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Good Will To All – This traditional Christmas Eve service is one that West End UMC has held for decades. It highlights the reading of the story of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, read by the minister in the center of the sanctuary, among the worshippers. Our Senior Minister, Rev. Dr. Carol Cavin-Dillon, recounts Christmases growing up when their extended family drew names to give gifts, but sometimes after all the gifts were opened, there was yet another gift under the tree, and the question quickly became “Who is this gift for?” She compares that to the experience of the shepherds where the angel appears and says, “I bring you good news of great joy for all the people.” Later, the group of angels declares, “. . . peace among those whom he favors!” Whom does God favor? Carol presses a grammatical possibility that, with a particular comma, the statement refers to God being pleased with all of the people, not just the rich, or the accomplished, or the Jews, or any other particular group. We as a church hold, as a bedrock belief, that “God loves everyone unconditionally.” And that shapes how we look at everyone. There is a gift waiting for each of us tonight: God's giving of God's self to each of us and to every person we encounter.

West End UMC lay and clergy voices join together to offer a morning prayer podcast for the mornings of November 4-6. The liturgy generally follows the “Order for Morning Praise and Prayer”. ...

West End UMC lay and clergy voices join together to offer a morning prayer podcast for the mornings of November 4-6. The liturgy generally follows the “Order for Morning Praise and Prayer”. ...

West End UMC lay and clergy voices join together to offer a morning prayer podcast for the mornings of November 4-6. The liturgy generally follows the “Order for Morning Praise and Prayer”. ...

This is Pentecost Sunday and we are reading the account of the Holy Spirit coming in dramatic fashion to inhabit the disciples after the ascension of Jesus. The account is demonstrative of the power and work of the Holy Spirit as it acts in dramatic fashion, but not in random fashion. The participants are around 120 people, and there were surely differences among them. Although we might guess that some were people Jesus had healed or perhaps, like Zaccheus, some who encountered him along the way and were changed. Peter, for example, had denied knowing Jesus, but here he is, filled with the Holy Spirit, and taking on a large role in the crowd. All of these different people were united by the act of the Holy Spirit, and we, too, as different individuals (even we are in the same West End UMC congregation) can be inspired by the strategy of the Spirit to do things to further the mission of Jesus among our people. We can all tell the same story, even if we tell it in different ways. The church was born on Pentecost.

We continue our trip through the Bible with today's reading from Esther. Rev. Erin Racine is preaching in one of her last Sundays with West End UMC as she moves on to another assignment. In this reading, Esther, a Jew by birth but married to the Persian king, is asked by her cousin to do something truly dangerous in order to help save the Jews living in Susa. The king does not know Esther is a Jew, and she is timid and submissive. But she asks that the Jews in Susa hold a fast for her, and with that community support she does approach the king. Erin relates that to a recent survey that asked what churches in Nashville need to do to help in our communities. She cites a study that showed only 37% of church goers in Nashville volunteer, and she reminds us that we are the body of Christ. Erin then lists many things she has seen our church and West Enders do in her years with us, and she challenges us, as a well of resources, to remember that, like Esther, we are called to do the hard work that we are in a position to do, and, like Esther, we have the community around us to support us in meeting those challenges.

The scripture for today is a section from Numbers describing the cloud over the tabernacle as representative of God. When the tabernacle was completed, the cloud descended upon it. Thereafter, when the cloud moved, the people packed up and followed it until it stopped again. When it was stopped and the tabernacle was reassembled, the tribes camped around it, with God, significantly, in the center. In his last sermon with us (he has been appointed Senior Pastor at another church), Brandon says that we often think of clouds as ominous signs of danger, and we are sometimes caught up in a cloud of self-doubt and despair. But if we recognize that cloud as a way to follow God, we may well find new ways to follow our God and renewed confidence in our paths. We must be open: Where is God leading West End UMC?

This is our annual gathering to hear reports on the state of our church. Leaders of various groups in the church give updates, and those include specific areas of ministry and financial reports: the current status and the upcoming budget. It also includes a report from last week's meeting in Kansas City about the issues surrounding the United Methodist denomination and what to do about maintaining unification. Senior Minister Carol Cavin-Dillon moderates the session and gives some of the reports. The Town Hall Meeting was held in the Fourth Floor Theatre during the Sunday school hour on October 31, 2021, and a number of people attended in person with others joining the Livestream.

