TENNESSEE CONFERENCE REVIEW

an edition of
The United Methodist Reporter
Volume 154 Number 40 054000 February 8, 2008 Two Sections—Section A

ESL and Indoor Soccer: Tools of Radical
Hospitality, Evangelism and Outreach
By Barbara Garcia
Just off Nolensville Pike at
Tusculum Road East you look
up and see it: Hillcrest United
Methodist, a beacon on the hill,
both for the congregation and
the community! In the midst of
one of the most changing neigh-
borhoods in Nashville, it is often
described as a mature-in-the-
faith congregation, but Hillcrest
UMC is also called “My
Family” by Norman and Rocio
Corea, active members of
Hillcrest for the last few years.
The Coreas joined Hillcrest
after attending ESL classes
there and because they wanted
their baby to be baptized. That
was the first bi-lingual service
ever at Hillcrest,—a very Norman Corea (second from the right) volunteers for Saturday night’s indoor soccer
meaningful experience for the
congregation—and it was also a very real opportunity
for the congregation to live out the baptismal vows of the beginning of a new and exciting adventure! As the
being a nurturing, loving and supporting family of
Christ for a young family starting out in a new culture aware of the community around them. Hispanic/Latino
and community.
The congregation has always been there for the
Coreas, and even more so when their daughter began to
experience serious health problems and surgeries. They
asked how they could express gratitude to the congre-
gation, and the reply from several persons was, “Teach
us Spanish!”
The Rev. Jay Archer announced
as new Cookeville D. S.
Bishop Richard Wills has
announced the appointment of the
Rev. Jay Archer as District
Superintendent of the Cookeville
District.. Archer is currently sen-
ior pastor of Manchester First
United Methodist Church, and
has served a variety of churches
within the Tennessee Conference
including White House, Love’s
Chapel, Westview, Cook’s,
Antioch, Fayetteville First UMC.
Reverend Archer is married to The Rev. Jay E.
Christine Archer. Both Jay and Archer
Christine hold Master of Divinity degrees from Yale
University, where they met and married. Christine also
holds a Master of Social Work degree from the
University of Tennessee and has been employed as a
counselor in the various communities in which the
Archers have served. Jay and Christine have two chil-
dren, Rosemary (born in 1982) and Luke (born in 1986).
Rosemary will be married in March to David Rawsthorn
and the couple will be moving to Great Britain. Luke will
be graduating from Rhodes College in Memphis this
So, Spanish classes were offered! But that was only coming May.
After the Archer’s first appointment, both Jay and
group met over the weeks, they became more and more Continued on page 8A
students make up 46–49% of the student body and up to
18 different languages are spoken! The Rev. Jim Beaty Receives
Then the Spanish class began to say, “We want to
reach out to our neighbors! We want to really be the
Conference-time appointment
Church! We want to show Christian hospitality! We have
been so blessed through this relationship, and we want to
as Pulaski D. S.
Continued on page 8A By Dawn Hankins
When Rev. Jim Beaty of
Tullahoma moves to the Pulaski

Salvus Center aids working uninsured
By Jennifer Easton/Staff
This article on the Salvus Center appeared in the
January 24, 2008 issue of THE TENNESSEAN,
and is used here by permission. Copyright 2008
The Tennessean.
Fran Parker knew she was long overdue for a mam-
mogram when she reluctantly walked through the doors
of the Salvus Center in Gallatin in April 2006.
“It was probably 10 years since I’d had my last one.
I knew I was at higher risk because my mom had died
from breast cancer, and my sister had been diagnosed,
too.” Because she had pre-existing health conditions
and her husband, Tim, is self-employed, health insur-
ance premiums were either unaffordable or unattainable
for the couple.
My husband worked, but I was non-insurable. So we
lived years and years without insurance for ourselves.
“I wasn’t afraid to go to the doctor because I was
afraid they were going to find anything,” she explained.
