March 10, 2012
The Church at Study
9:15am – 10:30am
Today’s Sabbath School Superintendent Betty Underhill
Lesson Study Guide (1st Quarter 2012): Glimpses of Our God
This week’s lesson: “God the Lawgiver“
Adult Classes
Location
Ann Foster/Thomas Hardy/Chito Pugao Sanctuary - Front
André Wilson Sanctuary - Back
Magaria Waitara/Musa Garba(Swahili/English Class) Upstairs Right
The Circle (Gibran/Wilcox) Library
New Believers Class (Pastor) Fellowship Hall
Collegiate/Young Adult (Orville Bignall) Upper Room (building across street)
Children’s Classes
Beginners Ages: Infant – 3
Kindergarten Ages: 4 – 7
Primary Ages: 8 -10
Juniors & Earliteens (Upstairs Left) Ages: 11 – 14
Youth (Young Adult Classroom) 9th grade and up
Church Family Time
10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Coordinator Brian Wilcox
Welcome, Family Fellowship & Song “The Family of God”
Please turn off or silence all beepers, cell phones and other electronic devices.
“You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord” Leviticus 19:30.
Platform Coordinator: Michael Santos
Pianist: Myrna Pugao
A/V Operator: Brian Wilcox
Greeters: Greg & Stephanie Mazza
Deacon for the day: Nate Hatcher, Sr.
The Church at Worship
God Invites Us to Worship
In Songs of Worship and Preparation Pat Ward
“We Sing Alleluia”
In the Call to Worship:
Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s” Psalm 103:1-5.
We Respond
In Praise “Majesty”
In Invocation Pastor Melvin Santos
In Hymn of Praise #12
“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”
God Invites Us to Confess
In Congregational Song
“Soften My Heart, Lord”
In Prayer Brian Wilcox
God Invites Us to Respond
In Giving Our Offerings Peter Brazier
Adventist World Radio
In Heart of Praise and Thanksgiving
“Great Are You Lord”
In the Children’s Story Laura Breece
We Receive Him
Through Scripture Reading Emily Rotich
Revelation 2:7
Through Special Music Lisbeth Melgar
Through the Word Pastor Melvin Santos
“Seven Letters of Revelation”
We Depart to Serve
With His Song of Commitment Lisbeth Melgar
With His Benediction
Postlude Marjie Johns
Nashville First Seventh-day Adventist Church
2800 Blair Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-297-1343
www.nfsda.org / E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone Directory
Melvin Santos, Pastor (home) 472-1721/ (cell) 810-241-3399
Orville Bignall, Head Elder (home) 876-5021 / (cell) 512-9193
Nate Hatcher, Sr., Head Deacon 242-5235
Sherri Bohnert, Co-Head Deaconess 884-0134
Laura Breece, Co-Head Deaconess 650-8416
Dean Flint, Personal Ministries (home) 868-0820/ (cell) 585-2108
Raylene Wilcox, Church Administrator
Church Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Please have all bulletin information to the church office Thursday mornings before 10:00 a.m. You may leave messages on the church answering machine if necessary. Thank you.
MONTHLY CHURCH BUDGET is $9,373. Please note your faithfulness in giving your offerings to the Lord. Offerings marked “church budget” are the only funds that help with the operational costs of the church. FYI: Remember our tithes, which show our faithfulness to God, are based on 10% of your wage or income & offerings have no percentage because it symbolizes the unlimited love for Christ. It can be 3%, 5%, 10%, 20%, etc.
Church Budget Update
Budget for each month $9,373 Expenses for February $ 9,274
Total received for March $ 3,187 Income for February $10,933
Month to date +/- - $6,185 + $ 1,660 +/- Expenses vs. Income for 2012: +$1,042.05
NEXT WEEK’S OFFERING: First Church Budget
The Nursery, located in the foyer across from the kitchen, is open for parents needing a private place to feed or change their babies. The Toddler “Time-Out” Room is located in the Beginners classroom during the church service. There are monitors in these rooms so parents can continue to see and hear the worship service.
If your small child would enjoy a quiet diversion during the worship service, please see one of the greeters for a children’s “Quiet Bag.” Please return the bags to the basket at the welcome table in the foyer after the worship service.
Sunset Tonight: 5:49 pm Sunset Next Friday: 6:55 pm
Church Calendar
TODAY – February 25, 2012
Next Week
SUNDAY, March 11th
Children’s Church will be held on the following dates:
The Social Committee is pleased to announce the First Church Family Retreat at Indian Creek Camp is back this year! Mark your calendars for October 12 – 14, 2012, for a time of church family fellowship and refreshment. More details later.
