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WIGHTMAN CHAPEL
12:30 - 1:05
Free and Open to All
Join us in Scarritt-Bennett’s historic Wightman Chapel for an inspirational 35 minutes of preaching, scripture, prayer and music. Guest preachers from a variety of backgrounds
and faiths will lead each service.
See topic & bio below.
Please check back for more info as it becomes available.
1008 19th Ave. S., Nashville 37212 • 615.340.7500
GUEST PREACHERS
JANUARY – JUNE 2013
(subject to change)
May 7 Jazz service
May 14 Fred Allen
May 21 Robert E. Keesee
May 28 Service of Remembrance
June 4 Candace Lewis
June 11 Minnie Wright
June 18 Joanne Reich
June 25 Jazz service
July 2 W. Antoni Sinkfield
July 9 Heather Lear
July 16 Caroline Adams
July 23 Marilyn Thornton
July 30 Sally Holt
August 6 Tambi B. Swiney
August 13 Lora Andrews
August 20 Debra Tyree
August 27 Charlotte Sydnor
September 3 Dale Andrews
September 10 Kay Gray
September 17 Donna Giver Johnston
September 24 Emily Baird
October 1 John Collett
October 8 Kathleen Flood
October 15 Stephen Cottingham
October 22 Mary Louise McCullough
October 29 Jocelyn Briddell
November 5 Alton W. Hayes
November 12 Jazz Service
November 19 Stacy Rector
November 26 Ken Edwards
BIOS
May 7 - Jazz service
Text: John 21:1-14
Theme: Breakfast with Jesus
Catch a glimpse of our Sunday night worship service, Vespers & All That Jazz" a non traditional worship option for people with non traditional schedules. The service serves as an opportunity to worship for those who cannot make it to morning services and an extra worship option for those who would like to experience the sacred in a different way.
The service uses live jazz to provide a peaceful, relaxed worship experience. Musical selections range from jazz interpretations of traditional spiritual music to secular jazz pieces that relate to the theme of the service.
May 14 - Fred Allen
The Rev. Dr. Fred Allen is the National Director of Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century and is a clergy member of the New York Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. Prior to his current position he served as the executive director of African American Initiatives and International Outreach at the United Methodist Publishing House. Dr. Allen has more than 35 years of experience as a professional minister, manager, administrator and communicator in the local church, denominational national program agencies and para-church organizations including the American Bible Society.
Dr. Allen, a native of Nashville, is married and has four children. He is a graduate of Tennessee State University, St. Paul School of Theology and received his Doctor of Ministry Degree from Drew School of Theology.
May 21 - Robert E. Keesee
Currently, Elder Emeritus Keesee oversees the North Nashville District of the African Methodist Episcopal, Tennessee Conference. He has traveled the connectional church throughout the United States, the Caribbean and Africa in the interest of African Methodism. He has visited the Holy Lands and lectured in South Korea and Japan at the World Conference of Interdenominational Clergy. Rev. Keesee is a member of Prince Hall Masons, is a Life Member of the NAACP, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Urban League.
He is the recipient of various honors including the Governor's Outstanding Tennessean Award, Outstanding Community Leader Award - Murfreesboro/Rutherford County, Tenessee; Leadership Award, Billy Graham Crusade; Outstanding Community Service Award, Nashville, Tenessee; Distinguished Citizen and Key to the City, Chattanooga, Tennessee; and the 1996 YMCA Adult Black Achiever Award, Louisville, Kentucky.
Rev. Keesee is married to Gladys Mae Allen Keesee and they are the proud parents of three children, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
May 28 - Service of Remembrance
June 4 - Candace Lewis
Candace joins the Path1 team as an Ordained Elder from the Florida Annual Conference with 16 years of ministry within the United Methodist Connection. She has served as a youth and young adult pastor in Atlanta area for four years while attending Gammon Theological Seminary. Upon seminary graduation her 1st pastoral appointment was to plant a new church. Candace and a team of committed laity have spent the last 12 years successfully planting the New Life Community UMC, a new African American congregation in Jacksonville, Florida. Candace is a sought after preacher, leader, coach, consultant and servant of the church. Candace delivers inspiring, motivating, passionate and challenging messages and training events encouraging the church in making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Candace & the New Life team will be publishing A New Day: A New Way - Planting, Starting & Revitalizing Ministries (Discipleship Resources).
June 11 - Minnie Wright
Text: Psalm 5:1-8
Title: Lament: A Method of Knowing
Minnie Wright was commissioned a Deaconess April 4th, 2006. Minnie served as a volunteer with the SafeHouse of Shelby County as a Sexual Assault Response Advocate. She serves in the North Alabama Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Minnie cited her mother, the late Mrs. Ella Mae Manning, as nurturing and inspiring her to serve the Lord and to be in service to others. "It warms my heart to acknowledge the Christ in me by serving the 'least of these' as a living example of Christ through an organization dedicated to God's mission."
