April 12, 2020

Prayer List   Ecumenical Prayer Cycle:  Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine Cumberland River District:  Thrive New Church Plant, Tucker’s Crossroads UMC, Westland UMC Crievewood UMC:   https://crievewoodumc.org/prayer-list/ (a password is necessary) Crievewood Prayer Most gracious God, thank you for all the gifts you have bestowed on Crievewood United Methodist Church over the generations. By your Holy Spirit, grant us the grace that welcomes all of your children.  Make us a community that reflects the full diversity of Christ’s body. Help us grow to love one another as You love us. Empower us to reveal Christ through worship and service.  In your holy name we pray.  Amen.

Accessing  Hymns   Christ the Lord Is Risen Today     https://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh302.sht   The Easter Celebration   http://www.carolynshymns.com/this_easter_celebration.html (Tune:The Church’s One Foundation) Because He Lives (Amen) https://www.google.com/search?q=lyrics+to+Because+he+Lives+(Amen)&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS752US752&oq=lyrics+to+Because+he+Lives+(Amen)&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l6.18309j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Up from the Grave He Arose https://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh322.sht

Accessing Scripture 1 Corinthians 15:1-4    http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=453537497 Colossians 3:1-4 http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=453537558 Mathew 28:1-10  http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=453537925

Worship Order   Instrumental Music:  Caleb Dinger Words of Welcome:  Chelsey Hedglin Pouring of Water Instrumental Medley by Paige Dinger, trumpet,and Caleb Dinger, piano: Christ Is Risen/Christ the Lord Is Risen Today 1 Corinthians 15:1-4:  Hailee Hunt-Hawkins Opening Prayer                                                                  Song:  Christ the Lord Is Risen Today            Colossians 3:1-4:  Chelsey Hedglin  Invitation to Confession   Prayer of Confession Kyrie Words of Assurance                                                          Song: The Easter Celebration    Matthew 28:1-10:  Patti van Eys                                                                         Sermon:  Peter van Eys Song:  Because He Lives (Amen)  Prayers of Intercession: Chelsey Hedglin Lord’s Prayer Invitation to Offer Tithes and Gifts: Peter van Eys https://onrealm.org/CrievewoodUMC/Give Song: Up from the Grave He Arose Benediction

Easter Memorials

GIVEN IN LOVING MEMORY OF:
William J. Stanfield, by Kay Stanfield, children, and grandchildren 
Thomas A. Turner, by Martha Turner 
Alvis Boone, by Ed and Andrea (Boone) Kosanke 
Billy Boone by Ed and Andrea (Boone) Kosanke 
Dot Boone, by Ed and Andrea (Boone) Kosanke 
Buzzy Boone, by Ed and Andrea (Boone) Kosanke 
Toni White, by Ed and Andrea (Boone) Kosanke 
Sue Bean, by Ed and Andrea (Boone) Kosanke 
Ethyl and Harmon Hodge, by Fan and Mike Milligan
Evelyn Claire and Robert C. Kimbrough, Sr., by Calvin Kimbrough
Betsy Hinds and Sue Bean, two amazing ladies in our lives,
with love, by Betsy, Chuck, and Addie Bean
Ruth Snell, by Judy Simpson
 
   
GIVEN IN HONOR OF:
Pastor Peter and Patti van Eys in love and appreciation of their many
     years of dedicated service, by a Christian friend
Charlotte Swor, in appreciation for her service and sharing her talents,
     by a Christian friend 
Linda Booth and Jane Pinkston, for their dedicated leadership of the
     Fellowship Forum Sunday School Class, by a Christian friend 
Jan Bassett, for her dedicated service and love, by a Christian friend  
Jim, Carla, Allie, and Jayce Arnette, with love,
by Betsy, Chuck, and Addie Bean
John, Jamie, Patrick, Mary Hannah, Job and Ivie Dooley, with love,
     by Betsy, Chuck, and Addie Bean
David Bean, with love, by Betsy, Chuck, and Addie Bean
Bessie Mitchell, by Connie Snell
Judy Simpson, by Connie Snell

April 10, 2020

Streaming License Number: 20160536  Copyright License: 2880734   You can access an online Good Friday worship experience through Facebook Live at 6:30 p.m. at  https://www.facebook.com/CrievewoodUMC/

Prayer List Crievewood UMC:   https://crievewoodumc.org/prayer-list/ (Password Protected) Crievewood Prayer Most gracious God, thank you for all the gifts you have bestowed on Crievewood United Methodist Church over the generations. By your Holy Spirit, grant us the grace that welcomes all of your children.  Make us a community that reflects the full diversity of Christ’s body. Help us grow to love one another as You love us. Empower us to reveal Christ through worship and service.  In your holy name we pray.  Amen.