“The Family that plays together stays together!”
WELCOME!
Welcome to the Nashville First SDA Church! We are delighted you chose to worship with us this Sabbath.
This Week’s Prayer Focus Families - Remember in prayer this week:
Shane & Tabitha Tomlinson, sons Dillon and Dakota
Lee Trevor, Jr.
Chris & Mary Tucker
Prayer Requests for Healing:
Prayer Requests (other):
Announcements for March 10, 2012
Membership Transfer (2nd Reading):
To Nashville First -
Emily King from Centerville SDA Church (Ohio)
Every week, Adventist World Radio received letters from listeners like this one from Vietnam: “I am listening to Peace and Happiness Radio. We live in a very remote area, where everything is beyond our reach. There are a great number of native people who believe in God, despite their poverty. Please pray for me. I have a group of 500 people worshipping.”
Today, immediately following the pastoral prayer, those who would like to be part of an intercessory prayer group to pray again over the requests brought to the elder’s Bible are invited to meet in the Swahili classroom (upstairs right) with Mike Hite.
Children’s Church today - We will meet for children’s story in the sanctuary and go directly to the fellowship hall for the rest of the church service. Children ages 4 – 12 are invited to join us. If your child is under the age of 4, they are welcome to attend with an adult.
All are invited to fellowship lunch after the worship service today in the fellowship hall. To expedite set-up and clean up, everyone please help with set-up and clean-up of chairs, tables and floors in fellowship hall.
Discipleship Advanced Training with Pastor Santos, today, March 10th at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. Open to all members who have been through the Basic Training. Bring your Bible, pen, notebook and a teachable spirit.
AY meeting today at 2:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. The theme for March is “Discipleship/Discipline.” AY meetings and activities are for the whole church family – Everyone is welcome to attend and participate!
Scripture Study Series continues on Wednesday evenings, at 6:30 p.m. in the library. Come join us for this exciting Bible study. Bring your Bible, Bible study guides (given during Prophecies Decoded seminar) pen, notebook and a friend!
CALVIN TAYLOR, pianist and gospel music recording artist will be our special guest during our worship service next Sabbath, March 17th. Dr. Taylor has prepared a unique sermon in songs worship format featuring scripture followed by musical selections. This will be a wonderful service to invite your family, friends and neighbors to attend with you.
CALVIN TAYLOR, will present a special community-wide concert next Sabbath, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. The program content will include familiar hymns, classics, gospel songs, and also congregational singing, providing wide appeal to all age groups. This is a musical program you and your family will surely not want to miss!
You are invited to a baby shower for Pa Pa Kaw & Bambi on Sunday, March 18th at 11:00 a.m. in the church fellowship hall. Bambi is expecting their first child, a boy, in April. The family is registered at Target under the name “Pa Kaw” (baby’s name is Kevin Chris). Please come help us welcome the newest addition to our church family!
The Adventist Community Services Center – Remember, we are responsible for keeping the following food items in stock: Canned beans (all varieties), canned tomatoes, canned fruit, canned soup, canned pasta sauce, pasta noodles (i.e. spaghetti). When we don’t do our part, others must step in and cover for us . . . Please bring in 3 or 4 cans each week to help us keep “our” shelves stocked! URGENT NEEDS: We need silverware, linens, bed pillows, blankets, small appliances (toasters, blenders, etc.), mattresses sets, dinette sets, tables, chairs, coffee tables, end tables, large appliances (stoves, washers, dryers, refrigerators in working condition), and jewelry for our thrift store which financially sustains us.
Sermon Copies: We have available upon request copies of sermons presented each Sabbath. Please find the clip-board in the foyer on the lectern by the double doors and fill out forms you will find there. DVDs are $5.00 and CDs are $3.00. Please give your completed form and funds to the Media personnel (Ric Andal, Brent Cordis, Lauren Andal) and your order will be processed for the next week. Please Note: You may view sermons from our website (nfsda.org) for free!
The 2012 constituency meeting for the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference will be held on Sunday, April 29 at the Madison Campus church. Nashville First SDA church is entitled to 19 delegates to represent the congregation.
Below is the list of representatives recommended for your approval and vote from the Church Board (second reading):
Church Board members:
Members at large:
Alternates (if necessary):
Pastor:
SANTOS, Melvin
The 2012 constituency meeting for the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference will be held on Sunday, April 29 at the Madison Campus church. Nashville First SDA church is entitled to 19 delegates to represent the congregation.