Minnie retired from AT&T with 30 years of dedicated service. She graduated in May 2009 from Southeastern Bible College with an Associate Degree in Leadership Ministries. Minnie earned her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi and is currently in her third year at Vanderbilt Divinity School in pursuit of her Master of Divinity.
Minnie has three sons Chris (Tina), Kerry, and Brandon; and two grandsons, Christopher Jr. (12) and Jayden (8).
In addition to the SafeHouse, Minnie enjoyed ministry with the United Community Centers Inc. and supports the ministries of Kairos Prison Ministry and the Emmaus Community.
Minnie is very proud to be a child of God and a United Methodist Woman.
June 18 - Joanne Reich
Text: Psalm 42
Title: Why so dispirited?
Joanne Reich is the Vice President of Development at Scarritt-Bennett Center. She is a Deaconess in the United Methodist Church committed to the areas of social justice and philanthropy.
Joanne has held several positions with the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church including that of Child Protection and Community Assistance Officer and Ministries with Women, Children, and Families. Joanne has also served on the boards of Interfaith Worker Justice, Inspired Legacies, and FaithTrust Institute. She has worked in the field of Hospice most recently as the Pediatric Social Worker at Alive Hospice. Joanne grew up in NJ and has lived in the Middle East, Asia and across the southern US and now calls Nashville home. She received her BA in Economics from Mary Baldwin College and her MSW from University of Houston.
June 25 - Jazz service
Text: Luke 4:14-21
Theme: Light for Today
Catch a glimpse of our Sunday night worship service, Vespers & All That Jazz" a non traditional worship option for people with non traditional schedules. The service serves as an opportunity to worship for those who cannot make it to morning services and an extra worship option for those who would like to experience the sacred in a different way.
The service uses live jazz to provide a peaceful, relaxed worship experience. Musical selections range from jazz interpretations of traditional spiritual music to secular jazz pieces that relate to the theme of the service.
July 2 - W. Antoni Sinkfield
Presiding Elder, North Nashville District,
African Methodist Episcopal
July 9 - Heather Lear
Director of Evangelism Ministries,
General Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church
July 16 - Caroline Adams
Student at Vanderbilt Divinity School
July 23 - Marilyn Thornton
Rev. Marilyn E. Thornton (B. Music, Howard; M. Violin, Johns Hopkins; M. Div. Vanderbilt) is a minister, musician, storyteller, and educator, who loves to share the story of God’s salvation for all people, using various media. Originally from Washington, DC, she is the Director of the Wesley Foundation at Fisk University and Lead Editor of African American Resources at Abingdon Press. Thornton is the mother of three young adults who love the Lord.
July 30 - Sally Holt
August 6 - Tambi B. Swiney
Associate Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Nashville
August 13 - Lora Andrews
Student at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Cal Turner Scholar
August 20 - Debra Tyree
The Rev. Debra Tyree serves with the Global Praise program of the General Board of Global Ministries. She is also the Minister of Music at Bellevue UMC, Nashville, TN. Debra is called to raising an awareness of the mission of the UMC through multi- cultural worship that is infused with Wesleyan theology. Rev. Tyree has led training in Christian education, church music, and pastoral leadership in several of the mission initiatives of the United Methodist Church including East Africa, Côte d`Ivoire, Central America, and Thailand.
August 27 - Charlotte Sydnor
Pastor, Woodfork Chapel AME Church, Shelbyville, TN
September 3 - Dale Andrews
Dr. Dale P. Andrews is a Distinguished Professor of Homiletics, Social Justice and Practical Theology at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Dr. Andrews earned his M.A. and Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University and M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a visiting research fellow at Oxford University and has conducted two international study tours in Guatemala and Brazil. An ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Dr. Andrews has served AME Zion churches in Connecticut and New Jersey. He is the author of Practical Theology for Black Churches: Bridging Black Theology and African American Folk Religion, published by Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. He currently serves as co-editor of the journal Homiletic.
September 10 - Kay Gray
Dr. Kay Gray is pastor of Donelson Heights United Methodist Church. She has served locally in pastoral ministry for more than 40 years, with the exception of one three-year appointment to the Conference Council office of the Tennessee Annual Conference. She is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Kay is married to Buddy DeFord, a small business owner, and her family includes six children and ten grandchildren. One of her family’s favorite annual events is a trip to the Chautauqua Institute in upstate New York, where they go for a week of diverse lectures, worship and concerts.
September 17 - Donna Giver Johnston
Donna Giver Johnston is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has lived in Washington, D.C., on the Jersey Shore and in Findlay, Ohio, before moving to Nashville three years ago. She is married to Brian Johnston and together they have a daughter named Rebecca and a son named Christian. Donna is an ordained Presbyterian minister, who served three churches as pastor before going back to school at Vanderbilt University for a Ph.D. in homiletics and liturgics. Having completed coursework and exams, Donna is currently working on her dissertation. When not reading or writing, she enjoys yoga, swimming or playing games with her family, and gathering around the table with friends to share some good food, fellowship and laughs. Even though she is training to become a teacher of preaching, she appreciates the opportunity to get back in the pulpit to exercise her homiletical muscles and preach the word of God to the people of God.
