LABOR DAY
Labor Day is a holiday honoring working people on the first Monday in September throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. President Grover Cleveland signed a bill making Labor Day a national holiday in the United States in 1894. Today, it is a day of rest and relaxation that marks the end of summer for most people.
Labor means work! It is the way people make a living to provide food, clothing, and shelter for their families. The working people are the backbone of America. In many countries, adults and children work very hard and do not receive adequate pay. We are blessed to have unions to insure that we receive adequate wages for the many different jobs people perform.
I want to salute all the working people who have worked to make our country great, but also to those persons who have worked to make First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, a leading church in the community.
Leigh F. Lovett
Former Youth Torch Reporter
Reprinted from the Torch, August 31, 2003
Trinity Wholeness Ministries
It Is My Season: Strength to Maintain Victory
September 6, 2008
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Piccadilly Cafeteria
Gallatin Rd – Madison, TN
LABOR DAY
September 1, 2008
The office will be closed.
Have a Safe Holiday!!!!
FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES
August 31, 2008 Family Forum
Reverend Kelly Smith, Jr., Guest Minister
September 14, 2008 Youth Sunday and Meeting
October 5, 2008 Loyalty Sunday
October 6-8, 2008 Spiritual Renewal Week
October 12, 2008 Youth Sunday and Meeting
November 9, 2008 Youth Sunday and Meeting
November 2008 2nd Harvest Food Drive
December 7, 2008 143rd Church Anniversary
December 14, 2008 Youth Sunday and Meeting
December 2008 Adopt a Family/Youth
December 21, 2008 Christmas Program
RENOVATION
Church organizations have received a letter from Fanchetter Ennix requesting fundraising projects during the summer to raise money for the Renovation Completion Account. If you have questions, please contact her at 370-4468, 615-498-5900 or feenix@bellsouth.net.
CLOTHING DONATION
Please remember to bring ladies’ and teens’ clothing, purses, shoes, and other accessories on the first and third Sundays. The proceeds will be used for the Renovation completion. The donated items will be taken to Clothes Mentor and Plato’s Closet, which are resale stores. Please see the article entitled, “Clothes for Sale.”
FUNDS REQUEST
The Kelly Miller Smith Center Against Abusive Behavior is a domestic violence counseling center that focuses on serving the Nashville community, particularly the African American community. This dynamic, successful effort was conceived and is led by two eminent Nashville educators, Dr. Alice Smith Risby (the widow of Dr. Kelly M. Smith, Sr.) and Dr. Ruth E. Dennis. It has provided anger management training to hundreds of persons who otherwise may have been incarcerated. For the last twelve years, it has been funded in part, by the Nashville Davidson County Government. Other funds have come from client fees and community support.
In an effort to be fiscally conservative, Mayor Dean has cut its funding completely from the Metro budget. This is despite the fact that other programs have been funded that serve other constituents. The courts have come to depend on KMSCAAB as a trusted partner in curbing domestic abuse in our community because their counseling program cuts jail time and costs. The $50,000 needed for basic costs could easily be restored if Mayor Dean would re-visit his own priorities. Mayor Dean says he wants a safer and more liveable Nashville. Kelly Miller Smith Center Against Abusive Behavior will help him accomplish these objectives.
We need your help in three ways. Urge Mayor Dean to restore the funding to this vital community program. Enlist your council person to help in this effort. Thirdly, any funds you can give will be most appreciated. Send them to:
The Kelly Miller Smith Center Against
Abusive Behavior
460 Tenth Circle North
Nashville, Tennessee 37208
Thanks for your partnership and support. Call the Mayor’s Office today. The number is 862-6000 or e-mail him at mayor@nashville.gov. Your efforts just might save a life or empower a family. It will make our community better and stronger.
Dr. Sherman R. Tribble, Pastor
New Visions Baptist Church
2830 McGavock Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
CHURCH CARNIVAL
Greater View Primitive Baptist Church, 2117 Buena Vista Pike, has invited several churches to participate in its Community Carnival on Saturday, October 4, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. – until. Booth rental costs $50.
Rain date October 11, 2008
Elder Martin P. Hatcher
Elder Robert W. House, Sr.
STORYTELLING
Accompanied by his flute, Anthony will tell the story Tsalagogi (The Little Turtle) and take you on a journey through time to 18th century Cherokee Nation. Geared towards 3rd-5th graders, but enjoyed by a young and old alike!
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 7-8 PM
FONDREN HALL at SCARRIT BENNETT
(PARKING IN SBC LOT A OFF 18TH AVE., S)
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – RSVP APPRECIATED – 340.7577
Anthony Martin is of Cherokee heritage and was born in rural Harlem, Georgia. He was adopted into the Boyd family of the Fort Peck Dakota/Sioux tribe. A producer, audio engineer, musician, background vocalist and music industry veteran, Anthony presently heads the A/R department for Montage Music Group.
1008 19TH AVE SOUTH – NASHVILLE 37212 – SCARRITBENNET.ORG
Cindy Politte