Accessing  Hymns      Go to Dark Gethsemane     Go to dark Gethsemane, ye that feel the tempter’s power; your Redeemer’s conflict see, watch with him one bitter hour, Turn not from his griefs away; learn of Jesus Christ to pray.   Ah, Holy Jesus   Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended, That we to judge thee have in hate pretended? By foes derided, by thine own rejected, O most afflicted! Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee? Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee! ‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee; I crucified thee.   What Wondrous Love Is This  What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul, what wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul, to bear the dreadful curse for my soul.  What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul, what wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this, that caused the Lord of life to lay aside his crown for my soul, for my soul, to lay aside his crown for my soul. Were You There Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? Oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?

Accessing Scripture Readings from John 18:1-19:42 http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=453528897

Worship Order   Greeting:  Peter van Eys Song (vocalist, Caleb Dinger):  Hallelujah (Easter Version) Prayer:  Peter van Eys Passion of Jesus Christ Readings 1, 2, and 3:  Patti van Eys                                                                  Song:  Go to Dark Gethsemane (verse 1) Readings 4, 5, and 6:  Hailee Hunt-Hawkins                                                 Song:  Ah, Holy Jesus (verses 1 and 2)  Readings 7, 8, 9, and 10:  Peter van Eys Song:  What Wondrous Love Is this (verses 1 and 2) Readings 11, 12, 13, and 14:  Patti van Eys Song:  Were You There (verses 1 and 2) Readings 15 and 16:  Chelsey Hedglin Chimes                   Song (vocalist, Caleb Dinger):   O Christ     Silence       Relight the Christ Candle Song (vocalists, Patti van Eys and Hailee Hunt-Hawkins):    O Sacred Head Now Wounded Dismissal:  Chelsey Hedglin

April 9, 2020

Streaming License Number: 20160536  Copyright License: 2880734   You can access an online Holy Thursday worship experience through Facebook Live at 6:30 p.m. at  https://www.facebook.com/CrievewoodUMC/

Prayer List Crievewood UMC:   https://crievewoodumc.org/prayer-list/ (password protected) Crievewood Prayer Most gracious God, thank you for all the gifts you have bestowed on Crievewood United Methodist Church over the generations. By your Holy Spirit, grant us the grace that welcomes all of your children.  Make us a community that reflects the full diversity of Christ’s body. Help us grow to love one another as You love us. Empower us to reveal Christ through worship and service.  In your holy name we pray.  Amen.

Accessing  Hymns   Great Are You Lord     https://www.google.com/search?q=lyrics+to+great+are+you+lord&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS752US752&oq=lyrisc+to+Great+Are+You+Lord&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l4j46j0l2.14958j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8   Nothing but the Blood  https://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh362.sht For the Bread Which You Have Broken https://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh614.sht

Accessing Scripture 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=453365858 John 13:1-17    http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=453365929

Worship Order   Instrumental Music:  Caleb Dinger Words of Welcome:  Chelsey Hedglin Pouring of Water Opening Prayer                                                                  Songs:  Great Are You Lord and Nothing but the Blood Invitation to Confession:  Peter van Eys  Prayer of Confession Kyrie Words of Assurance                                                          Song (vocalist Caleb Dinger):  We Will Feast in the House of Zion     1 Corinthians 11:23-26    Hailee Hunt-Hawkins                                                                       Reflection:  Peter van Eys Song:  For the Bread Which You Have Broken John 13:1-17  Patti van Eys The Love Feast:  Chelsey Hedglin Prayers Lord’s Prayer Benediction                   Song (vocalists, Patti van Eys and Hailee-Hunt-Hawkins, instrumentalist, Caleb Dinger):        How Deep the Father’s Love

April 5, 2020 Streaming License Number: 20160536  Copyright License: 2880734   We will meet again this Sunday through an online worship experience through Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m.  You can access this service at https://www.facebook.com/CrievewoodUMC/ Please share this bulletin with any members that you think might not see this email before Sunday.  Thank you, together, we stay strong in our faith and committed to the well-being of all people.