“I didn’t go to the doctor because of the financial burden
it would put on my family.”
When a friend told her about the Salvus Center, a
faith-based, nonprofit organization that provides health
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care for the working uninsured in Sumner County, Parker
decided it was time for a checkup.
“They didn’t make me feel bad for not having insur-
ance. They made me feel like part of a family.”
It’s fortunate Parker didn’t put off her checkup any
longer. Tests revealed she had cancer in both breasts.
“The hardest thing was telling my children and deal-
ing with the guilt I felt from worrying about how are we
going to pay for this. I had heard stories of people with
medical problems being financially ruined.”
Patients often put off seeking medical attention
because they don’t have insurance, says Dr. Ted Hill, the
Salvus Center’s Medical Director and staff physician.
Hill, who has practiced medicine in Gallatin for 28
years, is also a minister who says he feels called by God
to serve Sumner County’s growing population of people
without insurance.
The number of people who do have access to ongoing
health care is staggering and has created a health care
crisis, he explained.
“There are about 47 million Americans without health
insurance. We believe there are about 22,000 people in
Sumner County who work but are uninsured.”
“It’s an underserved population that typically uses the
Continued on page 4A
District Office this year, it’s pret-
ty certain he won’t need a road
map to help him find his way
around Giles County.
By recommendation of the
Cabinet and Bishop Dick Wills,
the reverend, affectionately
known as “Big Jim,” will be leav-
ing his pastoral duties at First
United Methodist Church in June The Rev. James R.
after Tennessee Annual Beaty
Conference. The Rev. Beaty is quite familiar with the
Pulaski area, having served as pastor of First United
Methodist, Pulaski, from 1995 to 1999.
“I am very humbled, honored and pleased that the
Bishop and his Cabinet have chosen me to serve in this
new position,” said the Rev. Beaty. “I look forward to
the challenges of these new responsibilities. I am God’s
servant and I know God will lead me into this phase of
my ministry.”
While whistling loudly an old Dr. Hook tune, Rev.
Beaty said he’s prepared to Walk Right In to his new
position. Though he will transition from years of pulpit
ministry to a lot of administrative responsibility,
Rev. Beaty said his call to serve Christ will forever
remain the same.
“My first and foremost commitment will be to the
Continued on page 8A
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The Covenant Group is seen here with Joaquin Garcia (back row on the right), director
of the Tennessee Conference Hispanic/Latino academy
Hispanic/Latino Incubator Covenant
Group sets evangelism goals
Twelve Hispanic/Latino pastors and
lay missioners gathered for discussion at
the regular monthly meeting of their
Tennessee Hispanic Incubator Covenant
Group. The agenda of the day was to
work on their Ministry Action Plan
(M.A.P.). During the discussion it was
determined that the group needed to be
more intentional and focused on their
evangelistic thrust to reach the
Hispanic/Latino communities. The group
Salvus Center aids working uninsured
Continued from front page
emergency room as a primary care. The
care there is putting a band-aid on the boo-
boo. The emergency room is not for treat-
ing long-term problems like high blood
pressure or a chronic illnesses.”
Hill says Tennessee’s uninsured can
usually be divided by two different demo-
graphics.
“We have the 25–40-year-olds who
work, but their jobs do not provide insur-
ance. The other group is the disenrolled
TennCare patients between 40–60 years
old who don’t qualify or can’t afford insur-
ance.”
Fees are based on a sliding scale,
depending on how much a person makes at
work—usually between $5 and $35 a visit,
Hill explained.
Since opening in March 2006, the clin-
ic has logged more than 3,000 patient vis-
its, according to Shelley Ames, executive
director for the center.
With an annual operating budget of
$300,000, the center receives support
through donations. In addition, health care
professionals and businesses donate time,
medical supplies or expertise.
Hill says the clinic works with a net-
work of more than 100 area physicians
who help patients needing specialty care.
“If someone needs gall bladder surgery,
we have general surgeons in Gallatin and
Hendersonville who will perform the sur-
gery at about one-third of the costs.”
