partner in building a house with other churches and/or organizations (unity build).
Our United Methodist Men's group coordinates this church wide effort.
Practice Your English sessions ~ no current sessions until spring 2012 We open our church to adults in our community who wish to practice their English conversational skills.
These sessions are FREE and are organized into groups of 6 week sessions.
These sessions are led by experienced language/ ELL teachers.
To register for these sessions or to ask questions, please contact us at 833-2077 or 333-1620, or at office@seumc.org.
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network (PLAN of Tennessee)We have recently entered into a relationship with this non-profit organization that reaches out to families by helping them to create long-term plans of care for their loved ones with disability. Their support groups meet in the classroom next to our Sanctuary at 10:30 am and at 6:30 pm on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month. For more information, contact them at 615-496-7853 or visit their website at www.planoftennessee.org.
GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND & Food Pantry South End UMC designates money, known as the Good Neighbor Fund, specifically for the aid of people who come to us for assistance with rent, utilites, food, gas, and similar essentials.
To contact us for assistance: call the church office during office hours (Monday -- Thursday, 9:00am--2:00 pm)
to speak with the pastor.
To contribute to this fund: feel free to make contributions at any time, but know that our communion offering
(first Sunday of each month) is given to this fund, unless otherwise announced. Please be sure to mark your
check or envelope --- "for Good Neighbor Fund".
We support numerous other local ministries: Second Harvest Food Bank
61st Avenue United Methodist Christmas Toy Store
School supplies for Metro School families
Gifts of filled backpacks to Room in The Inn guests at Christmas
Union Rescue Mission
Phone cards for Walter Reed Army Hospital
Safehaven Family Shelter
Southeast Nashville RecoveryOur congregation was an active part of this non-profit coalition of faith-based and social agencies whose mission is to assist survivors of the May 2010 flood who live in Southeast Nashville/Antioch as they rebuild their homes and their livesRead about the contributions to SNR by our congregation and about the connection of our TN Annual Conference through United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)Mountain T.O.P."Tennessee Outreach project" provides youth and adults an opportunity to participate in an ecumenical service program in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee, operated by the United Methodist Church. Participants spend a week during the summer helping people in need by repairing or cleaning homes, doing yard work, working with community day camps and by visiting with these families. A special spiritual and worship component is an integral part of the week's experience.
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