Even though I have worked with teenagers many times before, I am always amazed by how much I am able to learn from students, even though it should be me teaching them. “Teaching is learning” is the Peabody School of Education motto. It never rang more true than this weekend. If I had never talked to our Youth Minister, Sean P. Williams, about helping him with the Youth Winter Retreat, I would not have had the opportunity to learn something entirely new to me.

ROOM IN THE INN ALWAYS NEEDS CLOTHING

Thanks to each of you who have contributed to RITI.
However, we are again desperately short of all items.
Please note the following recommendations (men only):
· Men’s Heavy/winter Coats, sizes L-XXL (Priority);
· Men’s sweaters, sweat shirts, sizes L-XXL;
· Men’s long sleeve work/flannel shirts, sizes M-XXL;
· Men’s gloves, hats, stocking caps, socks-adult sizes;

Volunteer Opportunities

Bethlehem Center needs volunteer help in the following areas:

· Staffing the Shopping Bag thrift store (contact Mersiye Erdem 329-3386 x143)

· Delivering hot lunches to homebound seniors in partnership with North Nashville churches (contact Brooke Bell 329-3386 x113)

· Helping with Toy Store program (contact Paul Wallace paul@stepfunctionpartners.com

Members of West End’s Habitat team received this year’s Spirit of Habitat Award from Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity at the organization’s third annual Donor Appreciation Event. The ceremony, held in Nashville’s Timberwood neighborhood, was followed by the dedication of two new homes.

By Diana Nelson

The problem: The USA has more prisoners per capita than any other country in the world, and it is growing. Seven out of ten prisoners released from prison subsequently return.

By Diana Nelson

“When we hear the groans of God in the suffering of God’s people, we are pulled into radical discipleship and a robust faith that leads us to love God and love people,” Trevor Hudson and Steven Bryant summarize the essence of their The Way of Transforming Discipleship.

Beginning Saturday, September 19, West End will once again help build a house for a deserving family through Habitat for Humanity. This is the seventh house that West End has helped sponsor.

About Our Family

The Most Common age for Gang Recruitment in Nashville, TN is Eleven

Nancy Onks wouldn’t have believed this statement if she had not heard it from a Police Officer talking to the children she mentors at 61st Ave. United Methodist Church. The statement has increased her resolve not only to help the children she mentors be better students but also to share a faith-based message with the two eight year old girls whom she has come to love.