Prayer List   Ecumenical Prayer Cycle:  Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania Cumberland River District:  Providence UMC, Seay Chapel UMC, Statesville UMC Crievewood UMC:   https://crievewoodumc.org/prayer-list/ (a password is necessary) Crievewood Prayer Most gracious God, thank you for all the gifts you have bestowed on Crievewood United Methodist Church over the generations. By your Holy Spirit, grant us the grace that welcomes all of your children.  Make us a community that reflects the full diversity of Christ’s body. Help us grow to love one another as You love us. Empower us to reveal Christ through worship and service.  In your holy name we pray.  Amen.

Accessing  Hymns   Hosanna (Praise Is Rising)      Verse 1 Praise is rising Eyes are turning to You  We turn to You Hope is stirring Hearts are yearning for You We long for You Pre-chorus ‘Cause when we see You We find strength to face the day In Your presence All our fears are washed away Washed away Chorus Hosanna hosanna You are the God who saves us Worthy of all our praises Hosanna hosanna Come have Your way among us We welcome You here Lord Jesus Verse 2 Hear the sound of Hearts returning to You We turn to You In Your Kingdom Broken lives are made new You make us new Pre-chorus ‘Cause when we see You We find strength to face the day In Your presence All our fears are washed away Washed away Chorus Hosanna hosanna You are the God who saves us Worthy of all our praises Hosanna hosanna Come have Your way among us We welcome You here Lord Jesus   The Name of the Lord   Chorus 1 Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be the name of the Lord most high Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be the name of the Lord most high Chorus 2 Holy is the name of the Lord Holy is the name of the Lord Holy is the name of the Lord most high Holy is the name of the Lord Holy is the name of the Lord Holy is the name of the Lord most high Verse 1 The name of the Lord is a strong tower The righteous run into it and they are safe The name of the Lord is a strong tower The righteous run into it and they are safe Chorus 3 Glory to the name of the Lord Glory to the name of the Lord Glory to the name of the Lord most high Glory to the name of the Lord Glory to the name of the Lord Glory to the name of the Lord most high All Glory Laud and Honor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Glory,_Laud_and_Honour Bind Us Together  Bind us together, Lord, bind us together With cords that cannot be broken. Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, Lord, Bind us together in love. There is only one God, there is only one King, There is only one Body, that is why we sing: Bind us together, Lord, bind us together With cords that cannot be broken. Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, Lord, Bind us together in love.

Accessing Scripture Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29    http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=452859878 Zechariah 9:9-10    http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=452859966 Mathew 21:1-11    http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=452860024

Worship Order   Instrumental Music:  Caleb Dinger Words of Welcome:  Chelsey Hedglin Pouring of Water Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29:  Hailee Hunt-Hawkins Opening Prayer                                                                  Songs:  Hosanna and The Name of the Lord            Zechariah 9:9-10:  Chelsey Hedglin  Invitation to Confession   Prayer of Confession Kyrie Words of Assurance                                                          Song: All Glory Laud and Honor    Matthew 21:1-11                                                                         Sermon:  Peter van Eys Music sung by Peter van Eys:  Holy City  Prayers of Intercession: Chelsey Hedglin Lord’s Prayer Invitation to contribute: Peter van Eys https://onrealm.org/CrievewoodUMC/Give Song: Bind Us Together Benediction

April 1, 2020

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Pastor’s Pen

Entering the Passion of Christ

“Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith. I don’t agree at all. They are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ” ―
C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer

I greet you, friends, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. We find ourselves in a season of confusion, uncertainty, fear, and change as we navigate life through the course of a pandemic. Anxiety is a natural consequence.

That anxiety is palpable and understandable. We have altered behavior to avoid bacteria we cannot see, to protect people we may never meet. We have slowed commerce to the point where individuals, families, and businesses are concerned for their financial health. And of course, the number of sick and dying from the Coronavirus is still on an upward trajectory.

I want to affirm what C. S. Lewis wrote, anxiety does not reflect negatively on faith, and want to at least consider whether our current anxieties might deepen our experience of Holy Week.