September 24 - Emily Baird
Student at Vanderbilt Divinity School
October 1 - John Collett
John Collett, Nashville District Superintendent for the United Methodist Church, has served many areas of the Middle Tennessee community during his career. His previous appointments include Buckle Circuit, Belmont Associate, West Nashville, Donelson Heights, Madison St. in Clarksville, and Belmont Senior Pastor 1992-2007.
Collett received a Bachelor of Arts from Carson Newman College in 1970 and a Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School in 1973.
He is married to Rita, Managing Editor of Upper Room Books. They have three children, Reverend Justin Collett, Lauren Collett Ryan and Lisa Collett.
October 8 - Kathleen Flood
Kathleen R. Flood, OP. D. Min. is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. She presently serves as Director of Stillpoint, In., an ecumenical program in spiritual direction and contemplative prayer here in Nashville. Sister Kathleen is an adjunct faculty member for the Spiritual Formation Academy of the Upper Room and also serves on it's Advisory Board. She is a member of the Cathedral of the Incarnation.
October 15 - Stephen Cottingham
Rev. Dr. Stephen K. Cottingham serves as pastor of First United Church – UCC (Evangelical and Reformed) in Nashville, Tennessee. He is ordained by the United Methodist Church and a member of the Southwest Texas Conference. Cottingham served as senior pastor in several United Methodist churches in Texas before moving to Nashville. He received his BBA degree at SMU Cox School of Business (Dallas, Texas); his Th.M at Dallas Theological Seminary (Dallas, Texas); and D. Min. at SMU Perkins School of Theology (Dallas, Texas). His areas of concentrated study include biblical languages, theology and spiritual formation. Born in Denver, Colo., Cottingham grew up in Colorado and Utah. He loves the outdoors, especially the Western U.S. Cottingham has two children in college and two in high school.
October 22 - Mary Louise McCullough
Senior Pastor, Second Presbyterian Church, Nashville
October 29 - Jocelyn Briddell
Dr. Jocelyn Briddell is the Executive Director of Scarritt-Bennett Center. An administrator in higher education for thirty years, Dr. Briddell most recently served as Dean of Student Life at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. She holds a master's degree from the College of New Jersey and a doctorate from Nova Southeastern University. She has one daughter and enjoys gardening, painting, winemaking and canning.
November 5 - Alton W. Hayes
Alton W. Hayes is a product of Ripley TN. Now 41yrs old, he is the youngest of three sons. He matriculated through Tennessee State University where he received a Baccalaureate Degree in Fine/Commercial Arts in 1992. Alton received and answered a call into the proclamation ministry in March, 1995, the same year in which he married Victoria McGee, his devoted wife and the mother of their five children (4 boys and
1 girl).
Alton served six years as an associate minister under the pastorate of Moses Herring at Friendship M. B. Church. Upon his departure, Alton co-founded Liberty Christian Bible Church and acted as Assistance Servant Leader for five years along-side Servant Leader John O. Williams Jr. In September of 2006, Alton received the call to pastor Unity M. B. Church where he presently serves as Pastor and Servant Leader. Alton is also currently a graduate student seeking a Masters of Divinity degree at Lipscomb University.
November 12 - Jazz Service
Catch a glimpse of our Sunday night worship service, Vespers & All That Jazz" a non traditional worship option for people with non traditional schedules. The service serves as an opportunity to worship for those who cannot make it to morning services and an extra worship option for those who would like to experience the sacred in a different way.
The service uses live jazz to provide a peaceful, relaxed worship experience. Musical selections range from jazz interpretations of traditional spiritual music to secular jazz pieces that relate to the theme of the service.
November 19 - Stacy Rector
Stacy Rector is a native of Dyersburg, Tennessee, a graduate of Rhodes College and Columbia Theological Seminary, and an ordained Presbyterian minister. She served as Associate Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville for nine years. In 2006, Stacy became Executive Director of Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (TADP), an organization whose mission is to honor life by abolishing the death penalty. She also served as spiritual advisor to Steve Henley, an inmate on Tennessee's death row who was executed on February 4, 2009. She currently serves on the Peacemaking Committee and the Committee on the Preparation for Ministry of the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee. She is also a member of the national board of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty.
November 26 - Ken Edwards
Ken Edwards has recently begun his 5th year as senior pastor of Belmont United Methodist Church in Nashville. Ken was born and raised in Springfield, Tennessee and has a B.A. degree from Austin Peay State University. He attended Asbury Theological Seminary when his wife accepted employment in Lexington, KY, graduating with a Master of Divinity Degree. He has served a number churches in the Tennessee Conference including Grace UMC in Mt. Juliet and Connell Memorial UMC in Goodlettsville. Ken has served in leadership positions in the Tennessee Conference and currently serves on the Board of Ordained Ministry and on the Board of Directors for the Nashville Area United Methodist Foundation. He has a passion for leading the church to engage the community and the world in acts of kindness and justice.
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