Plans are in the works to add another
practitioner, and a second Salvus Center is
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committed itself to the distribution of 200
Spanish-language Bibles and 2000
Spanish-language flyers.
If you want to support this evangelis-
tic effort and make a contribution to
obtain the Bibles and tracks in Spanish,
you can send it to the Hispanic/Latino
Academy, Tennessee Conference, 304 S.
Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 1, Nashville,
TN 37211. Mark checks “for Bibles and
tracks in Spanish.”
scheduled to open in Hendersonville later
this year, Hill said.
The word “Salvus” is Greek, meaning
“healing and salvation,” and the clinic’s
mission is to take care of people’s physical
needs and also to minister to them spiritu-
ally, Hill said.
“I think the care you get really means
more when (health care professionals) care
about how you really feel emotionally.”
As far Parker, she has been cancer-free
for nearly one year and now enjoys spend-
ing time with her 10-month-old grand-
daughter, Jaedyn.
“Dr. Hill and the Salvus Center saved
my life. How do you thank someone for
that?”
Note from Jason Brock, Director of
Tennessee Conference Love and
Justice Ministries: Do you Wonder
what Methodists are doing in response
to our healthcare crisis? This article
from The Tennessean talks about the
work of the Salvus Center, led by our
own Dr. Ted Hill in the Cumberland
District. The Salvus Center is a TN
Conference Advance Special. If you
would like to contribute to this vital
mission outreach, make checks out to
the Tennessee Conference the United
Methodist Church, marked Salvus
Center, 304 S. Perimeter Park Dr.,
Suite 1, Nashville, TN 37211.
Convicted Enthusiasm: a 30-something’s
personal response to Restoring Methodism
By Bart Stewart*
The church saved the life of Leslie, my
wife and the mother of Jaden and Leah,
not once, but twice during the last eight
years.
What do I mean by this? Be assured I
speak in the most literal sense. My wife
suffers from bulimia which has three pos-
sible phases: active, remission and death.
Our family was steaming full speed
ahead toward being without a matriarch
when the Holy Spirit intervened through
the actions of the body of Christ. This was
the “hook” for me, but there is more.
The church, made up of “the people
who call themselves Methodist,” is the
best place I have seen to accomplish what
we are all called to do—make disciples.
And I don’t mean merely adding num-
bers by a one-time acceptance of Christ,
but by making real disciples–people who
have gone on to be consumed by Christ
and filled with the Holy Spirit.
You probably noticed I did not say the
United Methodist Church (UMC) and that
was intentional.
What happens in 10 years?
What will the United Methodist Church
look like in ten years if we, the church, do
nothing?
The buildings will still be here. We thir-
ty-somethings will be driving Corvettes or
motorcycles purchased at the onset of mid-
life crises (I like red). And many members
from the generation closest to the authen-
tic church will have gone home.
If we do implement the changes out-
lined in Jim and Molly Davis Scott’s book
Restoring Methodism, some of these
things will still happen (except maybe not
the Corvettes and motorcycles), but that is
not all that will happen.
The United Methodist Church will start
to look more like John Wesley’s methodist
societies which were very close to the first
century church.
Reading the Scotts’ book and attending
the subsequent Bishop’s Convocation, was
deeply convicting for me as a layperson
who is a member of the United Methodist
Church.
I had been sitting back coasting while
piling the work of the church higher and
deeper on our professional ministry team.
But you and I are called to “be the
church,” not subcontract the responsibility
out to our clergy.
I have also learned that personal holi-
ness is not only refraining from killing my
neighbor or having sex with his wife, but
it’s doing what Jesus told us–loving God
and loving our neighbor.
We will bear fruit as a result of our love
if it is genuine. Abstaining from buying
that red Corvette for myself when I know
my neighbor’s kid doesn’t have a coat or a
house for that matter, is very sweet fruit
indeed.