The first Bedrock Belief of West End UMC is, "God loves everyone unconditionally." Communion services in the United Methodist Church are open to everyone, whether Christian or not, whether baptized of not. But how do we deal with the fact that in the midst of this apparent openness the UMC plays favorites, in that some people are, in truth, excluded from certain things like marriage?

The first Bedrock Belief of West End UMC is, "God loves everyone unconditionally." Communion services in the United Methodist Church are open to everyone, whether Christian or not, whether baptized of not. But how do we deal with the fact that in the midst of this apparent openness the UMC plays favorites, in that some people are, in truth, excluded from certain things like marriage?

Tara Hamilton witnesses her experience in various Bible study groups at West End UMC.

Tara Hamilton witnesses her experience in various Bible study groups at West End UMC.

Betty Nixon started her work career as a high school teacher in Anniston, Ala. and eventually became a Metro Councilwoman and two-time mayoral candidate in Nashville/Davidson County; Videos during the time of her campaign: http://youtu.be/aFzqJG7sU6c, http://youtu.be/Egn2zgckYLU, http://youtu.be/ZojONV4X7dw.  She was Deputy press secretary to Tenn. Gov. Ray Blanton; Managed a few campaigns: including the state campaign for Mondale/Ferraro presidential campaign, state campaign manager for U.S. Sen. Jim Sasser for his successful 1988 re-election campaign and served as as a professional staff member of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations.  She chaired the board for the Metro Election Commission.  She worked at Vanderbilt University as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Community, Neighborhood and Government Relations. Betty also attends West End UMC and was willing to host my Modern Day Flapper release and 30th birthday party – all my friends were inspired by her! · She is the fourth generation to be college educated (and for someone born in the late 1930s that is incredible to me)!· She went to college to find a husband and had to figure out something else… how much of my non-traditional script is because life didn’t work out like I thought it would?·  Mary Catherine Bateson author of Composing a Life.·  Is the idea of balance a privilege afforded to me because of women like Betty?·  Betty’s daughter Mignon Nixon teaches at The Courtauld Institute of Art in London, UK.  She studies sexuality and aggression in art since 1945, focusing in particular on questions of feminism and gender politics. She is the author of Fantastic Reality: Louise Bourgeois and a Story of Modern Art (MIT Press/October Books, 2005) and the editor of the Eva Hesse October File (MIT Press/October Files, 2002). She is a co-editor of October magazine (New York).· She explains the privilege to be involved at the tipping point of feminism and civil rights in 1960s.· Rural Women experience power – The 50s model verses pre-50s model· Powerhouse meeting for the 1984 election talking about Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket.   o Betty Friedan – women’s rights activist and author of Feminine Mystique (1963):    o Carol Bellamy   o Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority and the Feminist Majority Foundation.   o Mary Landrieu -- United States Senator from the State of Louisiana    o Sharon Percy Rockefeller – wife of West Virginia Senator John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV. ·  Amendment One in Tennessee ·  Hume Fogg in Nashville:   My school was Rochelle School of the Arts in Lakeland, FL·  We need to learn to live out diversity in our lives!·  A discussion of fear and scarcity: economic disparity in the US.  Video I referenced: http://youtu.be/QPKKQnijnsM·  Gloria Steinem – a leader of the women’s movement in the 1960s and 70s ·   Bella Abzug -- New Yorker, feminist, antiwar activist, politician and lawyer:

We here at West End UMC are called to be the loving light of Christ wherever we go. St. Paul in his letter to the Philippians says that we are to shine like stars.

We here at West End UMC are called to be the loving light of Christ wherever we go. St. Paul in his letter to the Philippians says that we are to shine like stars.

As the exiles return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple there are both laughter and tears in response to this opportunity. West End UMC has been a place where generations have come to celebrate and to mourn, a place baptized with laughter and tears. As we care for this building we continue a great tradition as well as live into Gods dream for us in the future.

As the exiles return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple there are both laughter and tears in response to this opportunity. West End UMC has been a place where generations have come to celebrate and to mourn, a place baptized with laughter and tears. As we care for this building we continue a great tradition as well as live into Gods dream for us in the future.