Below is the list of representatives recommended for your approval and vote from the Church Board (second reading):
Church Board members:
Members at large:
Alternates (if necessary):
Pastor:
SANTOS, Melvin
The Church at Study
9:15am – 10:30am
Today’s Sabbath School Superintendent Betty Underhill
Lesson Study Guide (1st Quarter 2012): Glimpses of Our God
This week’s lesson: “God the Lawgiver“
Adult Classes
Location
Ann Foster/Thomas Hardy/Chito Pugao Sanctuary - Front
André Wilson Sanctuary - Back
Magaria Waitara/Musa Garba(Swahili/English Class) Upstairs Right
The Circle (Gibran/Wilcox) Library
New Believers Class (Pastor) Fellowship Hall
Collegiate/Young Adult (Orville Bignall) Upper Room (building across street)
Children’s Classes
Beginners Ages: Infant – 3
Kindergarten Ages: 4 – 7
Primary Ages: 8 -10
Juniors & Earliteens (Upstairs Left) Ages: 11 – 14
Youth (Young Adult Classroom) 9th grade and up
Church Family Time
10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Coordinator Brian Wilcox
Welcome, Family Fellowship & Song “The Family of God”
Please turn off or silence all beepers, cell phones and other electronic devices.
“You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord” Leviticus 19:30.
Platform Coordinator: Michael Santos
Pianist: Myrna Pugao
A/V Operator: Brian Wilcox
Greeters: Greg & Stephanie Mazza
Deacon for the day: Nate Hatcher, Sr.
The Church at Worship
God Invites Us to Worship
In Songs of Worship and Preparation Pat Ward
“We Sing Alleluia”
In the Call to Worship:
Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s” Psalm 103:1-5.
We Respond
In Praise “Majesty”
In Invocation Pastor Melvin Santos
In Hymn of Praise #12
“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”
God Invites Us to Confess
In Congregational Song
“Soften My Heart, Lord”
In Prayer Brian Wilcox
God Invites Us to Respond
In Giving Our Offerings Peter Brazier
Adventist World Radio
In Heart of Praise and Thanksgiving
“Great Are You Lord”
In the Children’s Story Laura Breece
We Receive Him
Through Scripture Reading Emily Rotich
Revelation 2:7
Through Special Music Lisbeth Melgar
Through the Word Pastor Melvin Santos
“Seven Letters of Revelation”
We Depart to Serve
With His Song of Commitment Lisbeth Melgar
With His Benediction
Postlude Marjie Johns
Nashville First Seventh-day Adventist Church
2800 Blair Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-297-1343
www.nfsda.org / E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone Directory
Melvin Santos, Pastor (home) 472-1721/ (cell) 810-241-3399
Orville Bignall, Head Elder (home) 876-5021 / (cell) 512-9193
Nate Hatcher, Sr., Head Deacon 242-5235
Sherri Bohnert, Co-Head Deaconess 884-0134
Laura Breece, Co-Head Deaconess 650-8416
Dean Flint, Personal Ministries (home) 868-0820/ (cell) 585-2108
Raylene Wilcox, Church Administrator
Church Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Please have all bulletin information to the church office Thursday mornings before 10:00 a.m. You may leave messages on the church answering machine if necessary. Thank you.
MONTHLY CHURCH BUDGET is $9,373. Please note your faithfulness in giving your offerings to the Lord. Offerings marked “church budget” are the only funds that help with the operational costs of the church. FYI: Remember our tithes, which show our faithfulness to God, are based on 10% of your wage or income & offerings have no percentage because it symbolizes the unlimited love for Christ. It can be 3%, 5%, 10%, 20%, etc.
Church Budget Update
Budget for each month $9,373 Expenses for February $ 9,274
Total received for March $ 3,187 Income for February $10,933
Month to date +/- - $6,185 + $ 1,660 +/- Expenses vs. Income for 2012: +$1,042.05
NEXT WEEK’S OFFERING: First Church Budget
The Nursery, located in the foyer across from the kitchen, is open for parents needing a private place to feed or change their babies. The Toddler “Time-Out” Room is located in the Beginners classroom during the church service. There are monitors in these rooms so parents can continue to see and hear the worship service.
If your small child would enjoy a quiet diversion during the worship service, please see one of the greeters for a children’s “Quiet Bag.” Please return the bags to the basket at the welcome table in the foyer after the worship service.