As I learned more about Wesley’s
method and the Holy Spirit, enthusiasm
overcame me.
It turns out the thing that made
Methodism so successful as a movement
was its structure. The system of classes,
bands, societies, class leaders, local minis-
ters, and traveling ministers served to
teach the people who called themselves
February 8, 2008
methodist how to be the Church. The
structure facilitated interaction with and
reliance on one another as the body of
Christ.
This is exciting because we need to
learn reliance on the body now more than
they did 200 years ago.
I believe Wesley’s structure would be
even more effective at retraining us today
than it was in his time. It seems to me that
we’re less dependent on God and each
other than we have been at any time in his-
tory.
The church that saved Leslie’s life the
first time was not a United Methodist
church, but it had a structure that was
almost identical to that of early method-
ism.
The second time the Holy Spirit inter-
vened was through a small group meeting
during a Lay Witness Mission event.
The significant thing in both instances
is that the Spirit worked through the struc-
ture of a small group of believers watching
over each other in love.
It seems to me that the Spirit prefers the
small group over large corporate worship
or solitary soul searching.
What can we do?
I have some specific recommendations
that I believe will facilitate the successful
implementation of Restoring Methodism.
The first thing I hope the church will
engage in is a study of spiritual warfare.
Past experiences have taught me to be
terrified to begin any activity opposing the
Devil without first putting on armor and
readying all weapons. Satan would be stu-
pid not to do everything he can to oppose
the restoration of Methodism, and one
thing Satan is not is stupid.
The second thing would be to seek con-
gregational unity on the three tables (to
use the Scotts’ tmetaphor) of theology,
structure and language.
The Scotts talk about the United
Methodist Church setting a table that is
wide, but a table that has definite edges.
Congregations should agree on what is
flexible—what’s on the table—and what
we will not compromise on—what’s off
the table—in the areas of theology, struc-
ture and language.
I’m grateful for the sacrifices and dedi-
cation of those who went before us–from
the first century church to the early
Methodists to the recent members of the
United Methodist Church who have kept
the church alive during hard times.
I’m also grateful to the Scotts for writ-
ing Restoring Methodism and having the
love of the United Methodist Church that
drives them to spread the word.
I’m most grateful to the Holy Trinity
for life, rebirth and life anew walking with
the Holy Ghost.
What is my response to all this? It is an
overwhelming feeling of Convicted
Enthusiasm. Whatever I, we, do next is a
decision, so let it be intentional.
Lord, thank you for your patience.
Please open my heart to the whispers of
Your spirit, and please drive my hands to
right actions so Your kingdom may come
and Your will be done.
*Bart Stewart is a member,
Manchester First UMC
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Visitor on Death Row
Friendships—Some more special than others
By Jerry R., January 2008
After having positive experiences at
several events (a Bible study and a
Christmas dinner) at Riverbend Maximum
Security Institute in Nashville, in early
2004, I volunteered to participate in a pro-
gram known as Visitor on Death Row. The
aim of this program is to ensure inmates in
that part of the facility have someone to
correspond with and perhaps visit with
face-to-face. Interestingly enough, I
thought I would be doing someone a favor
with my action; more on that later!
I was “assigned” to a young man named
Tyrone. For good reason, which won’t be
elaborated on here, it was suggested there
be several months of correspondence
before seeking clearance for face-to-face
meetings.
Our initial attempts at correspondence
left us both a bit skeptical relative to the
merit of either of us investing any further
effort in correspondence because, at first
glance, it seemed we had so little in com-
mon as a basis for a possible friendship.
For example:
✓ Tyrone is a few months younger
than my youngest child.
✓ We are of different faiths.
✓ We are of different races.
✓ We had quite different childhoods.
✓ We have had very different adult
years
✓ Etc.
However, after a few more letters, it
became clear we not only had good rea-
son to continue the correspondence but
also we had the basis for a very special
friendship.