There have been beautiful expressions of sacrifice, care, and compassion in response to the pandemic. We are all indebted to the front line workers essential to the health and safety and even gracious transition of fellow human beings. Neighbors are looking out for neighbors and finding creative ways to inculcate community. In so many places and in so many instances the best of the human spirit is coming through.

Yet, there is real suffering; physical, emotional, financial, spiritual, and aspirational. The Passion of Jesus Christ recounts God’s full embrace of suffering, and though we Christians know the resurrection follows, Holy Week invites us to sit a moment in the pain, agony, and suffering of Jesus. To imagine the confusion, uncertainty, fear, and change experienced by the disciples, and those who loved him most, when Jesus died.

Through the Passion Jesus drew himself closer to humanity. Each year many journey through Holy Week seeking a deeper relationship with God, maybe the anxieties under which we find ourselves today will also draw us closer to one another, to all people.

At the heart of the Passion narrative is the message that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, not anxiety, not suffering, not viruses, not death.

Peter van Eys

Holy Week Schedule

April 5th   Palm Sunday @ 10:45 a.m. April 9th   Holy Thursday @ 6:30 p.m. April 10th    Good Friday @ 6:30 p.m. April 12th  Easter Sunrise Service @ 6:00 a.m. | Traditional Service @ 10:45 a.m.

Worship Life Update We are now streaming our worship service on Facebook Live Sunday mornings at 10:45. I am grateful to the amazing team that quickly made this an option for Crievewood UMC, and to the many who provided feedback and assistance to smooth out audio/visual issues. Frustrations and learning curves are real, the first energizing the second. I appreciate our congregation and the spirit with which it has entered into the shared community we experience online. With that in mind, you need to know that our Bishop has now told us not to gather in person for worship through April. That means that our Holy Week and Easter services will be offered through streaming. There is information listed above about times of the services and some ways listed below that we can engage as a virtual community. I would highlight one particular act of our liturgical life in the coming days. During the Holy Thursday service we will remember the Last Supper Jesus shared with his disciples, reflect on the meaning of the sacrament of Holy Communion, and share in the early Methodist practice of a Love Feast. If you are planning to stream that service, please have food near you in order to participate in the feast. I look forward to continuing to live out our bond as brothers and sisters in Christ’s name with new and old expressions of faith and community. Finally, if you prefer to receive a CD of our services, please call the office and we can provide that to you.

Here are two more ways to participate in the celebration of Holy Week and Easter!   Palm Sunday at Crievewood: Prepare the Way Participate in Palm Sunday by going into your yard and finding something green to use as a substitute for palm branches. We will all wave them together during the 10:45 am live-streamed worship service. Then, post a photo on Facebook or Instagram with your Palm Sunday branches and use the hashtag #PREPARETHEWAYCUMC . We can’t wait to see your smiling faces and your palm branches!   Participate on Easter Sunday: Fill the Cross with Flowers! Help us create a beautiful image of the resurrection by adding flowers to an outline of the cross on the hillside on Hogan Rd. at Crievewood UMC! Any time on Easter Sunday, drive by the church and drop some flowers into the outline of the cross on the hillside by the church sign (you don’t have to touch anything!). Drive back around on Monday to see the beautiful results!

Weekly Lenten Devotional Available Online

If you missed any of our weekly Lenten Devotionals since we began filming them live on Facebook, you can still view them on our facebook page.

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Continue Your Giving while Worshiping Online

During this difficult time, we continue to rely on your gifts in order to continue the ministries of Crievewood United Methodist. Please continue to give as you are able. We appreciate whatever offering you can give.

Give by Mail – Checks can be sent to the church office at 451 Hogan Road, Nashville, TN 37220.  Please write how the check is to be applied in the memo line of the check.

Give by Phone – You may call the church and have the office input your credit card information into our credit card reader.  To use this method, you will be asked to fill out an authorization form in person or by email.

Give Online – You may give any tax-deductible gift to the church online through at https://onrealm.org/CrievewoodUMC/Give

Give by Text – Text Crievewood UMC followed by the amount you would like to give to the number 73256.

Contacting the Church

Currently Pastor Peter can be contacted at the church office throughout the week, but the rest of the church staff is working from home through the end of April unless it is absolutely necessary to be in the church building. During this time please contact Jan Bassett through the church’s Comcast email at administrator@crievewoodumc.comcastbiz.net