Sunset Tonight: 5:49 pm Sunset Next Friday: 6:55 pm
Church Calendar
TODAY – February 25, 2012
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All church fellowship lunch will be served in the fellowship hall approximately 15 minutes after services. All Invited!!
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AY meeting in the fellowship hall at 2:00 p.m.
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Discipleship Advanced Training with Pastor Santos, 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary.
Next Week
SUNDAY, March 11th
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Daylight Savings Time begins . . . Set your clocks forward one hour!
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Calvin Taylor will present the message in scripture and music during the worship service.
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Calvin Taylor will present a vespers concert staring at 5:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Invite your family and friends to attend with you.
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March 10th – Teen/Adult choir
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March 17th - Primary/Junior choir
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March 24th - Teen/Adult choir
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March 31st - Primary/Junior choir
Children’s Church will be held on the following dates:
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TODAY - March 10
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April 21
-
May 5
-
June 16
The Social Committee is pleased to announce the First Church Family Retreat at Indian Creek Camp is back this year! Mark your calendars for October 12 – 14, 2012, for a time of church family fellowship and refreshment. More details later.
“The Family that plays together stays together!”
WELCOME!
Welcome to the Nashville First SDA Church! We are delighted you chose to worship with us this Sabbath.
This Week’s Prayer Focus Families - Remember in prayer this week:
Shane & Tabitha Tomlinson, sons Dillon and Dakota
Lee Trevor, Jr.
Chris & Mary Tucker
Prayer Requests for Healing:
-
Thomas Hardy, Sr. – Lung cancer, father of Thomas Hardy
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Jeff Vetitoe, close family friend of Betty Bolton. Pray for healing of body and soul.
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Donald Johnson – recovery from heart surgery
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Thomas “TJ” Egan – terminal illness, wife, Beth Egan; co-worker of Pat Ward
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Betty Underhill – full healing and restoration of sight
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Heather Wood – complete recovery from stroke, daughter of Pastor Jerry & Judy Rimer
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Jarrett Wilson - liver transplant surgery, father of 2 small children, nephew of Shauneille Morton
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Eucabeth Ongau –fused ankle surgery, complete recovery
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Mina Angwenyi – full recovery, hip replacement surgery (2nd hip)
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Ruth Swain – health concerns
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Nate Hatcher, Jr. – health concerns
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Baby Michael Copeland – premature birth complications
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Clyde Ward – kidney disease, on dialysis
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Richard Andal - recovery from stroke, father of Ric Andal
Prayer Requests (other):
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Irene Chunn – discouragement, home bound member
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Dorothy Hunt – has moved in with daughter, pray for her to be content
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Perry & Erika Houston – for Holy Spirit as they labor in literature evangelism and medical ministry.
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First Church members/attendees seeking employment
Announcements for March 10, 2012
Membership Transfer (2nd Reading):
To Nashville First -
Emily King from Centerville SDA Church (Ohio)
Every week, Adventist World Radio received letters from listeners like this one from Vietnam: “I am listening to Peace and Happiness Radio. We live in a very remote area, where everything is beyond our reach. There are a great number of native people who believe in God, despite their poverty. Please pray for me. I have a group of 500 people worshipping.”
Today, immediately following the pastoral prayer, those who would like to be part of an intercessory prayer group to pray again over the requests brought to the elder’s Bible are invited to meet in the Swahili classroom (upstairs right) with Mike Hite.
Children’s Church today - We will meet for children’s story in the sanctuary and go directly to the fellowship hall for the rest of the church service. Children ages 4 – 12 are invited to join us. If your child is under the age of 4, they are welcome to attend with an adult.
All are invited to fellowship lunch after the worship service today in the fellowship hall. To expedite set-up and clean up, everyone please help with set-up and clean-up of chairs, tables and floors in fellowship hall.
Discipleship Advanced Training with Pastor Santos, today, March 10th at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. Open to all members who have been through the Basic Training. Bring your Bible, pen, notebook and a teachable spirit.
AY meeting today at 2:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. The theme for March is “Discipleship/Discipline.” AY meetings and activities are for the whole church family – Everyone is welcome to attend and participate!
Scripture Study Series continues on Wednesday evenings, at 6:30 p.m. in the library. Come join us for this exciting Bible study. Bring your Bible, Bible study guides (given during Prophecies Decoded seminar) pen, notebook and a friend!