After about six months of correspon-
dence, it was clear that a mutual level of
respect and trust had developed and it was
time to meet face-to-face. The necessary
forms were processed and our first meet-
ing took place in late 2004. I imagine both
of us were a bit more stressed than we
wanted to show at the first meeting. For
me, it became a banner day, i.e., one of
those days I’ll happily remember for as
long as I have memory.
In the approximately 3 years since our
first meeting, the visits have been about
once a month with several pieces of cor-
respondence between visits. Our friend-
ship has developed well beyond what I
ever imagined or could have hoped for.
Without question, Tyrone has become my
best friend.
Do you remember in the opening para-
graph of this document when I said I
thought I would be doing someone a
W
e want to share “the wealth” with you. Please prayerfully
consider being a mentor to an incarcerated person. The
benefits for both are literally too great to measure. If your
curiosity is aroused and want to know more before making a decision,
contact Jerry Nail at Christ United Methodist Church, 615-790-2112.
Modern Christians should remember the parable of Jesus in which he
tells his followers that visiting prisoners is indicative of a right
relationship with God. Think and pray about that, then call!
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favor by becoming a Visitor on Death
Row; then I mentioned our differences? I
sincerely doubt Tyrone has benefited as
much from our friendship as I have.
Also, while our friendship may be “sea-
soned” by our differences, it thrives on
our similarities:
 We both “demand” honesty and
loyalty in a relationship.
 We both “demand” trust; real trust
where anything can be discussed in
confidence.
 Although we practice different
religious faiths, we worship and
pray to the same, one and only
Almighty God, the God who created
us, loves us and watches over us
regardless of our situation.
 We both understand that Almighty
God never promised any of us
smooth sailing. But He does assure
those who believe, and try to live by
His word, a “safe landing” in
eternity.
 We both understand the importance
of family—to love and to be loved
by. (Although our families haven’t
met, we care deeply about, and pray
for, each other.)
 We also understand the importance
of laughter and not taking ourselves
too seriously.
Often my acquaintances have asked,
“What do you and Tyrone talk about or
correspond about?” Given that we’re
good friends, we talk about the same
things you probably talk about with your
true friends, i.e., family, personal issues,
current events, sports, spiritual matters,
books we’ve read, philosophy, childhood
memories, etc. There is no planned agen-
da. We just talk, share, laugh and even
argue a bit now and then.
As I write this, I’ve no idea who will
ultimately read it but I do hope it might
cause increased interest on the part of oth-
ers, regardless of which side of the tall
fence you are on, to give someone on the
other side of the fence a chance to get to
know you and for you to know them.
While I don’t expect any of you to be as
fortunate as I have been with my friend-
ship with Tyrone, even at only 50% it will
still be a win:win!
Just remember that regardless of which
side of the fence you are on, neither of
you has led a perfect life nor made your
last mistake. However, you are both
loved by, cared for and offered peace,
grace, salvation and eternal life by the
One Almighty God.
Heads of Delegations and Conference
Communicators Receive Briefing on Issues
Relating to the 2008 General Conference
Final two paragraphs excerpted from a
longer article by UMCOM staff person
Marta W. Aldrich.
From January 24th through noon on
January 26th the heads of delegations from
nearly all United Methodist Annual
Conferences came together with
Conference communications persons,
Conference Council Directors, general
agency staff persons, and others, for an
intensive preview of major issues and res-
olutions being brought before the 2008
General Conference. The Pre-General
Conference briefing was held at the Hilton
Fort Worth Hotel, directly across the street
from the site of the 2008 General
Conference, the Fort Worth Convention
Center. United Methodist Com-munica-
tions, with input from the denomination’s
other General Agency, designed the three
day event. The Tennessee Annual Con-fer-
ence was represented by Ministerial and
Lay delegation heads, Dr. Lynn Hill and
Mr. Don Ladd as well as Conference
Communication Coordinator Tom
Nankervis. Others with a strong Tennessee
Conference connection were also present
including the Rev. David Adams, an Elder
in the Tennessee Conference, and since
2006 the General Secretary of the National
United Methodist Men’s organization.
Conference youth receive awards
By Rich Peck*
WESTMORELAND, Tenn.––Steven
Frye and Daniel Schofield , members of
Mt. Olive United Methodist Church,
received the top youth awards from the
Nashville-based General Commission on
United Methodist Men.
The pair received Good Samaritan
Awards for their work on a mission trip to
La-Gloria, Mexico last summer.
The pair was part of a 15-member
youth group that repaired the roof and
improved the wiring of an orphanage and
led activities for young people living in a
camp near a dump. “The conditions were
horrible by our standards,” said Daniel.
“Trash was everywhere. If it rained, their
water was collected off the roof into bar-
rels, but during the dry season, they drank
out of a canal full of raw sewage.”
The enterprising Scouts made a water
purification system with a PCV pipe, sand,
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Mr. C. Don Ladd,
the Rev. Dr. A.
Lynn Hill, and the
Rev. David C.
Adams frequently
sat together to
compare notes
during
presentations and
discussions at the
Pre-General
Conference
briefing in Fort
Worth.
The 2008 General Conference will meet
for 10 days—two fewer than the 2004 gath-
ering in Pittsburgh and with no break—but
still must sort through more than 1,500 peti-
tions, which is about the same amount of
business conducted at the previous assem-
bly. In addition to hearing opening address-
es from a United Methodist bishop and lay
person, delegates will hear the first-ever
Young People’s Address—delivered jointly
by six teens and young adults who promise
a presentation “different from anything
that’s ever been presented to General
Conference before.”
Weary of decades of the church’s top
legislative meeting being consumed by
debate over homosexuality and other hot-
button issues, the Council of Bishops and
other denominational leaders have shaped
a new churchwide agenda with the overar-
ching purpose of making disciples of Jesus
Christ for the transformation of the world.
The agenda includes four areas of focus:
developing principled Christian leaders
for the church and the world; creating
“new places for new generations” by start-
ing new churches and renewing existing
ones; engaging in ministry with the poor;
and fighting the killer diseases of poverty
such as malaria, tuberculosis and
HIV/AIDS.
screens, duct tape and cheese cloth. After
the water was been filtered, it was boiled
for 20 minutes. “Our system will become
part of the dump campsites drinking water
supply, allowing the decontaminated and
purified water to be used for drinking and
cooking,” said Steven.
The Good Samaritan Award was created
by the General Commission on United
Methodist Men to honor young people from
12 to 21 who demonstrate the attributes of
the Good Samaritan described in Luke
10:25–37. Recipients must be a United
Methodist or registered with a youth-serv-
ing agency related to a United Methodist
Church. Recipients must be nominated by
adults familiar with the youth’s service.
For information, contact Office of
Civic Youth-Serving Agencies/Scouting,
General Commission on United Methodist
Men, P.O. Box 340006, Nashville, TN
37203-0006.
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New Cookeville D. S.
Continued from front page
Christine took a year’s leave of absence to
be a part of a Christian community called
Karatana. Karatana was a network of
Christian families who, though often sepa-
rated geographically by some distance,
were bound together in the Christian life
for mutual support and accountability for
growth in discipleship. The learning, expe-
rience, and growth gained from this year in
Christian community has continued to be a
foundation for spiritual development and
faithful living in the lives of the Archers.
Reverend Archer is convinced of the
reality and power of a loving God who
acts to redeem His creation, and Reverend
Archer is grateful to this God who has
invited him and all people to join God in
this venture. Reverend Archer’s dream for
the church is that the church would come
to be more fully “the church”—a commu-
nity of people living in the name of Christ
Jesus who offer the grace of God to this
world by word, by deed, and by life lived
in the Spirit of God.