CALVIN TAYLOR, pianist and gospel music recording artist will be our special guest during our worship service next Sabbath, March 17th. Dr. Taylor has prepared a unique sermon in songs worship format featuring scripture followed by musical selections. This will be a wonderful service to invite your family, friends and neighbors to attend with you.
CALVIN TAYLOR, will present a special community-wide concert next Sabbath, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. The program content will include familiar hymns, classics, gospel songs, and also congregational singing, providing wide appeal to all age groups. This is a musical program you and your family will surely not want to miss!
You are invited to a baby shower for Pa Pa Kaw & Bambi on Sunday, March 18th at 11:00 a.m. in the church fellowship hall. Bambi is expecting their first child, a boy, in April. The family is registered at Target under the name “Pa Kaw” (baby’s name is Kevin Chris). Please come help us welcome the newest addition to our church family!
The Adventist Community Services Center – Remember, we are responsible for keeping the following food items in stock: Canned beans (all varieties), canned tomatoes, canned fruit, canned soup, canned pasta sauce, pasta noodles (i.e. spaghetti). When we don’t do our part, others must step in and cover for us . . . Please bring in 3 or 4 cans each week to help us keep “our” shelves stocked! URGENT NEEDS: We need silverware, linens, bed pillows, blankets, small appliances (toasters, blenders, etc.), mattresses sets, dinette sets, tables, chairs, coffee tables, end tables, large appliances (stoves, washers, dryers, refrigerators in working condition), and jewelry for our thrift store which financially sustains us.
Sermon Copies: We have available upon request copies of sermons presented each Sabbath. Please find the clip-board in the foyer on the lectern by the double doors and fill out forms you will find there. DVDs are $5.00 and CDs are $3.00. Please give your completed form and funds to the Media personnel (Ric Andal, Brent Cordis, Lauren Andal) and your order will be processed for the next week. Please Note: You may view sermons from our website (nfsda.org) for free!
The 2012 constituency meeting for the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference will be held on Sunday, April 29 at the Madison Campus church. Nashville First SDA church is entitled to 19 delegates to represent the congregation.
Below is the list of representatives recommended for your approval and vote from the Church Board (second reading):
Church Board members:
-
ALUOCH, Daniel (elder)
-
ANDAL, Ric (internet ministries head)
-
BIGNALL, Orville (head elder)
-
BOHNERT, Sherri (co-head deaconess)
-
BREECE, Laura (co-head deaconess)
-
FLINT, Dean (elder)
-
GIBRAN, Joan (elder)
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HARDY, Thomas (elder)
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HATCHER, Nate Sr. (head deacon)
-
JOHNS, Marjie (worship committee/social committee chair)
-
JOHNS, Ken (elder)
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PUGAO, Chito (elder)
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PUGAO, Myrna (Sabbath school superintendent)
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SANTOS, Juliet (health/medical ministries head)
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SHURNEY, Dexter (elder)
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WILCOX, Raylene (treasurer)
-
YOHANNES, Lydia (clerk)
Members at large:
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ADDISON-AMPONSAH, Kwabena
-
HARDY, Charlotte
Alternates (if necessary):
-
BRIGGS, Vic
-
TUCKER, Craig
-
WARD, Pat
Pastor:
SANTOS, Melvin
The 2012 constituency meeting for the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference will be held on Sunday, April 29 at the Madison Campus church. Nashville First SDA church is entitled to 19 delegates to represent the congregation.
Below is the list of representatives recommended for your approval and vote from the Church Board (second reading):
Church Board members:
-
ALUOCH, Daniel (elder)
-
ANDAL, Ric (internet ministries head)
-
BIGNALL, Orville (head elder)
-
BOHNERT, Sherri (co-head deaconess)
-
BREECE, Laura (co-head deaconess)
-
FLINT, Dean (elder)
-
GIBRAN, Joan (elder)
-
HARDY, Thomas (elder)
-
HATCHER, Nate Sr. (head deacon)
-
JOHNS, Marjie (worship committee chair)
-
JOHNS, Ken (elder)
-
PUGAO, Chito (elder)
-
PUGAO, Myrna (Sabbath school superintendent)
-
SANTOS, Juliet (health/medical ministries head)
-
SHURNEY, Dexter (elder)
-
WILCOX, Raylene (treasurer)
-
YOHANNES, Lydia (clerk)
Members at large:
-
ADDISON-AMPONSAH, Kwabena
-
HARDY, Charlotte
Alternates (if necessary):
-
BRIGGS, Vic
-
TUCKER, Craig
-
WARD, Pat
Pastor:
SANTOS, Melvin