Archer has served the conference as
Chair person of the Conference Board of
Pensions, Chair of the Conference Health
Insurance Committee, Chair of the
Conference Stewardship Committee, and
Chair of the Cumberland District
Committee on Ordained Ministry.
Through the years he has also been part of
the Religion and Race Commission, the
Evangelism Committee, and Board of
New Pulaski D. S.
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ministers and churches of the Pulaski
District,” said Rev. Beaty. “I look forward
to forming relationships with the many
congregations. I have many friends in the
surrounding area, and look forward to
meeting new ones.
Rev. Beaty has served over the last 41
years churches from Pulaski to Livingston
to Waverly. He and his wife, Barbara,
have enjoyed calling Tullahoma their
home since 1999. The Beatys have two
daughters, Margie Griffin, and Jennifer
Rose (Charlie), both who live in the mid-
dle Tennessee area, and four beautiful
grandchildren (all under the age of 5!)
Abby, Emma, Mitch and Carolina.
“After years of serving as a full time
elder in the United Methodist Church, I
am ready to seize the opportunity to serve
fellow churches and congregates in an
administrative leadership capacity,” said
Rev. Beaty, who turns 59 in March. “I am
of course nervous, as any pastor would be,
about leaving my current position, but I
consider this to be a wonderful time in my
personal life and for that of my family.
After 8+ years of faithful ministry at
FUMC Tullahoma, we are prayerfully
ready to make this move.”
“I’ve been with the Tullahoma church
for the last 8+ years,” said Rev. Beaty. “I
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Ordained Ministry. He feels strongly that
a number of continuing education experi-
ences have left a positive mark on his
ministry: New Life Mission training,
Church growth training, the Academy of
Preaching, the Wesleyan Restoring
Methodism Convocation, and several
Congresses on Evangelism. His faith jour-
ney has also been enriched by participa-
tion in Laywitness Mission, Emmaus and
Chrysalis. For a time he served as
Spiritual Director of the Nashville
Chrysalis Community.
Wife Christine is currently serving as
the Family Resource Director of
Manchester City Schools. She is very
active in the community. She is a founding
partner of the Coffee County Anti-drug
Coalition, and through her Family
Resource position, teaches Parenting
Classes and organizes the annual We Care
event (providing free shoes, backpacks,
school supplies, personal items, health
checks, etc, to underprivileged children in
the Manchester School system)..
As he prepares to become the new
Cookeville District Superintendent, he is
facing the future with anticipation. He
recently noted, “Christine and I look for-
ward to becoming partners in the Gospel
with the pastors and churches of the
Cookeville District as we all seek to grow
in our love of God and neighbor, making
disciples of Jesus Christ for the transfor-
mation of the world.
love its people and the community.
Working with the congregation and staff
has been such a great joy in my life.”
“But now it is time to look forward to
visiting many churches in the Pulaski
District, and other areas,” Rev. Beaty
added. “I will serve as Pulaski’s District
superintendent faithfully and will fulfill
the duties with my prayers, presence, gifts
and service.”
Rev. Beaty was most excited to share
this good news with his father, Rev. James
L. Beaty, a former Cookeville and
Murfreesboro District superintendent, and
his mother, Sue, now retired and living in
Savannah, TN.,
The Rev. Beaty Sr., has been suffering
from poor health over the last 3+ years.
“One of my greatest privileges was
being able to tell my father, who served so
faithfully, that I was going to follow in his
footsteps,” said Rev. Beaty. “Though he is
not well, it pleased him to be told the
news. I will now also be closer each day
to my father and will be serving his dis-
trict.”
Rev. Beaty, who is an avid reader, said,
“We are closing the chapter in one book
and opening another. “I would ask every-
one to please pray for the Pulaski District
and for my family as make we make the
move this year.”
Rocio Corea leads an orientation session for a new Hillcrest English as a Second
Language (ESL) class
ESL and Indoor Soccer
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be a blessing to others!
That’s how “Our Neighbors” began in
August, 2007, an ad hoc group under the
umbrella of the Missions and Outreach
Team at Hillcrest. Now, in January, new
ESL classes began with 32 students the
first night! Transportation is provided for
refugees in English Classes conducted by
Metro Schools at Hillcrest. Indoor
Soccer is offered in the gym for 12–18
year olds on Saturday nights. A new Girl
Scout troop has begun with African
American, Euro American and
Hispanic/Latino girls.
Is it just the Spanish Class of 16–18
persons excited about this? NO! Hillcrest
had already been growing into an increas-
ingly multi-cultural congregation. On
World Communion Sunday, persons from
14 different countries as well as African
American and Native American families
provided the bread and served
St. Andrew Award offers a way
to honor those who have been
important in our faith journeys
The Nashville Area United Methodist
Foundation established in 2001 the
Nashville Area Order of St. Andrew
Endowment Fund to honor ministers and
laity of the Memphis and Tennessee
Annual Conferences of The United
Methodist Church. In honoring those who
have served faithfully and blessed lives in
our churches, The Fund will provide
scholarships for individuals pursuing pas-
toral ministry and enrolled in a seminary.
The Fund is named for Andrew, “the
bringer.” He brought his brother, Peter, the
little boy with the loaves and fish, and the
Greeks to Jesus. Jesus saw in this ordinary
man something that others did not see. The
Nashville Area Order of St. Andrew Fund
was established to honor those who have
been the “Andrew” for people across these
February 8, 2008
Communion! With the deep commitment
of the pastors, staff, lots of very hard-
working laity, and support from the
Hispanic/Latino Academy and other com-
munity agencies, Hillcrest is becoming a
more effective “beacon on the hill” for the
community.
And it is not only the “Our Neighbors”
group that is excited about reaching out to
the community and sharing radical hospi-
tality and radical generosity! Whenever
the planners and organizers have asked
the church trustees and leaders for space,
support, and volunteers, they have been
met with responses like: Of course! This
congregation and this building is here to
serve the community! To do less is not
being who Jesus has called us to be!
So, YES! ESL and Indoor Soccer ARE
tools for reaching out to God’s people and
building relationships that in turn lead per-
sons to faith and service. It is a cycle of
blessing and growth for everyone!
two conferences. The honorees may be
clergy or laity. You may wish to honor a
Sunday School teacher, a pastor, a Lay
Leader, an quiet encourager. Anyone who
is a “bringer” of people into relationship
with Christ may be honored as a recipient
of a “St. Andrew Award.”
Those wishing to honor a minister or
lay person may do so by making a contri-
bution to The Fund through the Nashville
Area United Methodist Foundation. A
brief biographical statement about the
honoree, a minimum contribution of
$1,250, and a picture of honoree can be
sent to Dr. Vin Walkup at 304 S. perimeter
Park Dr., Suite 3, Nashville, TN 37211.
You may also contact him with questions
or brochures to share with others at 615-
259-2008 or vwalkup@nashaumf.org.
Left to right: Bishop Sharon Brown Christopher, Illinois Area, will deliver the Bishop’s
Address; Mary Brooke Casad, Executive Secretary, Connectional Table, served as panel
moderator; Lyn Powell, North Georgia Conference Lay Leader will present the Laity
Address: and Matt Lockett, young adult from the Northwest Conference, is one of six
teens and young adults set to present the Young People’s Address.

Resurgence of the United Methodist Church was felt in presentations on the denomina-
tion’s special Ethnic Initiatives—moving toward growth in ethnic minority local churches
and ministries. Among the speakers were the Rev. Francisco Canas, Coordinator of the
National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministries; The Rev. Paul Hak-Soon Chang, Executive
Director, Korean National Plan; The Rev Judy Chung, Executive Secretary Asian American
and Pacific Islanders Ministries of the General Board of Global Ministries; Curtis
Henderson, representing Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century; and the
Rev. Anita Phillips, Executive Director, Native American Comprehensive Plan.